Baking as Procrastination

Things I like to bake:

-Cookies

-molasses chocolate chip cookies

-PB&J cookies, w/o J, w/chocolate

-David Lebovitz's chocolate chip cookies

-molasses cookies (haven't made them in years now)

-Crepes

-peach shortbread bars

-breads

-rye bread

-white bread

-french bread

-dinner rolls

-focaccia

-banana bread

-banana oat bread

-cakes

-avocado pound cake

-honey whole wheat pound cake

-brownies

-muffins

-Nancy Silverton's Bran muffins

-banana oat muffins

-blueberry muffins

-Israeli-Palestinian conflict muffins

-tortillas

Things I want to cook/bake of late:

-mayonnaise

-challah

-rice cakes (who knows why)

-cookies

-bran muffins

-quinoa

-Israeli couscous

-Moroccan couscous

-corn tortillas

-flour tortillas

-crepes

Labor Day (AKA the official end of summer)

Summer Check List:

-Road Trip to California

-Manti Temple Pageant

-Found a job

-Passed my comps (hurrah!)

-Hiked Squaw Peak

-Read some books (mostly Hunger Games)

-Baked a moderate amount

-World Cup!

-Invented a diet based on a summer movie

-Road Trip to California, Again

-Taught exactly one (1) Sunday School lesson

-Went to IKEA a few times

-Threw a party for the World Cup (Lionel Messi's B-day)

-Went to Lagoon (pretty much THE theme park in Utah)

-Visited Seattle area

-Procrastinated all things related to thesis!

-Changed the color of my skin (aka got a tan, even if it doesn't look like much, it's still there)

-Procrastinated a hair cut

-Moved! At the beginning... (it threw me off to move in April instead of August, actually)

-Learned about The Wonder Girls

-Got lost in Midway

-Went camping with friends

-Provo Freedom Festival (three different days...)

-Camped out for 4th of July parade

-Watched a season and a half of '30 Rock'

-Went to Thanksgiving Point (Farm country)

-Went to my nephew's B-day party (he was visiting Utah right before moving to Tennessee)

-Went to a concert in Salt Lake and forgot my wallet (money AND ID)

-Went to a FREE concert in Salt Lake

-Went to a British Tea House in Salt Lake, then the British Store next door

-Ate Liege waffles once (1) and Belgian style fries once (1)! It's like being in Heaven, guys.

-Went to the Timpanogos temple (while Provo was closed)

-Played mustache badminton

-Provo farmer's market

-Bought a bike

-Discovered Sen. Orrin Hatch's (R) musical talents

-Helped some friends out with their mix tape release

-Attended said mix tape release party

-Never once (0) washed my car... gross

Recipe checklist

Recipes (on my notecards) that I have made:

-Avocado pound cake

-Texas flour tortillas

-Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake

-Lemon Risotto

-Nancy Silverton's Bran Muffins

-Flourless PB&J cookies

-Bacon and tomato guacamole

-Hummus (two recipes; one on each side-- Simply Recipes and Ina Garten)

-White batter bread

-Lowfat oatmeal banana bread

-Avocado shakes

-Peanut Butter brownies

-David Lebovitz's chocolate chip cookies

-Almost flourless peanut butter cookie

-Zucchini pancakes

Recipes on my notecards that I haven't yet made:

-Chocolate nut bread (pain aux noix et au chocolat)

-Babaganouzh or Moutabal

-Falafel

-Tehina

-Rick Bayless' dairy-free avocado ice cream

-Hummus bi tehina

-Vanilla ice cream w/o the machine

The Things that Take Up My Time Lately

My World Cup Teams That Have Lost:

-Argentina

-USA

-Cote d'Ivoire

-Brazil

-Portugal

-France (miserably)

Things I Mean to Read But Never Quite Get Around to:

-Notre-Dame de Paris

-Joe's novel

-In Defense of Food

-La Dame aux Camelias

-Any number of things I should be researching for my thesis

All I Really Want to Do of Late:

-Road trip to New Orleans

-Lay out in the sun

-Ride my bike random places

-Sleep

-Bake/cook random recipes and give them away to anyone willing to eat them

-Shop

-Go home

-Visit Seattle for a week

-Go to festivals/concerts

-Chat