A Quote from Barack Obama

“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree…how lovely are your flavours

Head on over to Diamonds for Dessert for their Christmas Tree sugar cookie with Matcha Green Tea! &n

“Empty Tomb” Marshmallow Delights

So I saw this on The Girl Who Ate Everything and it’s so… smart… They’re cal

 

Sean Rumsey – of London UK

November 9, 2011 in Chewy's Thoughts, Entertainment, Music

You have to check Sean’s covers out.. He’s got some original stuff as well if you go to his youtube page. . . I actually found him looking up Adele’s stuff…which I have to say he covers her amazingly!

So who is Sean Rumsey?

Well…Sean Rumsey is a Singer, Songwriter and Producer with an unconventional start when he was adopted into a large family at the age of two. Self-taught on his new Mum’s second-hand piano as a young child, making music and performing was a constant and supporting feature of Sean’s early life.

College years allowed him to indulge his passion further; it was during this time that he also started performing on the local club circuit and began to enter (and win) talent contests. He decided to take his vocal talent to a national audience at the X Factor auditions in London, 2007. Fortune favours the brave and he eased through the rounds and beat over a quarter of a million applicants to the live finals as part of the band ‘Futurproof’, formed and mentored by music mogul Simon Cowell.

Finally realising his childhood dream of performing in front of a national audience, the X Factor experience on TV and the ensuing 2008 UK arena tour (which took in 27 dates and venues such as the O2 Arena), gave Sean the taste of great things to come…

Anyway check out some of his tracks on Cover Mix Tape Vol. 1 right here!

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It’s Movember Again!!!

November 8, 2011 in Chewy's Thoughts, Event, Food

The women of Vancouver are uniting under 1 team as a female front to show our support for our men and the fight against prostate cancer. Powered, produced and promoted by the women, for the men.

Cancer’s cancer…it doesn’t matter what kind it is..or who it hits! Support our team the Mo Sistas..Support ME!

Click here to go to my MoPage to donate. It doesn’t matter if it’s $1 or $1,000,000 ;) every little bit counts!

What’s Your Mo Style??? Check it out! StyleGuide2011


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$2000 Travel Vouchures from Travelalerts.ca

July 21, 2011 in Contest, Travel

 

Congrats to Travel Alert Contest!Travelalerts.ca for reaching over newsletter subscribers.

To celebrate they’re giving away an awesome travel giveaway, 2 x  $2,000 travel voucher!

The voucher can be used on flights, accommodation, adventure tours and more!

It’s free to enter and only takes 30 seconds so head on over and be in to win!

 

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Bakery Style Cookies & Cream Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 1, 2011 in Cooking, Desert, Food, Recipes, Sweets

image from picky-palate.com

With all the Oreos I’ve picked up in the past week for the last Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie, and looking for something simpler and would produce a few more cookies for a big BBQ…I went on Picky Palate and found another “oreo cookie” recipe…and well, another great success!!! Everyone LOVED it!!!

Overnight, it’s a little hard, but OMG fresh??? It’s EXTRA CHEWY!

OK. So this is what you need.

Ingredients:

2 sticks softened butter
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips, I used semi-sweet
1 cup cocoa powder
15 whole Oreo Cookies, finely ground

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat liner.

2. In a stand or electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until well combined.

3. Place flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. Add to wet ingredients along with cocoa powder, and chocolate chips, slowly mixing until just combined. With a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet, about 1 inch apart from each other. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, until cooked through. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Serve with milk.

Makes 3 dozen cookies… and it’s best with vanilla ice-cream… heck use them to make ice-cream sandwiches with!!!  YUM!

Here’s what mine looks like taken with a regular digital camera :)

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Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie

March 31, 2011 in Recipes, Sweets

As some would say it…. OOOOO EEEMMM GGGGEEEE!

I’m checking my daily emails from ALLLL the goodies I subscribe to…and came across this recipe that’s too amazing to not share!

The best of both worlds really….an Oreo cookie….and  a Chocolate Chip cookie…ALL IN 1!!!! This sounds and looks better and much more appetizing than those Deep Fried Oreos you can get from theme parks!

Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies - made by me :)

 

So According to Bonnie Mo @ SweetHome.ca she saw the recipe from Picky Palate… Jenny there made it really clear this is HER original recipe so… and you know how it is when it’s original… YUM!

Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
recipe courtesy of Picky Palate


Ingredients:

  • 2 sticks butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 10 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 package Oreo cookies – I used Double Stuf
Directions:  

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of a stand mixer (you can also use a hand mixer), cream together the butter and sugars. Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined.

In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add to the wet mixture and combine thoroughly. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Chill the dough for 15 minutes to make it easier to work with and to keep the dough from spreading when baking.

Using a cookie scoop place one scoop of dough on top of an Oreo cookie. Place another single scoop on the bottom of the Oreo to create a cookie sandwich. Seal the edges together to completely close in the Oreo.

Place the balls of cookie dough on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 9-13 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.

Photos & recipe courtesy of www.picky-palate.com

 

 

**UPDATE**  the recipe makes about 20, 1/2 baseball sized cookies :)

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