Fort Langley and Sunshine

After a great sunday service at Langley E-Free, Shawna, Heather and I decided to go out to Fort Langley to enjoy the sunshine. Thought I would bring the camera and take a few pictures. I have to explain to old vintage polaroid colouring. I had a pair of sunglasses that had a green tint to it. I was taking pictures with them on and I thought my presets on my camera was somehow messed up. But then I remembered, SUNGLASSES!

 Took a couple of attempts but we got it!

Too Cute!

My favourite take of the day!

Just An Empty Bottle and the George Foreman: Grilled Zucchini and Naan

After a long four hours at the library, Heather (my roommate) and I decided to head back to the apartment. On the menu for tonight dinner: Grilled Zucchini on Naan. I thought we might go vegetarian tonight due to the excessive eating for the past two days; we made sushi (never took pictures of them so it's not going up on the blog) on Sunday, out at Tropica on Robson Street (really good malaysian food) yesterday,  and had a good ol' reuben on rye at the Fort Langley Pub.

You may wonder: "Why the empty bottle and George Foreman?" Reason: we don't have a rolling pin and no grill. Always thought we need a rolling pin in the kitchen but never got around to actually buying one. But then it hit me! Heather's sister left an empty bottle at our apartment; why not use that....it's the same thing. And living on campus means no barbeque in the backyard; the george foreman is always a good alternative. So here we go! Not one but two recipes tonight.

Naan (Indian Flatbread)

Serving: 4 

1/2 cup 1% or skim milk

2 cups all purpose flour

1 large egg

1 tablespoon oil

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1. In a small bowl, beat egg and milk until it is fully blended together

2. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar; mix well

3. Add milk mixture into dry ingredients; mix until dough forms a ball

4. Transfer 

5. Cover bowl with plastic wrap or towel; leave it sitting in a warm location for 3 hours.

6. Preheat oven to 450F 

7. Take dough out of bowl and transfer on to a well floured surface. Split into 4 equal parts. Roll out each piece of dough into an oval shape (should be the size of your hand). Place onto a baking sheet

8. Baking them for 8-10 mins until golden brown

9. Serve them hot or at room temperature.

10. Enjoy!

Grilled Zucchini Topping

Serving: 2

1 medium zucchini - sliced long and thin

1/2 red onion - thinly sliced

handful (6) button mushroom (brown/white/both) - thinly sliced

3 cloves garlic

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/4 cup parlsey - chopped

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 tablespoon oil

salt and pepper

1. In a ziplock bag, add zuchinni, 1 tablespoon oil, garlic, thyme, cayenne pepper; shake well. Let it sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

2. heat up the george foreman to medium heat.

3. lay each slice of zucchini onto grill (make sure it's against the grill so that you'll get the grill marks).

4. flip over when it tender and let it grill (takes around 2-4 for both sides).

5. while grilling, place oil into a non-stick pan and let the oil heat up over medium heat. Once oil is hot, place onion in pan. When half way cooked, place mushrooms into pan.  Cook until onions are caramlized and mushrooms tender.

6. Mix the zucchini into the pan, stir well and season with salt and pepper

7. ENJOY!

Assembly!

Naan

Grill Zucchini Mixture

Crumble Goat's Milk Feta Cheese

Take Naan (make sure it's warm) and place zucchini mixture on top. Sprinkle some goat cheese!

Good cooking and good night!

Jessica and Michael || Engagement Shoot

I had a blast shooting this wonderful couple. The weather was at it's best (freezing cold)! I met Jess during my third year at Trinity Western; we lived on the same floor and we were friends from there on. Taken in beautiful Ft. Langley, here are just some of the many photos. Congrats beautiful couple!

it's 1:36AM

So it is really 1:36AM. What in the world am I doing up? Writing papers, studying for last minute quizzes, and filling out professors' evaluations only means one thing -- the school year is ending! It's absolutely ridiculous how fast this spring has been. It's going to be sad to see all my friends go back home and continue my studies online and pretty much not having a life. Just to keep you things update, here's some high/low lights of this semester

- received the EIC position on the yearbook team
- sister is getting baptized
- suite mate is working for CMT over the summer
- my external hard busting on me
- noticed that graduation date is one year from now
- possible travels to South Africa (missions/volunteering) and Europe (for fun)
- learned how to cha-cha
- lost a million hair-ties
- ingested way too much caffeine
- perfectified my recipes
- not updating my blog
- God's been good!

More to come.

Coming soon.....photography webpage!