Crème Brûlée

This is one of Will's favorite desserts. I tried to make it a month or so ago and failed miserably. I thought that I had enough whipping cream to make the full recipe. When I found out I didn't, I had already separated the eggs and I didn't want to waste them. So I thought that a cup of cream might just be enough. Well it wasn't. The creme brulee came out looking like a bowl of egg yolks. And since I didn't just throw half of the egg yolks away and cut the recipe in half, we had 8 bowls of egg yolks. Will ate all but 3 of them. It makes me gag to think about it.
Well I tried again and this time cut the recipe in half. I have decided to document my success.



2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
8 large egg yolks
1/2 cup of sugar

Separate yolks and combine in a mixing bowl with sugar. (Make sure you have enough cream before you waste your time separating the eggs.) Beat until smooth.

Heat the cream to a simmer then add to the egg mixture 1/4 cup at a time while stirring vigorously. (A kitchen add helps with this step)

Blend in vanilla.

Pour into 8 four ounce ramekins and place in a baking pan

Fill pan with boiling water to the water is 1/2 way up the ramekins

Bake at 250 for 1 hour, then wrap and refrigerate for 8 hours.

Caramelize
Add a tablespoon of sugar to the middle of each ramekin.
If you have a torch, that would be the easy way to do it. I don't, so turn the oven to broil and watch those ramekins like a hawk. They will burn fast. As soon as the top starts to turn a golden brown, take them out. This takes 2-8 min.
Put back in the fridge for 45 min and enjoy.

I danced with your mom because I'm sexy and I do what I want.

Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena with
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2----- --a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7---- ---m y mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White----because I'm cool like that
Black-----because that's how I roll.
Pink-----because I'm NOT crazy.
Red------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green----because I think I need some serious help.
Purple----because I'm AWESOME!
Gray-----because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow---because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars.
Orange---because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown----because I can.
Other-----because I'm a Ninja!
None------because I can't control myself!

Now: Leave the result as a comment!

Can't wait for spring

In hopes of some greater power hearing and wanting to keep me happy, can I just say that I love the weather today. We walked to Subway and got a 5 dollar foot long...any foot long. I love subway.

I'm officially a dork. I gave anybody who reads this blog a chance to win a gift and only one person responded. This could be so for two different reasons:

1) only one person reads this
2) No one want a homemade gift that I make.

Whatever I get points for trying right.

Pay it Forward

This is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog, you have to post this on your blog first. (That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.) Get it? So, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones.

Happy Valentines day!

We celebrated Valentines day all weekend. Friday we went out to dinner. Saturday we had a wonderful lunch at an exquisite restaurant called Beto's. We then went to see Twilight at the dollar theater. That's right I convinced Will to watch a teen obsessed movie about vampires. The rest of the day Will pranced around the house quoting all Edward's cheesy lines. We then got a heart shaped pizza. The concept of a heart shaped pizza was cool in theory, however I think that we got jipped on the amount of pizza we got.

Thurdays! The best day ever!

Thursday's schedule:

7:30-2:45 I nanny two boys.
3:00-6:30 Work at Preschool.
7:00-9:30 Infant toddler class.

This just started the beginning of February, but actually isn't as hard as I thought it would be. The day goes pretty fast when you are doing something you like. Last Thursday I was stopped at a red light I reached back to hand the baby a toy and brother said "Can you just drive." I thought it was quite comical so I thought I would share with everyone.

Congratulation to Cassidy on getting her permit! She will be 16 on Feb. 21st!