Hi, I'm a Colortarian.: Cooking with Parsnips

Roughly a week and half ago, I made delicious cherry-filled cupcakes with some stinkin' good frosting. Then, my parents and a sister of mine escaped to a cute lil' cabin in MI for a couple of days. When we came home- there were the same amount of cupcakes in the fridge! A sister who stayed home, DIDN'T EAT ONE! That goof. Or moreover, she has stinkin' good self-control. So I had to eat pretty much all of the cupcakes. I bring this up because I need to stop baking sweet stuff so much because my family thinks I'm plotting to make them obese. Therefore yesterday I made (they turned out yummy and my family ate them! haha) "Thai Chicken Balls" from the recipe book, "Low-fat", by Homestyle. Well, without the coriander (which I found out is cilantro) and with a yellow, "sweet" onion and not spring onions, and with jalapeno peppers. THUS, I made them with some differences, but the chicken balls turned out great. I'm warning you, people- the name of this food may be harmful for some, because a sister of mine giggles at the sound of it...

From the same recipe book, I'm currently trying to make "Roast Vegetable Quiche". And I've made a number of goof-ups. I'm using a butternut squash instead of a pumpkin or a winter squash, but that's what they had at the grocery story I went to, I baked the vegetables for an hour at 180 degrees F, when that was the degree number in CELSIUS and the degrees in Fahrenheit were in parentheses (how embarrassing), I got flustered because I didn't know how to measure 1 oz of ricotta cheese...and then my sister showed me the symbol on a measuring cup...Anyways, I'm just living out the ultra-simple and ultra-true advice that practice makes perfect.

I have some pictures. :-)

So this is the recipe I followed. I loved that the book gave me picture instructions, even though my version didn't look quite like theirs. :-) That's okay!

I thought this was cute. This is one of the Sweet Potatoes I used! Doesn't it look like an animal?...

Over-flowing with chopped vegetables and garlic

Oh- this is our cat, Caramel (alter-ego name: Staci)

I hope I "grated" cheese right. Did you know that cheddar cheese is only yellow/orange because of COLOR ADDITIVES?! Yeah- cheese is supposed to be WHITE! My Mama told me.