Monster House

Monster House

I decided to make our house into a monster house today.  It was something I had seen on pinterest.  We bought 75% of our supplies from Michaels with 20% entire order coupon.  The foam (20" x 30") were 2 for $3, and I had the paint and duct tape we had at home.

 

I taped 2.5 pieces of the foam together with clear packing tape.  Then I drew the outline on with pencil. With an x acto knife to cut out the teeth.  I'm not going to lie, it was a pain in the ass.  I hope to never try doing that again.

In the end, I was decently ok with the result.  It obviously does not look like the perfection of the pin, but hey, I didn't have plywood and someone to hang the stuff up for me.

The kids liked it. That, in the end, is all that counts.

Original pin (web link http://sublime-decor.com/2013/07/30/decorate-your-front-entry-way-as-a-monster-for-halloween/)

No tech or screen for a full week...family style.

We are, as a family "going dark" for one week.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Homemade tortillas. Breakfast style.

So, I'm in my third semester of Spanish, and our professor wants us to do a 10 minute presentation on some Spanish culture item. 

I considered making food, as I could talk about what I was doing and not have to stare at the class (I haaaate the oral presentations!)

My first experiment went well. Homemade tortillas. They were really simple to make, and resulted in a tasty treat.

My modified recipe

1 cup white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup HOT tap water

3 tbsp (maybe a little extra) olive oil

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

Stir dry, leave a well, pour wet ingredients in. Knead 10-20 times, cover with damp paper towel, rest for 20 minutes.

While it was resting I had time to mince; a small green pepper, 1/2 small zucchini & small (tiny really) potato, threw that all in a hot pan to cook, and scrambled 4 eggs in a bowl.

After the 20 minutes separate into small balls, and roll out as thin as you can (first one I tried to hand press and it did not work) ... I looked for my rolling pin (lost in the move black hole of boxes) I improvised with a bottle of red wine. Worked dandy.

Floured surface, and as Alton Brown always says, keep your item moving. Don't keep rolling rolling rolling or it will stick, roll, turn, roll, turn, roll, flip. Etc.

I used an electric griddle at 350 degrees, and cooked about 1-2 minutes per side, spraying my favorite non-stick spray -Bak-klene ZT from Williams Sonoma $9 -  between tortillas

 There is that awful first one top left.

My kids gobbled them up. Husband and I topped with the omelette mixture and salsa (I may have snuck a slice of fresh mozzarella on mine) ill be making these again when I find my rolling pin.

Clean up was a snap... Here is a shot of the "mess"

Here is the original pin - not much of a website, just a photo from a iPhone http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6f/a2/e2/6fa2e2a31850e8a68e1c62d7637c7ca7.jpg