Brownies

This year I chose Foods and Nutrition as an optional class and we usually learn stuff during the week and then we cook something on Fridays. Also, once every two or three weeks we have a free cook day where we get to choose what we want to cook. This week we had a free cook day and we decided to make brownies. Personally I prefer to do everything myself and not use pre-made mixes where everything is done for you because I love to bake and cook and I don't have that much fun with pre-made mixes, but we don't have a lot of time in the classroom so we used a Brownie mix. All we did is preheat the oven to 350 F and stir together the brownie mix, one egg, 1/4 C of water and 1/3 C of milk. Then we placed it in a square or round pan and we put it in the oven for 20-25 minutes. This recipe says 15-20 minutes but ours wasn't done in that time. I hope you enjoy it! :)

Blueberry Muffins

So today my sister had the Enrollment Ceremony for the Girl Guides of Canada and we had to bring a treat to share so we decided to make some muffins. We didn't have much time so we used a blueberry muffin mix from the grocery store. You only have to mix 3 cups of the blueberry muffin mix with 1 cup of milk and 2 eggs. Then you place them in the oven at 200 degrees C or 400 degrees F for 20 minutes and you get these delicious muffins!

                                                                      

Banana Bread

Hello, it's me again, this saturday I was really bored so I decided to try a recipe of Banana Bread just beacause a while ago someone had offered me a piece and I thought it was really good. Banana Bread is a really good way to use the ripe bananas that are going bad and no one wants to eat because they are brown and mushy, and plus, it's delicious!

Banana Bread
Preparation time: 15-30 minuts
Baking time: 50-60 minuts
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all purpose flour

- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
2. Take a 9x5 inch loaf pan and grease it with butter or vegetable oil.
3. In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
4. In another bowl mix well bananas, yogurt, eggs, melted butter and vanilla. Blend all of them well.
5. Gently mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
6. Put the batter in pan and bake for about 50-60 minutes or untill a knife inserted comes out clean.
7. Turn it out and let it cool for few minutes.

Seguiment del creixement de l'Archie

Com sabeu, vam adoptar l'Archie poc després d'arrivar i llavors ell tenia 1 mes i mig.
Era petit i tot el dia el teniem als braços però s'ha fet gran i ara ja no el podem agafar.

Aqui teniu fotos d'ell perquè veigueu la diferència:

Amics

Ara ja fa uns 2 mesos que som a Canada així que ja anem coneixent gent i hem fet amics, us els presento:

Ells tres son el Martin (pare) que és el jefe del pare i són argentins, la Natalia i la Tomás. La seva mare es diu Sofia però no hi era aquest dia.

Aquestes són la Sussana amb la seva filla Elsa i el que porta a la panxa! Són de Madrid així que també parlen  Castellà. La Elsa, un dia que van venir, s'anava acostant a una bassa que hi ha al pati fins que al final s'hi va tirar i ens va donar un susto...

Aquests són la Candy i el Gorth que són els veïns.

El Peter, un altre veí que només té 7 anys però segons ell sap de tot, parla Frances perque sap de Bon jour, castellà perquè sap dir Hola i Koreà perquè sap contar fins a cinc.

Un dia, vam anar a patinar i era la primera vegada que ell patinava i clar, ell en sap molt de patinar... Així que com que no li sortia, pos es va enfadar i es va asseure a sobre del gel.

La Catherine és la nostra professora d'anglès que vam tenir durant l'estiu. El seu marit, l'Omar, és de la República Dominicana i la seva filla es diu Liliana i té 2 anys es molt mona!!!!