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The Amazing Easy-to-Follow Baked Alaska Recipe!

The Amazing Easy-to-Follow Baked Alaska Recipe!

The Amazing Easy-to-Follow Baked Alaska Recipe! Make your dessert dreams come true with our easy-to-follow Baked Alaska recipe! Our Baked Alaska recipe with homemade ice cream is the perfect dish for you! Not only is it a centuries-old dessert, but it’s also an omelet surprise, as a core of ice cream is hidden under a flambéed meringue topping. It’s a dessert that’s sure to melt away your…

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Baked Alaska z domowych lodów

Co roku na urodziny Córki szykuję tort. Tylko raz w życiu - gdy 12 lutego wypadł w Tłusty Czwartek - zamiast okazałego ciasta z kremem dostała górę pączków z cukierni. W ubiegłym roku też było nietypowo, bo spędzała urodziny u Babci w Zabrzu.

Rocznicowy tort zawsze jest oryginalny i zawsze piekę go w nocy, gdy moja latorośl już śpi. Bywało, że przygotowania kończyłam o 3 lub 4 nad ranem, ale nie miało to większego znaczenia, ekscytacja niwelowała potrzebę snu.

Rano, gdy jeszcze jest ciemno na dworze, zapalam świeczki i wchodzę do jej pokoju ze “Stoooo laaaat!” na ustach. Uwielbiam ten moment, gdy Córka otwiera oczy! To dla mnie największa radość z całej urodzinowej fety.

Tym razem nie było świeczek (chociaż kupiłam zestaw), bo nie dałoby się ich umieścić na włoskiej bezie, była za to fontanna zimnych ogni.

Baked Alaska to tort lodowy otulony przypieczoną włoską bezą, na biszkoptowym spodzie. Zawsze wydawało mi się, że to niezwykle trudny deser, ale konstatuję, że nie tyle trudny, co czasochłonny. I to też tylko wtedy, gdy zdecydujemy się sami zrobić lody. Bo jeśli kupimy gotowe, to roboty jest tyle, co nic.

Przygotowałam trzy smaki lodów, wszystkie zgodne z aktualnymi upodobaniami Córki. Pierwszy to ciastka Oreo, drugi to prażone orzechy laskowe, orzechy ziemne w karmelu i czekoladki z solonym karmelem, a trzeci czekoladowy - z gorzkiej roztopionej i tartej czekolady. Bazą dla wszystkich trzech była bita śmietana ze skondensowanym słodzonym mlekiem. Tego typu lody robię od lat. 

Miałam duszę na ramieniu, gdy o świcie ozdabiałam bezą lody, a potem je przypiekałam opalarką kuchenną. Prawie mi nie sfrunęła z tego ramienia, kiedy kroiłam i nakładałam na talerzyki słuszne porcje. Ale wróciła na swoje miejsce, gdy zobaczyłam zadowoloną minę mojej świeżo upieczonej 14-latki! Gdy zaś sama próbowałam kolejnych warstw lodów usmarowanych kremową bezą, moja dusza szczerzyła zęby w szerokim uśmiechu.

Drodzy Czytelnicy, jeśli planujecie w najbliższym czasie przyjęcie, albo zechcecie rozpieścić ukochaną osobę, przygotujcie Pieczoną Alaskę!

Składniki:

1 l kremówki 30% 600 g (1 1/3 puszki) skondensowanego słodzonego mleka

Warstwa Oreo 18 ciastek Oreo

Warstwa orzechowo-karmelowa 2/3 szklanki orzechów laskowych bez skórki 1/2 szklanki solonych orzechów ziemnych 1/2 szklanki cukru 5-6 Czekoladek z Nadzieniem o Smaku Słonego Karmelu (Biedronka)

Warstwa czekoladowa 1 1/2 czekolady gorzkiej min. 65% łyżka masła łyżka kakao

10 okrągłych biszkoptów (ew. samodzielnie upieczony blat biszkoptowy)

Włoska beza szklanka cukru 1/4 szklanki wody 3 białka 1/2 łyżeczki soli łyżeczka soku z cytryny

Wykonanie:

Dno i boki szklanej miski wyłożyć szczelnie folią spożywczą, pozostawiając dłuższe wystające brzegi (ułatwią wyjmowanie ciasta).

Teraz przygotować składniki do trzech warstw lodów.

Całą czekoladę połamać na kawałki i rozpuścić z łyżką masła w mikrofalówce (2 x 30 sek.) lub kąpieli wodnej. Dokładnie wymieszać, aż do całkowitego rozpuszczenia się kawałków. Resztę czekolady zetrzeć na tarce i odstawić w miseczce obok.

Ciastka Oreo rozkruszyć - częściowo na piasek, częściowo zachowując nieduże kawałki.

Orzechy laskowe podprażyć na suchej patelni i podzielić na dwie części - 2/3 zblendować na lepki piasek, a 1/3 zblendować na grube okruchy. Na patelni rozpuścić cukier, a gdy stanie się złocisty wrzucić do niego orzechy ziemne, uprzednio pozbawione nadmiaru soli na sicie, wymieszać i rozlać płasko na silikonową matę, a gdy wystygnie połamać na małe kawałeczki, zachowując cukrowy proszek. Czekoladki pokroić na kawałeczki.

Dobrze schłodzoną kremówkę ubić na sztywno w dużym naczyniu. Porcjami dodawać skondensowane mleko i delikatnie mieszać szpatułką, aż utworzą jednolitą puszystą masę.

Bazę do lodów podzielić na trzy równe porcje, przekładając do misek. Do każdej z nich przełożyć przygotowane składniki i delikatnie połączyć. Lody Oreo i orzechowe nie są skomplikowane. Z czekoladą zrobić tak: do roztopionej, przestudzonej (to ważne!) czekolady dodać kilka łyżek bitej śmietany i delikatnie połączyć. Potem jeszcze kilka łyżek i dopiero wówczas całość dodać do ubitej kremówki z mlekiem skondensowanym. Dodać tartą czekoladę, wsypać przez sitko kakao i ponownie delikatnie wymieszać. Spróbować, czy nie są zbyt wytrawne (można dodać trochę cukru pudru, jeśli ktoś lubi bardzo słodką czekoladę). Naczynie zakleić folią kuchenną i wstawić do zamrażarki, podobnie jak pozostałe.

Po 30-40 minutach wyjąć lody (powinny trochę stężeć, ale wciąż być miękkie).  Na dno przygotowanej miski wykładać warstwami lody: Oreo, orzechowe i czekoladowe. Na górze ułożyć ciasno biszkopty (lub cienki, dokrojony do kształtu miski, biszkopt). Zamknąć rogi folii, przykryć talerzem i wstawić do zamrażarki. Jeśli zostanie trochę lodów, włożyć do małego pojemnika, szczelnie zamknąć i zapomnieć o nich na dwa dni (będą na otarcie łez, gdy Alaska już zniknie).

Lody powinny tężeć min. 4-5 godzin.

Przed wyjęciem lodów z lodówki przygotować włoską bezę. Do garnka z wodą wsypać cukier. Zagotować i zmniejszyć ogień. Gotować powoli, aż cukier się rozpuści, a syrop zgęstnieje lecz wciąż będzie przezroczysty (ok. 10 minut). Wyłączyć gaz.

Białka ubić na sztywną pianę, dodając sól, a pod koniec sok z cytryny. Cały czas ubijając wlewać po trochę syropu. Po wlaniu całości miksować jeszcze chwilę, aż piana będzie lśniąca. Odstawić do lodówki.

Lody wyjąć z zamrażarki. Miskę włożyć do garnka z ciepłą (nie gorącą!) wodą i spróbować wyjąć za foliowe uszy. Gdy zaczną wychodzić, przykryć paterą miskę i ostrożnie odwrócić do góry dnem. Z kopuły lodów zdjąć miskę i folię.

Na całą powierzchnię lodów nakładać łyżką bezę, tworząc jak najwięcej pofałdowań (użyłam do tego widelca). Bezę opalić kuchenną opalarką.

Podawać.

Deser świetnie przechowuje się w zamrażarce, trzeba tylko uważać by nie zniszczyć bezowej koafiury.

#baked alaska #baked alaska z domowych lodów #baked alaska z domowych lodów w trzech smakach #baked alaska homemade ice cream #baked alaska of homemade ice cream #lody #ice cream #domowe lody #homemade ice cream #lody oreo #lody orzechowe #lody czekoladowe #oreo ice cream #nut ice cream #chocolate ice cream #desery #desserts #dessert #czekolada #chocolate #orzechy #nuts #oreo #włoska beza #italian meringue #kuchnia amerykańska #north american cuisine #us cuisine

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Food of “Root Beer Floats and Green Tea” Part 4 (chapters 59-77)

Root Beer Floats (again) from Laura. 

Welcome home dinner: steak

Daniel’s dream wedding cake:  A light caramel cake with a bit of coconut in the in-between layers mixed in with the icing

Breakfast made by Dutch: Eggs and bacon and toast.

Abuela’s restaurant: horchata,  Pork carnitas, tacos de Suadero, tacos al Pastor, sour cream, rice, guacamole, beans, and nopales salad,  Polvorones and take home  tamales Abuela’s breakfast for Johnny when he was little:  molletes Fish for dinner with Mr. Miyagi Court house coffee breaks with cupcakes and cookies from Bobby

Laura’s news at the docks ice cream on the beach:  Mint chocolate chip for her, rocky road for Johnny. Johnny’s childhood meals of toast and ketchup and fried baloney.  Mr. Miyagi’s lunch boxes for Laura and co at the court house.

Daniel’s homemade pick me up manicotti with spinach filling for the guys after the divorce proceedings: Recipe for Homemade Manicotti Recipe for the spinach filling of the Manicotti

Daniels chocolate chip pancakes at the mansion

Laura’s champagne 

Iced tea with Laura (Johnny���s first dinner at her house was take out)

Mr. Miyagi’s forgotten fish (when he went to see Mr. Miyagi’s Little Trees) soup and rice that Johnny reheats and tea

Johnny’s sandwich and coffee with Jessica Andrews

After break in tea for Daniel

Drive-in popcorn and soda Mrs Douglas’ snacks for unchaperoned karate championship kids: frozen grapes

Lunch with Dutch: Bibimbap Kimchi fried rice recipe Side dish Recipes: Tofu aka Dubu Buchim Little fish aka Myulchi Bokkeum tiny eggs aka Jangjorim fish cake this recipe offers either spicy or non spicy spinach aka sigumchi namul Potatoes aka Gamja bokkeum

Johnny’s birthday: Inca Kola Tostados, picadillo, mole, some stuffed bell peppers, salad, bionicos, and tacos bombe Alaska: Chocolate orange cake with vanilla ice cream and meringue that he'd (Bobby) doused in rum and lit on fire. (combo of these two recipes for the cake: baked/bombe alaska and Chocolate orange cake )

Saltwater taffy from Nonnio

blueberry pie filling and peach cobbler filling in jars New Jersey style Pinata candies:  Pulparindo,  Peanut mazapan, Paleta Payaso, mango with chilli pepper (Not sure how to share this without linking to a shop to buy it since taste atlas failed me, so uh just a whole bunch of candy) Laura having margaritas with Abuela Daniel’s fruit season in Jersey. Missed how they'd all visit his aunt as a kid and pick fruit to make compotes, ice cream, sweets, and all sorts of things to eat.

Daniel’s first chocolate chip and banana pancakes: Bananarama (video)

Yukie’s recipe for a sweetened iced matcha drink for Johnny for his birthday. I tried to look for a recipe for this one that I liked and I didn’t like any, so here’s the steps from a lesson I took:

You need a bamboo whisk, a spoon or scoop, a tea cloth,  70°F hot water, and 2-3 scoops of matcha. First you need to rinse your bowl with the warm water and let the bamboo whisk soak in the warm water for a couple of minutes until it softens a bit. Then dump out the water and run a tea cloth over the bowl to make sure it’s clean and dry.  Then using the small spoon scoop in two or three spoonfuls of matcha into the bowl. If you like a stronger matcha taste go for three, if you don’t like the bitter taste, go for two. (Johnny would go for 2, Daniel would go for 3) Then add the hot water. More water will make it weaker, less water will give it a stronger matcha taste.

You do not want to scrape the bottom of the bowl when mixing. That’s a good way to break a bristle and you don’t want to drink broken bits of bamboo. Most of the movement is a rapid wrist movement back and forth to create bubbles or foam.

Matcha on its own is somewhat bitter. But the best way to tell the difference from good quality matcha from bad quality is the texture. If it has a grainy mouth feel then it’s lower quality matcha. It shouldn’t be grainy.

Now if you want to make your own iced Matcha latte you fill a glass with ice, pour in some milk (or an alternative) about half way, some agave (or your choice of sweetener), and mix with a spoon.

Gifts from Kumiko: the stars are Konpeitō , the flowers are wasanbon and cheesecake. Mr. Miyagi’s ramen for after fights and bonsai rescues Jessica’s mac and cheese Part 1  | Part 2 | Part 3 | you’re here | Part 5 |

#root beer floats and green tea #long food post #food of root beer floats and green tea #photos from unsplash a free use website

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Since my state, Georgia, is having the annual Peaches to Beaches event which is two days of statewide yard sales, I thought it would be interesting to show how America, the states, and any other countries wanting to participate both 1p and 2p would be during this event. So here you go!

Georgia is happily selling fresh produce like boiled peanuts and Vidalia onions and peach-based deserts. Her homemade peach cobbler and ice cream are to die for!

Antonio (Spain) also sells many fresh tomatoes, olives, and other vegetables. He doesn't understand why no one wants his Olive Juice though.

Hawaii and Alaska make a killing selling lemonade at their stand with a free complimentary handmade flower crown with every purchase. While using their sheer cuteness to attract everyone including one of those sweet biker gangs. It's really surreal to see a huge gang of buff, tattooed, tough-looking guys in leather wearing flower crowns and drinking lemonade. Allen's also there to supervise and ward of creep. Also, to provide people more 'incentive' to buy their lemonade.

Texas breaks out the Texas BBQ and is in a Barbecuing turf war with Jett (Australia). They draw huge crowds for the five-alarm chili as well and hold a competition who can eat the most without burning out their tongues and/or passing out.

Florida sells some of the weirdest stuff you'll ever see. "Want a full-scale model of a gator made entirely out of bottle caps? Only ten bucks! Want a portrait of Florida Man painted with orange juice? 15 bucks!"

Nevada also tries to sell weird and sketchy stuff to scam everyone. "This piece is the genuine article folks! One napkin gently used by Elvis Presley himself! Just 500 bucks! Also, gets into a haggling war with Lars (Netherlands). Somewhere Alfred's dad instincts go off and he reminds himself to ground Nevada.

California, Oregon, and Washington collaborate and California sells anything vegan or made with avocadoes and the autographs of Hollywood stars, Oregon sells his old tye-dyed shirts and records, they also made him sell his old groovy hippy bus from the sixties he'd never got rid of no one knew they had. Oregon can be a bit of a hoarder, so they had to tie him to a chair and gag him because he wouldn't surrender the bus without a fight. Washington also tries to sell and drink cups of coffee, but in the hot Southern heat, this doesn't end well.

Louisiana sells anything Cajun-style from frog legs to fresh gumbo, to beignets. Also has a full collection of Mardi Gras masks and shrunken voodoo heads on sale for two bucks a pop.

Gilbert (Prussia) gets tricked by Nevada and gets a ton of stupid things he doesn't need. Ludwig (Germany) tries unsuccessfully to keep him on a metaphorical leash.

Ludwig always checks the quality of things he sees and buys dog toys and supplies for Blackie, Berlitz, and Astor. Later, he actually buys a kiddie leash for Gilbert.

All the while Lutz (2p! Germany) is asleep in a lawn chair with his hat on his face after drinking like six cold beers from this really good booth. All the while, Klaus (2p! Prussia) finds an antique Teutonic Knights flag from a vendor whose family was from Germany.

Vash (Switzerland) buys antique guns from Alabama and Roderich (Austria) also checks out some of Tennessee's guitars. He's horrified upon seeing Alabama's banjo and washboard.

Mathew (Canada) and Emma (Belgium) combine their powers and tag team to sell the best pancakes and waffles on earth with genuine Canadian maple syrup.

New York sells tons of baseball memorabilia and collectibles. Allen, trying to save his bad-boy image, tries to be discreet when buying some while taking Hawaii and Alaska around to get something with their lemonade money. James also gets some hockey memorabilia with Michigan and Minnesota who also got snow cones.

Alaska and Hawaii see a giant deluxe dollhouse but are almost in tears when they don't have enough money. But they end up getting it for free because no one can resist their weaponized puppy dog eyes. Also, no one can resist a growling Allen. Using the leftover money, they buy cute little rainbow umbrella hats for everyone and have Allen wear one who begrudgingly accepts it.

James, walking by with an armful hockey gear and flannel shirts, bursts out laughing when he sees this. In revenge, Allen forces him to wear one too and help him carry the dollhouse, much to Hawaii and Alaska's delight! "I said go my way puck head!" "No, it's my way, you vegan loving hoser!" A passing Francis (France)' is in stylish horror when they also make him and a nonchalant Luis (2p! France), holding a case of vintage wines, wear them too. Hawaii and Alaska go around giving umbrella hats to everyone including a sleeping Lutz they pass by.

Loving (Romano) practically has to supervise Feliciano (Italy) and keep him from buying anything too stupid on impulse or get scammed. They still end up with stacks upon stacks of cookbooks, kitchen wear, and a Mona Lisa made entirely out of Macaroni. They also get umbrella hats.

Flavio (2p! Romano) browses through clothing racks to get ideas for his vintage line. Also checks out the handmade fabrics like quilts. "Such craftsmanship! This pattern is so unique and chic! I simply must have it! What's your price Bella?" The nice old woman selling the quilt just smiles, "Oh just about five dollars young man." "Perfect!" Flavio hands the quilts off to Andreas (2p! Spain) who's practically buried underneath the fabric. Luciano (2p! Italy) facepalms while holding a new knife set in its case. "Oooh! Look at those adorable hats I just have to have one." Cue three more umbrella hats and a humiliated Luciano. "Just kill me now..."

Katyusha (Ukraine), Elizaveta (Hungary), Lillie (Liechtenstein), Natalya, (Belarus), Katya( 2p! Ukraine) and Anastasia (2p! Belarus), and Michelle (Seychelles) explore with armfuls of clothes, new ribbons, and a gun case for Switzerland (Lillie), cast iron frying pans (Elizaveta, watch out Prussia!), farm tools (Katyusha), Jewelry and unmentionables (Katya), dresses (Anastasia), an assortment of switchblades (Natalya), and one of those singing fish on a plague (Michelle). It's definitely an interesting group.

Kiku (Japan) and Kuro (2p! Japan) find a nerd booth selling comics, manga, and Japanese weapons like katanas. Kuro test swings a blade and tries to slice the table so hard it breaks the blade, "Hmmm, not sharp enough for me, got anything else?" He throws it on the pile of broken blades he's already tested. Kiku stockpiles on limited-edition manga and he and the vendor end up getting into a huge, heated by Kiku standards, debate on who's waifu is best. Further down, Alfred reads every Marvel/DC comic while keeping an ear out on every state's location. He checks on Texas via his glasses and notices he's beating Australia in the chili contest. "That's my boy!"

Wisconsin wearing a cheese head sells anything cheese-based. He's got cheddar, goat cheese, string cheese, cheese spray, gorgonzola, grilled cheese, cheese curds, Mac n' Cheese, cheese sculptures of all world monuments, you name it he's got it! He also starts a war with Iowa's corn dishes and Idaho's potato dishes. They eventually end up flinging cheese, potatoes, and corn after they start dissing each other's foods. "Take this cheese brain!" "Nice aim, I-da-ho!" "I told you not to call me that!" "I'm gonna go children of the corn on y'all's behinds!" Poor Nebraska is stuck in the middle.

Alfred (America) hears the commotion and using his parent radar, immediately knows who it is and reminds himself to ground Iowa, Wisconsin, and Idaho later along with Nevada who, though still grounded for sure, makes him feel a little proud of since he managed to out haggle Netherlands.

New Mexico and Arizona also sell Native American handicrafts along with things like dreamcatchers and giant inflatable aliens. While Delaware, being the boring stick in the mud that he is, walks by with a framed and complete U.S. quarter collection from a vendor.

Kansas sells out of every sunflower she had courtesy of Ivan (Russia). Ivan and her the team up to buy out every sunflower seed from here to kingdom come. Viktor (2p! Russia) buys all the vodka he can find and a new shovel while Xiao (2p! China) tries giving people tattoos for 10 bucks a pop.

He tries to convince Yao (China) to get a hello kitty one to match the giant plushie he's holding, with the encouragement of Leon (Hong Kong) and Yong Soo (South Korea) who all collectively agree he needs to quit being such a grandpa. They also like calling him an antique-like the items on sale. " Aiyah! I'm not that old, aru!" "Yeah, you are Sensei." "Don't deny it! Da Ze!" Respect your elders!" "Tattoos originated in Korea da ze!" He totally is that old.

Oliver (2p! England) holds a bake sale and has people lined up for blocks to get some. Arthur (England), after having his scones shut down after it poisoned some unlucky squirrels, fries selling authentic magical items like unicorn hair or pixie dust. Everyone thinks he's a little crazy but he did sell a good bit of old magic books he needed to get out of his house, after making sure no one could actually use them of course.

The Nordics also went perusing for antique and handmade furniture when Mathias (Denmark) spots two full sets of Viking costumes and tries to get Lukas (Norway) to try them on with him. Lukas wasn't amused.

Berwald (Sweden) and Tino (Finland) also find a great handmade table to get after inspecting the workmanship and a full Lego set for Peter (Sealand), now if only Mathias would stop squealing like a little kid at the full piece lego death star. Emil (Iceland) keeps thinking he's the mature one until he spots a mini top hat and cane for Mr. Puffin.

In the end, everyone ends up wearing umbrella hats courtesy of Hawaii and Alaska, loving all the strange things they bought or counting the profits they made. Alfred (America) is proud of his kids and visits everyone one of their stands. He ends up looking pretty funny with an umbrella hat (HW, AK), a washboard, (AL),a picture of Florida Man, (FL), a balloon alien (NM, AZ), a tye dye shirt (CA, WA, OR), hockey stick shaped glasses (MN, MI), a giant stack of comics with a replica Thor hammer and Captain America shield on his back, all in a shopping cart (NV), and a giant turkey leg in his hand (Tx). Unsurprisingly, it was a tie between Oliver, Texas, and Australia for who earned the most with their food. Georgia just smiled as this was another great year for her state and people!

#Hetalia #2p hetalia #hetalia headcannons #hetalia states #hws states #aph america #aph england #aph france #aph italy #aph russia #aph nordics #aph prussia #aph switzerland #aph romano #aph germany #aph liechtenstein #aph austria #aph nethlands #aph canada #aph china #aph japan #aph south korea #aph ukraine #aph belarus #aph hungary #aph australia #aph belgium #aph hong kong #aph spain #aph georgia

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Berry Blast

Berry Blast Fandom: My Hero Academia Pairing: TodoMomo Summary: TodoMomo Positivity Week Day 3 Prompt Fill: Direct partner piece for my previous day fill [here] but can be read as a stand alone. After agreeing to an anniversary picnic, Momo begins stressing about what she should bring along. She isn’t exactly the most domestic of women, after all. Thankfully, she has a little bit of help of her own to get things sorted out. Standard Disclaimer: If you read and enjoy this, please give it a like/ reblog so I know if I should write more.

When Shoto had first suggested to Momo that they spend their first anniversary having a little picnic together, she’d been delighted. The idea of the two of them settling in for a homemade lunch together was something straight out of one of the shojo mangas Mina and Tooru had gotten her hooked on! And to think that Shoto had insisted on preparing all the food himself? Well, that had her swooning all over again. After all, what could possibly be sweeter than a boyfriend preparing a humble lunch for his girlfriend?

And then the thought struck her; shouldn’t she bring something as well?

Drinks seemed simple enough, so she made a note in the back of her mind to pick some up on her way. That, however, seemed far too simple. And impersonal. She wanted to do something just as sincere and thoughtful as what Shoto was doing for her! Then, her mind jumped over to the idea of sweets. They were the most frequently offered gift when a young lady was interested in a young man. That thought then led her to the conclusion of dessert. Why, she could surely bake something to bring along! A homemade dessert would be a perfect partner to a homemade picnic lunch!

And so, she got to work!... And very quickly hit a few roadblocks.

Her initial thought was to make something like a strawberry shortcake. She remembered that Shoto enjoyed that strawberries were a mix of sweet and tart. He liked sweet things on occasion, but he had expressed that too much tended to give him an upset stomach. She had picked up the ingredients but then read another article online that expressed that the one-year mark was something that warranted going that extra little bit to make it even more spectacular, that often times this anniversary could make or break a relationship.

So she cast that idea aside and decided to try something different.

Upon looking into things more, she selected macarons, as they could be various flavors and colors, meaning she could customize them as she wanted. She encountered trouble with separating the egg whites and then with consistency issues. She scrapped that and then moved on to making chocolate souffles. She tried two separate batches but couldn’t get them to rise properly, regardless of what she tried. Momo changed gears at that point and decided to pick a treat that was a testament to her partner; baked Alaska! She had figured that he could be able to safely set the treat on fire once they were actually ready for it. However, when she tried to bake in the ice cream, it completely melted. And that wasn’t even covering the problems she encountered trying to prepare the meringue for the dish!

So, then she decided to try a lemon meringue pie instead. That, she reasoned, would also be a bit more Shoto’s style, as it was a better blend of sweetness and tartness. She had heard that pies could be incredibly tricky to an untrained hand, but she wasn’t worried. After all, it couldn’t be half as hard as fighting villains or training under Aizawa-Sensei! She had done those things with the greatest of ease so she could rise to this occasion!

Or so she’d thought when she started. Instead, she ended up hunched over the counter, on the verge of frustrated tears, unable to miss the whispers of the kitchen staff just outside the kitchen proper.

“Should we be concerned?”

“That’s, what, the fourth attempt she’s made?”

“Well, at least this time she didn’t set anything on fire?”

“No, instead she just managed to under cook it to the point it’s more liquid than anything else. Like, it is as runny and drippy as my son’s nose gets when he’s got a cold,”

“Oh, hush! The young miss is trying her best!”

She squeezed her eyes shut tighter, taking a deep breath to calm herself and try to block out the commentary. Yes, she didn’t have a lot of experience with baking, but it couldn’t be that hard! Sato-Kun at school baked all the time and never had nearly as much trouble as all this! He made treats like these for their peers all the time! That was many more people than she was aiming for! So… Why? Why couldn’t she get this right?

She jumped when there was a gentle hand patting at her head, followed by a familiar voice asking, “Now, what’s all this, Momochi?”

Momo pushed herself up and looked at the older man beside her in shock. “Father… I thought you and Mother were going to be away for four days,” she said in lieu of a proper greeting.

He chuckled, shifting to lean more heavily on the cane in his other hand. “Ah, well, you know how your mother can be. She tends to push projects along to a more streamlined process,” he said before reaching out and brushing a thumb under her eye to wipe away the tears threatening to spill. “Now, what’s got you so distressed?”

She felt heat creep up along her cheeks. “I-I was… Well, uh, you see-!”

“Honestly, Momo,” Another voice chimed in, “what is all of this fuss about? And this mess! If you wanted to have some kind of exotic snack you should have asked one of the chefs. We hired them for a reason.”

Momo averted her gaze to her hands, fingers fiddling with the edge of the messy apron she was adorning. Of course Mother had opinions about this. “I was… Trying to prepare something on my own,” she mumbled.

“What for?” she asked with a raised brow.

“My boyfriend and I are having our one year anniversary tomorrow,” she explained, her fidgeting getting worse as she spoke, “So I wanted to make something myself to share with him.”

Mother’s face screwed up in confusion, her head tilting slightly. “Boyfriend?” 

“Yes, dear! Shoto-Kun, remember?” Father said, already moving to and fro in the kitchen as best as he could with the cane. He was rummaging through one of the pantries in search of something but perked back up as he closed the door. “Well, I suppose you wouldn’t. We only know of him from Momochi’s stories and the sports festival footage. We really should work to fix that. If you two are committed enough to be together for a year, it only makes sense we have a dinner at some point to meet him properly.” He nodded to himself at that before opening another drawer and plucking out the matryoshka doll-inspired measuring cups he’d bought shortly after Momo’s Quirk had manifested.

Back then, before Father fell ill, Momo remembered spending afternoons in the kitchen with him while he prepared all manner of snacks for her to choose from. Those measuring cups had been selected specifically to be used for her treats and her treats alone.

“Ah, that’s right… Endeavor-Sama’s boy,” Mother said, clearly remembering at least one conversation they’d had about it before. She then scowled as she watched Father continued rummaging through the cabinets and drawers. “Umeo… What are you doing? You are supposed to be resting.”

“And I’ll rest after helping Momo with this, Mikan,” he said with a small smile as he set the measuring cups down on the counter in front of Momo. He turned to face her with a bright smile on his face. “Our daughter will only get to celebrate her first year anniversary with her boyfriend once, you know.”

Some of the harshness in Mother’s expression dwindled at that, some of her sharper edges dulling. Father always seemed to have a way about drawing that expression from her. “... Very well. But I am going to have someone here to monitor that you do not overdo it,”

“Of course, of course! Now, let’s see… I know I left the recipe book around here somewhere,” he grumbled, moving to open another drawer. 

Mother shook her head, a small smile turned up on her lips as Father released a satisfied cry and held the book up appraisingly. Her gaze shifted back to her only daughter, maintaining that same delicacy that Father had brought out. “And, Momo?” She nodded tentatively at being addressed. “Congratulations on reaching such a significant milestone in your relationship.” With that, Mother squared her shoulders and walked back out of the kitchen, pausing briefly to nudge one of the eavesdropping chefs in to monitor things.

“Thank you, Mother,” she called after her. When she turned back around, Father had replaced the cook book she’d been using with his own and was flipping pages. “Ah, Father! I’m going to be doing this on my own!”

“Oh, my apologies! I promise I’m not trying to step on your toes or take charge; just getting the section pulled up for you, Momochi,” he said before carefully moving to a chair the assisting chef hurriedly dragged over. Sometimes she was astounded at how a man so ill could still be so spry.

She instead turned her attention to which section in his recipe book he’d opened to, tilting her head slightly. “Hmm? These are… So simple,”

“Simple, yes, but always a crowd pleaser,” he chuckled.

“But… I wanted to do something… bigger, I suppose? These are just… incredibly basic,” she said, unable to mask the disappointment in her tone.

“There’s nothing wrong with something simpler, dear,” he said, motioning her to approach him. When she was close enough, he took her hands and gave a small squeeze, smiling widely up at her. “Love isn’t always about grand, sweeping gestures or flashy gifts. Sometimes, the most significant shows of love are in the simple, in the basics.” There was something in his smile as he glanced from her to the entryway where Mother had left through. The gleam in his eyes was one of pure adoration, she knew, and couldn’t help but feel a small smile turn up on her own lips as he turned back to face her. Of all the things Momo knew in this world, the love between her parents was the most comforting to her. “When you’re young and inexperienced, love always seems like something that’ll solve everything, make every day good. That’s what movies and books and everything else tells you, after all. And… That’s only true to some extent. Sometimes, Momo, love is about comfort and familiarity. After all, when you love someone, you know them as well as yourself. Sometimes the best shows of love are in remembering little things, like how they take their coffee.”

She blinked before squeezing his hands in return gently. “Shoto-Kun likes strawberries, so… I want to make something with those in them,”

“Ah, I think I know something that’ll be perfect for you then. I believe it’s on page 53,”

She did as he said, lighting up at the recipe she found, before scurrying over the the fridge to make sure she had all the necessary ingredients to get started.

……………………………………………………………..

Momo let out a small, contented sigh as she took a small sip from her lemonade. “Thank you so much for the lovely lunch, Shoto-Kun,” she hummed happily, placing her empty bento in his waiting hands.

“To be honest,” he said, a faint blush to his cheeks as he started putting their things away, “it wasn’t all me. I had help from Fuyumi-Nee and Nezumi-San. I wanted to make sure the food was actually… Well, edible.”

“I’m sure it would have been fine, regardless,” she argued politely.

He flashed her one of his signature dead-pan stares. “You have too much faith in me, Momo,”

She giggled a bit before turning to rummage through her own bag of goodies. “Well, if we’re being honest… Father helped me with the cookies. Or, rather, Father helped me decide what to make and then assured I followed the proper process to make them,” she said as she pulled out the tupperware container and peeled the lead off. She held it towards him, her heart fluttering nervously in her chest. “Here, please try one.”

“Thank you,” he said, taking one and looking it over. She saw how his eyes lit up when he noticed the strawberry chunks sticking out. The recipe wasn’t anything revolutionary - just a simple strawberry shortcake cookie with cream cheese filling - but she hoped that the care she’d taken in their preparation would make up for that. For as much as Father had reassured her about the gesture not needing to be extravagant, she still couldn’t completely quell her nervousness. She watched as he took a bite, eyes widening as he chewed, before tossing the rest of the cookie into his mouth eagerly. “These are delicious. Really delicious.”

“You like them?”

“Very much, yes. The combination of strawberries and cream cheese is just sweet enough,” he said while grabbing to take out two more cookies, taking a bite out of one the second the words left his mouth. He swallowed his bite and smiled at her. “Thank you for preparing these, Momo.”

“My pleasure, Shoto-Kun,” she hummed, plucking a cookie out for herself and resting her head against his shoulder. As she took a bite, she sent a silent thanks to Father for both the recipe and his advice.

#My Hero Academia #TodoMomo #Yaoyorozu Momo #Todoroki Shoto #TodoMomo Positivity Week #my fics #I gave Momo's parents names that are also fruits #Because I fookin can #Fun fact: This was the hardest prompt to figure out for me lmao

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But You Can Never Leave [Chapter 9: Follow The Rules]

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Chapter summary: Veronica has some questions, Roger has a plan, John has a short temper. 

This series is a work of fiction, and is (very) loosely inspired by real people and events. Absolutely no offense is meant to actual Queen or their families.

Song inspiration: Hotel California by The Eagles.

Chapter warnings: Language, medical stuff, pregnancy.

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At the wedding, Roger is wearing a cast on his right arm and a dazzling smile...and a white suit that he looks criminally good in.

John is in black, Brian in blue, Freddie in maroon-colored velvet and heavy eyeliner. Veronica’s dress is high-waisted and falls in huge, billowing, shapeless ruffles to hide her silhouette. Her family knows, of course—it’s written all over the tense, grim lines of their mouths and the blades their pale eyes hurl at John—but none of those strict Catholics are going to mention an out-of-wedlock pregnancy in God’s house, nor at the modest reception in the church basement that follows the ceremony.

Veronica’s mother and aunts and sisters are just like her, docile and milky-skinned and small-boned, and you’ve helped them deck the vast room with enough flowers, ribbons, candles, and balloons to make everyone forget this event was thrown together in five weeks and on a shoestring budget. There’s a simple buffet with pot roast and potatoes and vegetables, a live band (some of John’s old friends from high school), and a homemade Polish honey cake baked by Veronica’s grandmother situated regally on a china serving dish. Veronica and John cycle through the tables of guests, smiling and nodding and thanking them for coming, dutifully and yet also seemingly genuinely cheerful.

“The boning is bloody impaling me,” Chrissie murmurs as she tugs at the bodice of her gown. It’s satin and a muted pink, just like yours and Mary’s and Veronica’s sisters’. “If I happen die, wrap me in one of those nice tablecloths I paid for and throw me in a ditch somewhere, will you love?”

“You got it.” You stab a piece of potato with your fork. “This should inspire you to be especially compassionate towards your own bridesmaids! Maybe no horrid shiny green.”

Brian chuckles. “Good luck with that.”

“Are you comfortable?!” Chrissie asks Mary, exasperated, fanning herself with a wedding program.

“I am,” Mary admits cautiously. “But...well...at the moment, I think my dress is a bit...roomier.”

Chrissie moans, dropping her face into her hands. “I always gain when the students go home for summer. My routine is wrecked, all I want to do is read Glamour magazines and listen to records, it’s too damn hot to go walking...and I adore ice cream.”

“I like you just fine,” Brian reassures her.

Freddie snickers as he taps his cigarette against an ashtray. “Yes, we’re all well aware of your anatomical preferences, Bri.”

Chrissie rolls her eyes. “Please do not elaborate.” She’s not offended—she’s far too used to Freddie’s shenanigans to be offended—but she’ll be embarrassed if he makes a scene at a wedding.

“Darling, I don’t care what anyone tries to tell you, plenty of men love a little extra meat on the bones. Particularly the ass bones.”

“We’re in God’s house!” you scold him in a hiss. “You’re going to give Great Aunt Zofia over there an aneurysm if she hears you!”

Roger quips: “Great Aunt Zofia stole the last kielbasa right out of my disabled, ineffectual  grasp, so fuck her.”

You all burst into shocked, uncontrollable laughter. Great Aunt Zofia squints judgmentally at the commotion from several tables away, gnawing on her kielbasa; she’s been glaring at John and Veronica—the Tetzlaffs’ very own fallen angel—since she first ambled into the church. Roger rocks back in his chair, smoking with his unbroken left arm, smirking cockily and basking in the distraction from the real world that the wedding has gifted you all tonight. He catches you watching him—marveling at him, truthfully—and winks.

John appears and rests his hands on the back of your chair. “What’s so amusing? I swear, I leave you people alone for two hours and you’re having all sorts of fun without me, I won’t stand for it!”

“It was a lovely ceremony,” you tell him. “I’d forgotten how beautiful Catholic weddings are, all the music and ambiance.”

“And from what I saw, you knew most of the words.”

“We have a lot of Irish people in Boston. Saint Patrick’s Day is bigger than Christmas.”

John points at Roger’s cast. “It’s not paining you too much, is it?”

Roger holds his Dark ‘n Stormy aloft, and ice clinks in the misted glass. “Enough of these, and I can’t feel anything. Numb to the world’s many disappointments. I highly recommend it.”

“Noted,” John replies. Roger has pills for his arm, but they only take the edge off. You don’t know that because he’s told you; Roger never tells you that he’s hurting, that he’s frustrated, that he’s afraid. He wears grins and flippant humor like a second skin, shrouding his wounds—both physical and disembodied, old and new—in darkness. Still...you can see all those words he doesn’t say swimming in the depths of his eyes. “I think I’ll hunt down a Manhattan myself.”

“Dad made an impression!” you tell John enthusiastically. “I’ll have to let him know, he’ll be overjoyed.”

“He mixes a good one, that’s for sure. I doubt Cousin Bartosz will be able to compare.” He casts a glance at a perplexed-looking, flame-haired teenager manning a tiny wet bar.

“Booze won’t help you heal,” Freddie informs Roger, checking his reflection in Mary’s makeup compact and fluffing his lustrous hair. “Eat your vegetables. Get more sleep. When do you start physical therapy, again?” Then, to you: “Darling, when does Roger start his therapy?”

Roger sighs. “I’ve got it handled, Fred.”

“Dear, don’t have a fit, I just want to make sure you’ll be ready—”

“I’ve got it handled,” Roger repeats, his tone a warning.

Brian breaks the tension with a toast, his Vesper jangling against Roger’s Dark ‘n Stormy. “I’m thrilled, honestly. Now I’m not the only one who’s ruined a tour.”

Roger grimaces. “Thanks, Bri.”

“Yes, let’s all have a turn,” Freddie mutters, sipping champagne. “Deaky can electrocute himself while fiddling with his amp, and then I’ll...what? Have my foot chewed off by an alligator in New Orleans? Get gored by a wild boar outside Atlanta? It just can’t be a boring maiming, that’s my only request.”

“Alaska has grizzlies, huge ones,” Brian suggests.

“Darling, in what dimension would my luxurious self ever end up in fucking Alaska?”

You shake your head, frowning down into your wine glass. It’s June now, the dead center of a crestfallen year: the rest of the Sheer Heart Attack Tour is cancelled, the record company is furious, and the band is broker than ever. Queen is supposed to start recording their next album—their last album, the record company insists, unless it happens to be a runaway success—in July, but you don’t know if Roger’s arm will be healed in time. None of you know that. You wonder if this really is God’s house, or at least one of his homes, sanctified piles of bricks and glass scattered across the globe; maybe you could ask Him where Queen’s future lies.

Veronica swoops in and dusts an airy kiss onto Mary’s cheek, and then Chrissie’s, and then yours. “Thank you so much,” she gushes. Her high cheekbones are flushed, her watery eyes sparkling. She’s in heaven, sinner or not. Her massive white dress swishes with every step. “We couldn’t have done it without you. And you’re next, Chris! I can’t wait.”

Chrissie smiles. She and Brian are getting married just before Christmas. “Yes, well, time will tell if we’ll be serving Christmas ham or canned beans.”

“And then Mary...” Veronica’s gaze migrates across the table. Mary’s been wearing a ring on her wedding finger since Queen returned from Japan, a simple gold band that once belonged to Freddie’s mother. “What about you, Y/N? Any plans? Then we’d all be hitched!”

Red wine spurts from your lips and you fumble for a cloth napkin. Roger doesn’t believe in marriage, and neither do you; not after only four months together, anyway. And yet...is there some part of you that can’t help but think of papers and rings when you get lost in his eyes, of promises of forever, of some way to tie yourself to him like vessels to a heart? Sure; and that’s a little wonderful, that’s a little terrifying. “Uh, uh, oh, oh no, definitely no plans whatsoever.”

“What bollocks!” Rog sneers. “Really, what’s the point if you’re not religious? Who needs a bloody piece of paper to prove they love someone?! ‘I care for you so much I need the government to know we’re together and the hassle of divorce fees to make me stay,’ what the fuck. I mean, uh, no offense John, Bri, uh...this is all well and good for you, but...ah...”

“It’s just not your scene. That’s fine, Rog,” Freddie says with a tad too much empathy. Mary doesn’t seem to notice.

“But you’ll want children at some point, won’t you?” Veronica asks you, almost pained. She’s not trying to be cruel, you realize; she genuinely can’t fathom the pinnacle of a woman’s life as anything but being a wife and mother.

“Theoretically, sure. One day. Eventually.” You titter nervously. Roger’s good arm circles your shoulders, his cigarette lofting smoke. Oh, but wouldn’t he make beautiful children? You push that thought away. It’s too soon, it’s too much, it’s not in the cards for an impoverished maybe-drummer and his girlfriend; and a girlfriend—with all the intangibility and impermanence that title entails—is all I’ll ever be. “I think I need to travel the world a bit more first.”

John sighs and pats the back of Veronica’s hand. What is that weight in his voice...impatience? Annoyance? “Ronnie, please, don’t bother her.”

Veronica sulks, scraping the old scuffed linoleum floor with her pointy white heels. “I wasn’t trying to bother anyone...”

Mary comes to the rescue: “No, of course not. You didn’t, dear.” She likes Veronica more than Chrissie does. Isn’t she oppressively vapid? Chrissie has asked you more than once. Isn’t she so miserably naïve? Veronica is sweet, sure, but she has no fucking idea what she’s in for. “Babies are wonderful, but they do make things harder, don’t you think? Especially for the mother. You have to be ready to drop everything for them. All your other interests and aspirations.”

“I suppose,” Veronica mumbles. You can tell she’s thinking: What other aspirations?

“But you must be so excited!” You beam up at Veronica. It’s her wedding day, and John’s; it should be happy, it should be optimistic. And you’re learning to like Veronica—less than Mary, but more than Chris—because you know that’s the best thing for John.

She instinctively rests her hand on the swell of her belly; or, rather, where it must be somewhere beneath all those heaps of satin and tulle. Great Aunt Zofia’s glare intensifies. “I’m scared to death, to tell you the truth.”

“Why?!” Mary cries.

“I’m so afraid something will happen to him.” Veronica’s voice is soft, her blue eyes glassy. She’s certain the baby is a boy, claims she had some sort of dream about it. “There’s a lot of bad luck going around for us, isn’t there? And my mother lost four babies. Any time he stops moving, I worry constantly until my next appointment. I haven’t felt anything in days, and I just...I just...” She trails off, staring vacantly across the crowded church basement. She’s trying not to cry, you realize.

“I can try to check for you,” you offer. “If it would make you feel better.”

“Really?” Veronica sounds hopeful, but guardedly so.  

“This is embarrassing, but I carry my nurse kit almost everywhere I go now. That’s why I brought my huge blue purse even though it doesn’t match the dress. You know, you can’t be too careful...”

“Yes, who knows when someone will try something idiotic like jogging backwards down the stairs?” Freddie muses. Roger lobs a pierogi at him. Great Aunt Zofia wheezes out a disgusted huff and crosses her veiny, wrinkled arms over her sagging chest.

“I have a stethoscope,” you continue. “I can’t guarantee I’ll find a heartbeat, but I’ll give it a try if that would help.”

“Would you, Y/N?” Veronica clutches for John’s hand, and he lets her take it without any resistance; but he doesn’t seem to know how to comfort her. He has the same dazed look on his face that he has a lot these days, the same look that Bri and Freddie sometimes get: like they’re on autopilot, like they’re actively filtering through brainwaves to fish out any that wander astray. Roger lands a kiss on your bare shoulder and pitches you a playful smirk, his I’m so proud of my too-fucking-smart girlfriend smirk.  

You grab your purse from beneath the table. “Does God’s house have a cozy private spot somewhere?”

Veronica leads you, Mary, and Chrissie to a small unoccupied room that is used (how pertinently) as the church nursery. The pink wallpaper is dotted with waddling ducklings, cloud-shaped sheep leaping over fences, smiling suns and winged cartoonish angels. Veronica settles into a faded blue couch, and Mary and Chris help her shove aside the massive plumes of her wedding dress to reveal the plain shift she’s wearing underneath. She’s over five months along now, and her entirely unremarkable bump seems colossal on her delicate frame.

You pop the headset into your ears and press the chestpiece against Veronica’s unyielding belly, gliding it over the pearly shift as you try different positions.

“Anything?” Mary asks anxiously.

“It’s not bloody instant, Mary!” Chrissie snaps. “Be quiet so she can listen.”

“No need to be cranky—”

“You can’t find a heartbeat, can you?” Veronica says, her voice quivering. “Oh god...”

“Found it,” you announce. You hold the chestpiece in place as you yank the headset off and pass it to Veronica.

She gapes at you. “You’re just saying that so I’ll stop worrying, aren’t you?”

“Hear for yourself.”

Veronica takes the headset and listens, closing her eyes as the rapid-fire and rhythmic swishing of her child’s heartbeat floods through her ears. “Oh,” she breathes, beaming. “There he is.”

“That’s incredible!” Mary trills. “Can I hear too, Veronica? Whenever you’re finished...”

Mary listens, and Chrissie does too, and then you all help touch up Veronica’s hair and makeup before you head back to the reception. The cake is due to be cut in twelve minutes. As you smooth the short train on her dress, Veronica turns back to you.

“Do you think I’m a bad person?” she asks timidly, hugging her belly. “You know...for this.”

“That’s something I’ve always liked about nursing. So many jobs require sorting out who’s right and wrong, casting judgment, assigning punishment. There’s no weighing of the moral scales in medicine. It doesn’t matter if a patient is trustworthy, deceitful, good, bad, worthy, undeserving, if they disappoint you, if they’re the ones who hurt themselves. You treat everyone, you heal everyone. And I would like to keep that part of myself for as long as I can.” You smile at Veronica. “But, for the record, no. I don’t think you’re a bad person at all.”

She sighs in relief, untethering an anchor she hadn’t even known she’d been dragging around by her throat. “Thank you,” she whispers, tears snaking down her powdered ivory cheeks.

~~~~~~~~~~

“Come on.”

“How do you feel about marble lion statues? You know, the ones at the end of long, winding driveways. Rich people’s driveways. Mansion driveways. Or do you prefer gargoyles?”

“Roger.”

He groans, grins, presses his right fist into your palm. You measure the force with your mind, with your muscle memory. He’s stronger than he was yesterday, the day before, last week. “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” Rog teases. “You’ve got a soft spot for damaged people. Helpless people. That’s why you warmed to Brian so quickly. He was lying there all gaunt and jaundiced and terrified, and you just couldn’t resist, you just had to make sure all his wildest dreams came true.”

“I have a soft spot for self-destructive musicians who end up in hospitals, evidently.” Your gaze cruises over the scar on Roger’s forearm where the surgeons popped his bones back into place, stabilized them, stitched the ragged gore closed. You hate looking at it; you hate reminders of how mortal Roger really is.

“I want lions,” Rog decides. “For the driveway of our eventual mansion. I like the Leo connection.”

“And the Queen crest connection.”

His grin widens, toothy and radiant. “See, I knew you were the love of my life.”

“Come on. Again.”

He winces this time. “Doesn’t hurt a bit.”

“Uh huh. I bet.” You’ve slathered his fresh blisters with numbing antiseptic ointment, iced his arm, administered pain medicine, allowed him the constant sips of alcohol necessary for him to work, to drum, to sleep. But he still hurts. You imagine he hurts all the fucking time.

It’s August now, and Queen is recording their fourth album at Rockfield Farm. You and Roger are sitting by the pool as Freddie splashes around in the clear chlorine-smelling water trying to get John’s attention. John, meanwhile, is lounging on an inflatable raft, wearing black sunglasses and most likely asleep. Brian circles the pool snapping photos with your Canon F-1.

“I have a plan,” Roger informs you as he starts his stretches without prompting. He knows the drill, even if he likes to be difficult about it.

“By all means, enlighten me.”

“Fred’s thing, the weird one. It has a name now.”

“Does it?”

“Yeah. Bohemian Rhapsody.”

“Oh, it’s perfect!” You try to stay out of the band’s business decisions as much as possible; it’s not your expertise, and it’s not your place, and there are already a few too many creative chefs in that kitchen. Still, you love when they share their magic with you. “Eccentric, whimsical, exhilarating. Just like the song. Just like Queen.”

“I’m so glad you approve. We’re going to make sure it’s the first single off the album. And I know exactly what song’s going to be on the B-side. Freddie and Bri don’t know yet, but I do.”

“Sounds like they’re going to murder you when they find out.”

“I’ll convince them.” His grin is crafty, daring. “Picture it: you’ve just finished the incomparable experience that is Bohemian Rhapsody. You’re a newly converted Queen enthusiast. What could possibly come next? You flip the record over. And the virile, screeching, pure rock and roll passion of I’m In Love With My Car is there to greet you.”

“Oh my god, Roger.” You shake your head in mock mourning. “They actually are going to murder you.”

“Listen, love, BoRhap is going to be a hit. I can feel it.”

“Sure,” you agree lukewarmly. You want to be supportive, you really do. But disappointment stings more than resignation.

“It will be,” Roger maintains, unmovable. “And it’ll sell mountains and mountains of singles...and with my song on the B-side, I’ll get half the royalties. Which means we’ll get half the royalties.”

“Which is how we end up with the hypothetical mansion.”

“I’m being serious.” Roger picks up his mini barbell weights from the water-splattered concrete and begins his bicep curls, flinching each time he lifts his right fist.

“Rog—”

“I’m fine,” he insists. “I’m going to make this happen. I’m going to get rich so I can provide for my family. You know about that, you know it’s on my list. And my family includes you now.”

“I don’t need a mansion, Roger.” I just need you. You stare at his right arm worriedly. “Are you sure—?”

“I’m fine!” he shouts, and you recoil. Brian peers over from where he’s taking pictures of blooming purple foxgloves. Instantly, Roger regrets it. “I’m sorry,” he says, setting down the barbells and cradling your face with his rough, bandaged hands. “I have to be fine, you know? I don’t have a choice. If I can’t play, I can’t be in the band. If I leave, John will leave too, and that’ll be the end of everything. Or worse, John will break the pact and stay and they’ll find a new drummer and forget all about me. Sail off into some blissful new future. And where will I be? Moping as I drag myself back to dental school? Becoming a freaking lab biologist? Resigning myself to being some excruciatingly ordinary bloke, someone who climbed just far enough out of Cornwall to know everything he’s missing out on?”

You try to imagine who Roger would be without the band, but you can’t. You’ve never known a pre-Queen Roger. “No,” you say, amused. “You’ll never be just some ordinary bloke. You’re too brilliant, too determined. Even if you do have a dodgy arm.”

He kisses you, and you can feel his lips curling into a smile beneath yours. “So you’ll let me buy you a mansion.”

“If you get I’m In Love With My Car on the B-side, and BoRhap is a hit, and Freddie and Bri don’t smother you with a pillow in your sleep...yes, you can buy me a mansion. Buy us a mansion.”

He winks, his sapphire eyes glinting in the late-summer sunlight. “Watch out, baby. I get everything I want eventually.”

~~~~~~~~~~

“It’s done,” John tells the others as he passes out copies of his new song, the second he’s ever written. There are only four sheets of crisp white paper; as you watch from the studio couch, you wonder what the song is about, why he didn’t mention it to you.

“It’s done?!” Brian yelps. “What do you mean, it’s done?! Nothing’s ever done after the first pass! That’s how it works, that’s how it always works, someone suggests something and then we all dice it and slice it and flip it around and stitch it back together like the world’s most maniacal surgeons, and then, only then, maybe, it’s done.”

You glance up from where you’re sewing an eleventh patch onto Roger’s jeans. “Must we disparage the medical profession?”

“Sorry, love,” Roger tosses to you with a laugh.                          

“It’s done,” John repeats.

“Deaky, darling,” Freddie ventures gently. “We should endeavor to keep our minds open to collaboration—”

“Oh, should we, Fred?!” Bri exclaims. “How extraordinary, you never seem to encourage collaboration when it’s your song on the cutting floor!”

“Okay space boy, you listen here—”

“‘I’m happy at home’?!” Roger reads, revolted. “We’re not the bloody Bee Gees, Deaks!”

John explains measuredly and patiently, as if to a child: “That’s the way it goes. We record it as it is or not at all.”

“That’s not how we do things,” Brian mutters, deep frown lines chiseled through his face as he scans the lyrics.

“Then just fill the album with your and Fred’s songs like you always do, I’m sure that’ll keep me and Roger loyal.”

Brian glares at John. John stares back stoically, his eyes like steel. Brian looks to Roger for support; Roger lights a cigarette and pretends not to notice.

“Darling, please, you’re not being reasonable!” Freddie pleads.

“I need it.” John turns to Roger now. “I need it to stay the way it is.”

Rog just watches him for a while, exhales smoke, shrugs. “Okay,” he says at last.

“Okay?!” Brian howls. “What do you mean, okay?!”

“He said he needs it,” Roger replies simply.

Bri throws his hands into the air. “Bleeding christ! ‘He needs it.’ What rubbish! Do something, Fred!”

“Oh relax, darling.” Freddie sashays to the microphone and points to Brian’s Red Special. “Let’s try it out.”

“But—!”

Roger claps Brian on the back as he trots by him towards the drum kit. “Come on, Bri. Big smiles. Just picture the nice shiny pounds from all those album sales plinking into your bank account. You’ll have fifty Christmas hams at the wedding, one for every guest.”

You listen passively from the couch as they rehearse, trying not to let on that you’re paying attention, trying not to overstep. But you can’t help being struck by the lyrics, feeling the somberness of Freddie’s voice and John’s tentative notes on the electric piano slink into your bones; because it sounds so familiar, because it echoes so many things that John has told you.

When Queen takes a mid-afternoon break and John slips into the kitchen for a Coke, you follow him.

“Hey John?”

“Yeah.” He rests his hands on the dining room table. They’re sturdy and unmarred and completely unlike Roger’s; and you aren’t sure why you notice this, but you do.

“I completely understand if I’m being intrusive, and if I am please just tell me to shut up and I will.”

He chuckles. “You’re never intrusive. Go ahead.”

“I was just wondering...who is You’re My Best Friend about?”

Now his smile evaporates. “No one in particular,” he says briskly. “It’s just a song. Just something to put on the album. Maybe a single one day. A soulless royalties grab.”

That seems unlikely. “Really?”

“Yeah.” He takes a swig of Coke, peers down at the table, traces swirls of centuries-old oak with his fingertips.

“It’s just...you know...well...it kind of sounded like...maybe it was about me.”

He looks up. And for the first time, John levels some of his infamous, razored words at you: “Don’t be such a fucking narcissist.”

~~~~~~~~~~

Two days later, John doesn’t apologize. But he smiles at you over tea, offers to clean off the fingerprints of strawberry jelly that Roger left on the Canon, splashes you from the pool as you sunbathe beneath lapis August skies. And you agree, wordlessly and unconditionally, to forgive him. Because John is your best friend, whether or not you’re still his.

Nine weeks later, Bohemian Rhapsody is released as a single. (And, as promised, Roger ensures that I’m In Love With My Car is on the B-side.)

Twelve weeks later, Bohemian Rhapsody reaches the #1 spot on the UK Singles Chart, and remains there for over two months.

Fifteen weeks later, A Night At The Opera becomes the #1 album in the UK.

Fifteen weeks later, Queen’s future is suddenly crystal clear.

#queen fic #roger taylor fic

[mj-spooks]

Leaving you with another leverage question cause i think i'll be away from internet for the weekend. Leverage crew as Desserts. Despite Parker's affection for chocolate, I'm recommending something fluffy (like cheesecake, meringue, or a cream pie) and strawberries. I think Eliot is something baked with rum? Hardison has to have something technically cool, so, my lazy copout is Baked Alaska. Nate might be a dessert cocktail?

You can be chocolatey AND fluffy, you know. How about, she’s a fluffy dessert that pairs well with chocolate? Cheesecake is a good option there. Or, something like a chocolate parfait. Actually yes I bet she is totally a chocolate parfait. Alternatively, I could see her being macarons. Tiny, cute, lots of interesting and quirky flavors, difficult to pull off, versatile... very Parker.

I actually think Eliot is the technically difficult one. He’s the cook, after all, and he’s with all the surprising information. But, he’s also very down to earth, so I’m going to guess his dessert is technically difficult, but maybe that people don’t realize is so difficult because it’s common. So... eclairs. Eliot is an eclair. You can always add booze to it if it suits your fancy.

Hardison, I actually see less technically because while he’s a tech genius, when it comes to things like food I always think of him talking about his Nana. Hardison is something homey and delicious, like homemade fudge, or that special chocolate chip cookie recipe no one else can replicate. Sweet and simple and comforting, just like the man himself.

Nate, I’m banning him from alcohol for the sake of his well-being and my own peace of mind. No cocktails for him. Nate is... hm. Okay, Nate is a birthday cake that your parents make you. Well-meaning, a little messy, but with a lot of heart and good intentions. The cake can be from scratch, but I bet the icing was store-bought. No one realizes how easy it is to make buttercream.

Sophie is probably something flashy, like a Baked Alaska or a croqembouche. Maybe a souffle. Something that’s technically difficult, like Eliot, but also about status. Not only is it hard to do right, she wants you to know it was hard to do right, so that you can be appropriately in awe of her success.

#leverage anon #foodie kitty #parker leverage #eliot spencer #alec hardison #nathan ford #sophie devereaux

[consulting-celiac-in-the-tardis]

47 Gluten Free Sweet and Savory Recipes for Cooking with Kids

New blog post! If you're like a lot of families right now, you're spending more time together than you have in a while...which means now is the perfect time for cooking with kids and finding kid friendly recipes!

Personally, some of my favorite memories from childhood involve cooking and baking with my parents. When I was young, it was a tradition for Dad and me to bake my cake together, and while we had a few less-than-ideal results, the memories are definitely very sweet. And if you want to start the same tradition in your own house, these 47 kid friendly recipes are the perfect place to start. In particular, this round up includes 18 savory and 29 sweet recipes that kids will enjoy cooking and/or eating with you. Whether you're looking for recipes that are keto, paleo, low carb, low sugar or vegan, there are also plenty of options. So let's dive right in to these cooking with kids recipes!

Gluten Free and Savory Cooking with Kids Recipes

1. Chickpea Squash Fritters (Vegan) - Piping Pot Curry

If you need kid friendly recipes that are also loaded with hidden veggies, these vegan fritters are a tasty place to start.

2. Egg & Potato Breakfast Muffins (Grain Free, Dairy Free, Whole 30) - Raia's Recipes

These are easy to make and even easier to eat on busy mornings.

3. Rainbow Vegetable Tortilla Wrap (Vegan) - Recipes From a Pantry

Your kids will have a blast cutting up the veggies of their choice to make this colorful and easy gluten free wrap.

4. Paleo Chicken Tenders (Low Carb, Keto) - Allergy Free Alaska

These chicken tenders are much healthier than their traditional counterpart but still addictively delicious.

5. Loaded Potato Wedge Nachos (Paleo and Vegan Options) - Casey the College Celiac

If you bake these potato wedges ahead of time, your kids can have a blast covering their wedges with whatever nacho toppings they want!

6. 3-Ingredient Tuna Salad - High Chair Chronicles

Tuna, mayo and a surprising third ingredient combine for a delicious and simple gluten free sandwich filling everyone will love.

7. Creamy Baked Mac And Cheese (Nut Free, Vegan) - Wow Its Veggie

Mac and cheese GOALS...whether you have kids or not!

8. Crustless Pizza (Low Carb, Keto) - Low Carb Yum

No crust, no problem. This ham and cheese combo is just as delicious without it.

9. Cornbread Muffins (Dairy Free) - Hot Pan Kitchen

These gluten free muffins are soft, slightly sweet, moist and very kid friendly!

10. Simple Homemade Salsa - Simply Full of Delight

I know one toddle who eats salsa on its own with a spoon...but even if yours doesn't love salsa quite that much, this is delicious with gluten free chips.

11. Vegan Potato Cakes with Carrot and Rice - Little Sunny Kitchen

Leftover mashed potatoes, rice, carrots, onions, and parsley combine into a "cake" that kids and adults will love.

12. Broccoli Cheese Nuggets - Joy Filled Eats

Because what kid doesn't love nuggets of some sort?!?

13. Socca Flatbread (Grain Free, Vegan) - Emma Eats and Explores

This gluten free flatbread only calls for four simple ingredients, and you can stuff or top them however your family likes!

14. Avocado Deviled Eggs (Keto, Low Carb, Vegetarian) - Tasty Galaxy

Serve these with ham so your kids can enjoy green eggs and ham, no food coloring required.

15. Pizza Eggs (Keto, Low Carb) - Peace, Love and Low Carb

Eggs are transformed into an easy and delicious pizza with some creative toppings and seasoning.

16. Healthy Bell Pepper Nachos - Momables

These are "nacho" your traditional nachos, but they're still super tasty!

17. Oven-Baked Healthy Chicken Nuggets - Goodnesst

Rice flour, corn flakes and an egg combine to give these healthy chicken nuggets an addictive crunch.

18. Sausage Balls with Cream Cheese (Keto) - Wholesome Yum

These keto sausage balls are as easy to make as they are to get addicted to, so consider yourself warned!

Gluten Free Sweet Cooking with Kids Recipes

19. Secretly Healthy Sweet n' Salty Trail Mix (Vegan) - Casey the College Celiac

Get your kids involved in the kitchen by having them help you pick out what ingredients to add to their special trail mix.

20. Easy Flourless Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies - Mash Up Mom

Kids will love how hands-on this four-ingredient recipe really is!

21. Sweet Potato Muffins (Vegan) - Cass Clay Cooking

Gluten free oats, sweet potato and spices combine into a kid-friendly recipe that's especially delicious with nut butter and chocolate.

22. The Fluffiest Waffles (Dairy Free) - Eating on a Dime

These gluten free waffles are crisp on the outside, soft on the inside and one of the best kid cooking recipes you could pick for a lazy Sunday morning.

23. Banana Donuts with Chocolate Coconut Walnuts - Fearless Dining

These gluten free donuts actually have pretty healthy ingredients, but your family won't be able to tell!

24. Maple Walnut Cookies (Paleo, Vegan) - A Sweet Alternative

These cookies are actually super nutrient-dense and the recipe is simple enough for little hands to help.

25. Taste the Rainbow Bliss Balls (Vegan) - Casey the College Celiac

Kids will have a blast playing around with the superfoods that give this gluten free snack so many fun colors.

26. Healthy Snickers Ice Cream Bites (Vegan) - Rhian's Recipes

Because who can resist ice cream flavors and getting to play around with melted chocolate?

27. Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies - Ripped Jeans and Bifocals

Because what's a better recipe for cooking with kids than a classic chocolate chip cookie?!?

28. No Bake Chocolate Covered Coconut Balls (Vegan) - The Simple Cooking

No baking needed, easy ingredients and a super tasty result.

29. 3-Ingredient Blueberry Cheesecake Bagel (Egg Free) - Casey the College Celiac

This gluten free bagel recipe only calls for three simple recipes, and your kids can have a blast shaping the bagels before they're baked!

30. Peanut Butter Protein Balls (Vegan Options) - Texanerin 

This gluten free snack recipe is so simple, your kids can make them on their own!

31. Frozen Chocobananos - Bacon is Magic

Your kids will need help melting the chocolate, but after that, they can go wild with their choice of toppings.

32. Easy Coconut Oil Chocolate (Dairy Free, Vegan Option) - Eats Amazing

Watching this healthy chocolate form will feel like magic for young bakers.

33. Chocolate Chip Pancakes - Fab Food 4 All

The gooey chocolate center ensures that your kids will gobble these pancakes right up.

34. Thin Mint Cookies - Well If She Can Do It

If your little one is bummed that Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies aren't gluten free, these are the perfect family baking activity.

35. Mini Apple Pizzas (Vegan) - Veggie Desserts

Kids will have such a fun time decorating their own fruit pizzas.

36. Super Easy Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins (Dairy Free) - Super Golden Bakes

A dairy free muffin recipe for kids who really want to get busy in the kitchen...

37. Dye-Free Coconut Rainbow Cookies (Vegan) - Casey the College Celiac

These gluten free cookies only call for simple ingredients and are colored naturally with superfood powders and spices. What kid doesn't want to taste the rainbow?

38. Super Fudgy Brownie Cupcakes (Vegan) - My Pure Plants

You measure the ingredients and your little one can pour and mix. As always, just make sure you use gluten free oats.

39. Soft-Baked Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies - Kitchen Treaty

Kids will definitely give these soft gluten free cookies two thumbs up.

40. The Best Healthy Gummies - Marathons and Motivation

You only need three ingredients to whip up these healthy gummies with your kids.

41. Lemon Coconut Energy Balls (Refined Sugar Free, Vegan) - Natalie's Health 

Your kids will love how hands-on this recipe is as they roll their own energy balls.

42. Chocolate Pecan Cookies (Keto) - All Nutritious

These cookies only have 3 net carbs per serving, and are the perfect treat for a family following a low carb diet.

43. Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups (No Added Sugar) - Served From Scratch

Your kids will have as much fun making these fruit roll-ups as they do eating them.

44. Cookie Dough Pumpkin Pops - My Joy-Filled Life

Because what kid (or adult?) doesn't love a tasty treat they can eat off a stick!

45. Easy Keto Blueberry Muffins (Paleo Option) - Here to Cook

You can make these keto muffins in just one bowl if you need to, and the crumbly texture will win all eaters over.

46. Apple Slice Donuts - Crafts 4 Toddlers

Apple slices get an upgrade from a homemade frosting!

47.  Best Chocolate Fudge Recipe (Vegan) - Happy Kitchen Rocks

This fudge recipe doesn't call for any condensed milk or sugar, and is easy enough to make that your kids can join in.

The Bottom Line of Cooking with Kids and Kid Friendly Recipes

Now that you may be enjoying more time with your family than ever before, I hope that this list of recipes gives you some ideas of how to spend your evenings in...once you figure out which kid-friendly recipe you want to try first, anyway. ;) And if you do end up trying any of these recipes, be sure to tag me in your photos on Instagram (at @collegeceliackc) so I can see and share! What's your go-to recipe when cooking with kids or for kids? I'd love to hear in the comments!

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[misscrazyfangirl321]

HDG, a year later, making tiramisu cake and homemade chocolate ice cream with peanut butter swirls and crockpot hot cocoa: :/ dunno why u guys are making a big deal out of this. anyone can cook. || Kid, googling how to make baked alaska: yeah guys :/ chill.

HDG, I love you. XD

ALSO, he's doing this for the Kid's birthday, right?

#answered #gelpen is great #hdg

[365goalsfor365days]

2019 Bucket List

1. Become a Homeowner 2. Get a new mattress 3. Become a first aid instructor 4. Become a CPR instructor 5. Get a position in Labor and Delivery or Postpartum 6. Write a legal will and get it notarized 7. Complete the Neonatal Resuscitation Program 8. Obtain a regular drivers license 9. Write a legal advance directive and get it notarized 10. Get a passport 11. Complete ACLS certification 12. Pay off provincial student loan completely 13. Get a new couch 14. Get a tattoo 15. Get a British Bulldog (Winston) 16. Crochet a viking hat 17.Crochet comfy boot slippers 18. Make melted crayon guitar art (JK) 19. Sew a teddy bear 20. Sew a dress 21. Make a quilt 22. Start a scrapbook 23. Make cold process soap 24. Complete Grad Photobook 25. Complete wedding scrapbook 26. Crochet Christmas stockings 27. Make a Wonder Woman apron (JH) 28. Crochet a hooded owl blanket 29. Crochet a coaster set 30. Fold 1000 origami stars 31. Crochet a Hogwarts baby blanket 32. Crochet a black cat blanket with hood (KS) 33. Fold 1000 origami butterflies 34. Make a mobile of 1000 origami cranes 35. Design my own deck of cards 36. Complete wedding photobook 37. Make homemade lip balm 38. Make a geode bath bomb 39. Make carved wood or burned wood personalized wine box (ME) 40. Swap customized keychains with Daniel 41. Sew matching aprons for me & Daniel 42. Make a cross stitch quilt (CB) 43. Make a Lion King cross stitch (JK) 44. Make wine glass winter scene candle holders 45. Make a Little Mermaid Apron (JM) 46. Make a carved or burned wood "It's Always Tea Time" Mad Hatter Tea Box 47. Crochet a Spiderman blanket (LS) 48. Crochet a Legend of Zelda blanket (CW) 49. Make jazz guitar print art (SS) 50. Adopt an otter 51. Donate 5 items to the Ronald McDonald house 52. Participate in a charity walk/run 53. Donate 5 items to the Terra Centre 54. Run a Hogwarts Running Club race 55. Adopt a polar bear 56. Make my own cookbook 57. Make all the recipes from The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook 58. Make crepes 59. Make "Curious Confection" Disney drink 60. Make "Siren's Song" Disney drink 61. Make "Glass Slipper" Disney drink 62. Make "Belle of the Ball" Disney drink 63. Make all the recipes from the I Quit Sugar cookbook 64. Make homemade fried chicken 65. Make caramel apple jello shots 66. Make the Grey Stuff from The Beauty and the Beast 67. Make homemade California rolls 68. Make all the recipes in the Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook 69. Make candy apples 70. Bake a baked Alaska 71. Cook lobster 72. Make tiramisu 73. Bake Boston cream pie 74. Make homemade basil pesto 75. Roast pumpkin seeds 76. Finish my red recipe book 77. Bake lemony blueberry cheesecake bars 78. Make Sims Bouillabaisse (in real life) 79. Make Sims Goopy Carbonara (in real life) 80. Make Mexican tostadas 81. Make 365 new recipes 82. Cook every single recipe in a cook book 83. Make all recipes from the Swap & Drop Diet Cookbook 84. Do a chopped competition with Daniel 85. Make fruit sushi 86. Make "Sleep Cycle" Disney drink 87. Make "False King" Disney drink 88. Make "Ohana Colada" Disney drink 89. Make all recipes from the Cooking Light Global Kitchen cookbook 90. Make Sims Porcini Risotto (in real life) 91. Have a meal at Bistro Praha 92. Go to Dinner Theatre 93. Eat at Cafe Bicyclette 94. Have lunch at Ampersand 27 95. Eat at Cafe Linnea 96. Eat at Earnest's at NAIT 97. Go on a gelato date 98. Have dessert from the Italian Bakery Edmonton 99. Eat at the 3 Bananas Cafe 100. Eat at Dorinku 101. Try a Po'Boy 102. Eat deep fried ice cream 103. Eat at Have Mercy 104. Have lunch at the Harvest Room at Hotel MacDonald 105. Have dinner on the Edmonton Queen Riverboat 106. Try La Poutine 107. Have breakfast at Under the High Wheel 108. Have dessert at Block 1912 109. Eat at Uccellino 110. Go out for hungover breakfast the morning after a party with friends 111. Read "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Lawson 112. Read "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen and watch the movie 113. Read "Blood, Sweat, and Fear" by Eva Lazarus 114. Read "It" by Stephen King and watch the movie 115.  Read "Labor Day" by Eleanor Henderson 116. Read "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden 117. Read "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins and watch the movie 118. Read "They Left Us Everything" by Plum Johnson 119. Read "The House Girl" by Tara Conklin 120. Read all 36 books from the Dear Canada series 121. Read "My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir" by Mark Lukach 122. Read all 54 books from the fictional Magic Tree House Series 123. Read “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher and watch the series 124. Read “Dolores Claiborne” by Stephen King 125. Read “We Need To Talk About Kevin” by Lionel Shriver 126. Read all 51 books from the Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series 127. Read “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” by Mary Roach 128. Read “The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients Lives” by Theresa Brown 129. Read “Working Stiff: by Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell 130. Read “Every Patient Tells a Story” by Lisa Sanders 131. Read “The Night Shift” by Dr Brian Goldman 132. Read “Wenjack” by Joseph Boyden 133. Read “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” by Oliver Sacks 134. Read “Weird Edmonton” by Mark Kozub 135. Read “11/22/63” by Stephen King 136. Re-read Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events series 137. Read all 20 Royal Diaries books 138. Read all the books from the Dear America series 139. Read “End of Watch” by Stephen King 140. Read “I, Ripper” by Stephen Hunter 141. Read “Happyface” by Stephen Edmond 142.  Read “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie 143. Read “The Mighty Miss Malone” by Curtis 144. Read “In The Unlikely Event” by Judy Blume 145. Read “Church of Marvels” by Leslie Parry 146. Read “My Secret Sister” by Helen Edwards 147. Read “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Annie Barrows 148. Read “The Book of Negroes” by Lawrence Hill & watch the movie 149.  Read “The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly” by Matt McCarthy 150. Read “Nerd Do Well” by Simon Pegg 151. Read “Wild” by Cheryl Strayd and watch the movie 152. Read “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai 153. Read “The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak and watch the movie 154. Read “Welcome to Nightvale” by Joseph Fink and listen to all podcasts 155. Read “1984” by George Orwell 156. Read “Nightmares!” by Jason Segal and Kirsten Miller 157. Read “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” by Stephen King 158. Read “Finders Keepers” by Stephen King 159. Read the Little Old Lady Series 160. Read “Mr Mercedes” by Stephen King 161. Read “Left Neglected” by Lisa Genova 162. Read “Doctor Sleep” by Stephen King 163.  Read “Bringing Adam Home” by Les Standiford 164. Read “Carry On” by Rainbow Rowell 165. Read “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande 166. Read “A Spy Amongst Friends” by Ben Macintyre 167. Read “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova and watch the movie 168. Read “Five Days at Memorial” by Sheri Fink 169. Read “Canada” by Mike Myers 170. Read “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo 171. Read “Quiet: The Power of Introverts” by Susan Cain 172. Read “The Haunting of Sunshine Girl” by Paige Mckenzie 173. Read “Dirty Jobs” and “Second Hand Souls” by Christopher Moore 174. Read “My Sister’s Keeper” and watch the movie 175. Read “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” by April Genevive Tucholke 176. Read “Four Past Midnight” by Stephen King 177. Read “Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland” by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus 178. Read “Anya’s Ghost” by Vera Brosgol 179. Read “Trauma” 180. Read “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” by JK Rowling and watch the movie 181. Read “This is That Travel Guide to Canada” 182. Read “The Trouble with Goats and Sheep” by Joanne Cannor 183. Read “Tough Shit” by Kevin Smith 184. Read “Tales of Beedle the Bard” by JK Rowling 185. Read “The Trouble with Alice” by Olivia Glazebrook 186. Read “The 100 Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating” by Alisa Smith & JB MacKinnon 187. Read “At Home in Old Strathcona” by Gwen McGregor Molnar 188. Read “The Tumbling Turner Sisters” by J. Fay 189. Read “The Dangerous Animals Club” by S. Tobolowsky 190. Read “The Book of Speculation” by E. Swyler 191. Read “The Nurses” by Alexandra Robbins 192. Read “Shine Shine Shine” by Lydia Netzer 193. Read “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel and watch the movie 194. Read the EC Wells series 195. Read “Scrappy Little Nobody” by Anna Kendrick 196. Read “The First Phone Call From Heaven” by Mitch Albom 197. Read “Hope’s Boy” by Andrew Bridge 198. Read “The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August” by Claire North 199. Read “The House At the End of Hope Street” by Menna Van Praag 200. Read “Home” by Harlan Coben 201. Tour the Saskatchewan Science Center 202. Visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 203. Visit the Atomic Bomb Dome in Japan 204. Visit the Dead Sea of Saskatchewan (Little Manitou) 205. Tour the Royal Canadian Mint 206. Visit the Eskimo Museum in Churchill 207. Visit Prime Berth Fishing Museum in Twillingate 208. Go to the Barbie Expo in Montreal 209. Visit the Acadian Historical Village in Caraquet 210. Visit the Tokyo National Museum 211. Visit the Owl Café in Akhabara 212. Go to the Tokyo Studio Ghibli Museum 213. Visit the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg 214. Visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum 215. See a Sunset Retreat Ceremony at the RCMP Heritage Center in Regina 216. Visit the Canadian Museum of History in Quebec 217. See Head-Smash-In Buffalo Jump in Fort McLeod 218. Visit the Shinjuku Goen National Garden in Japan 219. See Niagra Falls 220. Visit the Gopher Hole Museum in Torrington 221. Visit Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto 222. Visit the Royal Ontario Museum 223. Do the Underground Tour at Bell Island’s Mine Museum 224. Visit the Samurai Museum in Japan 225. Visit Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Winnipeg 226. See a show at the Regina Globe Theater 227. Visit the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax 228. Visit the Canadian Museum for Human Rights 229. Visit the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa 230. Visit the Fort George National Historic Site of Canada at Niagara-on-the-Lake 231. Go to Science North in Sudbury 232. Take a photo with the Hachiko statue in Tokyo 233. Go to the national Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo 234. Visit the Amsterdam Cheese Museum 235. Visit the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Japan 236. Catch all Fourth Gen Pokemon Go Pokemon 237. Catch all Second Gen Pokemon Go Pokemon 238. Catch all Third Gen Pokemon Go Pokemon 239. Successfully do winged eyeliner 240. Have a yard sale 241. Grow Lavender 242. Go scuba diving 243. Go rock climbing 244. Go through the Edmonton Corn Maze 245. Attend a Superstore cooking class 246. Bowl a 100+ game 247. Catch a fish 248. Dye my hair blonde 249. Go ice fishing 250. Tour Candy Cane Lane 251. Find 5 Geocaches 252. Go paintballing 253. See the stars at an observatory 254. Go on a double date 255. Can something with mom 256. Play through Fran Bow 257. Visit Dr Woods House Museum 258. Grow parsley 259. Go on a bike ride around Telford Lake 260. Solve a Rubik’s cube 261. Grow oregano 262. Pick berries from a berry farm 263. Host a holiday dinner for family 264. Plant a Tree 265. Skip rocks with Daniel 266. Do yoga outside at sunrise 267. Go horseback riding 268. Go to the Deep Freeze Festival 269. Learn how to edit photographs 270. Get a hot stone massage 271. Pose for a nude painting 272. Complete a 642 Things to Draw Journal 273. Be in a boudoir photoshoot 274. Get ears pierced again 275. Learn Under the Sea on xylophone 276. Learn calligraphy 277. Go roller blading 278. See a moose in the wild 279. Learn Over the Rainbow on ukulele 280. Pick a pumpkin at Upick 281. Build a fire 282. Complete Wreck this Journal 283. Build a sandcastle 284. Build a snowman 285. Complete a 1000 Piece Puzzle 286. Get all Pokemon Go medals 287. Try a sensory deprivation chamber 288. Sew all badges on my camp blanket 289. Sign a petition 290. Camp at Elk Island Provincial Park 291. Tour the Alberta Legislature Building 292. Go apple picking 293. Go hostelling in Nordegg 294. Photograph a robin 295. Photograph a blue jay 296. Go to the ballet 297. Go to a hot spring in winter 298. Plant a Fairy Garden 299. Fully decorate apartment for Halloween 300. Go to another TWOS Dark Matters Night 301. Go to the Muttart Conservatory 302. Play through Beyond Two Souls 303. Watch an outdoor movie 304. Go to the John Walters museum 305. Body paint with Daniel 306. Take a class at the Greenland Garden Center 307. Go Canoeing 308. Play a game of chess 309. Play laser tag 310. Have a girls night 311. Go to a drop in class at the Art Gallery of Alberta 312. Send out Christmas cards 313. Reach level 40 of Pokemon Go 314. Visit the Reynolds-Alberta Museum 315. Go on a Canmore Cave Tour 316. Get a couples massage 317. Have a game night at Table Top Café 318. See a live show at the Roxy 319. Shoot a Gun 320. Juggle 3 balls 321. Pick a door lock 322. See a Rapidfire Theater show 323. Dance on my balcony with Daniel as it gently rains 324. Go to a driving range 325. Write a love letter 326. Go to a U of A varsity game 327. Go to the new Royal Alberta museum 328. Go to a hockey game 329. Go to a football game 330. See the Nutcracker Ballet 331. Play at Breakout Edmonton 332. Complete a coloring book 333. Go peddle boating 334. Visit the Alberta Aviation Museum 335. Visit the Jurassic Forest 336. Play slots at a casino 337. Go skating 338. Try to escape The Cabin at Escape City 339. Complete my Sims challenge 340. Get a BBQ and have a BBQ with friends 341. Tube down the Pembina river 342. Get a facial 343. Take a class at Purdy’s Chocolates 344. Do a "Disney Love" photoshoot with Daniel 345. Grow a carrot plant 346. Fit size 6 pants 347. Do 100 consecutive push ups 348. Hold Kala Bhairavasana (yoga) 349. Hold Sirsasana (Yoga) 350. Do 100 Consecutive Sit Ups 351. Reach goal weight of 120 lb 352. Walk 20 000 steps for 3 consecutive days 353. Attend a drop in spin class 354. Buy and eat only local food (produce, meat, etc) for 30 consecutive days 355. Try hot yoga 356. Hold Crow Pose (Yoga) 357. Complete 12 months to a healthier you challenge 358. See a movie at Princess Theatre 359. Go to the Edmonton Film Fest 360. See a movie and have dinner at the VIP theatre 361. Watch Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 Musical and Art Movies 362. Watch the Rotten Tomatoes Top 200 Movies of 2018 363. Watch Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 movies of 2017 364. Watch Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 Documentary films 365. Watch Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 Comedy Movies

#2019 bucket list #bucket list #new year new list #365for365 #365 goals for 365 days

[mamagourmand]

Cake? Ice cream? Or both? That’s right. Baked “Caked” Alaska is a luscious, unique ice cream cake with two moist chocolate cake layers, an ice cream center, and covered with light, toasted meringue. Make Baked “Caked” Alaska for an extraordinary birthday cake or if you need a fabulous make-ahead dessert. Everyone will go crazy for this heavenly ice cream cake because it is in a class all it’s own!⠀ ⠀ Tap on @mamagourmand profile link for recipe⠀ ⠀ #baked #cake #alaska ⠀ ⠀ #sweettooth #desserts #sweetmagazine #glutenfreedessert #chocolatelover #sweets #tasty #homemade #dessertlover⠀ #foodblogfeed #BHGfood #spoonfeed #forkfeed #foodgawker #f52gram #droolclub #huffposttaste #imsomartha #recipebook #dailyfoodfeed #thefeedfeed #forkyeah #todayfood #foodblogeats #rrregram #rrmagfan #BHGCelebrate ⠀ ⠀ https://www.mamagourmand.com/baked-caked-alaska/⠀

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[leanpick]

Is Baked Alaska the Secret to a Long Life?

Is Baked Alaska the Secret to a Long Life?

The cake is made with blueberry, vanilla and strawberry ice cream (blue, white and red are the colors of the French flag). It can be homemade or store-bought, which isn’t a compromise. If you’re using homemade ice cream, you can spread it into the loaf pan — your mold for the dessert — straight from the churn. If what you’ve got came from the freezer, cut it into chunks, turn it into a bowl and…

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[goodfoodgrove]

[Homemade] Baked Alaska - coffee ice cream, wrapped in chocolate cake, wrapped in Swiss meringue

#Food #good food #tastey food

[catharsus]

Alaska just got baked! Last Christmas I made Baked Alaska for the first time, it took 3 days and I put every bit of Love I had into making every single component from scratch. Homemade Yellow Cake, Homemade Vanilla Bean, Chocolate, and Strawberry Ice Cream, and Homemade Italian Meringue. All of it crafted together to make this final exciting Christmas Dessert. Filmed by my brother-in-law @camrawn. . . #bakedalaska #christmas #christmas2018 #christmasdessert #familychristmas #homemade #cheflife #vanillabeanicecream #chocolateicecream #strawberryicecream #goldencake #italianmeringue #kitchentorch #brulee (at Grimsby, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7AdP4QnO9b/?igshid=fbkycomocjuj

#bakedalaska #christmas #christmas2018 #christmasdessert #familychristmas #homemade #cheflife #vanillabeanicecream #chocolateicecream #strawberryicecream #goldencake #italianmeringue #kitchentorch #brulee

[brokenteepee]

This week's #greatbritishbakeoffbakealong challenge was a bombe style dessert. I made a I Don't Know What. It's a chocolate sugar cookie topped with chopped homemade peanut brittle, homemade vanilla ice cream and then toasted meringue. . It's not technically a baked Alaska and it's not really any other kind of bombe. . It was good.... . . #dessert #eatdessertfirst #sweetmagazine #funinthekitchen #onmytable #gbbo #bombe #homemadeicecream #becreative #meringue #foodshot #foodblogeats #eeeeats #foodie #foodpic #droolclub #getinmybelly #ilovefood #bhgfood #foodily #delicious (at Riverbend, Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yJhrAj6It/?igshid=19j2j8i7xcbyx

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[team-amoretti]

We asked Chef Barbara to make us a dessert we'd never forget and she did not disappoint! This Mini Baked Alaska could easily be shared with a friend our enjoyed alone 😋 • This recipe takes a bit of time to make but is SO worth it. It starts with homemade ice cream that is layered onto a pound cake and covered in fresh meringue. To finish it off the meringue is toasted by setting on fire with a flambe OR gently torched 🔥 Grab the recipe by clicking the link in our bio and tag a friend you’d share this with below 👇 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2YsvWnU

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