I'm Sorry..

Hi my friends!! I'm so sorry that I've kinda disappeared but yeah.. the jobs (2..sigh!) and other stuff.. are keeping me very busy. But for the rest, I'm doing fine. I know this is just a period and we'll soon move on with our projects so I'm looking forward to the end of the year.

In the few hours I have left for my self I read (now: Life of Pi) but I'm not cooking a lot.. still have to do that muffin! :( I will I will! Is it possible to make a coconut muffin? I'm so ignorant on this!

I hope tomorrow after the work i can post something interesting and take a look at your blogs!

(-->picture made at the concert of Travoltas, yeah I know.. I love this guy)

okonomiyaki part II

Sorry.. I don't have a camera with me now so I made the picture with the webcam.. but this is an okonomiyaki, I made it tonight, with mushrooms, zucchini and cabbage.

Okonomiyaki

Today I worked all day on the analysis of my data but the graphs don't look good at all, so I'm trying to fix the problem.. This is the problem to be far away from my boss, when I had a problem I just dropped by her office and asked.. but I guess now I can think more and learn more.. But yes, the time goes by very fast, on Monday I start a new job, then there's the gym and the project.. a lot to do. I wanted to make a vegan cake for my uncle which had a double by-pass surgery and now he can't eat eggs or milk or meat (how come if a lot of people say it's good for your health?).. a very soft cake.. but I need some time to buy all the stuff and cook and visit him! ahhhrgh!

I told you it's a long time I'm thinking about going to Japan in the future for some months and I'm collecting info about the vegan stuff there.. :

I've found a recipe, that I had in mind since I was a very young girl and I loved (still love..) anime (Japanese cartoons). In the cartoon they often talk about okonomiyaki..

Recipe for 10 okonomiyaki (for cup I mean a breakfast cup in this case)

- 1 spoon of sesame oil

- 4 cups of water

- 1/2 cup of whole grain flour

- 1/2 cup of white flour

- 1 spoon of corn starch

- 3/4 cup of cabbage cut in strings

- 1/4 cup of carrots cut in strings

- 1 teaspoon of salt

- 1 cup of onion

- soy sauce

- oil to fry

Prep! In a pan, fry the onion in the oil. When soft, add the cabbage, then the carrots and let it cook for 2 minutes. Add salt and turn off the fire.

In a bowl, add flour, salt and water and mix until you obtain a homogeneous pastry.

In another pan, warm the oil up and add a bit of pastry to cover the bottom (like a pancake) and add immediately the vegetables. When cooked turn on the other side. Ready! Serve with soy sauce!

More about me!

I wanna thank everybody for the muffins suggestions!!!!!

Here some vegan books!!

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	Valentina
Birthplace:	"Santa Poco", Italy
Current Location:	Netherlands
Eye Color:	Dark Brown
Hair Color:	Dark Brown
Right Handed or Left Handed:	right
Your Heritage:	100% Italian
The Shoes You Wore Today:	black boots.. a gift from my beloved boyfriend
Your Weakness:	love
Your Fears:	cockroaches (but not too afraid)
Your Perfect Pizza:	Marinara: tomato-garlic-oregano-olive oil
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	secret
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	haha
Thoughts First Waking Up:	noo.. I'm late again!
Your Best Physical Feature:	smile
Your Bedtime:	00:00-01:00
Your Most Missed Memory:	Toby
Pepsi or Coke:	vanilla coke
MacDonalds or Burger King:	no thanx, I'm VEGAN!
Single or Group Dates:	single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Estatè
Chocolate or Vanilla:	vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee:	coffee
Do you Smoke:	nope
Do you Swear:	no
Do you Sing:	oh yes! and I enjoy it very much
Do you Shower Daily:	yes
Have you Been in Love:	I'm in love!
Do you want to go to College:	I did already and I'm gonna go to grad school
Do you want to get Married:	Yep, when the time is right
Do you belive in yourself:	yes
Do you get Motion Sickness:	no
Do you think you are Attractive:	well.. ;)
Are you a Health Freak:	no, but I care about my health
Do you get along with your Parents:	very well
Do you like Thunderstorms:	yes, if I'm not on a small boat in the ocean close to Bahamas.....
Do you play an Instrument:	no
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	yes
In the past month have you Smoked:	no
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	no
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	with my boyfriend
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	yes, vegan sushi
In the past month have you been on Stage:	no
In the past month have you been Dumped:	no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	no
Ever been Drunk:	oh yeah- i'm a bad drinker
Ever been called a Tease:	noo
Ever been Beaten up:	no
Ever Shoplifted:	no... come on!
How do you want to Die:	I don't want to!
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	a respected scientist
What country would you most like to Visit:	Japan
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Blue
Favourite Hair Color:	doesn't really matter
Short or Long Hair:	short
Height:	175cm
Weight:	I don't know.. let's say 'in shape'
Best Clothing Style:	surf
Number of Drugs I have taken:	none
Number of CDs I own:	about 400 + those of my boyfriend... mmm a lot!!!
Number of Piercings:	4
Number of Tattoos:	1
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	a couple..

Everyone: can you help me with muffins?

Today I've read it's the vegetarians day! Yeah! So I wanted to celebrate with preparing something I've never tasted before: muffins. Now. I know I could check on the web and find a recipe.. but I would like to know if you have a recipe to suggest me!

In the meantime I eat some of my cake..