5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

This was passed on to me and I haven't tried it, but I think it may be very tempting if it's good...

4 tablespoons flour

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons cocoa

1 egg

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons oil

3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)

a small splash of vanilla extract

1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg, milk & oil and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1 000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous). And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

**The picture came from the e-mail. Incidentally, my mother has those very same Corelle plates

A big "FU" to Starbucks

Thanks assholes for putting nuts/seeds on the top of my favorite pumpkin loaf. Those things do not belong on something sweet!!! I am so glad I found a recipie and started making it last year after paying $2 a day for that sweet treat. I wil never buy it from you again! Why mess with perfection? Don't fix it if it ain't broke!!

Hmm

Bet you thought I forgot about you??? Well I didn't. I have been so busy I barely have time to think. I am sorry. I will try to be better about posting. I have been making notes in my BlackBerry and will post some more.

Salty

Am I the only one who doesn't take someone seasoning something I've cooked as an insult? I just feel like if you want more salt/pepper/spice, then whatever, use it! I just don't get offended by that. Maybe it's because deep down I know I am not a great cook. I was also the product of a mother who uses cream of mushroom to flavor things and a father who asks for no seasoning on his steak when we eat out. I fear the seasoning, and I think everyone knows that. I also married a southern man and he loves spicy things. Puts tabasco on everything. Salt and peppers a thick, beautiful layer on his meals.
I also feel that you can add more spice/pepper/salt once things are ready to be eaten. If you overdo it, they are not good and you can't eaisily fix that.

Well......

I started the new job today. I am a bit concerned about everything! I am confused, out of place and just a little unsettled. Don't get me wrong, they are all very nice and have welcomed me. I am just not comfortable yet. I'll get there.

Worries...

I am so worried that I will not wake up early enough for my new job tommorow. It starts at 7:30. That's the time I usually left for my last job. I am also a bit nervous about the new job and what it may entail. I am not exactly sure what I will be doing. I was told I could wear jeans, but I don't really want to show up in jeans on my first day. [sigh] I hope I don't get a(nother) zit from all this anxiety!

NEW JOB!

I got a new job!!! I am very excited, but it's a bit of a departure from what I am doing now. I think it will be good though. Instead of traveling 104 miles roundtrip, it will be under 30 miles roundtrip. I will miss everyone at my old job - each in their own very special way.