Omelette, Anyone?

I know it sounds crazy, but some schools have reallyyy good cafeteria food! My school has really good.... books. The DH, for dining hall, as we call it, has improved drastically since I arrived my freshman year, and wow does it still stink. Bad food or worse food, however, they have a mean breakfast squad. Moreover, they make the best omelettes. DH omelettes made me like omelettes! I always get egg whites with onion, bacon, and mozzarella. Ok, so their ingredients aren't of the widest variety. But that's why it's so fun to take recipes home! Only problem is, omelettes aren't exactly the easiest things to make. First of all, you need some badass teflon, and as a broke college kid, I simply don't have access to such luxuries. What I do have is a kind of okay teflon muffin tin. Let me tell you--not as random and useless as it sounds. May I introduce you to.........

THE MUFFIN TIN OMELETTE! 

You will need:

A pack of deli ham (you can use prosciutto or something nicer than deli ham, but like I said, broke.)

Diced onion (your favorite kind. Mine is yellow.)

Chopped chives (or scallions. They're tastier, but a little big for the muffin tin.)

Eggs

Shredded mozzarella cheese

Salt & pepper

Preheat the oven to 350º. 

Line your muffin tin with one slice of ham in each hole and then crack an egg into each "ham cup." Then, simply sprinkle your toppings (cheese, onion, and chives) into the cups/onto the egg. Pop 'em in the oven, and pull 'em out when the eggs are cooked to your liking! You can test their done-ness by jiggling the tin with an oven mitt or tongs. You definitely want the egg white part to be white, as opposed to translucent, but other than that, the choice is yours! As are the toppings, of course!

YUM! Happy breakfast!

Until your time again finds mine,

Julia

Beggars can't be choosers, but they can make something out of nothing

Here at Furman, students have free, unlimited printing at the library. Because of this wonderful feature of my campus, I do not have a printer. Because I do not have a printer, I do not have the luxury of color printing. In trying to print out pictures to frame for my apartment, I found myself in a sticky dilemma. Pay money for quality, color pictures, or be cheap and look it by hanging grainy, black and white pictures printed on thin letter paper.
Needless to say, I went with the latter.
And it looks awesome!
I chose pictures that, based on the lighting of the photos, would look like the black and white was an artistic effect, not a low-def byproduct of our printers' inability to print anything outside the confines of Times New Roman. Anyway it worked, and now my apartment looks classier than anything the crazy expensive printing center down the road could have provided.
So basically all I did was mess with the settings on the computer to make sure the images came out the right size (I had 3x5 brushed silver frames from Walmart), and I made sure to buy frames that looked pretty simple and nice so as to polish off the illusion that these were quality photo prints. It turns out pictures look a lot nicer behind glass and framed.
Here's the creative catch (if the previously said wasn't quite creative enough for you): I printed images to represent each roommate's hometown! There are three of us, and we are each conveniently from different cities. Each of our cities are also conveniently included in the portfolio of a certain photographer whose name I cannot remember for the life of me. One day I will figure it out and put a link, but until then I did not take nor do I own the rights to these photos. But thanks to whomever took them. Because they're fantastic!
So I framed them, and then I wrote the name of each city on the glass for a nice effect. And Voila!

Until your time again finds mine,

Julia

Decorating the Apartment...Three Months Later than Anticipated

Pinterest is the best thing ever, and we either all agree on that, or the ones who don't are bitter and ignorant fools who probably just never got their acceptance emails. Sorry bout it.
So of course it is from the magical site of Pinterest that I found these ideas for some apartment wall art! Hope you likey!

Shit Could Be Worse.

Don't chase anything but dreams and drinks

Keep it Simple

Until your time again finds mine,
Julia

We should win something for this.

During our roomie bonding sesh, Lindsey and I did THIS to our fridge. Right?!?

Waking up to this in the morning will make being sick soooo much better. 'Cause right now I'm not feeling too hot. Boo.

Until your time again finds mine,

Julia

Watch Out, Papa John's

It's exam week and life sucks. Not to mention I've been sick for the past few days, so while finals are looming over my poor congested head, little work has been accomplished. In light of this non-working pattern, my roomie Lindsey and I decided to have an dinner together. Which of course meant ordering a large half cheese, half pepperoni pizza with extra garlic sauce and extra pepperoncinis. Delish. Well we ran out of money, so we practiced restraint and did not order cinnasticks. IT WAS PAINFUL. Halfway through dinner, however, a lightbulb went off.
And thus the crescinnamon roll was born. Papa John's now has some serious competition in the dessert department.

RECIPE:
1 can of Pillsbury (or any brand) Crescent Rolls
1 quarter stick of butter (I know that equals a certain number of tablespoons, but I know you're going to cut from the stick anyway, so I really don't think it matters)
1 1/2 t ground cinnamon
1 1/2 t sugar

Preheat the oven to 350. I don't care what the directions say. Cut your butter eight slices, and then cut each slice in to two rectangular halves. Place one half at the widest part of the unfolded crescent roll, and the second half about a third of the way down. Blend sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Using a spoon, sprinkle the mixture onto the entire surface of the unfolded crescent roll. Roll the crescents as you would normally.
Pop em in the oven and bake until the white begins to turn gold. Not a golden brown, gold. They will look underdone. They are not. Take them out and be careful not to burn your tongue because they have a tendency to jump into your mouth without warning. And suddenly they are gone. All of them.

Enjoy!

Until your time again finds mine,
Julia

I Reward Myself With Food.

Every time I finish a flash card, I get a Cheez It. Everybody wins!

Sour Power

SOUR PATCH KIDS ARE SO GOOD. You agree. Let's just all agree. They're delish.
Well.
SO ARE FROZEN GRAPES especially on a hot summer day? Yeah. If you haven't tried, do. There's seriously nothing more refreshing than chewing on a frozen grape in August heat. It's September, so yes, this tip is a little late, but whatever. September gets hot too.
Anyway, I promise I'm not having an ADD spell, there is a point:
HAVE BOTH. AT THE SAME TIME.
Here we go. So simple.
I call them "Frozen Sour Patch Grapes." So clever, I know.

Wash green grapes in a colander. 

Roll the STILL WET (so the powder sticks) grapes in Jello powder of your choice. A matching color is recommended. I chose lime, not only for its color but for its tartness. 

Freeze.

Serve.

Actually enjoy 100º weather.

Until your time again finds mine,

Julia