Its my first time making muffins and im super proud of them!!! I think they came out great even it they arent super pretty lol
Shown: banana muffins topped with walnut, mini chocolate chips, and brown sugar crumble (last photo shows muffins with either or)
I can comment link for the recipe i used if anyone is interested!!
First time ever making muffins!!! Im super happy with how they turned out, they came out great :)
Banana muffins topped with chocolate chips, walnuts, and a brown sugar crumble (some only have either or in the last photo, to match preferences)
I am so upset and infuriated right now I just need to get it off my chest and maybe get any advice you guys may have.
I (19F) have been trying to start college for about 6 months at this point. I moved across the country when I was 18 and have been fully financially independent since then. I don't even have contact with either of my parents. And I haven't for almost a year at this point.
When I went to fill out fafsa, I obviously had to press the options showing i was independent because I'm not able to get any financial information from my parents. This then led them to needing to get confirmation from my school that I was indeed an unaccompanied youth. (I was homeless at the time and couch surfing, though I now have my own place now which has even FURTHER complicated things). This was ok ofc, I reached out to my school (I'm opting for online) to get the paperwork I'd need or wtv to get the process started. This was in like November- December of 2025.
A lot of life changing stuff then proceeds to happen, which halts the entire process until about February of this year. So I start again, turning in the information they ask for, they ask me to then fill out paperwork and have two other people fill out paperwork to confirm my story, I turn that in. Rejected. Why? Bc they don't believe me. Ok. I happened to stay at a few facilities right before and after my move, which is why I moved in the first place. I comtact them, get confirmation and a signed letter of the dates I attended their program. I turn that in. Rejected. Why? They still don't believe me. At the same time, I'm getting emails asking questions which I'm responding to but I'm not getting any answers back. I'm sending clarification emails to try to get answers to questions so I can hopefully turn in evidence they'll accept. It's easier than calling bc the college I'm going to has a time difference and it makes it hard to call. No response. I wait a week. No response. I call. No response. I call the financial department directly instead of my counselor. They answer, and tell me that I should turn in a picture of my lease and continue trying to get confirmation from the second place I went to. I do that. Rejected. Now they want me to start over the process again under different things. It's now June atp. I was supposed to start in June. But it took too long, so now I'm supposed to start in July. So I turn in what they want. I even included a picture if my dad's criminal records from the literal govt website its on as one of my special circumstances was literally because it was dangerous. REJECTED. AGAIN.
I have turned in statements from 2 people outside of myself. I have supplied my lease. I have supplied letters of proof that directly corroborate my story from the facilities I attended. I supplied the criminal records. I supplied my financial information. It's now August and I still have no clue if I'm going to be able to start in September like I want to. I have pushed this back so many times because of everything just going to shit and I don't know what more they want from me. I live ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I provided my LEASE. TWO INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE corroborated my story. THE FACILITIES corroborated my story. EVERY SINGLE STEP HAS BEEN CORROBORATED. Yet I STILL have not started college. Why? THEY DONT FUCKING BELIEVE ME. WHY???? WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???? I just want to start my life and my career and I can't even get fucking fafsa to do its job. Or my college. Apparently I might have to wait until I'm in my twenties, like 24 I heard, before they'll actually fucking believe that I'm independent. WTAF??? I fucking hate this country. I am so upset. It feels like everything is against me and idek what to do atp. I got into so many colleges in the states where I'm from. I actually got into the physical campus of the college I'm going to too. I don't get why, suddenly the moment someone dares to not be dependent on their parents, all opportunities are suddenly cut out from under them.
Any advice on this situation would be awesome. Thank you for reading this. I feel so defeated rn like it isn't even funny anymore.
Featured in the photo: an everything bagel with garlic herb cream cheese from a local bagel shop
I love my partner very deeply but after sex I tend to dissociate. Especially after a particularly good one. Today we had sex and I started sobbing afterwards and I dissociated again. It gets to the point where it's physically difficult to speak and I have to force myself to talk afterwards bc it worries my partner when I do this.
I've never cried after sex before and I never dissociated with any of my previous partners, though he is my first serious relationship and the only person I've slept with so consistently.
Is this normal? I feel really bad and I don't harbor any negative feelings towards him regarding sex, though I do have negative experiences with others so maybe that's why?
I have BPD and PTSD too, idk if that may matter in this instance but I'll say it in case it does.
Does anyone else experience this? How do I explain this to him?
Chocolate cake with a cherry syrup soaked into it, cherry jam in the center, with whipped cream frosting, a thin layer of cherry gelatin, and some cherry halves on top!! 100% homemade, down to the jello!!
2nd time ever decorating a cake!! It tasted great
Chocolate cake with a cherry syrup, whipped cream frosting, cherry jam, cherry gelatin on top, and cherry halves!! 100% homemade!!
Chocolate cake with a cherry syrup soaked into it, cherry jam in the center, with whipped cream frosting, a thin layer of cherry gelatin, and some cherry halves on top!! 100% homemade, down to the jello!!
2nd time ever decorating a cake!! It tasted great
I REALLY love cherries, specifically black pearl ones. I lived in the Midwest, specifically Michigan/ Ohio area, and was able to find these pretty easily.
I've since moved to California, and while they have cherries here, NONE of them have been as good as these and I don't know what ones to even look for because I am OBSESSED with cherries and have been immensely disappointed by the selection I've been able to find thus far :(
Baked potato with homemade chili, topped with cheese, hot sauce, bacon, and sour cream
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I know it's a lot of sour cream </3
Dark chocolate chip cookies
I didn't measure the chocolate, I did two bars of ghiradelli 70% bittersweet baking chocolate coursely chopped and probably about a cup of semisweet chocolate chips.
I used just over a TBS of cookie dough per cookie and cooked them for 11 min @ 350° f.
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I would recommend doing just over a TBS like I did for normal sized cookies, a level TBS can make a pretty small one as shown by the top right cookie (it was a test one). The flatten quite a bit so for a 9×13 you can comfortably fit 4, MAYBE 6 per sheet if you space them realllyyy well
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https://scientificallysweet.com/the-best-chocolate-chip-cookies-bakery-style/
(left) snickerdoodles (center) raspberry lemonade bars, lemon bars with a raspberry coulis and candied lemons on top, dusted with powdered sugar (left) dark chocolate chip cookies with 70% ghiradelli bittersweet chocolate bars and semisweet chocolate chips
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I had a few challenges along the way, as this was all homemade and my first time making a lot of it but it turned out great and I'm super proud!!
(left) snickerdoodles (center) raspberry lemonade bars (left) dark chocolate chip cookies
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Im super proud of how they came out!!!
(right) snickerdoodles (center) raspberry lemonade bars (left) dark chocolate chip cookies
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I experimented with some things on these and I think they turned out great!! I hope she loves them
I opened my package and it had two partially wrapped halves in place of a full one??? I don't know how common this is but I PROMISE I'm not making it up 😭💔
Chicken bone broth, I hadnt skimmed the fat off yet. I'm SUPER proud of how it turned out. I added chicken feet, raw bones from when I processed chicken, and a cooked carcass from when I roast one.
I've seen some people adding chicken feet to their broth, I'm planning on making a white broth with some carcasses. I am assuming it'll add a lot of collagen to the broth due to chicken foot composition, but is there anything I need to be aware of when using them? Should I use them?
Is there anything I should be aware of when cooking with chicken feet? Do I need to do anything to them?
Thank you for the advice
Chocolate cake with peanut butter cheesecake layers between, coated in a whipped biscoff ganache and biscoff crumbs. Writing is just straight biscoff spread
I'm going to be butchering my own chickens soon (store bought, idk what the correct term for that would be outside of that), and I don't want to waste the carcasses. This being said, I decided to make broth with them.
How long should you boil it? And what's a good ratio of water to carcass in your guys' opinion? How many carcasses is ok to use in your standard sized stock pot? I've heard if you boil it too long it could get bitter? Is that true? And if you're going for a neutral broth, would it still be a good idea to add onion, carrot, and celery scraps? Or just onion, even?
Thank you for the advice! I'll show the results once I do it if it's wanted.
Hi guys!! I've been getting really big into prepping my own food and such lately and with this, canning has become part of the equation.
I'm planning on making some broth out of chicken carcasses soon and instead of freezing it, I want to can it. I know some of the basics, since my mom cans some. I know to sanitize your jars in boiling water, to never fill jars all of the way, never boil jars directly on the bottom of the pot, wipe the rim before putting on the seal, and turn them upside down to help seal it. And to never put anything hot into anything cold + vice versa.
I stated all of the knowledge I have to help give you guys an understanding of where I am. I know there's things I'm missing or maybe things that might be easier than listed method. Do you guys have any advice?
Any advice is much appreciated, my mom didn't can stuff like that and I know there can be different methods for different things. Any advice related to general canning or specifically canning broth would be great!!
Thank you so much
I'm going to be butchering my own chickens soon (store bought, idk what the correct term for that would be outside of that), and I don't want to waste the carcasses. This being said, I decided to make broth with them.
How long should you boil it? And what's a good ratio of water to carcass in your guys' opinion? How many carcasses is ok to use in your standard sized stock pot? I've heard if you boil it too long it could get bitter? Is that true? And if you're going for a neutral broth, would it still be a good idea to add onion, carrot, and celery scraps? Or just onion, even?
Thank you for the advice! I'll show the results once I do it if it's wanted.