Guest Post: Crab Cakes

Recently, I was contacted by Jenny, a seafood writer, about a guest post opportunity on my blog. I love guests posts;t gives me a day off. I'm open to anyone posting, just contact me. This guest post came at a particularly opportune time; I've been suffering from a sever inner ear infection since Sunday, and I don't see my doctor til wed morning. I can't even articulate my pain.

Anyway, I'm off topic. Like I said Jenny is seafood writer. You can check out her blog here. I was excited when she suggested writing about crab cakes. I'm not a big fan of seafood, but I have a weakness for crab cakes. With the cayenne pepper in Jenny's crab cakes
I'm drooling and thinking about making them as soon as I feel better. And now for Jenny and her wonderful crab cakes....



Now Prepare Crab Cakes in Your Kitchen

Have you ever thought of having yummy sea food without rushing to a sea food restaurant? Have you ever admired of having exotic sea food at your own residence? Seafood is really delicious and the best part is when you can prepare it in your kitchen. It’s quite obvious that you will really get wonder-struck when you see exotic sea food on your dining table and your mouth will definitely start watering when you see lobsters or clams grilled in front of you. Now you can prepare delicious crab cakes with great ease and here I will tell you how to cook zesty crab cakes in your kitchen.

Crab cakes are made of crab meat which is really stimulating and yummy to eat. Your guests can’t help praising you and your skill when you serve them with delicious crab cakes at a party. Crabs are really tasty and instead of restricting yourself to a strict diet, start preparing around 10 crab cakes and satisfy your tastebuds.

So, take a look at this crab cake recipe. You just need to collect the ingredients and have patience in cooking.

Lipstain: My New Obessison and Spring Pick

my sister and me putting on Grammy's makeup

What can I say,I love makeup. As little girls, my sister and I loved playing with makeup. When visiting my grandparents we'd make a beeline for Grammy's vanity and start applying her makeup to ourselves and each other. Grammy eventually ended up buying makeup for us to keep in her vanity drawers so we wouldn't use up all hers.

The thrill of applying makeup never left me. In fact, I wish I had more excuses to wear it. Since I started on disability I rarely leave the house. I'm lucky to make it out of my pjs much less put makeup on. Usually, I apply a light layer on my weekly Tuesday Target trip.

The one item of makeup I never is wear lipstick; I feel like my lips are too pointy at the top and I feel lipstick never looks good on me. I prefer a light lipgloss or just plain lip balm.

Then I saw these lipstains. It made me think of the scene from Gone With the Wind where Scarlett bites her lips and pinches her cheeks to make it look like she had on lipstick and rouge. I figured I'd give it a try just for funsies. I found the Maybelline one on sale at Target and bought it. I liked it, so I looked around for more.

Toasted Coconut Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream Frosting

I have been a horrible food blogger. I barely cook anymore; too much energy is required. I made these cupcakes recently. I knew Mr.Surly wouldn't touch them because they have coconut in them. They were a great accompaniment to my morning coffee.

My frosting didn't turn out well, it was kinda runny. I needed to add more powdered sugar (I added less than what the recipe calls for), but I didn't because I didn't want an instant cavity from too sweet frosting. Luckily, these were rolled in toasted coconut so you can't even see the no-so-pretty icing.