GULAB JAMUNS

Ingredients:
Milk powder .......... 4 serving spoons
White flour ............ 1 serving spoon
Ghee ...................... 1 tbsp.
Baking powder .... 1 tsp.
Milk ...................... for kneading ( room temperature)
Sugar .................. 1 cup.
Cardamoms ........ 4-5
Kesar ................... a pinch
Oil to fry

Method:

1. Add one and quarter cup water to the sugar and boil to make syrup. Add cardamoms and saffron to the syrup.

2. Mix the milk powder, white flour, baking powder and ghee and knead with milk

3. Make round balls and deep fry them.(make the oil medium hot and reduce the flame before putting gulab jamuns)

4. Keep turning them continuously to get the even colour.

5. Put them into the syrup and let them soak till soft.( about 10 - 12 hours)

(Makes about 20 medium sized gulab jamuns)

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Running...

Just two weeks ago we were preparing to run the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon. I meant to post about the race with pictures, but I just haven't had a chance. It was a perfect race and I set personal record...2 hours and 2 minutes. I shaved about 23 minutes off of my time, which is amazing! Jeremy did pretty good too, he ran it in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Since I felt so good after the race, I told Jeremy I would love to run the Big D half marathon. Jeremy signed us up and we'll be running it tomorrow morning. I told Jeremy I'm running this one for fun, not to set a new personal record. It's a little bitter sweet because this will be my last half marathon before we start IVF this Summer. After this race Jeremy will take a break before he starts training for his second marathon, which will be in December.

I promise, this week I'll post pictures from both races.

Uh Oh

In our raised beds, we had flowers and big catnip plant. Today we transplanted the flowers to our garden, but left the catnip. Guess who found it.

Our Maximum Leader is an angry drunk. Her eyes are telling you that she is getting absolutely loaded, make no mistake. Have the bandages and ointment ready.

Things That Make Me Smile

The sky after a rain.

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Donald Trump Is Great

Mind you, I think he'd be a lousy president, but he gets lots of free press and has sound bites like this.

Even before Gail Collins was with the New York Times, she has written nasty and derogatory articles about me. Actually, I have great respect for Ms. Collins in that she has survived so long with so little talent. Her storytelling ability and word usage (coming from me, who has written many bestsellers), is not at a very high level.

Awesome.