It took me forever, but I finally finished my collection of MK Sub-Zero canon info. You can view the completed video over at my Mortal Kombat fansite, MKFanatic.net

http://www.mkfanatic.net/2008/04/01/sub-zero-chronology-video/

I love hummus so freakin’ much. I love it on my sandwiches, I love it as a dip for pita wedges or veggies, I pretty much love it any way you serve it. And it’s so stupidly easy to make too.

Hummus

• 16oz can chickpeas/garbanzo beans
• 1/4 liquid from beans
• 1.5 tbsp tahini (optional)
• 2-3 tsp lemon juice (optional)
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• salt to taste

Whirl all ingredients in blender until smooth. Will keep for 2 or 3 days in fridge or about 1 month in the freezer.

Other things to add: olive oil, roasted red peppers, spinach, more garlic…

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So I kidnapped a “Flashback Friday” prompt. Namely “what was your favorite childhood thing?” Being the kind of girl that I am, I had lots of “favorite” things, but here’s a very conspicuous one.

Please note the skirt OVER the leggings, the oh-so-80’s sequined headband, and the suntan stockings. I think our teacher just plain hated us. (I should also add that this wasn’t really red, so much as orange-red.) But I’ll be darned if I didn’t love dressing up in this and the many other atrocities inflicted on us during the course of my dancing career

Team Fortress 2 Scout Cosplay/Costume. (If you are looking for the “Meet the Scout” video post, head on over here

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These are so easy, but so yummy as a party food. You could deep fry these, but I find these are just as tasty without the added fat.

• Ravioli, any filling - Fresh or Frozen (thawed)
• Bread Crumbs
• Egg(s)
• Garlic Salt
• Basil
• Oregano
• Parmesan cheese (grated)
• Prepared tomato sauce (out of a can works fine here)

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Most baked ziti at buffets and potlucks tend to be an overcooked, mushy mass of tasteless pasta and sauce. Not this one. People never fail to beg for this recipe.

The title of this recipe is a lie. We will be using penne, because it holds its shape and texture better.

This recipe will make two 9×11 pans, which will feed about 6 hungry people each. I recommend using disposable pans, because likely you will need to freeze one pan unless you are really feeding a crowd. Heavy-duty is a must because the weight of all these tasty things will actually collapse cheap pans.

Ingredients

• ~1lb dry penne
• ~1lb lean ground beef (I use 90% or above)
• 2 26.5 oz cans Hunts Traditional Spaghetti Sauce (or plain spaghetti sauce)
• 1 8oz can plain tomato sauce
• 1 medium onion
• ~2lb part-skim mozzarella
• ~1 large tub ricotta
• ~2 eggs
• ~garlic (taste as you go. I use almost 1/2 c in this recipe)
• ~oregano (1-2 tsp generally)
• ~basil (1 tsp generally)
• ~olive oil

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I know I said “next week” in the last tutorial on how to make a cellphone lariat, but this is soooo easy I put it up today. This is the tutorial for the lanyard, the charm seen here was prepared via my How to Make a CellPhone Charm tutorial. You could easily use one of these guys as a zipper pull as well.

Anyway.

The ingredients: One elastic hair tie (any color), one split ring, one charm.

I told you this was going to be easy!
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A few people have been having trouble locating cellphone lariats for my Cell Phone Charm/Zipper Pull tutorial. So here’s a quick and easy way to make some.

First off, this is what we are hoping to emulate.

This is what you will need to make this silly thing.

That’s a split ring, 1 or 2 crimp beads, a pair of pliers and your string. I’m using fake leather cording, but you could use waxed thread, etc.

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Now that I’ve gotten two requests for this stupidly simple recipe, well, I’ll share publicly. The one issue is that not all hot dogs are packaged with the same number of dogs. 1 tube of rolls will cover 4 hot dogs (or 8 if you like less roll to dog,) so make sure you have an equal number of rolls to hot dog.

• 1 package hot dogs (I use Boar’s Head or Hebrew National, I won’t touch non-beef dogs)
• 1-2 tubes crescent refrigerated crescent rolls
• Condiments

• Wash your hands!
• Preheat your oven to whatever the directions on the rolls say, also make note of cooking time.
• Poke some holes in the hotdog packaging, put on microwave safe plate and nuke for about 1 minute.
• Open your tubes and separate the contents into rectangles made of two triangular rolls.
• Dry your hotdogs off (the rolls won’t stick if their still wet with juices) and wrap the rolls around the dogs. You’ll probably have to stretch the rolls a bit.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for however long the crescent roll package recommends (the package is destroyed now, I hope you followed Step 2! The average is 10-12 minutes.)
• The dogs are done when the rolls are a nice golden brown.

If you’re truly lazy like me, serve these with a package salad (you know, the kind that comes in a bag) and you have a full meal.

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