i grew up healthy and "normal" without vaccinations.

as my brother, eruch, said "i am grateful to have never been vaccinated."

outfuckingrageous.

salmon cakes

salmon cakes:

1 tall can of wild salmon 
1 egg
1 cup of panko breadcrumbs
a few shakes of worchestire sauce 
old bay seasoning
siracha
tbs of vegenaise 
zest of half a lemon
juice from half a lemon
3 scallions 
sauteed celery, red bell pepper, and garlic

just mix all the ingredients together with the salmon, make into patties, and saute on medium heat in butter and coconut oil for about 4 minutes on each side or until browned. we also made a dipping sauce made of just vegenaise and siracha and served them with a salad.  (these make about 6 cakes. )

i thank my nanny and mom for making these while i grew up.

bar soap into liquid soap

so i stumbled across how to turn bar soap into liquid soap and gave it a try. i can't say for sure yet if this recipe is long term legit or not, but so far so good.

all you need is vegetable gylcerin(from whole foods), 8 oz's of bar soap(i used two different bars) and a gallon of purified water. 

 

grate the 2 bars of soap 

pour the shavings into a gallon of water in a pot that's on medium high heat and add 2 tablespoons of gylcerin. 

stir until all the soap is melted and then turn the heat off and cover the pot for 12-24 hours. 

i woke up the next day(12 hrs later), stirred the soap and about an hour later it turned hard enough to mix with an electric mixer.

the consistency is really strange... like snot. and i had to use this measuring cup that had a spout to transfer the soap from the pot to the containers. 

it refilled two of my soap dispensers, a mason jar for christalyn, and most of the gallon jug. i added some vitamin e oil to the soap at the end because apparently it is a preservative. a few other ideas i read off the website was to add coconut oil as a moisturizer or any essential oils you are partial to. it ends up being a pretty big saving, but i mostly did this just to see if i could.... it was crazy easy and kind of exciting to see the results. :) 

new blog layout

i'm feelin' it.

stay tuned

it's been over 2 weeks since i've posted. it's just been busy and hectic here in south florida. my sister was here for 10 days and the baby shower happened and more friends in town... i haven't cooked a proper meal in weeks. please stay tuned for upcoming posts and also a revamp to my blog look as i promised. :)

i need your opinion

i'm working on changing the look of my blog a bit. i'm not exactly computer savy so my lovely friend valerie stepped in and said she'd help me.

first things first: i need a new name. it started while i was living in prague as "eve abroad," but then when i moved back home to florida i realized i needed to change it and just added "(no longer)". i still very much like it, but it may need some updating.

anyhow, i want your input. val and i both came up with a few ideas. my favorites i thought up are "eve happens," and "eve's counter."

please lemme know what you think! and i'm open to any other ideas that you have. :)

really?

so...... matt got into gradschool for history!

so proud of him especially cause he got a TAship... :) my love is going to be a professor. i can see it already.

but.....  this means we'll be in florida for another 2 years. =/

ohhhhhhhhh here we go again, florida. round 3. wish me luck.