Saturday, March 10, 2012

Picture Perfect Parrot!







             I drew this parrot in the fourth grade. We had some free time and I thought, "What to do.... what to do.... what, to, do?" I was looking around the room for something to, well, do! I looked here and there. There and here. And then I saw our wallpaper for the classroom had a parrot on it. So I thought, "Hey! Why don't I draw a parrot?" I took out my drawing book and my pencil and started drawing. I erased so much that my eraser had almost run out, all because of one picture! But, I have to say, all of that erasing sure made a picture perfect parrot!

My Delicious Recipies! (Part I)

            Are you hungry? Are you bored of looking up no good recipies in a cook book? Do you want food that is delicious and easy to make? Well you've come to the right place my friend. Because I have invented recipies that are delicious and easy to make. Welcome to Anika V.'s Recipie Page!


                But beware because:



                    Ok. Let's first start with a few drinks. One of my favorite things to drink on a hot, sunny, summer afternoon is a cold glass of fruit punch. What you need is:

   -A glass
   -Soda water
   -Your favorite citric juice
   -A few ice cubes
   -Some cut fruit

 1. Mix in your glass the soda water and juice
 2. Cut your fruits into bit-size pieces and cut a small slit in the bottom of each one. Stick the fruits all around the rim of the glass until you have made a full round.
 3. Take out a straw and put in glass.
 4. Put in the ice cubes
      Enjoy!


               Another drink I like is a nice, vanilla milkshake. The ingredients are:

   - Some milk
   - Some vanilla icecream
   -One tsp of vanilla extract
   - Chocolate shavings

                1. Take out your blender and blend up the vanilla icecream.
                2. Taste. If needed add milk and/or vanilla extract.
                3. After you have finished the mixture, pour into glass.
                4. Add a straw.
                5. Sprinkle the chocolate shavings ontop.
                     Enjoy!

       Let's move on to a dessert.

Marshmallow surprise is one that I thought of after playing in the snow because I wanted to have hot chocolate. So I took out the chocolate mix and the marshmallows and I thought, "What would marshmallows taste like baked?" So here they are. These are the ingridients:

              -Large marshmallows
              -Brown sugar
              -1 tblsp of butter


                        1. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F for ten mins.
                        2. Take out two baking pans and put a sheet of tinfoil on each one.
                        3. Cover the foil for each one with a thin layer of butter
                        4. Cover each buttered pan with marshmallows. Make sure that they are at least 2cm away                           
                            from the edge of each pan.
                        5. Place each pan in the center of each oven rack and set the time for 2mins.


       Caramel Candy
       (Make this during step 3 for the marshmallows) :

          1. Melt the butter in the oven until it turns to liquid.
          2. In a small bowl, mix the butter with 4 tblsp of brown sugar
          3. Put the butter and sugar mixture on a frying pan and fry until mildly-soft.
          4. Once the marshmallows are out of the oven and have formed two large sheets, place the caramel 
          candy onto one of the sheets. Lay the other sheet on top.
          5. Cut into squares.
              Enjoy!