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Jul 31 2008
My new menu planner seems to be working out well. I hope you’ve taken a look at it in the ‘Useful Stuff’ Menu overhead. It is definitely helping with organising things and removing the randomness from life in the kitchen.
I’ve been doing a fair bit of blog-hopping recently and find men are now at the [...]
Jul 31 2008
I thought it’d be fun to have our own ‘random gf blog’ gadget, so I used Rachel’s exhaustive list of gluten free bloggers in conjunction with a modified Random Link Generator to create the “Visit a Gluten Free Blog” button on our front page.
There are two installation options: the Easy Way, and the Customizable Way.
*UPDATE*
Due to several requests, I’ve made the button on this blog (right side, says “Visit a Gluten Free Blog”) available to add as a Widget without any copying, pasting, or template modifications.
Click the following button to install yours:
*That’s all - you now have a browser friendly, gluten free blog hopping button!*
The following steps are for those who prefer to style their widget via css.
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Here’s how you can add one yourself, and style it too!
The first step is probably the most daring, as it requires you to enter your Layout (Dashboard - Layout) and click the Edit HTML tab.
Once you’re at the Edit HTML page, make sure to backup your template by clicking “Download Full Template”.
The purpose of entering your template is to add styling to the button so that you can change colors and event font sizes/types from your Fonts and Colors tabs.
You’ll want to create Variable names for the styles you’d like to edit from within your Font and Colors tab. Here are the four variables I created for this button:
<Variable name=”randomblogbkgcolor” description=”Random Blog Background Color” type=”color” default=”#c60″ value=”#5d7588″>
<Variable name=”randomblogbordercolor” description=”Random Blog Border Color” type=”color” default=”#c60″ value=”#9cb088″>
<Variable name=”randomblogbkghovercolor” description=”Random Blog Background Hover Color” type=”color” default=”#c60″ value=”#9db189″>
<Variable name=”randomblogborderhovercolor” description=”Random Blog Border Hover Color” type=”color” default=”#c60″ value=”#718fa6″>
These lines should be pasted near the top of your template, between the <head> and </head> tags. If you have meta tags, these variable name tags are commonly placed after the meta tags.
The next step is to paste the following lines just before the line that contains: >]]></b:skin> in your template:
/* Random Blog Styling */
input.randomblog {
background-color: $randomblogbkgcolor;
border: 2px outset $randomblogbordercolor;
width: 100%;
text-align:center;
font-style:bold;
color: #fff;
padding: 1px;
margin: 1px;
}
input.randomblog:hover {
background-color: $randomblogbkghovercolor;
border: 2px outset $randomblogborderhovercolor;
width: 100%;
text-align:center;
font-style:bold;
color: #fff;
padding: 1px;
margin: 1px;
}
Once you’ve completed this step (including backing up your template), click Save Template.
To add the button, you’ll need to go to your Page Elements section under Layout. Once there, select “Add a Page Element” and choose HTML/Javascript. Copy and paste the following code into the new window:
<script style=”" src=”http://randomblog.googlecode.com/files/randomblogsourceclass.js”></script>
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Select “Save” and you’ll now have your own Visit a Random GF Blogger widget. To change the colors of the background, border, and hovered-over background a border, go to your Fonts and Colors tab under Layout and change the colors of the four variables that start with “Random Blog” i.e. Random Blog Background Color.
That’s all! If you would like to be included in this random gf blog visitor, simply leave a comment here and let us know.
Jul 31 2008
We gave a bridal shower for one of our nurses this week. I love to give gifts that relate to cooking, and she was registered for a set of melamine bowls. I have bowls similar to them and I really like them, and knew she would use them a lot, so I decided to get them for her.
I enjoy wrapping a gift in something that relates to it. I considered a dish towel, but it wasn’t big enough. Flour sack towels are much larger and I have always thought they had a natural and fresh look. I bought this pack of flour sack towels at WalMart.
To wrap the bowls, first I placed them on top of the towel:
Then I pulled up all four corners, being careful to tuck in all the open spots:
I used a pipe cleaner to secure it temporarily. You could also use a twist tie.
I tied a satin ribbon around it and removed the pipe cleaner. I ran the ribbon through the gift tag before I tied it again:
Instead of a bow, I tied it underneath the tag because I wanted it to show:
I made the tag with card stock and put some fun kitchen stickers on it:
Now I am pondering what to do with the other four flour sack towels….
Jul 31 2008
If you’d like to create your own random visit button as seen on our front page, but want to make your own list of websites and/or blogs to choose from, comment here with your list of websites and a title for your button, and I’ll upload a script for you to use. I’ll post a link to each script here for others to download.
The installation instructions are the same as those from Visit a Random Gluten Free Blogger Installation except you’ll add a different script to your page element.
Jul 31 2008
There is a very painful story behind this Bento #4…. gastric pain that is.. hahaha. I know that most bento bloggers are normally so filled with joy and happiness whilst making their bentos.. of course, my favorite bento blogger Bento Pet did admit that she was feeling a bit frazzled whilst making her bento (but when you look at her bento, you would not have guessed it… it was still looking yummilicious)…haha but never in pain :p. If you want to know what happened, do drop in at my other blog.
Bento #4 consisted of only onigiris with chicken floss as fillings, some cherrie tomatoes and 2 kiwi fruits. It does look like a little bit too much but this bento went from being my lunch (which would have been only 3 onigiris) to a breakfast for 2 brothers :). I do hope they enjoyed it.
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Jul 30 2008
You’d never have thought a humble piece of fried dough could have so much popularity, business potential or variations. Mad Over Donuts, who recently opened an outlet in the Great India Place, NOIDA, certainly believe this and going by the popularity of their only outlet in the NCR, it looks like they’ve put their money [...]
Jul 30 2008
1 lb. lean ground beef
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small yellow onion, finely diced
1 small green pepper, seeded and finely diced
1 clove garlic, finely diced
1 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons mustard
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon Agave nectar
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
kosher salt, to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
Heat the olive oil in [...]
Jul 30 2008
It is National Take a Salad to Work Day. It is a little late to get started on a Jell-o salad to take to work, so how about a luncheon salad?
I have to say, I was NOT a carrot salad fan as a child. I have found though, I am more and more fond [...]
Jul 30 2008
I received an email question about using the Weight Watchers Points Calculator. So I wanted to give an example of how the calculator can be used. To use the calculator you will need to know the nutritional value of the foods you are eating. The nutritional value is located on the food product label. [...]