Brownie "beany"......"Beany" brownie............

As most of you know, I am moving this Friday.................I shipped most of my stuff to Tahoe already last week. I am practically living out of my luggage right now. I think I am just going to wear the same pair of jeans for the next few day.

But I turn around and look at my pile of food..............and stared.....................looks nothing like someone that is moving to another country in a few days............What am I going do with all that???

We are having a lab dinner at my boss Locke's place tomorrow, perhaps I can make something from my pile?

A can of black beans, a bag of chocolate chip and a bag of walnut. Perfect, I can make some black bean brownies. I saw this recipe a few months ago from 101 cookbooks and really wanted to try it. Perfect occasion !!!

Material and methods:

Please check out 101 cookbooks

I didn't have agave nectar so instead I used some Canadian specialty... Maple Syrup instead.... a tribute to Toronto ...... my home for 7 years



Results:

Dark Fudgy Tasty Goodness!!! You can't taste the "bean" in the brownies at all......... the texture reminds me of some Asian desserts. We used allow of legumes in our dessert. One of my favourite Chinese dessert is red bean soup, which is simply just red bean, sugar and water. The recipe is definitely a keeper in my book.


Hopefully, my labmates will like them


I am going to miss them.....................~~~~>.<~~~~

Goodbye TORONTO..................party 1

Being a Torontonian for about 6 years...... I am going to move away from this lovely place to another lovely place.............Lake Tahoe................

Why am i moving? To start a new life.............To learn how to be an adult............To live and work in the real world.......................I probably have mentioned this already, but i will say it again. I think i am really lucky because I got a great job at a great place. I get to continue my hard work from my Master's project and actually continue to do more with it. I guess I will save the glorious details of my thesis till later post...... but stay tune and beware :)

One of the greatest thing I will miss dearly of Toronto are all the great friends I have to leave behind. They are the best people I have come to know and I hope they will forever be part of my life. For now, I will have to say goodbye to them. Well, I am sure we will still chat and email each other, just won't be able to hang out whenever we want..........

FRIENDS.....Don't forget to visit your mountain girl in Tahoe!!!


The following are pictures from my first of a series of going away parties...............Seeing these pictures will remind me that I am LOVED..............HEART YOU ALL!!!


Big hugs to Celia (my hun), Fon, Tracy, Sheena, Phil and Hilton for the delicious dinner, interesting drinks, sticky dance floor and great time we had at the Bier Market...........

What are we doing?

My lovely Tracy.....looking great!!!

It seems like everyone is wearing white.....was there a theme?

Fon and my "failed" sexy look

Fon said we should do a funny weird face........I believed her...... see she is not trustworthy :P


I will miss you all..........................~~~>.<~~~

Tahoooooooooe

My visa got approved two days ago.................

and now I just bought my ticket to Tahoe................

I can't believe this is really happening!!!


Mountain livin.......here i come