nine days..wahooo!

so it's offical...9 days till christmas! how exciting.

One thing i'd like to add...I need to stop spending my money at walmart, lol! 

Happy November! :)

LOTS have happened in October..lots of good things!! It has finally come to an end.

Anddddd it's finally november! I'm so excited for this month. THANKSGIVING!

then it's CHRISTMAS..i loooove it!

I love Sundays!

Every Sunday for the past month, we've been going to the beach after church. I love that we do that. It's usually hot, and the day is always beautiful. We just got home from the beach, and I am beeeaat! Sunburnt, water still in my ear...uhhh!! Waves were pounding! Anyways, i just wanted to say that I absolutely love sundays ;)

Christmas on my mind...

 

 i love that song!

so lately christmas has been on my mind, a lot! i seriously can't wait for it. here is what i love:

MOVIES:

FOOD:

mostly cookies ;)

And i just love spending time with my family. For the most part, i love the food, my family can cook. That doesn't help much because I gain about 10 pounds from eating so dang much! I love watching the little kids open their presents. As i got older i didn't really expect gifts coming my way. There was one point in life where we didn't have much money so ever since that point, i don't really care if i get gifts or not. I get blessed every day!!!! Last year was the first year in 5 years that we'd had a christmas tree. It was a fake one and it broke. So perhaps we'll have a REAL one this year! It's theme was purple, pink, and silver. It was cute, and i totally forgot to take a picture of it! :( I'll take one this year. 

Then it's new years! man, one year goes by really quick! This time last year, i was a bum with no job. This year i have a job, still a bum(in a differ way :P) hehe. I'm ready for the new year and for what God has in store for me. Thinkin' of making a new years resolution and sticking with it. So that's it for today!!

tomorrow is my dad's birthday!! thinking of baking some cupcakes for him.

have a splendid day all! :)

80's..

so i been looking up ideas on what to wear for my 80's costume. My computer was running slow so I only got 2 pictures, how lame! 

the fashion is so vibrant and colorful. I love it! And you get to accessorize a lot.

I was thinking....

a high side-ponytail

bright hoop earrings

off the shoulder shirt(or jacket)

colorful bracelets and bangles(& all that..)

colored/black tights

maybe a skirt over it(don't know yet)

hmmm, bright SLIPPERS..or maybe if I find some kind of shoe

this coming week i will probably go thrift shopping....easy way to save my money! :)

i'm so excited. I knowthe "80's" style is like "old" for a halloween costume....but it doesnt matter what other people think. As long as YOU'RE having fun...nothin' matters! 

g-niiights.

thanksgiving.

Halloween is coming up and I don't really celebrate "halloween." But for church, we have an event called Pumpkin Patch. It's FUN!!!! And actually for this year, the childrens ministry team (us girls) are gonna dress as the "80's girls!" Kinda excited for that. Not sure how im gonna dress. 

But as I was saying, i don't really care for halloween, but im ALL about Thanksgiving, FOR SURE! I love thanksgiving! It's just being with my family, having a great FEAST, literally! I'm already looking at recipes, thinkin' about what to make. Not sure yet. 

And i mos def can't wait for CHRISTMAS. Thinking about listening to some c-mas songs tonight! :P getting all giddy bc i STINKEN LOOOOOVE christmas time. I didn't have such a great c-mas last year because my grandma passed away the day after c-mas! :( can't believe it's been almost a year! :'( 

This year shall be a good one :)! 

all together, i love my family....and food ;))

lagging..

pretty much lagging on my blog. i've been so busy with church and work..and come to think of it, I will be busy this coming month. There is so many things going on in my life ;)! So i've started my new job on the 10th of this month and i LOVE it! Wanna know what i do all day from 2:00-530PM?! I sit down, watch kids eat their snack, help them with their homework, and watch them play with hula hoops, jump ropes, and basketballs. Oh and can't leave out YELLING my lungs out (sometimes...) at them!! I LOVE IT! what job could be any better than that.....well as of right now, haaa!

So about that collage, I started doing one, but then got over cutting out stuff from the magazines. Yeah, i know, i'm super lazy!!! Wow haven't been on here for a long time so i have lots of things going on in my head! haha because theres just so many upcoming events in my life!! yay!!! but on the FOOD side of my blog, here is what i ate for dinner...

my tummy has been satisfied!! wooo!

Alright, I'm done for the night! :) 

blessings!

collage

i'm thinking of making a collage out of all the Allure, People, and Shape/Fitness magazines. I'm super bored today..so i think that's what i'll spend my time doing. I'll show you the end result....

at the moment.

this is what I'm craving!

and this...

.SHAVE ICE, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the bottom! AHH!!


and wow, this one too!!!!

I guess you can say I'm really hungry because I didn't really eat breakfast OR lunch! sooo, i'm stuck with the endless cravings!

king of the rings.

The other day my mom bought this HUGE bag of seriously HUGE onions. I was like WHOA!, what can I make with those?!! I've decided I wanted to try and make onion rings.

ingredients..
cajun seasoning & tabasco is optional.
thing on the left is kosher salt.
the water? i just pulled that out of the fridge...it doesn't necessarily need to be bottled water.
all-purpose flour
Panko flakes
Onions...duh!i'm not a pro so I don't know what oil is good for what..but in this case i just used vegetable oil.

Heat your oil.....
mix flour, salt, seasoning, tabasco, and water.
cut onions
dip onions in batter
then dip in panko flakes
fry em up!

put some salt on them right after frying..


yummmy!

find the recipe here.

lucky i live HAWAII.

here is a look at what I did today..i forgot to say that i jumped off this pier for the VERY FIRST time! after a gazillion 1, 2's, and 3's..i finally jumped! AHHH it was scary :|north shore, kaua'i.


yes, we can pretend to be little kids :P


went to Hanalei today, it was a bit cloudy but cleared up later in the day. Ate some good food, swam and got more dark.

had a good day today!
did you?!

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY: kiani mccarthy (ME!)

current...

cravings #1: Pumpkin Crunch

The other night I went to my friends graduation party and there were a variety of desserts and sadly I only ate 3 pieces of this scrumptious piece of (pie?). Yes 3 seems like a lot, but it wasn't because they were cut very small. I'm a big girl, & i love to EAT! :) Ever since that night I've been craving it!

craving #2: Caesar Salad with Homemade Croutons

been on my mind since ever. I was reading about the recipe of homemade croutons on justjennrecipes.com . I recommend her site, she has great recipes! My mouth is watering just thinking of the salad...moving along!

choice of drink: Diet Coke

and of course water!


last but not least....my current obsession(s) would be:

#1- looking up food blogs (my fave will be featured at another time)
#2- looking at their recipes! and getting jealous because I want to make them so bad but I can't because I do not have a working oven!!



here was a little something til my next post..

have a foodtastic day :)

note that all photos (except for diet coke) are courtesy of Google.com

Hello!

My name is Kiani, most of you probably already know that. I'm 19 and I live on the small island of Kauai. Today I've decided to make myself a food blog. It's always been on my mind since I watched the movie Julie and Julia. If you love food, cooking or blogging, I suggest you watch that movie. So with inspiration from my sister Che'Lyssa, and her friend Chasidy, I finally made it!

I have decided to make a food blog because I think it's fun. Cooking to me is fun, you get to put the flavors you want and make it how you want. What is better than cooking/baking something, taking pictures of it, eating it, then blogging about it?! Wow, come on! Okay people might think that I am weird for taking pictures of my food but it's totally not in my book.

So I want to share with you something that I recently baked. I got the recipe from my friend Chasidy.
Banana Bread

Here is the recipe:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (I usually add 1 1/4 to make it sweeter)
1 egg beaten. (Make sure you beat the egg before putting it in the mixture)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix BUTTER and MASHED BANANAS in large bowl.
3. Add SUGAR, EGG(beaten), and VANILLA. Mix well.
4. Stir in BAKING SODA, SALT, and FLOUR.
5. Butter 4x8 bread/loaf pan. Pour mixture in and bake.

Baking Time: 60 minutes
**Serve with butter or cream cheese.
This is such a yummy and easy recipe to make!

That's all for today.
Hope you guys have a great day!