Vegetarian Wonders

I know Jacoby has already posted today, but I just felt like showing off some more cool food pics. I realized I hadn't downloaded from my camera in a while and I remembered wanting to post these. So here they are.

A mutant strawberry! It's like a kind of siamese twins thing, two or three of them melded together. Crazy! And in my hand it looks like a butterfly, right?

I love strawberries. They're one of my favorite fruits. This one was really tasty. Of course, I find that I often regret eating a funny food, like that HUGE zucchini, remember? I mean, if I've taken the time to take a picture of it and laugh and marvel at it, I feel a little guilty about... killing it? But it's still food, right?

Speaking of zucchini, these next pictures are really cool.

These might look like ordinary lasagna and spaghetti, right? Wrong! It's raw zucchini! The lasagna we had on Friday. Annette and I made it ourselves. All you do is peel strips of zucchini and make it part of your regular recipe instead of the pasta strips. Sauce, cheese, the works. It tastes just the same! It might be messy, because the zucchini strips would be thin, but it's still delicious. The best part about this dish? You don't have to bake it like normal lasagna! You put it in the fridge until you're ready to eat. No, not until you're ready to be eaten, silly! The zucchini! (Sorry, bad joke.)

Same with the spaghetti, which we had today. Again, Annette's and my recipe. After you peel the zucchini, you slice them as thin as you can. Voila! Throw on the sauce, sprinkle cheese, have garlic bread, add meatballs, whatever you like having with your pasta. Trust me, you've gotta try it! You won't taste the difference. Who needs packaged pasta from the shelf? One regular sized zucchini will equal one good serving of veggie spaghetti.

You know what I call this? Using your vegetarian noodle! Get it?

Meeting James again

So, this is James Dashner and Jacoby Nielsen! ^.^ it was much fun!

Pizza Day

Guess what? First Tuesday of the month today. That means that my dad, sister and I got to make our homemade pizza. We used to make it every Tuesday, but for the new year we took it down to once a month. But that makes it a lot more special to have.
Don't that look good? My father makes the dough from scratch (and not just buying the dough in a baggy from the store either. I'm talking right from the beginning, with making the yeast rise and the kneading and stuff), and my twin Annette and I put the toppings on.

Personally, I think Jacoby likes the look of our pizza. He wishes he could have a slice. But he lives in Utah, and I'm all the way down in Florida. So, unfortunately, he can't. More for me, then! Nyeh! (wipe off the drool there, buddy ^,~)

Sorry that neither of us have posted here in a while. But I know that Jacoby is most likely busy with his huge, mysterioso, 100 clues project. (Check his regular blog to get in on it.) So anyway, I don't put a lot of pictures up here since I don't have the best camera in the world and I don't take many pictures of familiar things. Familiar to me, anyway.

I just want to close with a pizza joke. It's only slightly long, but it's pretty funny. My Uncle Danny told it to me when my family and I went to Israel.

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So it's lunchtime at this school, and the cafeteria lady says, "Okay kids, it's Monday and today we're having pizza." And the kids get all excited and start pounding on the table, chanting "PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!" And they get their pizza.

The next day the cafeteria lady announces, "Alright, today is Tuesday kids. Guess what we're having? Pizza." The children shout and bang on the tables again, just the same as Monday. "PIZZA, PIZZA, PIZZA!"

Wednesday the lady says, "We're having pizza today, boys and girls." And they chant "Pizza, pizza, pizza." Not so loud, but they're still excited.

The following day the cafeteria lady tells the children, "Well children, today is Thursday, so guess what we're having...? Pizza!" And the kids are no longer shouting, but they still chant, "P-i-z-z-a, p-i-z-z-a, p-i-z-z-a."

Friday the cafeteria lady makes an announcement. "Now, my dears, I hope you enjoy your lunch today. We've got... Pizza!" By now the children's chants sound long and drawn out.

"P--i--z--z--a, p--i--z--z--a, p--i--z--z--a."

And of course on Saturday and Sunday, the kids get the weekend off. But then it's Monday again and the kids walk in for lunch and there's the lunch lady. She says, "Okay kids, it's Monday and today we're having pizza." And all the kids in the room go...

"PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!"

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What do you think? In my opinion it's a lot better when it's told out loud than reading it. You need comedic timing, you know. You have to use an increasingly slower voice as the kids get more tired of pizza, and then an excited voice when they get pizza again. That's the funny part.

Okay. That's all I'm saying now.

*Edit* I think you should change the background around now, Jacoby. Just my opinion. Also, I don't want to be the only one posting in my book club. I'm only saying.

Prez Fest Pics and Vids

I got to go to the President's Day Festival and it didn't rain again all night! I had such a blast! All the rides I went on with my sister were so much fun. It was an unforgettable night. I hope Jacoby doesn't mind me putting up a couple movies as well as pictures. Don't worry, they're really good ones.

This thing was called the Ring of Fire. Cool, huh? This is my kind of ride. It's a roller-coaster going in vertical circles. So much fun. We go on it every year.
After this ride, The Orbiter, was over, the strap-in guy offered to take our picture. Alright, pop quiz, to see how well you guys know me. Can you tell who's who between us twins? (Hint: what color are our clothes?)
Alright, so have you theme-park goers ever had an Elephant's Ear? I never had, until last night. Don't worry, it didn't come from an actual elephant. It's just fried dough and powdered sugar on top. I also shared pizza and fries with Annette. And we never threw up on the rides!

Alright, here's the first movie you'd enjoy. This is me riding a mechanical bull for the first time in my life. Have you ever done this? It's so exhilarating! I stayed on for a good 45 seconds too.
This is a picture of me after I rode the mechanical bull (see the sticker?) and after I was conned into throwing darts at balloons for $10. I won this stuffed penguin after all my trouble. I named him Prezley, after the President's Day Fest, or after Elvis Presley, whichever you prefer.

I wonder if this is good quality? We went on the Yo-Yo and Annette had it so easy that she decided to take a movie while she was on. It's almost as if you're riding with her!

This is the view you get of the entire festival at the top of the Ferris Wheel. That was the ride that the whole family went on. You can see the moon up there, right? It was yellow. I had such an awesome time at the Prez Fest. Probably the best I've ever had.

You won't believe this!

Yay! This is Bettina Levy speaking. This is my first ever post on J. N. Future Author's Picture Perfect. (Hi, Jacoby! ^,^ You can edit this out later. Just wanted to say hi.) I kept wondering what I would put up here as a first post and today I found the perfect candidate. It's a photo I just took today! See, my mom and brother came home from the farmers market and came back with a giant, prize-winning zucchini!

Here it is as compared to my own arm! That's a cubit.

It is SOOO big compared to Adam's sweet hamster, Hazel.

Look at that! It's like, 3 times as long as her and twice as thick. That is, in size, not in intelligence. Hazel is actually the brightest of all the hamsters we've kept over the years. She's so cute, isn't she?

Anyway, can you believe this is a zucchini? I thought it was a green squash when I first saw it! I wonder how we'll fit it inside the fridge!

(Well Jacoby, whaddaya think?)

Duo Authors!

I can't believe it! This blog is now duo written! ^.^ My friend Bettina and I had a trade off, I could post on her review blog if she could post on this one! ^.^ Thanks Bettina! I can't wait to write, and see things written!

Gabriel

My baby bro Gabriel.

You have no idea how hard it is to make a baby smile for a picture! most of the time he was rolling over, or crying. but despite all that I was still able to get some excellent shots!

I <3 my brothers ^.^