homemade chile rellenos

my sister was going out of town and forgot to cancel her CSA (monthly food delivery from a local farm), so she gave me her poblano peppers.  since chile rellenos are one of my favorite foods, i decided to give it a try to make my own.  i found this great post on how to make them and gave it a shot.

 the most fun part was roasting the peppers straight on the gas stove.  it was surprisingly easy and a little bit scary.

 after roasting them, putting them in a covered bowl with their steam makes them easier to peel.

 peeling was easy under running water, but cleaning out the seeds was a bit of an annoyance.  especially a couple hours after cooking and both my hands were still on fire from the hotness of the peppers.

cleaned and slit, it was time to add the cheese!

god, i love cheese.

the step where you dip the cheese filled peppers into the batter and onto the hot oil skillet was definitely the most difficult.  as you can see from the closest pepper, i wasn't able to get the slit part down in the oil first and the cheese got fried and the pepper wasn't completely closed.  luckily fried cheese is amazing.

i added enchilada sauce on top of my peppers rather than make another mess by making a homemade salsa.  the peppers were delicious!  (although suuuuuper hot)  and surprisingly easy (although not the cleanup.  beer batter.  everywhere.)

brobee popcorn hat

part of my brobee costume involves a hat, so i went to imagiknit during lunch the other day to find the right color yarn after finding a pattern that would work well for the costume and for just use as a regular hat.  i also wanted to try something new since knitting can be boring if i'm not learning something new.

i found a free pattern on ravelry for a popcorn hat which i tried and i think turned out great.  it works as a regular hat and will work as my brobee costume hat once i add the 3 red horns and the black furry unibrow...

the second photo is my attempt at taking a photo of myself wearing the hat.  i was able to get a few that worked, but i liked that one the best.  ha.

painted frames

i bought some super cheap frames at ikea the other day with the intention of painting them to make them look a bit nicer.  since i was having a hard time sitting still while we all watched some football, i brought out the paints in order to knock this project off my list.

i added some red, yellow, and white paint to my blue paint to vary the shades of blue.  i ended up with bright blue, light teal, and neutral purple/blue frames.  varying the colors is a lot of fun and i would have explored more if i had had more time.

the last photo shows one of my frames put to use.  i like how that one turned out, but the others make it too matchy-matchy.  i'll probably just leave that one up and get some black wire frames for other locations in my apartment.  super cheap frames painted still end up looking pretty cheap, fyi.