Scat on a Log

I don't remember who in my family decided to name this snack. It was probably my sister. Anyway, Scat on a Log doesn't actually taste like scat. Or logs. But it does kind of look like scat on a snowy log, I guess. Based on Ants on a Log (or Bran on a Log like I made back in August), Scat on a Log is simple to make.

You will need:

Celery

Cream Cheese

Sliced Black Olives

First, wash your celery. You may want to rinse the black olives, too, since canned olives tend to have unnecessary salt added to them.

Then, cut the celery into lengths about the length of your index finger.

Next, spread cream cheese along the pieces of celery. Place slices of olives firmly in the cream cheese, along the length of each piece of celery.

Finally, eat, enjoy, and clean up the mess. The cream cheese will start to smell if you leave your dishes unwashed for too long.

This tasted pretty good. The cream cheese is rich, the olives are salty, and the celery is healthy. What's not to love with this snack?

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Topped Ramen: Number 3

In the last Topped Ramen post, I tried the Oriental Flavor Top Ramen. I didn't really like the flavor. However, I had another package of the flavor leftover. So, I decided to try something new: making Ramen without the flavor packet. Essentially, this Topped Ramen involves Ramen stir fry.

To make this, I first chopped vegetables. I used baby carrots and regular celery, slicing in 1/4 inch pieces.
While I chopped the vegetables, I soaked the ramen noodles in boiling water.
After all the veggies were chopped and the ramen was soft, I mixed them with two tablespoons of teriyaki sauce. Then, I let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours.
After a couple hours, I put the mixture onto a hot frying pan with just enough oil to keep it from sticking. I stirred constantly while it cooked, until the noodles darkened.
Finally, I put I ate, enjoyed, and cleaned up the mess.

It ended up tasting really good this way. I'd never made stir fry before, and I have a lot to learn, but for an experiment, this recipe turned out pretty well. I would recommend trying this recipe. The only change I might make to it is possibly steaming the veggies first, as the carrots, especially, were a bit too crunchy.


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Bran on a Log

So, you remember when you were a kid and your mom or your preschool teacher or someone along those lines introduced you to Ants on a Log? And it was the most delicious thing you've ever tasted even though you hate raisins and peanut butter and celery. But for some reason, combined, you were ok with it? Well, I remember those days. Marvelous days. And I thought I would recreate those delicious memories tonight. I had celery and I had peanut butter, but it just isn't the same without raisins. But, of course, because I don't like plain raisins, I didn't have plain raisins. This is where the creativity begins.

I had Raisin Bran.

So I used that instead. Here's the recipe:

1) Break off celery from the main stalk and wash it.

2) With a nice clean knife (a basic butter knife will w

ork), slice your celery into long-ish sticks (you can skip 1 and 2 if you buy pre-cut celery sticks, but make sure to wash them anyway). You can do this on a plate, or a piece of paper towel on your counter or desk, whichever is more convenient for you.

3) Take peanut butter (preferably creamy) and spread using your knife in the groove of each celery stick.

4) Take about a tablespoon of Raisin Bran and sprinkle it across each celery stick over the peanut butter (I tried to make sure to have at least one raisin in each one).

5) Eat, enjoy, and rinse the dishes. Because peanut butter is sticky and hardens when you leave it on dishes for too long.

This ended up tasting delicious. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TRY THIS. The cereal adds a bit of crunch to the top of each bite and just enough sweetness that the celery doesn't overpower every other flavor. Plus, it's a great way to get all the nutrition of celery (Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Potasium, and Magnese, just to name a few) as well as nutrition in the peanut butter (protein, niacin, Vitamin E, Magnese, Calcium, Iron, and even more Dietary Fiber). I can't recommend it for every day consumption (peanut butter is also very high in fat, and while it is generally good fat, it is not a diet food in any way).

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