u/szikkia

I have some free time coming up and I want to get back in the kitchen and cooking more. I haven’t been cooking much with the stress of college and just being tired due to some health issues. I need new things to make, so what’s your current favorite recipe to make or something you love. Brownie points if you have a recipe to go with it but it’s not needed. Any kind of food is welcome but i am GLUTEN FREE/NO OATS, I can take most recipes and make them gluten free so its not a complete dont recommend but gluten free/no oats is preferred.

Appliances: oven, stove, air fryer, toaster oven, crock pot, waffle makers, blender, broiler, toaster,

Throw ‘em at me!

I’ve wanted this tattoo since I was a child but it has evolved sine then. Originally i wanted a full color hummingbird n my forearm for my aunt who passed from breast cancer when I was a child but she’s not the only one who i lost to breast cancer. A few months before my aunt, who helped raise me passed, my mother’s best friend also passed from breast cancer and we were there until the end. I saw her a day or two before she passed, so when my aunt also died, after beating it FOUR times, i was angry and hurt that I wasn’t allowed to say my goodbyes. Now my mum’s beat friend had been in my life since I was around 2 years old. One of my earliest memories that isn’t bad is the two of us celebrating Memorial Day. I can still see how the sun shined on us from over the fence that surrounded her little backyard. We drank Ruby Red Grapefruit juice, grapefruit is a favorite fruit of mine and we were the only two who liked it, and planting daffodils. As i got older i wanted to honor er as well, she was such a resilient woman and had so much strength.

The tattoo I am now getting: a black outlined hummingbird with rainbow wings to honor my aunt who loved them, so many memories of refilling the humming bird feeders she had everywhere outside, on where my solar plexus is, and a daisy chain of daffodils underneath my breasts. I might do pink ribbons on my ribs at the end of the daffodil chains.

They both showed me that women could be strong on their own and that we can do whatever we put our minds to. They taught me that I had every right to have an opinion and have it be heard. They taught me to call people out for their bullshit and to not take bullshit from anyone. They both were like a mother to me when I was a child. They showed me love. They loved me for who I was and I want to carry them and all they ever taught me with me at all times.

Most of my tattoos are memorial pieces for those I love and have lost. What do you think of this tattoo? Do you have any memorial tattoos? Are you planning any tattoos? I would love to hear your stories if you are willing to share them.

I am a soup lover through and through. I am going to have a lot of free time soon so I was thinking what better to do than try a bunch of new soups! Besides gluten i cant have oats or lavender, though it’d be quite different for me to see those in a soup. Hot or cold, thin or thick, chowder or puree.

Hit me with your favorites!