Use any chicken pot pie recipe but remember that the filling must be hot. The ramekins take FOREVER to heat up, so the crust will probably be ready before much cooking. You COULD add a bit of foil around the edges if you want the chicken pie filling to bubble. Make sure to make a slit or two on the top as well. The pie filling should be a bit more liquidy than usual when making them individually. If not, then I would actually prefer the usual method of making the pie in a bigger dish.
There are just sometimes where I want something spicy to drink in hot weather, without it having to be a boiling hot tea. Additionally I've been wanting to become healthier. Drinking coffee can be a bit too much and black teas can be tiresome. So I started to look up different recipes and made this. Ginger tea is just so perfect and it is quite refreshing. It has quite a bite and is a perfect way to start off your day for work or what have you. Ginger is very good for people with high blood pressure and gives you quite a bit of energy. Please do not drink this at night if you want to fall asleep easier.
Recipe
Ginger
Water
1 tbs Honey/Sugar
1 tbs Lemon juice
Ice cubes
Ginger tea
Peel using potato peeler or spoon
chopped up and maybe even a bit mashed, then transfer into pot of water
boiled for a couple of hours, sift/filter out the ginger, and the tea put into the fridge
Step 1 - Into a nice tall glass, put 1/2 of it filled with ginger tea, 1 tbs of lemon juice, 1 tbs of honey, 1/4 of water, and mix well. (I personally like to use a shaker. I noticed that there are certain drinks that were made to be shaken like iced teas, for example)
Step 2 - Add several ice cubes to fill the glass up. The intention was for the drink to be strong so if you want it toned down, you can add more lemon juice and water. I love a really strong bite.
Garnish
Lemon slices and/or mint leaves
You can also add a few drops of vanilla. (Highly recommended)
If you want to go a little further....
You can make plain ginger tea, ginger and honey tea marmalade in jar for yourself and/or as a great gift during winter or for someone who is sick with a cold/flu. (I'm totally doing this starting in fall)
I tried out this recipe online posted on Facebook by Amber. If you have pumpkin puree on hand or frozen in the fridge, this is a very good drink for you. It reminds me of a pumpkin pie but with a very strong banana flavor in it, so I'd cut a bit of it out the next time. I really liked it. I may add more spices and pumpkin next time. It doesn't need a lot. I will post the recipe with my little tweaks to it but the original recipe is posted here. Remember it kinda makes a very full tall glass cup full.
(REMEMBER: You must have a frozen banana on hand. So put some in a container with the peel taken off in the freezer the night before)
*Does not turn out this orange*
Prep time: 5 min. Cook time: 0 min. Total: 5 min.
INGREDIENTS
COST (total bull)
1/3 cup
pumpkin puree
$0.42
1 small or 2/3of a regular
banana (frozen)
$0.22
1 Tbsp
ground flaxseed (Don't DO IT!!!)
$0.03
1 1/3 Tbsp
honey
$0.12
1/4 tsp or more
pumpkin pie spice
$0.05
1/4 tsp
cinnamon
$0.02
1 cup
vanilla soy milk/Regular milk with a tsp of Vanilla
$0.41
TOTAL
$1.27
STEP 1: Add everything to a blender. Add milk last just to make it a little less messy
STEP 2: Blend until smooth. You may need to stop to stir once or
twice. If the smoothie is too thick, add a touch more milk. Add a bit of cinnamon on the top to garnish.
I copied it on a piece of paper and put it in between the casing of my tablet. I think every artists should post this somewhere. I wish I went to their panel at TCAAF. I listened to their interview on the Guys with Pencils podcast. I was listening to them while I was digital painting, but then I looked at their artwork. Marlo's comics were so gaddamn funny and Nick is super talented, that I had to listen to them again carefully.
(Nick Cross interior painting)
From what I can tell, they are an amazing couple. I can also attest to the importance of a very supportive significant other. It helps that my beau is also an animator. We help each other in artwork, emotional support, and motivation. If it were anybody else in any other profession, I feel that they would tell me to get a real job or choose a different profession. Like Nick Cross, Vince never gets mad and is always super chill.
I want to dedicate a portion of my time according to the pie chart. Yes, I wouldn't be able to create more of my own crappy artwork, but I'll get so much better faster. Studying other artists is basically them teaching you everything that they have learned through their art. Isn't that amazing?
I thought about mom being an angel and what that would be like. Can't
help it. She's gotta be drawn. I pictured mom finally getting her wings
and it being a very awkward and difficult (we tried teaching her dancing
and it was nearly impossible). It would take her a little while to
learn how to fly
properly. All the other angels or whatever would have to shout at her to
stop running in the air, and to just flap her
wings. If she couldn't learn how to text all
these years, she'll probably just end up trying to 'walk' instead. (On
clouds? Sure.)
The expressions of a person who is scared, in pain, and trying to keep it all in.
I wish I drew more drawings of her when she was alive and well, but I thought she was going to live forever; telling me to always marry Korean guys or don't date at all, run around singing, saying weird Korean-mom things, cleaning, and cooking all the time.
-Making it look too flashy may make one seem a bit pretentious.
-Always draw designs on paper before you paint it digitally unless you have a cintique.
-Highly realistic style guns don't really go with super cartoony things sometimes. (That was supposed to be the point but it didn't work
-Texture overlays are awesome.
-One's name doesn't have to be so huge. Just placed/designed well. (I wish animation provided one graphic design class)
