Adulting Tips

Just some things I say sometimes. I'm always open to answer questions you may have about life, cooking, or any other topic you'd like. You can also message me.

[justiceleague]

Keanu Reeves Plays With Puppies While Answering Fan Questions

[adultingadvisor]

1,536 layer croissants from scratch,pictured with optional lamb filling

While cooking is an art, baking is science so we use as precise a measurement as we can for breads.

Ingredients:

15g active dry yeast

50g sugar

90g 120 degree (F) water

10g salt

60g butter, melted (clarified if you’re going for low lactose)

475g cold milk

800g flour

4 sticks (2lbs) butter, room temp

1 large egg, beaten (egg wash, do this very last)

Instructions:

Add yeast, water and a pinch of salt to mixer bowl, mix gently and wait 15 minutes or until yeast foams over as pictured in “Ingredients” photo above.

Add melted butter and milk.

Mix with whisk until well blended with paddle, switch to dough hook.

Add flour to running mixer.

Mix thoroughly…

Until you have a smooth dough ball. While your mixer is running, take your four sticks of butter and roll them out flat and even inside a gallon ziploc. Place flat in a freezer.

Lightly flour a surface then move your dough ball to that surface. I cheat by using a jelly pan.

Roll your dough out evenly in the jelly pan. If you’re using the countertop you’re looking for a 10x18 rectangle. Remove butter from freezer, cut the edges of the bag and pop it out.

Stretch your dough out on the counter so the butter takes up ½ the dough…

[adultingadvisor]

Completely encapsulate the butter with dough and return to jelly pan.

Fold in half.

Center in pan.

Roll out evenly inside pan, refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Repeat eight times (nine total) for 1,536 layers. This is really excessive, you can get away with four total folds.

When rolling out your dough, add flour to each side every other fold to prevent sticking.

Rolling from just past the middle, diagonally toward myself seems to work out best for me.

You will be refrigerating 20 minutes between each folding step. It is a good idea to refrigerate your rolling pin as well. The reason for all this refrigeration is to keep the butter from melting into the dough so handling should be kept to an absolute minimum.

Refrigerate four (4) hours…

This is a good time to make filling if you’re going to want that.

[adultingadvisor]

Cut dough in half, bag and refrigerate or freeze half.

Roll dough out lengthwise, try to maintain width. Slice in half lengthwise, refrigerate half. Preheat oven to 425*.

Cut triangles, taller than wide.

Widen base and add filling or roll from base to point. Place on oiled baking sheet.

Crack and beat egg. Brush egg wash onto rolled croissants.

Bake for 15-18 minutes, depending on how moist your filling is.

Remove from cookie sheet and allow to cool before eating.

Enjoy.

[adultingadvisor]

You seemed to enjoy my sloppily thrown together post on sprouts, have some croissants.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Just out of curiosity how did that guy who resolved to eat only a pure-meat diet turn out? Did he finally wise up? Die of scurvy?

[nunyabizni]

I think he wound up in the hospital at a minimum

[adultingadvisor]

I've done all meat for about a month, I didn't really notice much change. I've also done nothing but taco bell for several months, potatoes and milk products for a month, high fat, high carb, high fiber, etc. The thing I felt the best on was paleo but that's because it's a well rounded diet with no processed garbage in it, but I missed cheese too much. I'm trying keto now but I don't really have anything left to lose. Paleo was also easiest to shop for, no need to go down any aisles, just make a trip around the outside wall of the grocery store and you're set.

Peterson's daughter is on the carnivore diet now, or was, and it cured her depression.

Humans are pretty resilient, but the best diet for one person isn't going to be the best for everyone else. Each person has different needs and the best way to get and stay fit is to be conscious of what you're putting into your body compared to your activity level. At one point I was eating over 6,500 calories daily and still losing weight, I've gained weight on less than 1,500/day. You can be healthy eating garbage, but it's so much easier when you're eating healthy foods.

[zengardenamaozn]

[adultingadvisor]

Bit early for Christmas, but these seem great.

[keanujpg]

keanu reeves on stephen colbert (5/10/19)

[adultingadvisor]

Keanu is a special kind of person.

[adultingadvisor]

I haven't done one of these in a while...

Brussel Sprouts!

One of my go-to vegetables because they're flavorful and easy to adjust to any entre.

What you'll need:

Oil (I use olive)

Honey

Lemon juice

Garlic salt

Plastic bag big enough to hold your sprouts

Preheat oven to 350/ 175

Put the sprouts and lemon juice in the bag, add a tablespoon or so of honey and a couple dashes of garlic salt. Shake everything up until the honey dissolves then dump it in the pan. You can do this step in a bowl, I just have a thing with marinating in bags.

Top rack in the oven for 40-50 minutes. *EDIT* Cutting them in half lengthwise significantly reduces cook time but also cooks a lot of the fluids out of your sprouts. Played th with it, have fun.

The lemon juice and honey should start to carmelize on your sprouts and pan, but not burn.

Salt and/ or pepper if you'd like, but these are pretty tangy already.

Enjoy!

[buddhaprayerbeads]

Did you know?

[adultingadvisor]

Some of these I have some reservations about, but none of it seems harmful so have at!

[adultingadvisor]

Folks...

My calm is having a hard time maintaining today.

In about 30 years we went from this:

Cha Cha Cha Chia Pet (1992)

To this:

It makes me feel a certain kind of way.

Anyhow, I have had chia seeds in my home my entire life and never really viewed them as food until a couple months ago. I now drink about 1/4 cup of them in a breakfast shake every morning. It keeps me going until lunch and adds some substance to my protein and vitamineral green powders.

Over the past few months I've gone from >190lbs to a stable weight of ~160lbs and I feel amazing. I justified the new sewing machine purchase because if I didn't have a working machine, I'd be buying all new clothes. Now I just need to practice a lot on some old work pants before I start taking my daily wear stuff in.

I get cold sometimes, I use a bit more force than necessary occasionally, and I look like I'm wearing borrowed clothes but it was worth it. Cutting back on the drinking, going outside, being awake in the daytime, and having no money to sit around snacking and watching TV all day really helped, and so did you!

If you're trying, you can do it. If you're not, no big deal.

Be the best you, that's what counts.

[duskianfae-deactivated20210319]

I just saw these news that this brazilian 15 years old boy made a fake profile pretending to be a 14 years old girl

And with this profile, he baited a creepy old dude

And so they agree to meet at a nearby park during the night.

And the old dude goes there, expecting to find some naive girl to be preyed upon

only to find the 15 years old boy

dressed as SPIDER-MAN

AND DRESSED AS SPIDER-MAN

THE BOY KICKED THE DUDE’S ASS. LIKE. LEGIT KICK HIS ASS

HE HAD BRASS KNUCKLES

Of course, the creep wasn’t happy with it, and called the police on the spiderman kid. And when the police found the kid, you know what he did?

He said “that guys a pedo lol” and gave them a drive with all the evidence he collected thru the profile

Thank you, Spider-man. Thank you for your service.

[summery-captain]

YOU GO FELLOW BRAZILIAN SPIDERMAN

“Teenager dressed as spiderman beats up a suspect of pedophilia in Joaçaba”

“With great powers come great responsibilities”

[siryouarebeingmocked]

So…what if the kid had been the one assaulted instead? What if the pedo had bought friends? What if he had actually killed the pedo, and that meant the cops couldn’t get info on the pedo’s other victims?

What if the pedo had been armed?

[adultingadvisor]

Spiderman beat up a child molester and held him for the cops.

Superheroes are.

Every one of you is capable of heroism, you don't need to hurt anyone to be a hero to someone.

Be the best you and you'll be my hero.

[ponymama]

Please share!!

[adultingadvisor]

Protect animals or meet the unretired John Wick.

[adultingadvisor]

Pity party officially ended.

On to bigger and better things. Nothing I can do about what's happening to my body, drinking and wallowing in self pity didn't make it any better so I'm going to stop wasting my time with that.

Now I just need to learn to look at my hands to make sure they're closed around whatever it is I'm holding because I just dropped my phone and I'd rather not do the same with the toilet brush later. I'm not 100% sure how this will affect my sewing but my newly cracked screen makes me think that's probably going to take a hit as well. I also have to drive later, I have no idea how that's going to work out.

Interesting path ahead of me. Kinda makes me want to get drunk but I haven't abused my liver in so long I'd rather just let this past weekend be a hiccup than a new norm.

[spread-hope-inspire]

A group of amazing people decided to make a tour in a children hospital, dressed as superheroes.

more amazing human acts of kindness<<

[adultingadvisor]

Do this! Volunteering at a children's hospital is a wonderful feeling!

[spread-hope-inspire]

Tribute to Steve Irwin, a guy who genuinely loved nature and animals.

[the-hughes-langston-particl-blog]

This man was beyond real

[catsandcatsandcatsandcatsand]

“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.” - Steve Irwin (r.i.p.)

[cherubxfawn]

okay but that snake bit him right in the neck and he didnt even flinch

[physicallyqueer]

thats how you know he’s australian….

[carnagecandyy]

Funny joke aside, he also knew that the snake he was handling was not venomous, it was only biting him to show it was not happy with the situation it was put in. If it was venomous, he wouldnt have had it that close to himself

[crazycritterlife]

“If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.”

- Steve Irwin

[king-of-the-northeast]

@saint453

[aprinceinexilesposts]

Favorite guy to watch when I was a kid.

[einsatz-wizard-deactivated20180]

[alvitr-of-krieg]

Then gets bit a moment later

[mordhammer-dclxvi]

Australians…

[opinionated-truscum]

All hail our true God, Steve Irwin.

[adultingadvisor]

Steve (and now his kids) are amazing people. I have a new friend to show everyone in a bit, she came to me a bit hurt but I think she's well enough to be released once it warms up and the stresses of her condition have passed enough to get some pics.

[decorkiki]

[adultingadvisor]

Fo anyone seeking some guidance in the minefield that is mens formal wear, some tips.

As someone who lived through the 90s, I can't help but laugh at the "baggy" shorts. I got nostalgic a while back and made myself some JNCO-esque pants.

[cageyperry]

In this house, we love Jeff Goldblum

[adultingadvisor]

1,000 Followers!

Wow! What a great day. This post is going to take a while because my arms have been numb since Thursday, but we got here!

These bags are the style, colors and materials to be selected by the winner. These bags were made to match my nephew’s and niece’s backpacks. As my follower count grows, so will the giveaways.

On April 7th at 9pm PST I’ll be making tags for everyone who’s reblogged this post. From that list I’ll draw one name, that user will have 24 hours to respond before I draw another name. Winner must follow this blog and reblog this post, likes are great but reblogs are needed to get more followers.

If you’d like, you can donate here. The giveaway is not contingent upon donations, that’s just to help offset the cost of shipping, materials, and my time. I’m not sure how I feel about accepting donations at all but a friend encouraged it so we’re going to give it a go this time and see how it works out.

You can view some of my other items here. I’ll be working on updating my etsy later today.

Good luck everyone!

[adultingadvisor]

Today’s the day!

About 9 hours from now I’ll be drawing from a very short list of names for a customized zipper bag, pictured above. To win, you must follow me and reblog this posting.

Good luck!

[adultingadvisor]

Sorry folks, I was traveling all day yesterday.

Congrats to @captain-kiri-storm! We'll work out details in private and get your bags made and sent out soon.

[adultingadvisor]

I appreciate your blog, it puts the world in a perspective that is not like bullshit positivity but real examples of good things, and how we can make bad things better. 👍😁💫🐋

Life sucks sometimes and ignoring that doesn't make it better. We need to learn to deal with life as it comes at us and to take a break from it when we need one.

Thanks for the ask, everything isn't always roses, sometimes it's bullfish, that doesn't make it any less amazing and it doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be the best you every day!