Everybody knows how to cook ramen! It's simple, cheap, quick and delicious. All of the buzzwords. If you don't know ramen, then your student-ing wrong. Instant noodles are widely stocked in nearly all stores, but if you go ramen. You going good. There's so many different ways to dress it and sometimes you just need a little inspo-ration right? Bae & I love noodles, noodle soup, noodle stir-fry. It's all good, he topped his with mackerel and mine with vegan sausages. I know, I know.. this vegan bs, don't worry. I already got the stick for it!
They're gooey, chewing and have that crispy bite. My, my what a sexy little granola bar! The mix of colours are immediately appetising. The flecks of golden brown toasted almonds emphasise the rich earthy flavours and the extremely crunchy cereal pieces add an incredible texture. I made a big batch of these for a bake sale in University. Then another batch for me, hahaha! They we're great as a grab and go snack, for a no fuss breakfast and between meals.
Oats naturally release energy, as glucose slowly and steadily. This means that unlike extremely sugar saturated snacks you don't get a nasty low. Urgh, who else hates an afternoon sugar crash? An easy recipe you can play with, add favourite toppings change the gooey base. Not a peanut butter fan? Maple syrup and cinnamon that bad boy. Nom.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups granola oats
- 2/3 Cup rice cereal
- 3/4 Cups almond slices
- 1/4 Cup dark chocolate
- 1/3 Cup peanut butter ( or goo of choice)
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 Cup Cherries dried
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and toast the almonds in a dry frying, on medium heat for a few minutes each side.
- Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Gently blitz/blend the dry ingredients so that you create 1/3 a cups worth of crumbs. This acts as a binding agent for the bars.
- In a small microwaveable bowl, mix the honey, peanut butter & syrup. Heat for 30 secs, stirring between until melted.
- Mix all the ingredients together well and press into a lined baking tray.
- Turn the oven down to 150°C and bake for 20 - 25 minutes.
- Cool at room temperature for 1.5 hours, then refrigerate (best over night) minimum 2 hours.
- Slice & enjoy!
In our geometric optics labs we get to put theory into practice. We meet biweekly to study different concepts, this lab the keratometer. Keratometery is the measure of the radius the cornea. The front surface of your eye. Allowing us to determine the axis of any astigmatism and quantify it. Around 60% of the population have an astigmatism, which is basically a rugby shaped eye ball. It doesn't allow light to focus on the retina correctly, so gives a blurred image. It's also a key element for contact lens fitting! It all begins to make a lot more sense when you can physically manipulate the outcome of data and see the changes from what you'd expect. :) Meet the gang, go team!
It's an obvious mash up, isn't it?! Dragons and pancakes, a clear cut mix. It went down a treat with Pat and Ankit our seasoned pancake flippers. You can see by all the enthusiasm exuding from Pat's pink spatula pose, that it was a great day! Pancake day is a marked one in the calendar for optoms & lecturers alike. Whether your sweet or savory, we got chu. My dragon made an appearance in the atrium too! I could see it's authenticity questioned in the passing glances of the Asians, it's real. I swear! The peanut cookies and pandan cupcakes we're home made and I quote 'taste better than they look.' A back handed compliment maybe, but a compliment non the less. Hahaha!
Happy Year of the Monkey!