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Recipes:
Cookin' Easy Cheese/Apple Rolls Cookin' Veggie Taco's Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza Cookin' r-Ice-Tea
Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs Cookin' Apple-sushi. Cookin' Hamster-Banasplit/Cake. Cookin' Yoghurt in a Cucumber bowl.
Cookin' Micro-Hamburgers.Cookin' Micro-Cheeseburgers. Cookin' Hamster Plants.
Monday, March 3, 2008 Day 249 current treadmill total: 215,929.50 meters! (16:15 CET)

Cookin' 4 Lucy: Easy Cheese/Apple Rolls
Here's an easy recipe when in a hurry:


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
You'll need:
Cheese slicer.
Apple corer,
and Knife,

as well as:

Slice of the end of a bread,
Apple,
and Gouda cheese.


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
Cut out to rolls,
by cutting out four round pieces of bread,
using apple corer.

(This is a bit tricky, but with a bit of patience you'll manage)


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
Here's how you use a (typical Dutch) cheese slicer:
put on and carefully draw it towards you...


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
Almost there !


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
Having a thin slice of cheese, cut out a circle using apple corer ...


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
Using knife, cut out a slice of apple, and repeat the Apple-corer thing,
to obtain a circled slice of apple...

Then Stack...
and Pack



Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
" Waiting for Lucy to wake up " - Mathijs



Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Day 250 current treadmill total: 216,118.41 meters! (17:35 CET)

Serving Lucy the 'Easy Cheese/Apple Rolls'
Yesterday (see below) I showed you how I made some easy sandwiches for Lucy,
here's the servin' of it:


Serving Lucy 'Easy Cheese/Apple rolls'.
" Looks nice ! " HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.

Then it happened:



Serving Lucy 'Easy Cheese/Apple rolls'.
" We've NEVER seen Lucy being this quick ! " HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.


Serving Lucy 'Easy Cheese/Apple rolls'. Serving Lucy 'Easy Cheese/Apple rolls'.
" Lucy took her Cheese roll to her bedroom in quite a hurry ! " HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.


Finally we had some time to take a breather,
and try to get the camera in focus:


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
" Mmmm mmmm mmm " - Lucy


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
" There where TWO rolls right ? " - Lucy

So I setup the camera and waited:




Serving Lucy 'Easy Cheese/Apple rolls'.
" This should work ! " - HamsterTracker™-Photography Dept.


Cookin' 4 Lucy easy Cheese/Apple rolls.
" Then this happened ... " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.


I guess she loved them,
because I've never seen Lucy doing this,
in such great speeds...


Unfortunately photo-shoots CAN go wrong !
Fortunately, Lucy had a great snack !


Saturday, November 30, 2007 Day 156 current treadmill total: 190,879.16 meters! (16:15 CET)

Cookin' Lucy a Veggie Taco

I thought it would be nice for Lucy to enjoy a Veggie Taco;


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Ingredients:
Bag of chopped ('chineese') veggies,
Tortillia Wraps
Graded Gouda cheese


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Cut a circle out of Tortillia wraps,
using glass and knife.


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Then cut another one,
using the same technique...


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Select from the chopped vegtable bag the following hamster-safe veggies:
Carrot,
White Cabbage,
Bean Sprouts.


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Finely dice the White Cabbage


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
As well as the carrot (and bean sprouts)


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Serve on the Taco's


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Add graded cheese,
using Gouda here...


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Add a bit on each Taco.


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
Fold Taco's to complete.


Cookin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
TA DA!
(Using whiskey-glass as servin'-table, again) ...


The Servin' Is To Be Continued...


Enjoy more: Cookin' 4 Lucy



Monday, December 3, 2007 Day 158 current treadmill total: 191,966.16 meters! (21:30 CET)

Servin' Lucy the Veggie Tacos

Saturday (see below), I showed you how to make a Veggie Taco for your hamster.
Here's Lucy enjoying it:


Servin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
" Great taste, Dude ! " - Lucy

Now let's have a closer look:



Servin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.


Servin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
" Can I really have BOTH ? " - Lucy


Servin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
" Very, very ... nice ... nibble ... nibble ... " - Lucy


It took Lucy only a couple of minutes to
devour the first Taco;


Servin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
" Dude, I want more ! " - Lucy


Then a split-second later




Servin' a Veggie Taco for my hamster Lucy.
" I'd love to have that again, soon, Dude ! " - Lucy



Thursday, October 4, 2007 Day 98 current treadmill total: 175,236.22 meters! (17:00 CET)

Cookin' 4 Lucy: micro Veggie Pizza

Today it's

World Animal Day

at least here in the Netherlands it is.


A good day to do some Cookin' 4 Lucy style activity to pamper Lucy.
Here's what you'll need:


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Tools:      Food:
Knife      Flour Tortillas
Whiskey glass      Carot
Other glass      Apple
Scissors      Cucumber
Corer      Pine- and Melon-seeds (3 of each)
Workspace      Grated Gouda Cheese
       Fresh Parsley



Make sure all tools and veggies are washed really well before you begin.
And don't forget to wash your hands!


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Open the Flour Tortillas with scissors.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Use the smallest Diameter glass as a cut-around-guide.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Remove the cut out Flour Tortilla,
This will be our Veggie Pizza's Bottom.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Use Corer to get a perfectly cylindrical shape.
This is the Veggie Pepperoni Sausage.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Cut a few thin slices from the just made Pepperoni Sausage.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Cut a V-shaped wedge from the reddest part of an apple. This will be the paprika substitute.


Because I was not 1000% sure if hamsters are allowed to have paprika,
I took the safe route and substituted this with Apple.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Remove some of the apple, too much is too much.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Cut into paprica like blocks, and carefully place (red side up) on top of pizza.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Thinly slice some cucumber (leavin' the green stuff on)


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Add some fresh parsley.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Add some cheese.


Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Add three Melon-Seeds. (They're there for imitating olives),
and some Pine-Seeds, imitating Pine-Seeds..

Then I used an upside down Whiskey glass as a servin' table.
These glasses have generally a larger diameter,
as well as weight. I wouldn't want Lucy to knock the thing over.

The final result:




Cookin' micro Veggie Pizza.
Makes you kind'a hungry doesn't it?


Then I served it to Lucy:


My hamster Lucy about to try her Veggie Pizza.
" Dude... For ME ??? ... REaLLY ??? " - Lucy

To Be Continiued...
Friday, October 5, 2007 Day 99 current treadmill total: 175,257.56 meters! (19:40 CET)

Serving Lucy the micro Veggie Pizza

Yesterday I showed on how I made a nice treat to pamper Lucy.
Here are the photographs of Lucy enjoying it:


My hamster Lucy enjoying her micro Veggie Pizza.
" Is there Anchovy on this, Dude? " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy enjoying her micro Veggie Pizza.
" Dunno where to start here... " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy enjoying her micro Veggie Pizza.
" ... " - Lucy


I then explained Lucy that it's not the way to eat pizza,
you're not really supposed to eat all ingredients from the top,
you should take a bite from ALL of it...


My hamster Lucy enjoying her micro Veggie Pizza.
" Like this Dude? " - Lucy

Lucy3.0 Loves it!



See also: Cookin' 4 Lucy


Sunday, May 20, 2007
 Day 680+23 current treadmill total: -.-- meters! (20:10 CET)

Cooking 'r-Ice-Tea' for your hamster

In the series Cookin' 4 Lucy,
I cooked up this r-Ice-Tea recipe after my vet mentioned it is good stuff for hamsters.


You'll need:
  • Small pan
  • Cup (for measurements)
  • Some kind of timer
  • Stove
  • Plain rice (not the fast cookin' kind)
  • Water
Here are the steps involved:


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
Put half a cup of rice with two cups of water in a small pan.


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
Turn up the heat to MAX!


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
Wait for it to start cookin'


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
Then, turn down the heat


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
Place lid, leavin' a gap,
then set timer to 15 minutes


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
After 15 minutes, drain the r-Ice-Tea


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
r-Ice-Tea and some cooked Rice for your hamster


Cookin' r-Ice Tea for my hamster Lucy.
I put some r-Ice-Tea in a smaller glass to cool down
for 10 - 15 minutes in the refrigirator


Unfortunately I don't have photo's of Lucy actually drinking this.
I cooked this on day 680, the day that Lucy passed away.

I am looking forward to cook this up once again, but then, for Lucy 3.0



Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - day 551 - current treadmill total: 459,685.19 meters! (19:05 CET)

Veggie Hotdog for Lucy


I thought it would be fun to try to make a Veggie Hotdog for Lucy:


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
You'll need the following:
  • Slice of the end of a bread
  • 1 Carot
  • Slice of Gouda cheese
  • Pair of scissors
  • Knife



Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Use pair of scissors to cut an oval shape out of bread.


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Use knife to cut out a "V" shape in soft side of bread.


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Like this!

This will hold the 'Hotdog' in position.


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Take a cut from the carrot, a bit bigger than your freshly made Hotdog-bun.


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Size the carrot until it looks proportional.


Where's the mustard?

(Please don't feed your hamster real Mustard!
Your hamster will die from it!)


A hamster will eat anything you give it,
(Please) Be responsible (!), only feed your hamster hamster safe food!

When in doubt (if it's hamster safe), then don't feed it !

Ofcourse I wouldn't feed a hamster real mustard, therefore this replacement:


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Cut a 'wavy' shape out of a slice of cheese.

Be carefull with this step!!!

Ask parental guidence if you're younger than 39!

Don't handle a knife like in the picture!!!
This picture was shot for clearity.


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Result could look something like this.


Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
Finish of by making a "M" or "W" like shape...

Place on top of the Veggie Hotdog:

The result:



Cookin' Veggie Hotdogs for my hamster Lucy.
" Hotdog with Mustard "


I can't wait to serve Lucy!


See: Cookin' for Lucy for more recipes.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - day 551 - current treadmill total: 460,337.06 meters! (17:50 CET)

Serving Lucy the Veggie Hotdog (part 1)


Yesterday (see below) I showed how to make a Veggie Hotdog,
here is the first part of serving it...


Serving my hamster Lucy a Veggie Hotdog.
" That's some mighty nice cookin' Dude! " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy a Veggie Hotdog.
" Smells great! " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy a Veggie Hotdog.
" I love the cheesy 'mustard' " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy a Veggie Hotdog.
" Nice fit in my pouch " - Lucy


Lucy loves it!




To be continued...

See: Cookin' for Lucy for more recipes.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - day 453 - current treadmill total: 431,285.25 meters! (16:50 CET)

Apple-Sushi for Lucy


I've been cookin' it for Lucy, again...


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
The stuff you need:
(washed) Apple,
Cooked rice,
Knife,
(Apple) corer.


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
Cut a slice from apple


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
Admire, work done so far.


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
Use (apple-) corer to make a hole


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
(Optional: Admire again!)


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
Cut of edges to make an apple-cilinder


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
The apple-like-sun is for your own enjoyment!


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
Fill with (cooked and cooled) rice


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
In close up


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
In close up, up side down


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
About to serve... But wait Lucy's cage is a mess...


Making Apple-sushi for my hamster Lucy.
Cleaning it up before the serving...


Please understand that this isn't even close to real sushi.
It's inspired on the real sushi, (the ones with fresh fish, shrimp and/or vegetables together with rice inside, surrounded by some special sort of sea-weed).

I love the real stuff soo much, that I needed to make a variant for Lucy!



Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - day 454 - current treadmill total: 431,451.16 meters! (17:30 CET)

Serving Lucy her Apple-Sushi

After making Apple-sushi for Lucy, see yesterday below, I needed to clean her cage;


Cleaning my hamster Lucy's cage. Cleaning my hamster Lucy's cage.
(Lucy was in her Explorer ball when I cleaned it!)

Also note the barcode on her treadmill that is used by the HamsterTracker™ system.


My hamster Lucy and the Apple-sushi I made for her.
Is this a little prayer, before the big dinner? Or is Lucy chewing on a bit of rice?


My hamster Lucy and the Apple-sushi I made for her.
" Must put it away...
  Must put it away...
  Must put it away...
  Must put it away...
  Must put it away... "
- Lucy


My hamster Lucy and the Apple-sushi I made for her.
" It's safe now! " - Lucy


Another (hamster-) culinary success!

Monday, August 14, 2006 - day 424 - current treadmill total: 422,391.09 meters! (18:30 CET)

Hamster-Bananasplit/Cake for Lucy


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.

Ingredients:



Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.

Banana,
Yohgurt,
Soft curd cheese (Strawberry flavoured),
Walnut,
Coconut shavings.

Tools:

Knife,
Tea-spoon.


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.
Split the banana
A slice for your hamster ... and the rest for yourself!

Use tea-spoon to make a bowl


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.
Chop walnut to the finest possible


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.
Add soft curd cheese (Kwark as we call this in the Netherlands).


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.
Top off with chopped walnut


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.
ADMIRE!


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.
Add some yohgurt (as a whipped cream replacement).
Top off with coconut shavings
(I forgot this step)


Banasplit/cake for my hamster Lucy.
Serve!


Now I am waiting for Lucy to wakeup (and hopefully enjoy)!





Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - day 425 - current treadmill total: 422,391.09 meters! (17:50 CET)

Serving Lucy the Hamster-Bananasplit/Cake



Yesterday (see below) I showed how to make a Hamster-Bananasplit/Cake, here is how Lucy 'handled' it:


My hamster Lucy enjoying her Hamster-Banasplit/Cake.
" Mmmmm.... this is new to me! " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy enjoying her Hamster-Banasplit/Cake.
" Gonna take it with me... " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy enjoying her Hamster-Banasplit/Cake.
" ... " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy enjoying her Hamster-Banasplit/Cake.
" Almost there! " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy enjoying her Hamster-Banasplit/Cake.
" Scrumptious! " - Lucy






Saturday, June 17, 2006 - day 366 - current treadmill total: 407,207.59 meters! (22:10 CET)

Yoghurt served in a Cucumber bowl


Here's some more,

Cookin' for Lucy


Yoghurt served in a Cucumber bowl.
Cut out a small bowl out of a cucumber

Carefully fill with yoghurt


Yoghurt served in a Cucumber bowl.


Clean up the mess...


Yoghurt served in a Cucumber bowl.


Serve:


Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her yoghurt in a cucumber bowl.


Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her yoghurt in a cucumber bowl.
mmmmm... - Lucy

Lucy didn't really like the yoghurt, but loves the cucumber!
She took a bite out of the side of the cucumber bowl, spilling yoghurt all over her paws, cage etc.
Very funny to watch, sorry no pictures, too busy laughing.

I noticed that she took quite a while cleaning her paws, maybe secretly liking the taste of yoghurt.


I guess another cookin' for Lucy well done!



Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - day 292 - current treadmill total: 383,798.78 meters! (18:10 CET)

HOWTO: Make Micro-Burgers for your hamster




I've been thinking about this for quite some time now. And I finally decided to give it a go.

Today I bought an apple corer (€ 1.59). That makes the following recipe easier to create:


Ingredients; (fresh-) Bread, (cooked-) Ham, (Gouda-) Cheese and a small bit of fresh parsley.


Micro Hamburger for your hamster.


Use Apple Corer to cut out two round pieces of bread:

Micro Hamburger for your hamster. Micro Hamburger for your hamster.


Do the same with a single (thinly) slice(d) piece of ham:

Micro Hamburger for your hamster.


Use a bit of parsley (for the green stuff) and stack it all carefully:

Micro Hamburger for your hamster.


Optionally you can add some cheese (If you desire Micro-Cheeseburgers):

Micro Cheeseburger for your hamster.


Stack it carefully:

Micro Cheeseburger for your hamster.


Ready for serving!


Micro-Hamburger for your hamster. Micro-Cheeseburger for your hamster.

I hope that my littl' Lucy likes it, right now she's still sleeping...

Costs if you don't like ham & cheese sandwiches, and if you make only one Micro-burger:
  • Apple corer: € 1.59
  • Half a loaf of Bread: : € 0,63
  • Gouda cheese: € 1.70
  • Cooked Ham: € 2.12
Total: € 6.04 or € 4.45 if you already have an apple corer.

I've decided not to include this on Lucy's Expenses, simply because I don't mind a ham & cheese sandwich with a few holes!



Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - day 292 - current treadmill total: 383,798.78 meters! (18:10 CET)

Serving Lucy a Micro-Cheeseburger




Lucy was extremely fast when she discovered her Micro-Cheeseburger.

Therefore, sadly, not all photographs are in focus...



Micro Hamburger for your hamster.
Waiting for the princess...



Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her Micro-Cheeseburger. Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her Micro-Cheeseburger.
Once Lucy noticed, she came runnin'



Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her Micro-Cheeseburger. Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her Micro-Cheeseburger.
This is a split second before she had a bite



Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her Micro-Cheeseburger. Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her Micro-Cheeseburger.
This is a split second later!

YES! Lucy loves it!

I will do this again!


Thursday, November 10, 2005 - day 147 - current treadmill total: 306,899.53 meters! (19:00)

'Cooking' up flowers for Lucy



Because you have to surprise your loved one, once in a while, I decided to do some culunairy cookin' Ahummm

A plant for Lucy's cage



Close up what I 'cooked' up with some apple and parsley for my hamster Lucy.


The recipe is simple:
  • Wash apple and some fresh parsley
  • Cut out a piece of apple, preferably dice shaped. And don't use a large knife! like I did. Ask help if you're under 40!
  • Use a toothpick to punch a small hole in the apple
  • Place parsley in the just made hole
  • Serve immediately! (So the apple is still fresh)


    • Close up of my hamster Lucy: 'What's up, is this for me?' Close up of my hamster Lucy: 'It smells kind o' nice!'
    Close up of my hamster Lucy: 'Yo! Apple, I like this!' Close up of my hamster Lucy: 'Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!'
    Lucy loved it, as you can see!





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