Recipes

Main Dish
Also Lemon Chicken
Campfire Cuisine-Lemon Chicken
Chicken and Dumplings.
Chicken Florentine Cassrole
Chicken and Mushroom Sausages
Chicken and Noodles
Chicken Paprikash
Chicken Stew in Mustard Cream
Curried Beef Stew
Fig Pizza
In yer face, roasted vegetable bouillabaise
Karl's Killer Cod (no K on the Cod)
Ketchup, the best part of the meatloaf
Little Fingers and Little Toes
Mushu Burgers
Mushu Pork, not in the least bit authentic
Noodle Stir Fry with Pea Greens
Roasted Pork with Vegetables
Second Best Curry Ever
Steak Sandwiches
Thai Beef Skewers
Wicked Chicken

Breakfast
Bacon
Corn Cakes

Side Dishes
Cranberry Walnut Salad
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fruit Salad
Honey, Lime and Cilantro Slaw
New Fry Batter
Sea Potatoes

Sauces etc.
Killer Bee Sting (Habanero Honey)
Maitre D' Butter
Peanut Sauce
Thai Injectbale Marinade


Dessert
Blueberry Coconut Custard Pie for Father's Day


Let's put Chloe through college one frog at a time! Buy a book here.

Chloe's Cake

 

Chloe

 

 

 

 

Chloe the Early Year - God

 

Little Miss Sunshine - Roger Hargreaves

 

All the Frogs in the Pond - Kristi White

 

The Going to Bed Book - Sandra Boynton

 

Now We are Six A. A. Milne

 

The stories...

 

Fox in Socks

 

Harold

 

One Fish

 

Two Fish

 

Max

 

Mr. Topsy Turvy

 

Mr. Bump

 

Laura Ingalls & Charlotte

 

Little Critter

 

Mr. Noisy

Chloe's party was story book themed. We sent invitations that looked like books, asked everyone to bring their favorite childhood story book as a gift and made bookmarks as a craft. I only wish I could have tied the cake in with the theme somehow.

Happy New Year!

As far out there as I am willing to go sometimes, there are a few things that are so deeply and ritualistically traditional that the thought of changing them seems sacriligious. So today, as I was injecting the turkey with an amazing Thai marinade; a (rather large) part of me was saying "No! No! No! Stop that!" However, I have three other turkeys in the freezer so if this experiment fails, in the next month or two I can make up for it with simple salt and pepper and a bit of oyster dressing.

Thai Injectable Marinade

2 Tablespoons Red Pepper Flakes
2 inch piece of fresh ginger roughly chopped
1 head of garlic peeled
the juice and zest of 3 limes
1/4 sugar
2 Tablespoons molasses
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 cup fish sauce (don't be a wuss)
2 Tablespoons Bragg's Liquid Amino or soy sauce
1 Cup water

Blend everything together in the blender. If using as an injectable you might want to run this through a strainer.

I'll be putting the turkey in the oven in about 15 minutes. We're having coconut rice and a mix of broccoli and peppers as a side dish. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Happy Thanksgiving

Who knew how much two words can change your life? Five years ago I was taking a break from a 22 pound turkey and a ridiculous vat of stuffing and chatting with a few friends on the game site where I played. I was in a festive mood so I decided to send Thanksgiving greetings to anyone who showed up on the site.

"Happy Thanksgiving!"

Two words. I must have sent out dozens of them. I got a lot of "Thanks" and "You too ;)" a couple of "Not American, don't celebrate it." Nothing I felt the need for further reply. But then...

"Happy Thanksgiving to you also. :) Shame I won't be celebrating it like
you guys do though..."

Hmmmm...Ok. I'll chat.
We talked about an English equivalent holiday. (None) We talked about turkey. (Yum) We talked about our lives. (Busy) We talked about online dating. (Stupid)

Unless of course you end up married...

Five years later. In about half an hour I'm going to turn to my husband and say "Happy Thanksgiving!" I'm gonna kiss him and I'm gonna kiss our beautiful daughter. I have a lot to be thankful for.

Cakes!