Holy Wasabi Batman!

I knew when I saw these that I shouldn’t buy them but even as my head said no, because I knew, just knew that I would become addicted, the draw of wasabi was too much for my hands to resist. Unfortunately the draw of wasabi is also too much for my mouth to resist as these chips are off the chart crazy, spicy, wonderful and we just can’t seem to stop eating them.  It figures too that I didn’t buy them in a normal sized bag…Oh NO, I bought them at Costco in the feed-a-family-of-20 sized bag so we’ve been munching non-stop for days! 

Thankfully we are eating things other than chips as I’ve been cooking, cooking and cooking lately.  Also thankful is that I’ve been cooking things that are considerably healthier than these chips like my new recipe for Roasted Enoki…DELISH!!So if you’re hungry for something other than chips check out my new recipe for Roasted Enoki on Cook Lisa Cook as well as other delicious recipes including: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Wallaby Darned, Piggy-Out Cookies, Wicked Good New England Lobster Roll, Long Beans with Garlic and Super Simple Summer Shrimp Salsa Salad.

Enjoy!

Communication 101

Many days Eammon works from home and though he’s in the house, Maisie and I can go the entire day without seeing or talking with him.  Eammon will be busy and involved up in his office and Maisie and I will be in and out with our activities and projects .  When Eammon does emerge from his office he’s generally looking for lunch or dinner but when he opens the fridge he’s often not sure what he should eat.  He knows that sometimes things are prepped to be used in recipes or prepared for something we’re attending or for someone else.  So to help Eammon out as most of these times Maisie and I aren’t home, sticky notes have become common place in our house.

On days when Maisie has gymnastics practice she and I don’t get home until right about seven and depending on Eammon’s meeting schedule he’ll often need to have dinner before we arrive home so if I don’t leave a prepared plate on the table I’m sure to leave a note on the front of the fridge.

And then one on the actual food because Eammon can be lost in thought of what he’s working on and instead of eating the shrimp salad from the bowl on the bottom shelf, he’ll eat a bowl of leftover Bolognese sauce from the middle shelf and not even notice the difference.  Of course the Bolognese would have been delicious but as he had eaten it the night before, I thought something new and different would be welcome and enjoyable for him.

If he had eaten that leftover Bolognese sauce or something else, see what he would have missed out on, a totally delicious and fresh Shrimp Salad.  I hope that seeing this has you wanting some too so I have posted over on Cook Lisa Cook the recipe for this Super Simple Summer Shrimp Salsa Salad.  I hope that you’ll make and enjoy this salad as it’s a perfect no-cook meal on a hot summer night.

While you’re visiting Cook Lisa Cook please check out some of my other recent recipes including: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Wallaby Darned, Piggy-Out Cookies, Wicked Good New England Lobster Roll and Long Beans with Garlic.

Enjoy!

Misty

It was actually a gorgeous and sunny afternoon but Eammon and Maisie were having a good time playing with the misting hose.

After their time in the pool we all enjoyed a delicious dinner so, there’s new recipe over on Cook Lisa Cook for Long Beans with Garlic, super simple to make and totally delish to eat so check it out. Other recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Wallaby Darned, Piggy-Out Cookies and Wicked Good New England Lobster Roll.

Enjoy!

Who let the girls out?

Maisie awoke feeling not 100% but okay this morning and she wanted to attend her make-up gymnastics practice.  We also had tentative plans for Aspen to come and play after their practice and Maisie definitely didn’t want to miss out on having her friend over.  The girls had a good and long practice but they were still full of energy when we arrived back at the house.

The girls ran around the house for a bit and then decided to play Just Dance on the Wii.  

They danced over and over to their favorite songs giggling and being silly the entire time.

After all their dancing they decided to relax and play in the pool.

Followed by a nice cold snack in the shade.

Then before dinner the two gymnasts watched part of a movie the way you’d expect two gymnasts to watch a movie, upside-down.

It was a fun afternoon for the girls and they enjoyed their time together.

Though I cooked the entire time that the girls were playing I’ll have to post those recipes another day because I have not been sleeping and it’s all caught up with me so I’m off to bed early tonight and will hopefully sleep.  If you want some wonderful and delicious recipes check out some of my recent posts on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Wallaby Darned, Piggy-Out Cookies and Wicked Good New England Lobster Roll.

Enjoy!

Spotty girl

Maisie can be one funny little girl and the other night she decided that she wanted to be a spotty girl so she covered herself with dozens of little stickers.

I had no problem with her doing this nor did I have a problem with her wanting to wear her spots when we went out for dinner.  Eammon wasn’t so sure about her keeping her spots on outside of the house but when you’re five things like wearing dress-up clothes, Princess gowns, tiaras or even sporting dozens of spots hardly garners a second look and generally just makes people smile.

Of course she was also sporting blue lips from a Fun Dip but as she was covered with so many stickers I doubt that anyone noticed and if they did, it just added to the charm.

Today my always-up-by-7am girl actually slept until 9:10 so I knew that something was up with her and not in a good way.  She seemed okay during the morning playing outside for a bit with K & A and then we had to go to her gym as she had tryouts for a special team.  Maisie happily did the tryouts but I could tell that she just wasn’t quite right and definitely not at 100%.  After the tryouts she said that her throat was hurting so I asked if she wanted to go home but she said that she wanted to attend her regular practice.  As I couldn’t see anything red or wrong with her throat and she wasn’t running a fever I went along with what she wanted.  We had an hour off before her regular practice so we went out for a quick lunch and then returned to the gym.  I left her there for her 3 hours letting her coaches know that if needed, to call and I’d pick her up early but she stayed the entire practice and her coaches said that she did fine during practice.  Once home Maisie ate her dinner and enjoyed an extra long bubble bath followed by some playtime but something isn’t right and I’m hoping that it’s not strep again because once this summer was more than enough.  I’m hoping that when she wakes tomorrow she’ll feel perfect!

Also perfect is a wonderful new recipe for a Wicked Good New England Lobster Roll which I posted over on Cook Lisa Cook and I’d love for you to click on over and check it out.While you’re there, check out some of my other recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook including: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Wallaby Darned and Piggy-Out Cookies.

Enjoy!

Piggy-Out

Maisie and I were in the kitchen cooking again, this time making cookies which contained…are you ready for this…

BACON!!!  Imagine it, a chocolate chip cookie with peanut butter and bacon…Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause…I believe!!…Hallelujah!!…these cookies were outrageously good!!   I guess you can tell that we were head-over-heels for these cookies and we totally pigged-out on Piggy-Out Cookies! 

I didn’t notice this until I uploaded my pictures but check out that cookie on the right, doesn’t that just look like a cute little piggy face?   As cute as it was, it didn’t stop me from biting into it as we gobbled these down.

If you’ve noticed lately the trend in adding bacon to sweet foods and you’ve been like me, wondering “WHY???” Or you haven’t heard boo about bacon in sweet foods all I can say is make these cookies and you’ll be looking to add bacon to all your sweet treats.  The recipe is super easy and beyond delish so check out Piggy-Out Cookies over on Cook Lisa Cook.

While you’re there, visit some of my other recipes including these recent ones: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Wallaby Darned.

Piggy-Out and Enjoy!

I finally remembered

Two weeks ago I posted that Maisie had her mill circle and promised that I would take my video camera to the gym to capture it but each and every time we've gone to the gym, I've forgotten. I think I'm losing my mind between forgetting to feed the poor girl and my camera…and often forgetting my phone too…old age is setting in!

The mill circle is the “big” move on the bars that the USA Level 3 girls need to be able to perform and Maisie is rocking them out, just needing a bit of polish. 

I watch the video and Maisie at the gym and I can’t believe how high she casts for her back hip circle, the girl seems to fly around the bar yet has the control and strength to stop herself and not fly off or back around.

There’s still a month until competition season starts so the little flaws and forgotten arm & hand movements still have time to be worked on but I’m so proud of my amazing Maisie Miao Miao as she’s doing such a wonderful job and this routine is looking so good already.

This is just a snapshot from the video and it’s blurry but I see this move all.the.time as Maisie’s always practicing her round-off.

Another blurry video snapshot but the girl is learning to fly.

Maisie’s beam routine is looking pretty good too and once she has her dismount a bit stronger, she’ll have a solid and strong routine.

How she always lands on the beam is beyond me, I can’t even walk the darn thing but she split jumps with ease.

Because Maisie’s practices are three hours long and I don’t hang out at the gym and vault is done in the middle of their practice, I have yet to see her vault.  Her coaches say that she is solid-solid on it so I can’t wait to see it when she competes.

Today I posted a tipsy little drink recipe over on Cook Lisa Cook for a copycat of Outback Steakhouse’s Wallaby Darned.  I’m not sure if it’s good or bad that I have absolutely zero alcohol tolerance because this drink is over-the-top delicious and if I could, I would drink this all.the.time!!  As it is, I can only taste a teaspoon or two before feeling tipsy so I stick with my Watermelon Frosty, Mango Lassi, Mint Lassi and Cantaloupe Agua Fresca and let Eammon enjoy this one all on his own.  Stumble on over to Cook Lisa Cook for the recipe so that you too can also enjoy this wonderful tipsy drink.

Other recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole and Cantaloupe Agua Fresca.

Enjoy!

What about some lunch?

If you’ve followed this blog at all or seen my Cook Lisa Cook blog, you know that I do a lot of cooking.  Then how is it that I could forget to feed my little Maisie Miao Miao?

Saturday morning I made a nice breakfast for Eammon and Maisie of coddled eggs and bacon.  I then got busy running around and doing some chores in the house and minutes before we were ready to walk out the door for a play date with Aspen, Maisie asked if I was going to feed her lunch.  OY, it was 1:10 and though I knew the time, I just never noticed that I didn’t offer or serve lunch to any of us.  Trust me when I say that missing a meal in this house is not something that happens as we enjoy our food and love to eat.  I asked Maisie what she wanted to eat and she was a happy little girl when I agreed that a lunch of crackers and brie was okay.  Maisie definitely takes after me as I could make a meal out of crackers and cheese any day of the week.

Even though I forgot to feed my daughter, I did manage a new recipe over on Cook Lisa Cook for Cantaloupe Agua Fresca.This drink is healthy and delicious and isn’t the color just gorgeous!  I adore fruit drinks as they’re cool and refreshing, perfect on a hot summer day and also a great way to get some extra no-sugar-added fruit into a wee one.  Head on over to Cook Lisa Cook for the easy-peasy recipe.

While you’re there, check out some of my other recently posted recipes: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole.

Enjoy!

The Art Barn

This morning Maisie and I met up with Kathy & Chani at a cute little place called The Art Barn.   It’s a little farm with lots of animals that the children can pet and a barn where they do little art projects.

Maisie wasn’t feeling 100% today as she had been up numerous times during the night as her nose was completely stuffed up and she just had difficulty breathing.   Maisie had a decent day and did her best not to be overly moody and miserable but had she slept better I think that she would have had an even better day. 

After their time at horseback riding camp I wasn’t surprised that both girls gravitated to the horse and grabbed some brushes to groom him.

Maisie sporting her new demonic smile.  Lately every time I ask her to smile she shows me this evil grin.  Chani of course is just looking sweet.

After time in the barnyard we took a little tractor ride around the farm.

Followed by time in the art barn where the girls made watercolor paintings of a rooster.  The girls enjoyed their time at the farm but after petting the animals, going on the tractor ride and doing their art project they were thirsty, hungry and done.  So we headed out for some lunch and then we went back to Kathy’s house where the girls played and Kathy and I relaxed and chatted.  It was a nice day with friends.   

Today on Cook Lisa Cook I participated for my second month in The Secret Recipe Club and posted a new recipe for some fabulous Holy Guacamole.Guacamole is wonderful on its own but add some bacon and it’s over-the-top delicious!! 

Check out my recipe for Holy Guacamole on Cook Lisa Cook and while you’re there check out some of my other delicious offerings including: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways and Thai Peanut Salad.

Enjoy!

Big hands

This weekend we finally had some gorgeous summer weather with “cooler” daytime temps in the 80’s. It was such a wonderful break from the near 100 degrees that we’ve been enduring these past few weeks.  It was nice to be able to get outside and enjoy the sunshine without immediately feeling hot, wet, sticky and completely drained of energy.  Guess I shouldn’t complain too much as heat and even humidity are better than snow in my book.

Maisie helped Eammon with some yard work…for a full 30 seconds!  She did though enjoy wearing my gloves.

Hot or cold, everyone needs to eat so pop on over to Cook Lisa Cook and check out some of my delicious recipes including: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways and Thai Peanut Salad.

Enjoy!

Hanging with Aspen

Maisie and Aspen are on team together at the gym and have been talking about having a play date together for over a year but with busy schedules and their Mom’s just not getting their act together, well it’s taken a long time.  Finally though today their wish came true and the girls enjoyed an afternoon of playtime together.  Maisie spent the afternoon at Aspen’s house where the girls had fun playing air hockey, swimming in the pool, playing with the Wii, playing with paper & pencils and enjoying lots of snacks…oh wait that snack thing was Evelyn and I.  No matter, the little girls had fun playing and I enjoyed my time snacking and chatting with Evelyn.  Thanks for the play date and we can’t wait to do it again.

No new recipe today but please check out the recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad.

Enjoy!

Playing with Maya

Maisie hasn’t seen her friend Maya since the last day of horseback riding camp a month ago so she was super excited that they’d be spending the day together today.  Our original plan was to spend the day at the pool but Mother Nature had other plans.  For weeks we’ve had temps hovering around 100F with no rain but on the one day we actually had plans to be out and at the pool it was cool and overcast with intermittent sprinkles…Figures!  The girls were just happy to be together so they played inside for a bit then we did brave the weather and the girls spent an hour in the pool having a blast and being little fishes.  Back to the house for a lunch of dumplings and udon soup and some more playtime and they were two happy little girls. 

Maya & Maisie were very sweet together.  The girls enjoyed Play-doh, they watched Tangled, did gymnastics, played with toys & sleeping bags and even did a few rounds of hide-and-seek.  I enjoyed chatting with Cecile while the girls played and I hope that we’ll be able to get together for another play date before school starts up again. 

I can’t believe that there are only four more weeks of summer break as Maisie starts back at school on August 15th.  Maisie’s been ready & excited to return to school for about six weeks already so she’s counting the days.  I think that summer is passing too quickly and can’t believe that my wee little girl will be a big second grader.  Oh my, not only is summer passing too quickly but so is time with my little Maisie Miao Miao.  I feel like in a blink of an eye she’ll be heading off to college, all grown up…Not needing her Mama all the time any more. (boohoo)  How do I slow things down???

I do love seeing Maisie grow up, learn, experience new things and become the person she’s going to be but sometimes I can’t kiss and love on her enough, knowing that I’m going to miss these days oh-too-soon. 

Okay, before I get all teary let me switch topics and go to food.  I have a wonderful new salad recipe posted today over on Cook Lisa Cook for a Thai Peanut Salad with chicken.

The salad was quick to put together as I used bagged salad greens, quick to cut up veggies, leftover chicken and a very fast blended dressing.  I hope that you’ll check out the recipe and give it a try.

Other recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing and Baked Egg Cups Two Ways.

Enjoy!

What to do?

What’s the best thing to do when it’s close to 100 degrees outside and the little girls do a great job at gymnastics?  Well you take them out for ice cream of course.

Brandy and I took Taylor & Maisie out one day two weeks ago for ice cream and they wanted to do it again.  Had we been smart though we would have found an air conditioned place to take them as sitting outside was brutal!  Needless to say it was a quick treat and everyone was happy to get into air conditioned cars and head home.  We learned our lesson and next time we take them out we’ll be sure to find a place with indoor seating.

Yet another new recipe over on Cook Lisa Cook.  These are Baked Egg Cups two ways, one way for bacon lovers and the other for scrambled egg & cheese lovers.  I served these one night for dinner as I needed something fast after spending a long afternoon at the pool.  These went together in minutes and baked while I showered.  We ate them for dinner and then enjoyed the leftovers for breakfast the next morning.  They reheat beautifully so make a big batch and enjoy them for a few meals.

Other recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry and Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing.

Enjoy!

Some people!?!?!

To say that it’s hot here in Atlanta is an understatement.  We’ve been having temps right around 100F with high humidity.  Seriously as soon as you open the door to go outside it’s like someone slapped you in the face with a hot, wet rag.

The temperature reading from my car. 

So yesterday afternoon I headed in-town to attend an Indian cooking class but because I knew there would be a lot of traffic I planned accordingly and actually managed to arrive a little bit early.  I pulled into the parking lot and found a spot, parked and was just checking my email for a couple of minutes before I headed in.  I thought that I saw something moving in the mini-van parked next to me but I didn’t really look over.  Then after about 5 minutes I got my stuff together and started to head in for my class.  But then I saw in that mini-van parked next to me a lone little boy who looked to be about Maisie’s age.  WTF, I realized that he had been what sort of caught my eye when I had pulled in at least 5 minutes earlier and the mini-van was not running and was sealed up tight.  I know that my car, as soon as I turn off the AC and engine it starts getting warm so it must have been HOT in that mini-van. 

I immediately went into the store to get security and right away they, along with an on-site police officer were at the mini-van.  The boy open the doors and was okay but what’s the deal with leaving your kid in a car the temperature of an oven!  Now here’s the kicker…no announcement was made for the owner of the mini-van to come forward nor did the officer have to wait for them to return to the mini-van…NOOO…guess these people are “known” to the officer so he was able to just stroll through the store and find them.  I was just so angry that not only did they leave the boy in the mini-van but that they’ve obviously done things like this before like it’s an okay thing.  Incredible!!  I’m glad that the little boy was okay and I hope that these people will learn to do the right thing before they kill him.  It’s always such a tragedy when I hear of children dying because they’ve been left in a hot car, I just hope that this little boy survives his parents stupidity.

Once my anger settled I was able to enjoy my class.  In this class we learned to make Samosas with both a mint and also a tamarind chutney, Malai Kofta Curry and one of my favorites, Rogan Josh.  It was fun getting my hands “dirty” cooking and once again everything was delicious. 

Malai Kofta Curry…YUM!!

Over the years I’ve made quite a number of Indian and curry recipes and I’ve posted quite a few over on Cook Lisa Cook but I’m now looking forward to trying out the new recipes that I learned in class.  I don’t have anymore cooking classes scheduled but maybe next month I’ll look into taking a Thai class.  I always love learning new recipes and trying new flavors and though I do pretty well, I could always improve on my Thai cuisine.   

Neither Indian nor Thai, today I posted a lovely Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing over on Cook Lisa Cook so if you’re looking for a nice summer appetizer or even a side, check it out.  We enjoyed this salad on tortilla chips but I could have just eaten it straight from the bowl, totally delish!

Other recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken and Lamb Curry.

Enjoy!

Why???

I walked into the family room to find Maisie happily watching Tangled, sitting in yet another position that she finds comfortable.  She stayed sitting in this position for almost 30 minutes!

Here she was watching a movie a few weeks ago.  How she gets into and stays in these positions amazes me.

Another new recipe posted over on Cook Lisa Cook for Lamb Curry.  I must be on a curry/Indian kick as my five most recent recipes all fall into that category.  So if you like curry and/or Indian food check out all the delicious recipes.  More recent recipes include: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, and Red Curry Chicken.

Enjoy!!