Thai-ish Chicken Pasta

(must write it down before I forget) 1/2 c. peanut butter 1/2 c. water 2 tbs. soy sauce 2 tbs. (or more!) brown sugar 2 tbs. oil 7 cloves of garlic 1/3 well-packed cup each of: basil, cilantro, mint 1 lb. chicken tenders or strips of lean chicken 1/2 c. seasoned rice vinegar 1 bell [...]

Coconut Tapioca

1/2 c. pearl tapioca (tiny ones) 2 c. room temperature water 1/4 tsp. salt 1 can Coco Lopez cream of coconut, 8.5 oz. 1 can of water Enough milk to make 2 1/2 c. of fluid when you combine with the cream of coconut 1/4 c. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla Soak the tapioca in 2 [...]

Menu This Week

This is the idea and, Lord willing, I’ll stick to it. Monday ~ Spaghetti, salad, bread (double batch of spaghetti sauce) Tuesday ~ White chili (chicken and cannelini beans with diced chili), sweet corn masa, tortilla chips Wednesday ~ Thai chicken pasta with broccolini and red pepper strips Thursday ~ Lasagna or mannicotti (probably mannicotti) [...]

Gummi Candies

1/4 cup sugar 3 envelopes unflavored gelatin 1/2 cup fruit juice Put everything into a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until all the solids are dissolved. Pour into lightly oiled candy mold. Refrigerate until firm. I used 1/2 c. of lemonade plus 4 tbs. of pomegranate juice for a little pink color (since my molds [...]

Rice-A-Roni Substitute

If you use this and like it, do let me know. I don’t remember where I got this, to be honest, but I’m adding it to our menu this week. Well, that’s the intention anyway. 2 cups uncooked rice, pref. long-grain 1 Cup broken Vermicelli or angel hair (broken into 1 inch pieces) 1/4 cup [...]

Speed Update

Hmm. I wonder if giving it that title will make me feel obliged to actually make it brief. If brevity is the soul of wit, then my soul is an empty pit. You can quote me on that. Since the last post, this is what happened that is shareable: – J and NM played their [...]

Smoked Whitefish Spread

Saw this on a box of Philly and it sounded good so I’m saving it here. Sounds like it would be really good with smoked bangus (milkfish). 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened 1/2 lb. smoked whitefish, skinned, boned and flaked 2 tbs. finely chopped green onions 1 tbs. chopped fresh dill 1 tsp. [...]

Mini Cheesecakes

12 vanilla wafers (I used lemon cookies that fit) 1 package of cream cheese, 8 oz., softened 1/2 c. sugar 1 1 tsp. vanilla 2 eggs Line muffin pan with foil liners. Place one cookie in each liner. Mix cream cheese, vanilla and sugar on medium speed until well-blended. Add eggs. Mix well. Pour over [...]

New Toy!

005 Originally uploaded by Phisch After waiting and searching, I finally found a beautiful Lodge cast iron griddle to make pancakes with! My dad had a really nice, well-seasoned griddle like this and it was always so neat to watch him make pancakes on Sundays. You could make eight at once on that puppy which [...]

Brunch!

Well, let’s see. Pizza night hasn’t quite worked out. Last night, I placed the online order but the store never got it. No worries, we all got dinner at Zen instead. The kids had chicken teriyaki and rice, I had a Dashi bowl (salmon and veggies in ginger lime sauce over rice) and hubby had [...]

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