When I was a little girl in elementary school my grandmother used to sew me the greatest outfits. They were always in style, I mean she even made me a tube skirt and fluorescent lace top, I rocked the 80's! I even remember someone saying that my family had a lot of money because I was always wearing fancy clothes, which was so...
This is what you get for lunch when I need to go grocery shopping... An assortment of random things from the kitchen. Oh well, I had not complaints. 2 Hard boiled eggs and a lil' salt, Hello Kitty cucumbers, Hello Kitty jack cheese, "prinkles" as Penelope calls them, seaweed, chocolate chip cookie and a green tea hard candy. I made up for it...
I made this version of Hamburger Jun or Korean Beef Patties a while ago but forgot to post. These turned out delicious and Chris, who wasn't very excited at first, ended up loving them. Hamburger Jun 1 lb. Ground Beef 3 Green onions minced 1 Garlic clove minced 1 tsp. Fresh ginger minced 2 tbs. Soy sauce 1/4 tsp. Pepper 3 Eggs 2...
Here is Penelope's panda bento. It is a rare pink nosed panda, probably the only one of it's kind... Top tier: Panda made with rice, olive ears, nori face and a bologna pink nose. Chicken strips and soy sauce in the fishy container. Bottom tier: Baby carrots, mixed greens, cherry tomato and ranch dressing. Yep, looks just like him. ...
I made some bean-less chili the other day for Chris, who loves chili but is trying to eat a low carb diet. It came out really good, piled on some all beef franks with cheese and jalapenos! I am rather fond of Weinerschnitzel's chili cheese dogs, and he said my chili was better then their hotdog chili. While that may not mean much...
Last fall Chris and Penelope decided to plant their pumpkin seeds from Halloween in our backyard. Penelope does this with pretty much anything she eats that has a seed. Watermelons, avocados, cherries, so far nothing has grown except... her pumpkins! Check out our mini pumpkin patch! We are so going to be ready for pumpkin season. ...
For those of you that don't k now my husband Chris works on the Arctic Circle in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He works in the oil field on a 3 week on 3 week off rotation. The other day they found this cutie roaming around camp. He was probably out looking for some lunch. Don't you just want to snuggle with him? They also...
After all the hoopla all over Pinterest and foodie blogs, I finally made cloud bread. The recipe is everywhere just look it up. It's basically eggs, cream cheese and cream of tartar mixed and baked to resemble something like bread or more like buns. It's soft and pillow-y hence the name cloud bread. It's a great substitute for bread if you are low...
A few weeks ago I purchased spring roll wrappers to make fresh shrimp spring rolls. I had so many wrappers left over and I was over my desire for fresh spring rolls so I thought maybe I could fry these instead. Not sure if it was possible I did some research online and sure enough, yes, these can also be rehydrated and fried. Nice!...
Here is the kick off for a new summer segment starring Penelope, Cooking with Penelope! Because you gotta keep the kids busy so you don't drive each other crazy. Hi! My name is Penelope I am eight years old. I am going to share how to make one of my favorite foods. I eat it every time I go to a salad bar...
Penelope asked for a surprise lunch today so I made her this pretty bento... Top tier: Cracked pepper and Colby jack sandwich kabobs, BBQ chips Bottom tier: Vanilla Greek yogurt with Nerds, pichuberries and a fancy hard candy I found the pichuberries at Vons and after a little research learned it is native to Peru and also known as "aguaymanto" or Inca berry....
Yesterday I made some slow cooker carnitas that I turned into tacos for dinner. Simple and delicious! Slow Cooker Carnitas 2 pound Pork shoulder roast A handful of pearl onions 8-10 Garlic cloves Freshly squeezed juice from 2 oranges Onion powder Garlic salt Salt & Pepper Lard or oil for frying Season your roast liberally with salt, pepper, garlic salt and onion powder....
Today Penelope auditioned for her school talent show, she performed The Rose on piano. I thought I would send along some inspiration for lunch. Top tier: Heart shaped mozzarella cheese, a pepperoni rose, some breadsticks. Bottom tier: Raspberries and a heart shaped egg. I also included some vanilla cupcake goldfish. We should find out in a few days if she made the cut, I...
Last night I made a BBQ Jalapeno Ranch Chopped Salad and meatloaf for dinner. BBQ Jalapeno Ranch Chopped Salad Small bag of coleslaw mix or you can chop up your own cabbage and carrot combo Chopped romaine lettuce Black beans Corn Shredded Colby jack cheese Cooked and crumbled bacon Crushed tortilla chips Jalapeno ranch dressing, I used Litehouse Barbecue sauce, I used Rufus Teague Put...
Last weekend we took a trip to Petsmart to look for an aquarium to create a snail habitat for Penelope's pet snails. Every afternoon for a week she had been collecting snails from our front yard and having snail races with them. Every morning when she would go and check on her snails they would be gone...well she always managed to find them again because...
Turkey and cheddar sandwich on a roll, veggie chips, olives, strawberry and some fancy cookies. The rolls are Trader Joe's Half Baked Rolls, if you haven't tried these I would go pick some up. Penelope says they are the best bread ever and she wants all her sandwiches on this bread now. ...
I made this yummy, refreshing salad the other day. Chopped up some jicama into cubes, radishes into strips and mango into cubes. Mixed it all up with some Citrus Reserve Olive Oil and California Balsamico Blanco from Temecula Olive Oil Co. and salt and chili powder. You can also just mix some good quality olive oil with some balsamic and a touch of honey for the dressing....
A few weeks ago we made a trip to Julian, Ca. The last time I visited I was maybe 15 years old, I remember my family crammed in a van for the trip. I also remember snow and apple pie. Chris has never been there but I knew he would enjoy this quaint gold rush town in the Cuyamaca mountains, famous for what...
