Did you realize it? I mean, I probably should have realized it because the month started on a Monday for cheez and craskers sake.
Can I just say I look darling today? I don't normally look darling, but today I do. Blue and black are such a nice combo together. Now to get this hair of mine done and out of the way. I think I'm going to go short short short.
Is short hair good for rolly pollies like me? Prolly not, but I don't care!!
November 4, 2010
October 20, 2010
Dinner
Last night I made Chicken Parm, my own recipe! We had it with a side salad and then homemade apple cobbler for dessert made by girl. Recipe to follow...
Chicken Parm:
5 to 6 chicken breasts pounded flat
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 cup flour
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1 cup Parmesan cheese, divided
1 to 2 cups mozzarella cheese
1 tbsp italian herbs, dried
pinch of sea salt
olive oil
Jarred Tomato sauce
Pasta
Preheat oven to 450.
Start pasta according to directions on the box, minus 1 minute cook time. Once the pasta is done, drain and put into a deep casserole dish. Pour tomato sauce overtop and set aside.
Mix in bowl egg and milk. Set aside.
In a flat dish or plate, add 1 cup flour. Set aside.
In another flat dish or plate, mix together 1 cup breadcrumbs, italian herbs, 1/4 cup parm cheese, pinch of salt. Mix with a fork. Set aside.
In a deep frying or saute pan, heat up 1/2 cup to 1 cup olive oil, medium to medium high - not too hot or the chicken will burn.
Drag chicken through the flour, then egg wash, then breadcrumb mixture - both sides.
Place chicken in heated oil about two minutes each side. Place chicken ontop of sauced casserole dish, repeat.
Sprinkle parm cheese over all the fried breasts and then follow with mozerella cheese. Put in over for 15 - 20 minutes (if you don't want your cheese brown, cover with foil.)
Apple Cobbler
(Modified recipe from Sur La Table)
Filling
7 Granny Smith apples, peeled/cored/chopped into 1 inch pieces
Lemon Juice
¾ cup (6 oz) firmly packed light-brown sugar
1 tbsp unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Topping
½ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
½ cup old-fashioned oats (do not use instant)
½ cup firmly packed light-brown sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ cup olive oil
Cut up apples and throw them in a bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice for every apple - stirring to coat.
Add the sugar, flour, and cinnamon, mix well.
In a seperate bowl, mix flour, oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon together.
Drizzle in the olive oil.
With a fork or a pastry blender or a food processor, mix together.
In a pie pan/dish, pour in the apple filling.
Top with the topping and spread to coat.
Cover with foil and put in heated oven for 40 minutes.
Remove foil and put back in for 5 minutes to toast the topping.
Voila.
Delish!!
Perspective: Shelter
There are many songs out there about shelter, and there are many people out there struggling to keep shelter and to find shelter. This is a great indie documentary titled, Shelter.
SHELTER from jason sussberg on Vimeo.
16mm color film. 6:43 min.
Lloyd Kahn claims that shelter is more than a roof over your head. As the author and publisher of over a dozen books on home construction, Lloyd has been grappling with the concept of home, physically and psychically, for over five decades. Situated in the financial and housing crisis, this film profiles Lloyd's ideas on do-it-yourself construction and sustainability.
October 12, 2010
Dinner Tonight
Bourbon Glazed Pork Loin
Roasted Potatoes, Asparagus, and Garlic Cloves
Cherry Cobbler
Sounds delish right?
I'm a cheater.
This year, well what's left of it anyway - I'm trying to say good-bye to eating out and hello to making dinner from scratch. My dinners are evolving though. Tonight, the Bourbon glazed pork loin is pre-packaged! I know I know! What am I thinking all those ingredients... bad girl.
Well, whatever. Next pork loin I'm doing this recipe!
Um DELISH right?
So that is totally on our menu for October! Plus I've got some habanero that is almost ready to be picked.
Yea! I do love the sound of roasted asparagus and potatoes with garlic, depending how it tastes tonight - rather. I wish I had some fresh rosemary - but it just hasn't grown as much/well as we had hoped!
I'm also making a pumpkin bread tonight I think. I tried to make a vegan bread for a friend of mine, but I just can't figure out the flax to egg ratio - although I did try it with agave syrup from Ohgave! and it was BLAH the worst ever!!!!! Maybe I will make the pumpkin bread without eggs and just use flax!
Ok... well I'm out of dish wash tabs...
SAIPUA
Know how you browse... ya know kinda just browse and not look for anything in particular - just want to see what your favorite blogs are up to?
Via Sunday Suppers old blog.
Can you say gorgeous....
Today I found SAIPUA
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