Kippers, egg and toast for breakfast.....every once in a while I just gotta' have em.

Made a picture worthy dinner for Becky and myself but failed to get a picture of it. Trust me it looked very pretty as well as being pretty tasty.
Started with some tilapia fillets in a glass baking dish coated with olive oil, blacken seasoning on both sides then sprinkled the fish with a few finely chopped shallots and some broken up mushrooms. Then I put a pat of butter and a thin slice on lemon on top of each fillet. Some cherry tomatoes and a 1/2 cup of white wine then into the fridge for a while.
Treated some fresh asparagus much the same way, glass dish, olive oil, blacken seasonings but i sprinkled the asparagus with bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.
Covered both and put them in a preheated 375 degree oven for 20 minutes, then uncovered them and cooked for another 10 minutes.
While they were cooking i made a Virgo New Orleans style rice packet to serve with it all.
Twas good eaten'.

Fairy Swap update

Well the work is almost done. All I have left to do is separate my little tags, attach them to the staffs, pack and ship.

This has been great fun and I'm really looking forward to getting my own Pixie Bag of goodies.

I also think I might be re-hooked on making Fairy items and several ideas have been floating around in my head as I worked on this project.

Pixie Bag

I'm afraid I'm going to have to forfeit my eligibility for the best Pixie Bag prize. As I said I don't sew well myself so I asked Becky to make it for me. She said it was fun and enjoyed working on it.












I was thinking about adding some Embellishments but didn't think that would be fair to Becky's work.









The rest of the walking staffs are coming along nicely and I'm thinking about expanding my line to backpacks and other travel items to trade with the local Fairy's.

A Fairy Went A-Marketing' Swap

A fairy went a walking
With her tiny staff of yew
As she left that morning
She thought she would walk
The whole day through







I've been working on my walking staffs for the Fairy Swap that my daughter got me interested in. Luckily our little friend still stops by once in awhile even though my daughter has grown and moved off to Indiana so I was able to get the size about right.




I have several in works in various states of completion.



and of course as always my little work space remains messy!!
I'm having great fun and can't wait to see what the swap brings me!!!

Made a nice chicken dinner last night. A little Kosher Salt and fresh ground pepper over the chicken breasts followed by a bottle of beer and into the the oven at 350 for about 45 minutes.
Then I pored off the beer and and dressed the chicken with some BBQ sauce and back into the oven for about another 20 to 25 minutes.
I served it with a sweet potato A BIG ONE, ten minutes in the microwave followed by a good long time in the oven with the chicken. The one was plenty for Becky and me.
For a green I i steamed some asparagus (I'm afraid I over cooked it just a bit but it still turned out pretty good) then into a skillet with some olive oil and a chopped tomato. Browned a bit then covered with Parmesan cheese and covered long enough for the cheese to melt.

Tasty!!!!

Flag Day 2009

Flag Day 2009


Liming the Macho Frens


Becky bring beers.


Becky and I had a rare day off together. She works Monday to Friday and I work retail, so there you go.
We spent the day doing good work in the yard. Cutting the lawn, trimming bushes and trees, cleaning the gutters, spreading lime over the macho ferns, and having a few beers.
I heard first thing this morning that it was flag day so I decided it was high time I got around to getting the holder for our flag put up.
I think it is important to fly the flag because this is my country just as much as any damn Rush Limbaugh's and they don't get to define my country!!

Had a real jones for a BLT but here it is 12:30 in the a.m. and we got no T, but there's some S (salsa) so I decided to go for it. I know most people like mayo but I'm not real big on that on sandwiches so I used a little honey mustard instead.......................................................................
..........................................IT WAS GOOOOD.................................................

Busy Girl

I haven't cooked a lot lately. I've been very busy with whole renovation of the kitchen/ dining area thing.
the last thing i made was a very simple but nice chicken receipt I found on the Internet.
Lay some skinned chicken breasts in a lightly oiled pan and mix a can of cranberry sauce (I've used both jelled and whole berry and they both worked well) 8 oz of ranch dressing and a packet of onion soup mix. It takes a bit of work to get the get it all to blend well. Just pour the mix on top of the chicken and pop it into the oven ( preheated of course) to 350 for about an hour, uncovered. I like to serve this with noodles on the side as the sauce is real nice on top of them.
My daughter is trying this tonight with skinned chicken drumsticks and thighs and I waiting to hear how that turns out.
So while I've been busy installing new baseboards and painting Becky has been keeping us fed. Tonight she just did a simple roast whole chicken with a great salad and sweet potatoes for sides, yum.

Yeaterdays left overs tonight

I worked late tonight (midnight yeck) so I had leftovers from the past couple of nights with a nice simple potato casserole that Becky made.
Ah but theses leftovers are from a nice beef roast I made yesterday in between putting the new baseboard down in the kitchen.
Rubbed the roast with flour , salt and pepper then browned it off in a little oil, about five minutes on a side. I put it aside in a roasting pan on a little rack I have and spread about a half cup of chutney on top of it.
Then into the frypan some butter, about a 1/2 cup of raisins, a diced onion and a goodly amount of curry powder, ginger, and garlic ( I used powder but I'm sure bottled or fresh would be even better.)
let it brown a little then add about a cup and a half of beef broth and bring it to a boil. Using a slotted spoon I spread the raisins and onions on top of the roast and chutney and poured the liquid into the roast pan. Covered and into the preheated 325 degree oven (you did preheat your oven right?) for about three hours. I basted every 45 miniutes to an hour as it cooked.
I served it with some left over harsh brown casserole and fresh asparagus and that roast JUST FELL APART ON ON OUR PLATES!!!!!

it is about time i got started on this so here is what we had for dinner tonight:
ginger honey chicken!!!!!!!!!

get your self some dark chicken, i used thighs but drum sticks might work too.
1) mix up 2/3 flour 1/6 corn meal 1/6 breadcrumbs add pepper (fresh cracked in my case but use whatever you got) salt (kosher here but hey ya got sea salt or table it will work) and ginger LOT of ginger i used almost a table spoon of powder, fresh would be even better.
now I'm not giving amounts here because i don't know how much your cooking. i had 10 thighs but you might have 4 or 24, adjust.
dredge the chicken pieces in the flour mix
meanwhile heat up about 1/4 inch of oil in a frying pan, not olive you want the heat a little high for that maybe 8 on a 1 to 10 dial and start browning off your chicken
okay chicken in the oil, now don't be in any hurry here. put it in and hey go sit on the back porch sipping some wine i know it should be a nice white being chicken and all but I'm really into the reds so it was a Cabernet was my choice, smoke a whole cigarette before you even check on it. brown both side so a little crisp and move into a 9 x 13 pan in my case of whatever fits your needs.
now a nice dollop of honey on each thigh and an extra shake of ginger and into the into the oven that you have had preheating to 325 (you have had it preheating right?) for 30 to 45 minutes.
now what to go with it ah a little left over tomatoes and mushrooms from the fridge mixed with a can of hominy and we have a good side going. Becky also made us a nice salad, mixed greens, chopped tomatoes and pineapple and we have a great dinner going.
times up, chicken out of the oven drain on a couple of paper towels on a plate and dinner is good to go.
tomorrow night well two of us 10 chicken thighs we are looking at some great leftovers.

coming soon, Becky picked up a nice beef roast she wants me to do something with.....details to follow.

opps

i meant to embed my new Meez but posted it instead. I'll try again later got to get ready for work.

Secret Recipes From The Slanted Roof Cafe

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