Cooking
Somehow or another, our conversations with Alex's teacher always turn to food and/or cooking. And somewhere in one of those conversations, I offered to make a dinner for her.
One day last week, when Matt dropped Alex off for school, he also toted with him a box containing a home-cooked meal.
There was fresh bread, and these lovely Cornish game hens using Lyn's recipe (made them before, and they were quite a hit).
An absolutely fabulous vichyssoise; I made sure there was a little left over for me. Yum. Too bad pale yellow doesn't photograph well. This stuff was fantastic.
The game hen recipes makes four, we cut it to two, leaving extra lemon slices. I added them to the roasting pan, and oh my...what a lovely carmelization!
That wasn't enough, so we also packed up some delicious wild rice with shallots and toasted pecans. This is addictive, making extra is always a good idea.
Teachers work hard, and are never paid what they're worth. The teachers at Alex's school are amazing. They're involved with the kids, make learning fun & exciting, and have an energy supply that's astonishing. So a making a few home-made dishes to show appreciation? As easy as A, B, C.
We're going a bit crazy this month: Blog Party#31 is a Fried Food Frenzy!
You have till Friday to get your fried finger food entries to me; hope to see you there.
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Teachers + Dinner + Game Hens + Soup + Rice + Lavender + Lemon + Pecans
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Cooking
Dinner for Teacher
Somehow or another, our conversations with Alex's teacher always turn to food and/or cooking. And somewhere in one of those conversations, I offered to make a dinner for her.
One day last week, when Matt dropped Alex off for school, he also toted with him a box containing a home-cooked meal.
There was fresh bread, and these lovely Cornish game hens using Lyn's recipe (made them before, and they were quite a hit).
An absolutely fabulous vichyssoise; I made sure there was a little left over for me. Yum. Too bad pale yellow doesn't photograph well. This stuff was fantastic.
The game hen recipes makes four, we cut it to two, leaving extra lemon slices. I added them to the roasting pan, and oh my...what a lovely carmelization!
That wasn't enough, so we also packed up some delicious wild rice with shallots and toasted pecans. This is addictive, making extra is always a good idea.
Teachers work hard, and are never paid what they're worth. The teachers at Alex's school are amazing. They're involved with the kids, make learning fun & exciting, and have an energy supply that's astonishing. So a making a few home-made dishes to show appreciation? As easy as A, B, C.
We're going a bit crazy this month: Blog Party#31 is a Fried Food Frenzy!
You have till Friday to get your fried finger food entries to me; hope to see you there.
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Teachers + Dinner + Game Hens + Soup + Rice + Lavender + Lemon + Pecans
- Daring Bakers: The French Bread Also Rises
I was determined to complete February's Daring Bakers challenge, as I missed the Lemon Meringue Pie from January. I had no idea what it would be, but when I discovered breadchick had declared it French bread-making time, I couldn't have been...
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Matt's a huge fan of Thai food. I'm...not so much. I've only started eating Thai over the last few years. Trust me, there weren't a lot of Asian-influenced dishes served where I grew up. In my tiny Northwestern Pennsylvanian hometown,...
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(I apologize in advance; I'm a little cranky right now and it might not be the best time to sit in front of a keyboard...) How's a girl supposed to plan the week's menu, when one day it's almost seventy degrees, and two days later, it...
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I'd already made a cake for Alex's birthday party, as well as cupcakes to send to school on the actual day. So, for his much-smaller family birthday dinner, I was kind of out of ideas. One of Alex's classmates share his birthday, and her...
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Ok...Easter dinner. The weather here is quickly turning into that 'dear god; it's so humid I'm never leaving my air conditioned home again', so I wanted to offer a light, yet filling, dinner. We shared the meal with Matt's parents,...