A few days old...
Happy Birthday to our girl, full of fun, spunk, love and creativity!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Happy Birthday, Abigail Grace!
Happy Birthday to our girl, full of fun, spunk, love and creativity!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Blog love
Welcome back, family and friends, to this little blog of mine! Your comments have brought this place to life and made it feel more homey around here. Thank you for your blog love!
peace
peace
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Kid Speak
My favorite phrase of the day from my 3 year old: "Oh my Heavens!" (Imagine it being said with a slight lisp at the end).
Precious...
Precious...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Apricot Chicken Recipe
For those who have been asking:
Apricot Chicken from the Simply in Season cookbook by Mary Beth Lind & Cathleen Hockman-Wert. Words in italics are my additions or modifications.
Serves 4
2 tsp butter or olive oil
4 ripe apricots (halved and seeded) Since I use dried apricots, I use a lot more than 4, a handful or so? I either soakthem in water for an hour or use them as is if I am too busy. Watch carefully because they burn easily.
Melt butter in frypan. Place apricots in meted butter cut side down and cook over medium heat until light brown, about 5 minutes. Turn and cook several more. Remove to plate.
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (whole or cut into strips)
salt and pepper
Roll chicken in mixture of salt and pepper. Or just sprinkle it on! Saute in 1 Tbls olive oil on med-high hear for 3 minutes, then med-low heat for 7 more mintues or until no longer pink inside. Remove chicken to plate with apricots.
1 tsp ginger root (peeled and minced) could also use ground ginger
1 green onion or 2 Tbls onion (chopped)
Combine in frypan and saute briefly.
1/2 cup dry white wine, apple juice or water I have used both the wine and juice both are excellent
2 Tbls maple syrup or apricot preserves
1/2 tsp lime peel (grated) or lemon peel or omit
Add to frypan along with the apricots and chicken. Simmer 10 minutes to combine flavors. Serve alone or over brown rice or couscous. Garnish with 1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds.
One of our kids favorite dishes. Enjoy!
Apricot Chicken from the Simply in Season cookbook by Mary Beth Lind & Cathleen Hockman-Wert. Words in italics are my additions or modifications.
Serves 4
2 tsp butter or olive oil
4 ripe apricots (halved and seeded) Since I use dried apricots, I use a lot more than 4, a handful or so? I either soakthem in water for an hour or use them as is if I am too busy. Watch carefully because they burn easily.
Melt butter in frypan. Place apricots in meted butter cut side down and cook over medium heat until light brown, about 5 minutes. Turn and cook several more. Remove to plate.
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (whole or cut into strips)
salt and pepper
Roll chicken in mixture of salt and pepper. Or just sprinkle it on! Saute in 1 Tbls olive oil on med-high hear for 3 minutes, then med-low heat for 7 more mintues or until no longer pink inside. Remove chicken to plate with apricots.
1 tsp ginger root (peeled and minced) could also use ground ginger
1 green onion or 2 Tbls onion (chopped)
Combine in frypan and saute briefly.
1/2 cup dry white wine, apple juice or water I have used both the wine and juice both are excellent
2 Tbls maple syrup or apricot preserves
1/2 tsp lime peel (grated) or lemon peel or omit
Add to frypan along with the apricots and chicken. Simmer 10 minutes to combine flavors. Serve alone or over brown rice or couscous. Garnish with 1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds.
One of our kids favorite dishes. Enjoy!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Ringing in the New Year...
Happy New Year to you and yours!
What are you doing on the first morning of the new year? I am enjoying children having a sleep over at Nana and Pappy's house, aka a quiet house! Catching up on the news, reading articles reviewing the last decade (whatever you may want to call it), checking out discussions on the change in the way we listen to music (and reveling in the fact that I still have a record collection that I love which balances my dependence on Pandora), generally just pondering this life of ours: the assumptions we make, the people we love, the things we take for granted, the unknown life that remains before us, what our children will be like (and ourselves, I guess) at the end of the next decade, the choices past and future.
I have never really been one for New Year's resolutions or year-in-reviews because I believe in constantly (maybe even obsessively?) reevaluating who I am and how I am living my life. This morning, however, the quiet - the rare and blessed cessation of sound - seems to allow for a wider reflective view. Take the time to ponder the view yourself.
What are you doing on the first morning of the new year? I am enjoying children having a sleep over at Nana and Pappy's house, aka a quiet house! Catching up on the news, reading articles reviewing the last decade (whatever you may want to call it), checking out discussions on the change in the way we listen to music (and reveling in the fact that I still have a record collection that I love which balances my dependence on Pandora), generally just pondering this life of ours: the assumptions we make, the people we love, the things we take for granted, the unknown life that remains before us, what our children will be like (and ourselves, I guess) at the end of the next decade, the choices past and future.
I have never really been one for New Year's resolutions or year-in-reviews because I believe in constantly (maybe even obsessively?) reevaluating who I am and how I am living my life. This morning, however, the quiet - the rare and blessed cessation of sound - seems to allow for a wider reflective view. Take the time to ponder the view yourself.
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