teddy:

if those are the ravioli from TJs, those are really good.

Enjoy your friday!! and dinner.

Aww, that's so sweet of you, but I looked it up after making that post, it's classified as a weed (probably because of the flighty seeds) so it will most likely get confiscated.

Cath once sent me an autumn leaf and even that got confiscated!

Have you tried it Sun? It sounds amazing.

They arent from TJs. I dont know where one is from work and home. cinn goes to one for her work

Busy cooks
 

Pancakes from scratch are the best! Nice job. I need to find a recipe for what is called a "Dutch Baby Pancake" because it is so good and you all will love it. Though it is a high egg product cholestrol fest. totally worth it. Not an everyday thing but for a once in a while meal. It is actually not a baby at all, it is a huge pancake, almost a souffle really where you pour the batter into a big round pan that has deep sides and set it in the oven to bake. For serving it gets a dusting of powdered sugar and a squeeze of fresh lemon.

You are one busy guy, my friend. Did you already share the recipe for the enchiladas? If not please do. I cant recall what all made it up here as a post. That said I should start downloading some of the recipes. It is crazy to go back and try to find them. Though I have not picked a date yet I def want to come to NM for Green Chili harvest this fall. We will have to be in contact about that.

Nice menu Teddy. I am sure that Cinn will be thrilled. Great pairing of dishes too. Butternut squash ravioli is so good. Yum.

Breakfast Heaven
 

Buffalo chicken wings
 

Oil for frying, 1/4 cup of butter ,1/4 cup louisiana ,hot sauce ,dash ground pepper ,dash garlic powder ,1/2 cup of flour, 1/4 teaspoon paprika, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper ,1/4 teaspoon salt ,10 chicken wings heat oil to 375 just enough oil to cover the wings combine butter hot sauce,pepper,garlic powder in small saucepan over low heat heat until butter is melted and ingredients are well blended combine flour,paprika,cayenne pepper and salt in a small bowl put the wings in a large bowl and sprinkle flour mixture over them couting each wing evenly put wings in hot oil fry 10-15 min remove wings place on paper towel to drain then put wings in bowl and add hot sauce and stir serve with bleu cheese dressing and celery

Sun

I really struggled with finding something to go witht he butternut squash ravioli. I thought of baked fish or a pork roast with apples and cherry but as I was talking to a friend about how we have a date nite when cnn gets home from work tonite and was telling them about what I was thinking about. I told them that knowing that the brown butter sauce is rich I didnt know if the baked fish I was think of would pair well. I mentioned the turkey breast and they damm near jumkped thru the phone to be here when it would b done. I am glad they dont live closer enough to show up for dinner

Wow! There is so much going on here tonight. I LOVE it!!!! Thanks for all of the wonderful ideas and recipes.

"Date night" cooking. I really enjoy things like this. It can be simple, intimate and you can learn a lot about a person from spending time together in the kitchen & their food habits. There are always exceptions.

I had some of the same experiences you have Sun, when it comes to cooking for others. I usually make vegetarian options (with at least one vegan dish) and non vegetarian options. What I found was that 9 times out of 10 the non vegetarians liked those dishes a lot more! Go figure :)

Ground soy is a lifesaver haha.

Oh you are devious! But they might, I bet they have sniffer dogs. How else could they have known there was an autumn leaf in Cath's card? Beats the heck out of me!

I would worry if you made it obvious that you were hiding it. I wouldn't want you to get in trouble!

Hold up. First of all, customs will sometimes scan those. Secondly, please please don't ruin being able to send stuffed animals for the rest of us? LOL!

May I say you must be awfully charming and dashing to be able to walk away from that! LOL. I would have been met with armed guards and completely probed and dragged to some kind of jail.

Only you could have managed that! :) Actually, I am thinking of maybe one other person I know who may have escaped doom. She's adorable like that. But I don't know if people would let her risk that LOL

It must be the charisma :)

See? MerryFairy agrees! Charisma!

I don't have it. I got a 1.5 inch swiss army type knife confiscated because I'd forgotten it was in my bag. Pair that with my imposing height of 5 ft, who can blame them? I'd have been scared of me too.

I have it but not enough for THAT. I can bat my eyes all I want. Now I may be able to sweet talk them into buying something but it's not quite the same.

It would have been the icing on the cake if Sun had've talked them into letting him have the knife BACK. Happy ending for sure then.

You poor dear! I am really sorry. At least it was some form of paying it forward. I hope this month will be better than the last. Maybe you will get another knife of the same (I know it's NOT the same) to work with.

I am a sucker for a pout and puppy eyes. I won't even lie. I might do it on occasion without trying but again, you are brining someone to mind. It's funny how that works - you see similarities in people but yet they are so different on so many levels.

I wish the pout worked for me sometimes LOL! Not that I am trying to get anything out of anyone but, I would like to make someone mushy :P

Your reaction was not stupid. That is your tool - it's your art. I would have been just as upset. It's a piece of you, you exchanged energy on a daily basis.

The first pair of real haircutting scissors I owned ended up getting damaged really bad. I was stupid. I cried for days. I was so proud to have earned those. I felt confident when I could use them. I understand.

Perhaps it was life's way of telling you to let go - that better things are yet to come. I am such an optimist.

I can haz the pouty/puppy eyez irresistibleness too! With some people - I don't know if ALL of the time but I still likez to think it works. At least I still thinks I doez. Doez I? I don't try to but I can get very emotional and whimpery when overwhelmed or well, almost anything. Perhaps my friends need to be the ones to answer. I wouldn't be able to even get them to be nice. Knowing my luck they would just takez me and cuff me :( I am sorriez about your pretty knife.

I can haz soup , please? Beer too!

Aww sweets.

*hugs*

I hope the guy who ended up with your knife treats it well and appreciates it.

Now I'm trying to imagine you with the pouting and the puppy dog eyes.
No, stop it with the puppy dog eyes! *chortle*
Stop it, I said! :)

I have favourite knives. One of them is a purple ScanPan. Kris has a habit of putting it back in its sheath the wrong way round. I have no idea why his brain thinks it goes in that way.

Actually another one of my very favourites is a smallish cheap no-name one that just says "stainless" and "made in Japan". It sharpens up beautifully. I think I stole it from my mother.

Quinta do Alqueve - Fernao Pires - 2010 - Portuguese - White wine

Playful...rich... with a palatable kick...

I will take some of that! :) It sounds delicious.

I do think that that was paying it forwards, Sun. Thank you for caring about that knife and giving it to someone who will appreciate it. I've never had any Shun knives yet, but I know that they are good ones. I just don't think that I need to spend that kind of money on knives, at least until I get better knife skills.

I see you as a cute lol cat and you can haz soup I duz not know if ah should be responsible for givin you beer. I sawz what yo cat frenz duz wif beerz. Jus sayin ;)

OMG I already humiliated myself with that story and you are laughing at me too!

*whimpers*

Trust me, no one, but a select few..and no one at this point in my life, gets to see either the pout or the puppy dog eyes, its a natural side effect of huge fricking disappointment like losing my favorite knife that I make a living with.

*sigh*

Ursy you stole a knife from your Mother?

Why do you do these things? Was she going to take it through security at the airport? Gee I kinda wish someone that I loved would have stolen my knife. lol

Give her a beer and let's see what happens!

Don't whimper, I'm not laughing at you & you didn't humiliate yourself. You opened up and showed a vulnerable part of yourself. The experience may have been embarrassing but you have comfort here, with us.

Well, I guess then I can admit that I am not aware of what Daddy/Sir behavior consists of. I have never been exposed to that type of dynamic *blushes* As long as it is healthy behavior, I see no harm in anything at all - inner child or otherwise.

Omg thank you for this darlin!I love me some nummy veggie soup...winter is great soup weather!

This is a wonderful project!! There are so many communities that could benefit from people who are really willing to work for a difference. Working in the local schools I see so many children that go without. They are in need of health care, basic needs like clothes, coats, and shoes. Food is sometimes much farther down on the list. At least they can eat at school.

As a teacher, once I am settled those types of projects will be high on my volunteer list. Sadly, there are not many projects like that where I am now. I help where I can, food banks, clothing banks, etc. BUT, I am looking forward to being in a position that I can initiate programs if they do not already exist.

Aww love.
I can't laugh at you when you whimper *squishes*

Yes, I've stolen a few random things from my darling wonderful Mum.
I think it was that "leaving home for the first time and taking a bit of it with you" kind of thing. I went to Uni miles away from home, and if I coudn't take her back to college with me, I wanted to take "bits of her". <3

I wonder what bits of "home" Bek will steal from me one day.

No you cant keep taking on more and more projects. Its time to prioritize i think. Look at what is really on your plate and make sure your not going to burn out before you can complete whats there. You do so much, its absolutely amazing, but your right... You really do need to make sure your taking care of yourself. I am sure you will be able to help find the right people to keep the project going!

I had the most amazing, simple, dinner...

I found some very nice mussels in the freezer section of our outlet grocery store... Its a big treat for me to get seafood!

So I steamed them in some turkey broth I had in the freezer with a fresh lemon, and some coriander and fennel seeds. Then just poured some garlic butter over them in the bowl. I made a salad to go with it... fresh organic kale, campari tomatoes, and baby bella mushrooms with a horseradish mustard vinaigrette. So simple, but so satisfying.

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What a beautiful dish!

I love when you can still taste the fresh flavors of the food. It can be simple and elegant. All you need to do is highlight what's already there! You're a natural at it.
Have I mentioned that you can also cook for me anytime? LOL

A friend of mine, and a classmate in culinary school used a Global Chef's Knife. It worked pretty well for her, and I liked the look of it.

I have a sous chef now :)

I've started getting Bek involved in the kitchen. If something happened to the adults in her life, she would be totally unprepared to take care of herself, even though she's 18, and that frightens me. (She's a young 18 - she has Asperger's, like me. We are late bloomers).

Tonight was fried rice. She did a great job :)