After a crazy (but totally fun) weekend, we’re ready to have our cooking around the world night – and on Valentine’s Day. It’s the perfect way to end the day. Miss A has decided to take us to Brazil after picking a color-coded country on her globe. This came as a huge shock to us all as we were sure she was going to pick a pink colored country. Brazil is green! That said, we couldn’t be more excited to begin our Brazilian adventure. This week we needed some quick options since it’s a weeknight and we’ve got homework and routines to run through. So our menu for this evening is Brazilian Chicken with Coconut Milk from allrecipes.com (I’m not sure if this is an authentic Brazilian chicken or not, but it’s what we found that works for this evening) and Pao de Queijofrom a great cooking blog Bewitching Kitchen. Continue reading
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Special Thursday Night Edition–Holland Style
Today we continued our tour of Holland with Appelmoesand Slavinken. 20 inches of snow gave Mr. N a snow day, and me too, and so we decided to cook a day early. Mom picked the recipes and they
were awfully good winter fare.
Appelmoes is, I suppose, the Dutch word for applesauce, and this was good and very easy to make. I peeled the apples and Mr. N willingly diced them. Last week he was petrified of the knife, but today he started grabbing for it and talking like he was an old pro who sliced and
diced things all the time. Quite a lot of progress in a week, I was proud of him. Nervous though, and nervous his little sister’s gonna want to start chopping things too. While Mom finished dicing, Mr. N juiced the lemon, then drank the excess straight! Miss A wasn’t so keen on that. A little bit of spice, a little bit of microwaving, and a little bit of mashing and we had Appelmoes. Continue reading
Hunting for a Dutch Experience
These next few weeks we’re heading to Holland – land of tulips, wooden shoes, windmills, and Amsterdam. Admittedly we don’t know much about Holland but we do have a bit in our ancestry somewhere along the line. So tonight we’re going to dive in and get in touch with some of our roots. On the menu some traditional Dutch fare: Jachtschotel(Hunter’s Dish) served with Poached Pears. Continue reading
Kid Friendly Twist to Key Lime Chicken
We thought we’d throw out a quick update to the Key Lime Chicken recipe. We had three leftover key lime chicken breasts and they made for a tasty and fast Monday night dinner! We sliced the chicken into thin strips, layered it on a flour tortilla shell and added a blend of Mexican cheeses. Optional ingredients included black beans and jalapeno peppers. We then topped with another shell and toasted them on a griddle. To finish we dabbed the quesadillas with a medium tomato-based salsa and were good to go. Mom and dad really liked this take on the recipe from last week (both in taste and preparation). Mr. N was also a big fan – in fact, he said he liked it better than our meal Friday night. Miss A, well she still wasn’t a fan of the chicken, but ate the quesadilla filled with black beans and cheese (chicken was pulled out and tossed on the floor, table and chair! Yeah, we get the message Miss A.). So this bonus meal may give the Key Lime Chicken a bump in our book. Enjoy the week!
Kicking it up with Key Limes
Last night was our second Mexican adventure. Since it’s Mr. N’s pick we let him guide the recipe choice. He was happy with our chicken from last week, so opted for another chicken recipe. This week we picked from the “hard” section of the recipes (gasp!) – Key Lime Chicken. Fortunately it wasn’t really that hard. The biggest challenges were the grocery shopping and the planning. Key limes, chipotle peppers, tomatillos aren’t readily available at our grocery store. So this week Ms. A and I hit a more worldly grocery store and found most of our ingredients and some grape flavored bubble gum which to my knowledge is only found at this particular store. As for Ms. A, she was particularly taken with the key limes – “they are tiny like me!” Grape bubble gum and tiny key limes – we were off to a good start. Continue reading
Eat, Play, Love 