Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Wordless Wednesday…

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I know that this is WordLESS Wednesday, but this one requires some explaining. This little girl was staying at the hospital because she was orphaned, and there were no orphanage openings available. She was 2 years old, but about the size of the average 9 month-old. I’m fairly positive that she didn’t know how to smile. She would cry when she was put down, and snuggle in close on your chest when she was held. Look into her eyes… they tell her story.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Tasty Tuesday

For this weeks Tasty Tuesday, I’m featuring my very favorite Buffalo wing sauce!

Buffalo Wing Sauce to die wait all day for!

Ingredients:

  1. 1/3 cup FRANKS Red Hot Sauce (no substitutions here, it is the very first Buffalo wing sauce ever created, and it is indeed the best.)
  2. 1 tbsp Butter
  3. 1 tbsp Vinegar (I prefer cider vinegar, but if you like things SUPER tangy, you can go with white.)

To make this Buffalo Wing Sauce, follow these instructions. They are VERY easy!

  1. Put Franks sauce into a small saucepan.
  2. Add butter and vinegar
  3. Heat on medium-low heat until butter is melted and sauce is hot.
  4. Pour over chicken wings, or (my favorite!) use like a condiment… dip chicken into the sauce as you go. I like to cook a chicken breast and use this method. You can control the amount of sauce (aka: HEAT!) you get with each bite.

It’s that easy! I sure hope you enjoy it! Do you have any favorite Hot Wing recipes? I’m always game for trying new ones!

Monday, December 28, 2009

Too lazy :-)

So… I was too much of a bum over the long weekend to write up a Not Me! Monday post… but I’ll return tomorrow with Tasty Tuesday! 11 days until Haiti!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Wordless Wednesday…

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Tasty Tuesday!

So I decided to make up my own theme for Tuesdays… Tasty Tuesday! I’m going to post a recipe each week and write my thoughts and experiences with it. Then, you can respond with your favorite recipes! It’ll be a grand old time! I may or may not have a theme for each week, such as cookies, hotdishes (or casseroles, if you insist on being wrong !) ;-), or whatever. Suggestions are welcome for themes!

My first Tasty Tuesday theme is a great starter:

Hors d'Ĺ“uvres!

My very favorite Hors d’oeuvre is Ham and Cream cheese wrapped pickles. To make this dish, you will need:

  1. One block of cream cheese (I use Philadelphia)
  2. One jar of your favorite kind of pickles. I’m a plain dill kind of girl, but other flavors would be awesome too! Also, I use a “medium” sized pickle. The large ones leave you with not enough ham and cream cheese in each bite, and the small ones leave you with too much.
  3. 1/2 lb of deli-sliced ham, your favorite variety. Again, going with the plain theme, I use  plain Virginia Baked Ham.

Assembly is simple:

  1. Drain the juice from the pickles and dump them onto a plate covered with paper towel. The drier the pickle, the better the cream cheese will stick.
  2. Beat the cream cheese in a bowl until it is a “spreadable” texture. It will get lighter in texture and more smooth.
  3. If the ham slices are large, stack them (if they didn’t come that way) and cut them in half. Cut or un-cut, the goal is to make the ham roughly the size of the pickle.
  4. Spread a layer of cream cheese on a slice of ham.
  5. Roll the ham around the pickle, cream cheese side towards the pickle.
  6. Depending on the size of the pickle, you can cut it either in half or into 1 inch slices.
  7. Repeat as many times as you want… these things are amazing! Any extra cream cheese can be used as an easily spreadable topping, dip, etc.

Makes approximately 50 pickle bites.

So, there you go! Now, reply to this post and leave me your favorites! Looking forward to reading and trying them!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Not Me Monday!

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Well, here goes nothing… my FIRST EVER Not Me! Monday!

This week, I did NOT have to re-order my passport because I lost it after returning from Haiti last January. I also did NOT have to do the same thing last year at this time, because I did NOT also lose it last year. Nope, not me!

I did NOT travel over 4 hours with a co-worker friend to attend the Christmas MckGathering, or use said party as an excuse to stop at the outlet mall to shop. I would NEVER drive that far to spend time with people I don’t even know. I also did NOT discuss bra fitting, fertility, our most embarrassing stories, among other things with said people. Not me!

And finally, I did NOT find my other pair of glasses (which have been missing for months) in the center console of my vehicle when I was shoveling it out to make room for previously mentioned travels. I would NEVER let a mess overtake my space. Nope, it wasn’t me!

There you go, my very first  Not Me! Monday. Hope you enjoyed it! I’m going to try to come up with something clever for my Tuesday post!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

One Awesome Party!

Hey everyone! I know that its been ages since I updated my site here. I kinda let it slide a little lot. So, I’m going to try to keep it up now, with some fun tidbits and themed posts. (Hopefully) It’ll be great!

So, last night, I went to a very special Christmas party! My coworker friend Mel and I drove down to the St. Cloudish area to attend. It was wonderful, and I met lots of new people who also happen to read the hostess, MckMama’s blog. It was pretty much amazing. We, along with these other beautiful women (and some husbands, too!) drank wine, snacked on some wonderful treats, and had some great conversation! A very merry time was had by all!

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In other news, I will be returning to Haiti (for the second time) in January! We leave on January 8th and return on the 17th. We are bringing a plastic surgeon this year, and are hoping to see some cleft lip/palate cases done and some lives changed! Hatian people with cleft lip/palate are considered disgraceful to their families because of their deformity. These  surgeries are life-transforming for them- they become more “culturally acceptable” and are able to lead more normal lives. We are so excited to go!! I’m hoping to be more on top of updating with pictures and stories this time!

I’m going to start out on Monday with… Not Me! Monday!

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See you then!