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My First Holy Communion

This is a picture of me, taken by Mom, with my certificate and a picture of Jesus and kids. I received Jesus today.

Cooking and Baking All Over the Place

One kitchen is all I have, but on the ‘net things work out where it almost feels like I have three! (Would that it were true.)

A bit of Asian Flavor at Noodles and Rice, but first a note: if you’re an allergy sufferer and would like to try these recipes, make sure you [...]

Wreaths I Like

Dried Garden Heart Wreath
English Meadow Heart Wreath
Flora Pacifica’s Wreaths
Pussy Willow Wreath from Wreaths Unlimited – they have it in lavender too!

Safe Paints – Interior

Paint Calculator
Green Planet Paints
Anna Sova
Auro USA
Non Toxic Paints from Earth Easy
Non Toxic Odorless Paint

Candle Sources

Santa Fe Candle, or Creative Candles.

Creative Candles has a nicer selection of colors, but Santa Fe’s candles are less expensive AND they’re pure beeswax.

Calculations:

t 10 p12

12 pieces per unit
3.5 hours
13.95/unit

= 1.16 per candle
= 1.16
= .33 per hour

3.5*12=42 hours

3.16 per candle

24 candles – 75.99

.33 cents per hourr

T12
7.45 for 2 candles
12 hours each
7.45 for 24 [...]

Bagna Cauda

Four Days to Party Time!

So far we’ve got embutido (not my recipe, but something similar), samosas, chicken wings (sweet-spicy and Buffalo), crab cake bites, Thai-flavored mussels, morcon, scallops-in-bacon, chicken sate, and mango sorbet done.

The recipes linked are not the ones I’m using but no time right now to post recipes for those… Working on: [...]

Stir-up Sunday / Christmas (or Plum) Pudding

For years I’ve been collecting a number of plum pudding (a.k.a. Christmas pudding) recipes. Why, you may ask? I’ve always had a fascination with it ever since I read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol — or to be more precise, even before that, when I read British stories as a child. I probably [...]

Soupe au Pistou

from

Paraphrasing here:

1 1/2 pounds butternut squash (or use summer squash), peeled and chopped
3 leeks or 1 large onion, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
3 carrots, sliced en paysanne (I didn’t bother with this and just sliced the carrots straight through)
3 cups cooked dried beans (James Peterson suggests cranberry beans or boiling potatoes, I [...]

Lasang Pinoy 14 – A La Espanyola: Callos

A La Espanyola, or “in the Spanish style” (my rough translation), is the theme of this month’s edition of Lasang Pinoy (The Filipino Taste), hosted by none other than Purple Girl of In Lola’s Kitchen).

Unlike Purple Girl, I don’t remember our dining table being predominantly Spanish-themed at any one time. [...]

Mocha Chocolate Chip Muffins!

Yena’s Request.

Oh no, now I can’t remember now where I got the recipe for this — if I made it up myself or from a cookbook. Gotta find my notes… sigh. And to think this is why I blog.

Pollo en Escabeche

It was 9-yo’s turn to help with dinner prep, so we picked this dish from

to try. Mainly I also wanted to compare it to Filipino adobo and escabeche, which share some similarities with this recipe, in terms of preparation and ingredients. I didn’t have any major revelations cooking this dish, except for [...]

How To Sew Your Own Clothes and Save a Bundle

To start with: Get yourself cheap patterns. When patterns go for 99cents at the local Joann’s or Hancock Fabricks or wherever, I buy several. Patterns are regularly priced $3.95 and up, I’ve only gotten them once at 50% off. Check the size before you buy the pattern!
Get yourself cheap material, but [...]

Scharffen Berger Recipes Online

Scharffen Berger chocolates are one of the few REALLY GOOD American-made chocolates suitable for making awesome chocolate desserts. Take note of the high chocolate content.