We are big Carnitas fans ever since we first had them at my dad’s favorite Mexican restaurant in Carson City, Nevada but we have never tried making them on our own… so, instead of the usual BBQ ribs for Memorial Day weekend, my Heart suggested we try our hand. … Read more...
Author: mjchatter
Family Stuff, Food, Wine, & Travel
A Girls’ Day: Toes – Shopping – Food!
by mjchatter •
My Heart is off to HealthFoo (A Foo Camp dedicated to conversations around Health Care) in Boston… my son’s girlfriend starts her internship on Monday and needs some professional clothes and my daughter was off so a “Girls’ Day” seemed appropriate.
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Mom’s Day: Korean Feast & Adult S’mores
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Mom’s Day and the kids treated – First Lunch: Hummus Corner – a favorite and the Best hummus I’ve ever tasted!
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Tostada Stack
by mjchatter •
This dinner turned out close to what I hoped – super simple but very satisfying and filling
Browned ground beef combined with fat-free refried beans and fresh, store-bought, spicy pico de gallo
We bought this seasoning (JD’s Salsa in Seconds) at the Sugarloaf craft festival – definitely the Best buy of the day – very versatile.
Recipes, Sunday Roast
Kaytucky Chicken & Pistachio Napoleans
by mjchatter •
**** Sorry about the Double – due to a Posterous Outage this posting hit the page twice but people viewed both so I didn’t want to delete one!
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Grilled Tofu with stir-fried vegetables
by mjchatter •
Somewhere there was an original plan / idea but I can’t remember what it was.
Sliced red & green peppers and onions
Baby bella mushrooms, sliced.
Recipes
Tilapia Gyros-style
by mjchatter •
The inspiration for this recipe was a Chicken Gyros recipe??? initially I was going to do the chicken gyros-style but serve it with rice and the Tzatsiki sauce but then I decided to try it on Tilapia – my mistake was that I had to go back to work so I rushed things???
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Maple-Pecan Crusted Pork with fixings & Ginger Stack dessert
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The inspiration for this Sunday Roast was Maple-Pecan Crusted Chicken but I really thought it sounded better for pork and – voila – pork tenderloin was on sale.
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Administrative Professionals Conference – Your Dependable Strengths
by mjchatter •
**** Please remember that I am typing this LIVE in the conference and that there are my own opinions scattered in and probably TYPOS!
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Administrative Professionals Conference – Keynote: Investing in Yourself
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*** Please remember – I am typing this LIVE at the conference … including my own opinions and there are probably typos!
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