a lowly sandwich

Coronation Chicken:

A Lowly Sandwich Filling With A Royal Pedigree

if you want to eat like a queen, maybe it's time to break out the cold chicken, curry and cream sauce:)

the recipe was invented in 1953 as a solution to a problem.

what do you make in advance and serve 350 foreign dignitaries at the queen's coronation, when britain is living under post war food rations?

chicken was not cheap then but it was accessible and it did satisfy the

"stiff upper lip"

needed without screaming

"we are better than you"!

it is still one of the queen's favorites and is a very popular dish in england.

it is basically chicken salad with curry, fruit, and nuts.

i used grandma's recipe and added mango's,

curry to taste

and cashews.

it is delicious...

(you could also just buy the rotisserie chicken salad at costco and add to it:))

chicken salad with grapes always reminds me of grandma:)



they talk about this in the book

"the secret keeper"

bye...

more later...

a persian's heaven is easily made: 'tis but black eyes and lemonade”

nita's slush



remember nita?

i didn't know her well but i remember grandma talking about her all the time...

i can still hear her say the name

"nita"

i miss her voice...

i found this in grandma's recipes and decided to try it.

in our book fizzy lemonade is one of the simple things that lauren remembers...

i thought this fit:)

something simple...

you can use any variation of fruit flavored drinks for this...

i used strawberry and fresca...

our book is great!

i hope you are enjoying it:)

we are currently working on baby number 2!!!!

our

"touchdown baby shower"

is coming along nicely...

i will keep you posted...

bye...

more later...

potato stew with clams...

potato stew with clams

here is something to make during our 

freezing cold february...

the scottish (and irish) are famous for the use of potatoes in everything...

in the 18th century during the conflicts,

 they were the difference between families surviving and families perishing...

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clam chowder was called 

"potato stew with clams"

i used grandma j's recipe for clam chowder

this is excellent!!!

to make it super scottish you could add leeks...

it's in our cookbooks...

it is delicious with 

scottish ale bread

(beer bread)

thanks grandma:)

bye...

more later...

"i have been tagged as a walnut"

“A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut. Nobody does plant them nowadays—when you see a walnut it is almost invariably an old tree. If you plant a walnut you are planting it for your grandchildren, and who cares a damn for his grandchildren?”― George Orwell

i don't agree with george orwell about the grandchildren part but i do have a walnut issue...

my neighbors have a huge walnut tree.

it's quite beautiful in the summer and provides lots of shade in our backyard...

however, 

in the fall it drops oh so many walnuts on our yard...

i hate it...

sort of...

the last couple of years i have collected them instead of discarding them (along with a few choice bad words)

i have turned over a new leaf so to speak...

and they are yummy!

and i have oodles!!!

and here is what i made...

i used grandma j's recipe

 in the corner she added a little note that said 

"very good"

and they were!!!

 i did use the wrong pan though and they took longer to bake so make sure you use the right pan...

(i'm guessing that we would call these "blonde brownies")

matt loved them:)

bye...

more later...

pumpkin spice carmel popcorn

perfect for ghost stories:)

i kept thinking i would make something awesome with pumpkin...

(probably because i painted this awesome picture)

i didn't...

i got too busy and then i ran out of energy...

so i made carmel popcorn instead...

i added pumpkin pie spice...

that counts, right?

it was totally worth it:)

the recipe is in our cookbooks:)

they were delicious.

since i am not a fan of carmel apples (i love the taste but think they are awkward to eat)

we ate the popcorn balls with sliced apples...

works great:)

(took this picture at verd's when it was still open. 

miss it so much. 

grandma j used to take us there and it closed for good last year. dangit)

we had them at our 2nd annual ghost story extravaganza

i will tell you about that soon!

hope you had a happy halloween...

bye...

more later...

p.s.:

all these paintings i made are from the app 

#paperby53 or #madebypaper

on the iPad 

it's super fun!!!



"life is the flower for which love is the honey"

grandma j's honey candy

we've been working on honey 'round these parts:)

the honey this year was beautiful...

i made this...

it reminded me so much of grandma...

i added cashews and it was truly delish!

try it...

i've got honey if you need it:)

(it's in our cookbooks)

bye...

more later...

here comes honey boo boo

actually, i mean 

honey butter

the honey is ready!

so excited!

so i made honey butter...

grandma j's honey butter

1 cup butter softened

1 1/4 cup honey

1 egg yolk

combine butter, honey and egg yolk in a deep bowl. 

beat with electric mixer for 10 minutes. 

store in fridge.

made this with matt's home grown honey...

it was delicious.

it's in our cookbooks:) 

but seriously...

have you seen honey boo boo?

she is a cutie in her own way,

but not sure how i feel about it all...

her family is...

i don't know if i even have words...


click on the arrow below to check out this madness...

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bye...

more later...