Here in Acadiana, it's pork steak (with rice dressing, of course).
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Pork Steaks
Here in Acadiana, it's pork steak (with rice dressing, of course).
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tis The Season...
This only happens about once a year, so I captured the moment on film to prove that we actually bake around here.
The guys headed out for the LSU game this morning, so we girls decided we didn't want to spend the day cleaning house alone. After sitting in the orthodontist's office for several hours of the last 2 weeks, we came across this recipe in the Family Fun magazine. That's what happens when you have 2 kids going in/coming out of braces. You gain weight from all the recipes you read in the office.
So, after a grocery store run and cleaning the playdough off of the rolling pin, my daughter and I made these.
You don't believe me?! It is sort of hard to imagine, but look~
Two things to note in the picture above~
1. No, I do not own a pastry brush. Remember I said I don't bake. Since we were the people eating them, we figure pointer fingers work just as well as the pastry brushes that someone likely spent $22 on at the William Sonoma store in the mall.
2. Notice 2 of the leaf cut-outs are gone and have been replaced by more acorns. The acorns could hold way more filling chips!
How much sugar is TOO much sugar anyhow!?
The finished product. (Yes, the acorns look even more like goldfish crackers now. I know.)
A few changes I would make to the recipe~ Use larger cookie cutters, use pie filling instead of the chips which turned out dry and not really great (cherry filling would be pretty and tasty or apple filling would be great in some apple cut-outs), and use more egg wash and sugar on top.
That's the baking for 2008.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
A Cajun Staple
I have heard rice dressing is easy to make. You can buy a dressing mix (like the container below) in the fridge/freezer section of any grocery store, cook it, and mix with rice. I'm sure this is good stuff~ I trust the lady on the carton!
Our family has found that we really enjoy a good rice dressing (and not all rice dressing is equal), but we aren't having any with our Thanksgiving meal. I confess~ we'll be having a choice of cornbread dressing and mash potatoes.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Flourishing
How do these trees grow inside this building?
How long has the building been roofless and open, allowing seeds to grow into saplings and then into large, strong trees? Years? Decades?
Psalm 52:8-9 (NIV)
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever. I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.
May I be open, allowing the rain and sun inside, so I can flourish too.
(Building is just outside Opelousas, LA on Hwy. 190)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sign Language
A convincing sign salesman must've come to town. No business wants to be left out.
Some signs try to entice us with good eats~
Some signs inform us~
(Note the 3 signs in a row up above)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Stockyard
He/She is a cute cow but poor thing needs to blow its nose. Is that a problem?
Peek-a-boo!
The whole stockyard visit was going well, and then we saw this sign.
The "other, other" white meat!?
Monday, November 10, 2008
Baby Girl's First Race
You see her?! The pink and gray in front of the lady.
You go girl!!!
(Cajun Cup Race 2008)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Pee(r) Pressure
Before the race starts, you don't have to go...until you see the LONG line for the porta-potty.
(Cajun Cup Race 2008)
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Cajun Cup 2008
The goodie bags. Any decent race is going to have a bag full of stuff for each person registered. This stuff ends up in the junk drawer or the bottom of my purse. You don't really need or want the stuff, but you feel ripped off if you don't receive it.
The food. There will always be bananas at any race you ever go to. No question. Bananas are the ultimate race food.
More from the Cajun Cup 2008 in the next few posts.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
A Morning Reminder
Job 8:11-15 (The Message)
Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water?Blossoming flowers look great before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.
That's what happens to all who forget God— all their hopes come to nothing. They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web.
One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses.