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Arrangement and meal by my wife.
Ingredients:
Button mushrooms
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Chili sauce
Mix
Mix ingredients:
Chicken
Shrimp (shelled)
Onions
Cheese
Pepper and salt
I teach in a middle school and along with two other teachers I advise a "Handworks" Club. We teach the students how to make things entirely by hand. While searching for projects to make next year and I came across pictures of wonderful folded owls. After doing a Web search I found this sweet pattern by Pinky Higgs. This is my class sample...I hope the girls like it :o) We hope to develop in them a love of making things by hand...it's so peaceful and satisfying.
Pattern and tutorial for this little owl can befound here: pinkyhiggs.blogspot.com/2012/04/free-owl-pattern.html
Got this Tomica/Hypercity stuff in the post today... why don't they release this stuff over here?
The street lights are so simple and neat- they'll be so great for photos.
This stuffed cat was seized by Border Force, which made more than 675 wildlife crime seizures last year.
Border Force has a well established and highly regarded specialist team who deal with illegal goods under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
#EndWildlifeCrime
Read more: www.gov.uk/government/news/stopping-wildlife-crime-at-the...
step 5: turn & stuff the legs
flip the sewn legs inside-out, so that all the seamed edges are to the inside, and the outer contour is smooth. use a closed pair of scissors or a spoon handle pushed from the inside to get those tips to pop all the way right side out. then fill the insides with handfuls of polyester stuffing. they don't need to be drum-tight full, just stuffed enough to give them a nice round cross-sectioned shape.
Ardei umpluţi, in the Romanian cuisine, are usually prepared with bell peppers (or a similar species) stuffed with ground meat, usually pork, rice, onion and other vegetables and spices. It is very similar to the "punjene paprike" of Serbian cuisine and the "pelnene chiushki" of Bulgarian cuisine.
I prepared my stuffed peppers differently this time by using a pleasing handful each of golden raisins and brown rice to 1 lb. of ground beef. I then put in a generous teaspoon of cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon of cumin, along with some salt and pepper. Usually when I'm experimenting, I'm not exact in my measurements. Wow, this was good for a change! :-) This photo is before it was placed into a 350 degree oven. Cover with foil and bake for 45 min to 1 hr. Lower temp to keep warm until you're ready to serve dinner.
patty pan squash filled with brazil nut cheese & cilantro, served with a mushroom-fava bean sauce, carrots tossed in a carrot green pesto, white rose German-style potato salad, and market greens. Main course.
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Stuffed Peppers -- one of my favourites. Not really hard in terms of difficulty, but it takes a bit of time to put together. Lately, Noella has been very interested in watching me cook....I'll attach her booster seat to a high seat (or if it's safe and there is space, I'll sit her on the counter for a real front-row seat), which means making these time-consuming dishes is possible because she just wants to watch, taste, chat and sometimes help (sprinkling on cheese, stirring etc...) She just loves it, and so do I to be honest.
I've been making these peppers for years. They are good especially this time of year when peppers are in season and so aren't too expensive. Noella also likes them. She'll eat the inside bit, but she especially likes the peppers. They start out blanched in boiling water and then get nice and roasty soft in the oven.
STUFFED BELL PEPPERS
Original recipe from Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Peppers and Rice:
water
salt
4 medium red, yellow or orange bell peppers
1/2 cup long-grain rice (I usually use a bit more)
Sauce:
1 cup chopped onion (I usually use a bit less)
diced pepper tops (from the tops cut off the peppers you just boiled)
3/4 lb lean ground beef
2 minced garlic cloves
14 1/2 oz can diced tomatoes, drained, reserve 1/4 cup juice
1 1/4 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 TB parsley
salt and pepper to taste
Topping:
reserved tomato juice from tomatoes
2 TB ketchup or chili suace
Oven temp: 350 F
Peppers and Rice:
Bring water to a boil in a large pot (the recipe says 4 quarts water, I just fill a large pot 3/4 full). Add salt. Cut tops off peppers and remove innards. Add peppers to water and boil 3 to 5 minutes, just to soften peppers. Remove peppers, draining off excess water and place on paper towels. Return water to a boil, add rice and boil until tender, about 13 minutes (I usually do a bit more time). Drain rice and set aside (Sara Moulton calls this method of making rice "Rice for the rice impaired" since you don't have to fiddle with exact amounts of rice and water, but rather just drain the rice once it's cooked like you would pasta).
Sauce:
In skillet cook ground beef, onion, and diced pepper tops until beef is cooked and veggies are softened. Drain off any fat (if there is any and you wish to do so). Return to skillet. Add garlic and cook for another 30 seconds. Transfer mixture to a boil and add the rice. Stir in tomatoes, 1 cup shredded cheese, parsley, salt and pepper.
Topping:
Mix both together.
Assembly:
Place peppers cut side up in baking dish. Fill peppers, Spoon 2 TB topping mixture over each filled pepper and sprinkle each with 1 TB remaining cheese (or use extra cheese for the topping, as I did). Bake unti cheese is browned and filling is heated through, about 25 minutes. Serve immediately.
Stuffed Quail
Morels in cream sauce.
Kong Hans Kælder
Copenhagen, Denmark
(March 31, 2018)
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Last night from the Highline. This is a repurposed old rail line that went along the west side piers in NYC. The high line was not as old as it seemed, built in the late 20s. so it had less than 50 years of activity. After almost being demolished, it has been turned into an attraction. A place to stroll.