I liked them but LO didn't. Maybe too much lemon juice and rosemary.
Made as-is, with mashed sweet potato and a little extra milk.
Based on this recipe: http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/chicken-tortilla-soup-30472
Updates:
- Doubled most of the recipe except chicken stock, only used 1 quart stock + 3c water
- Used 8 tortillas
- Added chayote squash
- Used fresh instead of canned tomatoes
- Omitted cayenne and halved chili powder
- Addition of heavy cream didn't seem necessary, maybe omit next time
- Didn't make tortilla strips but just crumbled tortilla chips
- Avocado garnish completely necessary!
Based off this BBC food recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/230609/feelgood-fish-cakes
Updates:
- Used half (300g) potatoes
- Used 2 regular American-sized cans of sardines (higher fish to potato ratio)
- Used panko breadcrumbs instead of flour
- Omitted all salt
- Used crushed dried oregano instead of parsley
- Fried in olive oil
Ingredients
- 300g potatoes, cut into chunks
- 2 cans of sardines
- 2T crushed dried oregano
- zest and juice 1 small lemon
- 4 tbsp full fat Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
- 4 tsp olive oil
Method
Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until tender, about 15-20 mins. Meanwhile, coarsely mash the sardines in a bowl (remove bones). Mix oregano, lemon zest and juice.
Drain the potatoes, then mash until smooth. Gently mix into the sardine mixture. Shape into 6 fat fish cakes, then dust with breadcrumbs.
Heat half the oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry half the fish cakes for 3-4 mins on each side until golden and crisp. Keep warm; repeat with remaining oil and fish cakes.
Great with avocado!
Followed this recipe: http://nomnompaleo.com/post/83239952327/cantonese-egg-custard-with-minced-pork
Updates:
- Used turkey instead of pork and pureed meat/veggie mixture in food processor before adding to egg.
- Substituted homemade unsalted chicken stock for water.
- Omitted fish sauce.
Wonderful with soft cooked rice!
Wanted to make a healthy, carby snack to help little guy power through his afternoons and adapted from a couple of different recipes for apple banana muffins. Found the existing recipes to be too sweet so adjusted accordingly.
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/4 cup agave syrup (will probably cut this to 2T next time, it was still too sweet with so much banana)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 bananas, mashed
- 1 small zucchini, grated (instead of apple)
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Whisk together dry ingredients: flours, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients together.
- Slowly add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Grease two muffin tins or line with muffin cups and fill each cup 3/4 full with the batter.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Makes about 16 regular sized muffins.
Two summer trips to Lake Tahoe, one in June/July and one in August/September
- Eagle Falls
- Jet-skiing
- Sand Harbor Beach and other secret beaches on the Nevada side
Mono Lake & Tuolumne Meadows
- Sunset tour of South Tufa
- Kayaking
- Hot springs!
- Visit the ghost town of Bodie
Peach Picking in Brentwood & Olallieberry Picking in Pescadero
Angel Island Day Hike
Visit the Albany Bulb
Weekend in Mendocino and Orr Hot Springs
Flower Walk at Jepson Prairie Preserve and Tule Elk on Grizzly Island
- http://www.solanolandtrust.org/JepsonPrairie.aspx
Day Trip or Overnight to Wilbur Hot Springs
Palomarin Trail to Alamere Falls
Weekend: Beach Hopping from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz + Day in Santa Cruz
- Pescadero State Beach
- San Gregorio
- Bean Hollow Beach
- Ano Nuevo Preserve
- Scott Creek Preserve
- Wilder Ranch
- Bonny Doon
- Natural Bridges
Visit the Mission Inn in Riverside over the holiday season
Explore Northern California
- Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown
- Mt. Shasta
Travel
- Japan
- NYC/Boston
- Somewhere in the southern hemisphere
- Somewhere domestic: New Mexico, New Orleans, Yellowstone, Hawaii
- Somewhere local: Tahoe in the summer, Big Sur weekend, etc.
Style
- Major closet overhaul 2x this year.
- Rule: If I wouldn't pin it, I don't keep it, and I certainly won't buy it.
- Buy 1 serious designer piece (still haven't done this, three years running).
- Settle on and stick to a better skincare and hair care regimen.
- Speak more slowly and stop using meaningless words in everyday conversation ("seriously," "like," "totally").
Time & Money
- Don't be afraid to use professionals where time can be saved for better uses. This means hire a good house cleaner, a good seamstress, a cab/driver when necessary, a masseuse, an aesthetician, and enlist the help of professionals to manage my space/environment better than I can.
- Get my finances and investments in order, for crying out loud.
Health & Spirituality
- Journal at least 1x/day, even if it's just a sentence.
- Read Scripture at least 1x/day, even if it's just a verse.
- Pray at least 1x/day, even if it's just a "Thank You."
- Exercise at least 3x/week, even if it's just a walk down the street.
- Stop cursing
- Spend no more than 1 hour a day on any social network: Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube.
- Sleep <7 hours no more than 1 night/week.
Personal Projects & Organization
- Learn how to code using codecademy.com
- Finish my darn wedding photo album
- Finish my darn honeymoon photo album
- Finish organizing all my digital files
- Finish organizing all my digital photos
- Back everything up!!!
- Process all remaining work files/papers
- Recover all my old music and load onto iphone
- Finish The Far Pavilions FINALLY
- Read a biogoraphy of Genghis Khan
- Cook: Julia Child's boeuf bourguinon, French macarons, homemade bread, cultured butter
I totally just made a fangirl collage. Definitely the best story of the six in 'Cloud Atlas.'
