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Special sweet potato fries for my husband

agiyiga — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:37:48 +0000

Guest post written by Hilary Coombes

I knew going into my marriage that my husband travels a lot for business. But still after a few years I’m not quite used to it and of course am really glad when he gets home from a long trip. So when that happens I like to do something special for him like cook him one of his favorite foods. Well, I thought that I would get a little creative last week and cook him something that as far as I know, he’s never tried before, sweet potato fries.

He was on a week-long trip to meet with some clients in California and that’s such a long plane trip back home that I knew he’d be ready for a good home-cooked meal. So I went online to look up a recipe for sweet potato fries and when I was doing that I came across the website www.satellitestarinternet.com. I read through it a little bit and switched our intenret service over to it.

My husband bought me a new small deep fryer for Christmas so I used that to make the fries and I think that he really liked them! He does like baked sweet potatoes, so I thought it was a pretty good bet.

My 6 months old baby

agiyiga — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:49:07 +0000

My precious baby will be turning 6months old, gush! the times goes very fast…she’s half a year old already. I am so happy and excited for her new milestone and development in life. Baby changes every day, the way they act even their style too. when my baby is about 4months old, I don’t have problem with putting her into sleep and now that she will be turning 6 month, she cries and gets wild before she sleep and that give me little problem but I guess this all are normal since they fight sleepy mode and don’t want to fall into sleep. In two weeks I will be introducing her to soft foods but of course slowly and gradually, I am so excited to feed her supplement asides from my breast milk. She will now open her mouth every time I spoon her. I can see that she’s ready and excited too to taste different foods. I will do my best to offer her the most nutritional and safe foods for my baby. After 6 months of purely breastfeed now I give time for soft foods to take place in my baby’s mouth and little stomach.

blockless way

agiyiga — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:02:02 +0000

I pay much attention with our kitchen particularly kitchen sinks, every time I wash our dishes I’ll make sure to clean it up so nothing can block and water can flow smoothly. I just don’t want to see any living creature lives in it because they mostly want to stay in a moist place especially cockroach so it is very important to keep sinks clean and dry.

cooking tools

agiyiga — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:16:52 +0000

I am not a good cook, I was not trained to do so, but now that I am married already, I need to know how to cook, that’s part of my responsibility as a wife. My hubby is very good in doing some recipe, he provided me cooking tools. I bought also some cooking books as my guide. Now I find cooking as an interesting one, enjoying exploring the secret of cooking.

Hot cooked rice with chopped parsley

agiyiga — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:04:49 +0000

In pie plate, dip chicken into egg; coat with bread crumbs.
In skillet, in hot oil, cook chicken 15 minutes or until browned on both sides and no longer pink. Remove, keep warm.
in same skillet over low heat, combine soup, milk and water. Heat through, stirring occasionally. Spoon soup mixture over chicken. Serve with rice. 4 servings

Hot cocoa

agiyiga — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:33:23 +0000

1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cup water
4 ½ cups milk

Mix sugar, cocoa and salt in 2-quart saucepan and add water. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Stir in milk, heat just until hot (do not boil). Stir in ¼ tsp vanilla if desired. Beat with hand beater until foamy or stir until smooth. Serve immediately. 9 serving (about 2/3cup each).

Coco shrimp

agiyiga — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:39:06 +0000

I really love shrimps but it is sad to say that I am allergic to it. But sometimes I will take antihistamine before I eat it. I like it no matter how it is cooked. One of my favorite menu of it is coco shrimp. It is very easy to prepare and cook.

In a skillet, heat 4 Tbsp oil then sauté 1 clove minced garlic, 1 small chopped onion and 4 slices ginger. Add ½ kilo shrimps. Cook until orange then add 1 cup coconut cream, 1 bundle sliced fresh asparagus, 2 ½ cup button mushrooms. Season with patis and pepper. Cook until sauce is slightly thick.
Tip: when using asparagus, add the tips last since they cook faster then the stalks.

Banana Bread

agiyiga — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:53:13 +0000

Our cook in our clinic where we work used to make banana bread every week. It is so yummy.

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup margarine or butter
2 eggs
1 ½ cup mashed ripe bananas (3-4 medium)
1/3 cup water
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp baking powder
½ cup chopped nuts

Heat over to 350 degree. Grease bottom only of loaf pan, 81/2 x 21/2 or 9×5 x3 inches. Mix sugar and margarine in 2 ½ quart bowl. Stir in eggs until blended. Add banana and water, beat 30 seconds. Stir in remaining ingredients except nuts just until moistened, stir in nuts. Pour into pan. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. 8-inch loaf 1 ¼ hours. 9-inch loaf 55-60 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan, remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.

Hot chocolate

agiyiga — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:30:47 +0000

Usually when I am on night shift, I used to make hot chocolate to keep me awake and alert during the 8-hour shift. It is very easy to make.

Ingredients:
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 cup water
¼ cup sugar
Dash of salt
3 cups milk

Heat chocolate and water in 1 ½ quart saucepan, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in sugar and salt. Heat to boiling, reduce heat. Simmer uncovered, stirring constantly, 4 minutes.
Stir in milk, heat just until hot (do not boil). Beat with hand beater until foamy. Serve immediately. 6 servings (about 2/3 cup each). 165 calorie/serving.

Pancakes

agiyiga — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:56:47 +0000

My co-workers love pancakes. We used to cook it when we are off duty or before we work morning shift. It is yummy and it is easy to prepare.
1 egg
1 cup all- purpose flour
¾ cup milk
1 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp shortening, melted, or vegetable oil.
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt

Beat egg with hand beater until floppy, beat in remaining ingredients just until smooth. For thinner pancakes, stir in additional ¼ cup milk. Grease heated griddle if necessary. (To test griddle, sprinkle with few drops water. If bubbles skitter around, heat is just right.
For each pancake, pour about 3 Tbsp butter from tip of large spoon or from pitcher onto hot griddle. Cook pancakes until puffed and dry around edges. Turn and cook other sides until golden brown. 9 4-inc pancakes.