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Just Busy!
2008-05-04 14:32:00
This is the beautiful bottle of wine that was being featured that night.I have been a very, very busy Mom this past couple of days. Yes, it sure does seem like I have been saying this quite a bit lately but hopefully it will settle down a bit now.Thursday night my oldest daughter tested and received her purple belt in Karate! As has been tradition in the past we went out for a celebratory dinner afterwards. We went to La Trattoria Café Napoli for dinner and once again it was an incredible meal. The owner/hostess/server Gloria is a truly amazing presence in this restaurant. Everything that she does is centered around seasonal eating. Just right up my alley.Clams served in the yummiest broth ever!We all shared the clam appetizer and I swear the main reason that we get this is for the broth that the clams are cooked in! I think T. and I each got 2 clams and the girls ate the rest). Just fresh tasting and delicious. My meal was a special pasta dish that had shrimp, crab, leeks,...
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Lunch?
2008-05-01 20:14:00
I was making my lunch today, after spending the whole morning cleaning up messes, and I looked at it and thought "Summer". I was instantly transported to a beautiful July or early August day up in Canada. I guess it is the smells of the garden fresh basil and the nice juicy, ripe tomatoes that does it.This is probably my favorite way to eat fresh mozzarella and tomatoes and I know sometimes this is called a "Caprese Salad". I like mine really uncomplicated so I hesitate to call it a Caprese. I like mine with tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella, salt and balsamic vinegar. That's it. No olive oil, no capers, no pepper. Just the bright, light flavors of summer.As Always...Happy Entertaining!!!Judywww.nofearentertaining .com
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Royal Foodie Joust - Mango Pastry Puffs
2008-04-29 15:07:00
Mango Pastry PuffsThis was probably not one of my finest hours. This whole month has been a real challenge for me. I have messed up so many recipes and meals that I was starting to wonder if it was all going to fall back in place! One thing that I have learned from this past month is that everything that I cook or bake has a bit of me in it. If I am not feeling good (too much stress, distracted, busy, worried etc...) nothing I make will turn out right. But on the other hand if I am feeling good (which honestly is my normal state!!!) my food is great. I have never really noticed before the impact that this had on all of our food. Maybe that is because normally I don't let too much get to me but when it does boy is it an avalanche and I have felt the pure weight of it this month. Things are so much better now but that brings me to my Royal Foodie Joust entry for this month...The Royal Foodie Joust is a monthly event that is normally hosted by Jenn the Left Over Queen but see...
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The Daring Bakers do it again! Cheesecake Lollipops!
2008-04-27 15:13:00
What a wonderful and fun recipe this was. Out of all of the things that I have made for the Daring Bakers challenges this is probably one of my favorites. The only problem that I had with this one was the time frame. I really thought I had until the end of the month. Thank goodness yesterday I registered with the new Daring Baker Forum and saw that I needed to post today!!! Needless to say I got started right away!This recipe was easy, straight forward and delicious! The only problem I had was the length of time it took to bake. But I had checked out the forum and I was prepared for this. I made mine in a 9 inch square pan and it took close to 75 minutes to be set properly. The great thing about this though is once it was set it was a breeze to work with. I was able to hand roll them into balls with virtually no trouble at all. I did not have lollipop sticks so I used 6 inch bamboo skewers.Hosting this month?s event is Elle from Feeding My Enthusiasms and Deborah from Tas...
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Beans, beans the magical fruit....
2008-04-26 01:17:00
Black Beans and Rice with toppingsYou know how it goes don't you? Anyway that is what I made for dinner tonight. After 2 days of field day at the girls new school, karate and ice skating I needed something simple to start off the weekend! My inspiration for this meal came from one of my blogging friends Robin of Caviar and Codfish. I had really wanted to make her version of black beans and then serve them with rice and the toppings that we like to use. But as what usually happens to me when I have too many things going on I can't cook let alone follow a recipe!!!First thing this morning I put the beans in a pot to soak them (yep-I wasn't suppose to do that). I then left the house for a fun filled field day for my oldest daughter. Field day fun!I stayed until lunch time and then ran some badly neglected errands and then went on home to start the beans and make some pico de gallo to top this with. I picked up the pot to drain the water out and as I was pouring I was reading ...
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Fried Chicken-the best medicine around!
2008-04-24 01:34:00
Delicious homemade buttermilk fried chicken breast with a huge salad!Holy Crap-have I been sh** on a lot in the last couple of days! I'm sure this happens to everyone at one point or another and that is fine but I sure hate it when it happens to me!I have as of today moved both of my children from a private Montessori school to a public elementary one. Who really cares why and it really doesn't have anything to do with a food blog now does it??? But my point is this has sucked up a lot of time and energy that I have. I am a firm believer that when you cook or bake you really need to be "feeling the love" or your food just will not be the way you want it to be. Well did I ever get a lesson on this in the last couple of days!!!This is the cake that my daughter choose from Publix.Yesterday was my oldest daughters last day at her old school and I had learned my lesson by the youngest daughters move to not even try to bake a cake. Last time I made 2 before I sent T. to Publix to ...
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Dinner last night and a walk through my backyard.
2008-04-21 20:09:00
Yesterday was one of those really great days that you could spend a lifetime trying to recreate. We just hung out and relaxed during the morning and then T. decided that we would go on a river cruise. So off we went with the girls so excited. We live in one of the best boating areas in the country and very rarely do we ever take advantage of it so it was really nice to be able to do this.We went on the Peace River which is a little north of us. The weather was incredible. Hot, sunny, nice breeze blowing. Couldn't ask for anything better!After the boat we went to one of the river side restaurants and enjoyed a drink while the girls ate and appetizer. Good time had by all.Back to reality and dinner. We were running reallyshort on food so this was really just using up some odds and ends. I think I will call it...Dinner !Ingredients:1/2 shallot1 whole head of garlic (we like a like a lot of garlic)-thin sliced1 C. chopped zucchini1/3 C. chopped basil3 Tbsp Olive Oil4 ounces of ...
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My Birthday Dinner!
2008-04-20 15:56:00
Our grilled Yellow Tail Snapper with our version of LatholemonoLast year for my birthday we rented a Hummer Limo and took a bunch of my friends to dinner. This year I opted for something much quieter and more intimate. Even after having numerous friends volunteer to take the girls for me so that T. and I could go out I still wanted a nice quiet meal at home. I also couldn't see any reason to deprive the girls of a night they were soooooooo excited about.Very fresh Yellow Tail SnapperFor dinner I told T. that I wanted some Snapper. We are fortunate living here that we have an abundance of seafood at all times. Snapper is one of my faves. Locally we are able to get Yellow Tail and Mangrove Snapper. When T. went to the fish market the Yellow Tail was the freshest. The 2 fish that he brought home had just been munching on shrimp last night!!! The inspiration for this meal was my friends Peter's blog, Kalofagas - Greek Food & Beyond. Last week he posted a grilled Red Sna...
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Happy Birthday to me!!!
2008-04-18 16:58:00
It looks even better this time around!Yep, that dreaded day that happens once a year is here again. You know the one where you are made painfully aware by each phone call or email that you get telling you that you are a whole year older in just one day! Honestly I had a great morning though...my oldest daughter wrote me an "autobiography" on my life and my youngest one wrote me a song and sang it and everything. What more could a Mom want...well maybe not getting this at 6:00 in the morning. But regardless it has been wonderful. I have opted for a quiet night at home with a nice grilled fresh fish and salad and some really great birthday cake!Remember the cake that my dog ate? Dorie's Perfect Party Cake that I made for the Daring Bakers' challenge? I made it again. I was just so devastated that I really couldn't get a good taste of it that I had to try again! I also added some lemon curd to the layers so now each layer has butter cream, sliced strawberries and lemon cur...
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Mexican Style Chicken Soup
2008-04-17 14:31:00
Rough chopped guacamole to be used to top the soup!Yes, yes, yes. I will use any excuse to make a pot of soup. Beloieve it or not it has been relatively cool here in Florida so I thought it a good time to dust off my suop pot and get to work.As luck would have it I had a left over shicken carcass from last weekend so I plopped that in a pot of water with some onion, garlic, salt, pepper, dried parsley and dried oregano. I let this simmer away on the stove all day (warmed up the house and made it smell great as well!).The girls and I went to meet a couple of friends for an afternoon around their pool and then came home to finish off the dinner. I made a real rough version of guacamole. I had 2 ripe avacado, tomatoes, fresh cilantro, onions, a couple roasted jalapeños and 1 fresh. This all got mixed together with some lime juice, salt and pepper. We ladled the coup into our bowls added some precooked rice that we had and then topped it all with the guacamole!Doesn't that look ...
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So this is what happens when you don't follow the directions!
2008-04-16 19:41:00
Still good enough to eat and now with half the fat!In my enthusiasm to make cookies with my youngest daughter I guess I missed all of the ingredients. I have made these cookies before and we all loved them, so before going over to a friends house for a nice afternoon around the pool, we decided to make them and take them with us.My oldest daughter, true to form, laid in bed and read while my youngest and I baked away. The cookie batter looked great if maybe a little too dough like. I just pushed on. I wanted cookies baked and ready to go!The first batch went into the oven. I used a small scoop so they would all be uniform and perfect looking. As I looked into the oven nearing the ending of the baking time I realized that something must have gone wrong. I looked over the directions and the ingredients. It was then I realized the error of my ways!!! I had only added 1/2 cup of butter when I needed a whole cup. Needless to say they didn't spread at all and are very puffy coo...
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Freezing Tomatoes
2008-04-15 22:00:00
Bright, fresh tomato puree!By now all of you know that I am really, really saddened by the ending of our growing season. I have found several ways to prolong it but shortly I am going to be supermarket bound again! Yesterday though i took the girls to our local U-Pick and as I was at the cash desk checking out they had some irregular tomatoes (smaller ones than what you would normally buy) for real cheap. I bought 2 baskets of them knowing that I would pull out my handy ricer and get them frozen for a meal later on down the road when nothing but fresh, homegrown tomatoes would do!I wanted to share with you the process because most of you are just coming into the summer season. Now, I have absolutely no idea where you would get this type of equipment but my MIL in rural Pennsylvania got it for me years ago. If you can get something like it they are generally called fruit and vegetable mills, click here for a reasonable example you will use it over and over.Here is the whole proc...
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Guess where we went yesterday?
2008-04-15 02:31:00
I cannot believe that it is already Monday night! In my defense the girls are on Spring Break this week and the time is just flying by.Yes...we went to SeaWorld yesterday! One of the incredible things about living in SW Florida is our proximity to sooooo many wonderful things. We have the beaches (I have a new car and don't want sand in it yet!!!), great weather, and yes lots of theme parks! We decided Saturday night that we would drive to Orlando. It is at the most about a 3 hour drive so for a fun filled day it really isn't too bad. I made all of the arrangements and we left about 6:30 in the morning. The girls were so surprised. It made for a very long day from which the parents are still recovering!!!DinnerToday we basically hung around the house today just hanging out. I made dinner and had it all ready to go for when T. got home. I made my favorite dinner-Roasted garlic, tomato and basil with pasta. I went to the u-Pick and got my tomatoes and used the basil from ...
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Yep - finally another recipe!
2008-04-11 16:45:00
Doesn't that look fresh and yummy?The last couple of days have just been crazy. My youngest daughter is training for a skating competition so it means a few extra visits to the skating rink and then with just a bunch of busy days I haven't really been cooking but just throwing meals together. Granted they have been very healthy meals but thrown together all the same so I haven't been taking any pictures or trying any new recipes.Yesterday I was determined to get back on track. I went to the Ft Myers Farmer's Market. It is a "green market" but not organic. This means that there are no crafts and stuff. It only sells what has been grown. I so miss Worden Farm Farmer's Market but enough of my whining! I was able to get some things that I had needed - local oranges, mangoes, lettuce, shallots and information. So I guess I need to at least support the local farmers at this market even though most of the stuff was imported. They need the money to plant in the fall and we al...
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Not just sitting here waiting...
2008-04-09 20:04:00
This is my future pasta with tomato, basil and roasted garlic meal!See...lots more coming!Okay, now after yesterday's cranky ass post I wanted to show you that I am not the kind of person to just sit around and b****** about something without doing something productive to help fix my problem. I decided that as the summer got closer I needed to figure out how I was going to be able to keep eating the fresh vegetables that I enjoy so much. T. and I came up with a movable garden idea. The theory behind this is that we are now able to protect what we are growing by moving it to shelter when the sun gets too hot or our afternoon monsoons start! Unfortunately we had to do this right in the front entry area of our house so now our neighbors can all see how perfectly crazed we are!So far though everything is doing very well and we have been able to keep it completely organic. We are able to hand water them and keep a real close eye on the herbs. The tomatoes have flourished to a poin...
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A rant about a bit of a dilemma I have
2008-04-08 17:14:00
This was what I was getting back in February!I have been struggling with a bit of a dilemma. May not seem to huge to everyone but I think some people are going to understand this very well. I just wish I could find a way to change this instead of just b******* about it!I have spent the winter eating locally, seasonally and organically. I have been able to do this very cheaply and without much effort thanks due to the Worden Farm Farmer's Market that I have been going to every week since December. I have gotten some beautiful, fresh produce. They are no longer though. In South Florida our growing season is just about over. Yeah you can get strawberries, tomatoes and several other things but I want it all.I want zucchini, eggplant, lettuce (nice, soft bursting with flavor lettuce), swiss chard, rhubarb, asparagus etc...(you get my point) but I can't in all good conscience buy this stuff. If you walk into your local grocery store you will find that almost all of the produce t...
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Where did the weekend go???
2008-04-07 15:48:00
Wow...come Friday last week I couldn't believe that the week was finished and we were starting into the weekend and now that isn't Monday I can't believe that the weekend is over. Is this just me or is everyone feeling like this???????Nothing really spectacular on the food front. Friday night I made a new recipe but it sucked so I ended up having to take everyone for ice cream to help fill those empty tummies. Saturday night T made Eggplant Parmesan but I have already posted that numerous times!!! Last night all we had was leftover Eggplant Parmesan (always better the next day!) and a nice beautiful summer salad!One thing though that I have been meaning to post forever is a meal that T. aunt made and emailed me about a while ago. Sorry Aunt Janet things take me forever to get to!!!This is the email that came with the pictures and it looked so great!!! Thanks again Aunt Janet and can't wait to see everyone this summer!!!Judy! I had to share this with you. Struggling wit...
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Split Pea Soup
2008-04-04 22:19:00
I posted about this split pea soup back in February and have been thinking about it ever since. I loved this soup. It has a clean, fresh taste about it that is hard to describe. T. is still convinced that I have put some ham or bacon in it. I swear I haven't. The only non vegetarian thing that I have done to this is to add chicken stock for some of the water.I found this recipe on Heidi Swanson's blog 101 Cookbooks. If you haven't checked it out before check it out now. She is a vegetarian so all of her recipes are without meat but the substitutions she makes are incredible. Very well rounded vegetarian meals!Vegetarian Split Pea Soup (Heidi of 101 Cookbooks) 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil2 large onions, chopped (I added 3 cloves of garlic as well)1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt2 cups dried split green peas, picked over and rinsed5 cups water (I substituted 3 cup of the water with homemade chicken stock)juice of 1/2 lemon (reserve the zest) a few pinches of smoked...

Farmer's Market and dinner last week!
2008-04-03 18:11:00
Red Leaf Lettuce, tomatoes, onion, yellow beans, zucchini, scallions, radishes, cilantro, cucumbers, tomatillo's, cucumbers and a huge honkin' eggplant!!!My week is all messed up now. I am no longer going to the Wednesday Farmer's Market but am now going to a Thursday one that is just in downtown Fort Myers. The location is much closer and the produce is good but not great like the other one...I can't wait until the fall. See everything is completely opposite here! In our hot, hot, hot summers nothing can grow so all of the Farmer's Market close up and we don't see them until the fall again! I am not even finding any of the bitter greens that I was making soup with. I guess it is salad time! I am really loving the nice, tender leaves of the red leaf lettuce. We planted some in a planter box so we'll see if this box planting is successful!On Sunday T. decided to cook dinner for us. This used to happen all of the time but now I am doing all of the cooking so it was kin...
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Peter's Churrasco Chicken and Francie's Rice
2008-04-02 16:21:00
Sounds like I don't have any original ideas huh? I do, really but with so many great recipes that I see on other blogs every day I don't really have to come up with original things all the time! Also I am a busy Mom with 2 crazy kids in 2 different schools with laundry, errands, and the job of finding the very best local produce for this crazy family which doesn't leave a whole lot of extra time for being creative. At least not during the week! What with skating and karate eating up all the spare time!I found the Churrasco Chicken recipe on Kalofagas-Greek Food & Beyond by Peter Minakis. I saw the recipe and loved the idea of the ground bay leaves, onions, lemons and whiskey all together. The only problem was that Peter had used a whole chicken with skin on and I had 2 boneless, skinless breasts and 4 skinless thighs! I figure it would still work okay and I was right. This was such a delicious dish I urge you to try it. I can't wait to try it again but this time wit...
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What to post, what to post?
2008-04-01 15:48:00
Soft Tacos with Pico de Gallo and Oven Roasted Tomatillo Salsa VerdeI have been so busy lately - yup all my own doing - trying to get all of the things that I wanted to do for the end of the month challenges. For the Daring Bakers I made Dorie Greenspan?s Party Cake and for the Royal Foodie Joust I made Fresh Coconut Fried Shrimp. Aside from that we still ate some really great meals over the weekend and I just couldn't decide what to post. Then I downloaded all of the pictures and I knew I had a winner!As most of you know I am sadly on the hunt for a new Farmer's Market to go to. The Worden Farm Farmer's Market is done for the year and won't be back again until November???!!! On Saturday I thought I had found my replacement but as we pulled up I saw the great big huge tractor trailer unloading boxes of produce. There were several things there that they did grow themselves and it is a small family run business but I really do want something that is local if not organic. We...
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The Daring Bakers Challenge ...and what my BAD dog did!
2008-03-30 13:40:00
Dorie's Perfect Party Cake!This month's Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Morven. The recipe she choose was PERFECT PARTY CAKECourtesy of Dorie Greenspan?s Baking from My Home to Yours (page 250).I loved this challenge. For me I generally don't need an excuse to bake a cake but I have been a little busy the last couple of months and haven't baked nearly as much as I would like to. This gave me the perfect reason to make the time.The cake turned out delicious and I was really surprised. It felt heavy when I was working with it but the tast of was so light and airy. T. compared it to a slightly more dense Angel Food Cake!Freshly cut strawberries ready for layeringI opted to fill my layers with fresh strawberries. We are getting great strawberries right now from our local U-Pick so it was really a no-brainer for me. I didn't use any preserves and just layered the icing with the strawberries. Next time I make this though I think I would add some sugar to the strawberrie...
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Royal Foodie Joust - in just under the wire!!!
2008-03-30 13:10:00
Fresh Coconut Fried Shrimp with a Garlic-Citrus Dipping SauceI seem to be making a huge habit of this under the wire thing! I guess better luck next month huh? I even got my coconut ages ago (stole it from my neighbors yard!!!) and still there it sat, well, not really. We had to move it all the time. That damn coconut was always in the way. Finally to the satisfaction of my whole family it is gone.My youngest daughter drinking the fresh coconut milk!This month's joust is being graciously hosted by Dharm at Dad~Baker & Chef so that Jenn -The Leftover Queen can attend to the last minute details of her wedding! The ingredients that were picked this month by Bellini Valli at More Than Burnt Toast were:From the Sea (fish, scallops, clams, etc)Lemon or limeCoconutSeeing as I am in south Florida I have easy access to all of these ingredients. I decided to use shrimp and do a coconut-curry breading on them with a garlic-citrus dipping sauce.Fresh coconut meatReady for breadingF...
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Just Throw it All Together!
2008-03-29 11:13:00
Green Beans, Spinach, Garlic and Shitake MushroomsI was in a rush to get dinner out one night last week. I was going to make green beans, spinach and shitake mushrooms. Now not altogether but sauteed nicely but seperately. I realized as I was chopping and cleaning (cleaning takes a while I am finding with organic veggies) that I had no meat to make this a meal???!!! We eat a limited amount of meat anyway but the girls did like a little something on their plates. Well that wasn't going to happen tonight so I rummaged around in my pantry to come up with something. We usually just throw pasta at them but they are starting to get a little burnt out. So while searching the pantry I found a box of wild rice. Score! Now I had dinner. I put the rice on (1 hr cooking time so plan ahead). Finished up the veggies and chopped up some garlic, and started to pull down the pans. No way was I going to dirty that many pans! Into one pot they all went! What a nice easy meal and only 2 ...
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Fresh boat shrimp and a fresh salad!
2008-03-28 15:06:00
Shrimp grilled on a skewer with a nice fresh salad!Dinner here is still sort of shaky. My oldest daughter is still home recovering from her hive episode. There are no new ones coming out but the ones that she had that had opened are still opening and I am so afraid of her getting an infection in it that I would rather keep her home with me. Needless to say my days are kind of screwy! T. has also been sick with some crazy virus that we thought was pneumonia! He did go to the Doctor yesterday and he said that he would only feel like crap for another 3 weeks of so???!!! Wooo hooo...boy sometimes life is fun???Anyway last night I was not letting anyone get in the way of my dinner. I made it all ahead of time and all T. had to do while I was at Karate was to cook the shrimp (fresh shrimp that I have been getting from the farmer's market. The shrimp come directly off of the boat that the guys have been out in all night! It doesn't get much fresher than that!) on the grill. All...
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The Last Farmer's Market Day!!!!!
2008-03-26 17:50:00
Cucumber, zucchini, summer squash, patty pan, lemons, cilantro carrots, lettuce, green bell pepper, grape tomatoes (the explosion of flavor in these is incredible. They pop right in your mouth and explode with the first bite!!!)Today was the final day of the Worden Farm Farmer's Market in Punta Gorda. They will be gone until next October...I know you are wondering how I am going to survive? Well I am looking into other options. They will probably not be organic but they will at least be local. Geographically they may even be closer so this may be easier on me.My posting is short right now as my oldest daughter will be home with me for a bit. She had a really bad hive outbreak and until they heal she is not at school. We are working on school work etc. during the day!As Always...Happy Entertaining!!!Judywww.nofearentertaining .com

How I get my kids to eat what I eat
2008-03-25 14:17:00
Last night's dinner was pretty boring. T. had a meeting at 5:00 and my oldest daughter has been suffering really horribly from a very long attack of hives so none of us were really in the mood for a huge meal. I decided that I would boil up some pasta as they could have theirs with some butter and Parmesan and T. and I could dip into the Basil Pesto that I had frozen from a month or so ago. I also made a huge fresh salad. The girls had the pasta and then some salad.Seeing as it was a slow food night I thought I would let you in on my secret for getting my kids to eat what we eat. Really it is no huge secret. I do not in any way, shape or form believe in this new revolution to "hide" healthy food in my children's meals. I believe that children need to learn how to eat properly and make the right food choices. By hiding the food I think you are doing them a huge disservice as they are not being taught anything about how to make the healthy food choices.My children are given ...
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What a nice relaxing weekend!
2008-03-24 13:52:00
Flowers do make everything prettier!This weekend was one of my favorites. Nothing stressful or out of the ordinary happened. My oldest daughter had a horrible hive outbreak on Thursday but it was under control come Saturday. So they went skating and then we really just relaxed and enjoyed spending time together. We played a couple of games and watched a bit of TV. And oh yeah - we ate.Oven Roasted ChickenOur meals were pretty much a mishmash of things. On Friday night I roasted a chicken and we had this big, beautiful salad along with it.Basic Vinaigrette Recipe2 garlic cloves1/2 cup of vinegar (try different types)1/2 tsp salt1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper1/2 cup of Olive Oil1 tsp mixed chopped fresh herbs (I used fresh Greek oregano and basil)Shake or whisk all ingredients together. Allow to sit for about 30 minutes to allow flavors to meld together!On Saturday night we were going to go out but the girls decided that wanted pizza and I tried a new whole wheat crust which...
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Happy Easter to Everyone!
2008-03-23 13:53:00
Wishing everyone a Happy Easter ...It means so many different things to everyne. One good thing is that it always revolves around food, family and fun!I will not be blogging today so I can devote my whole attention to my family without the camera in hand, telling them to not eat yet and just enjoying the moment!As Always...Happy Entertaining!!!Judywww.nofearentertaining .com

Quick dinner on a crazy night...
2008-03-21 18:08:00
***(Ignore the funny type and boxes - blogger seems to have a mind of it's own today!!!)My meals are starting to develop a bit of a pattern I am finding. I can never remember what I had planned to make so I end up winging it at the last minute. Thank goodness. Because some of the things I have been turning out have been pretty good! It guess it doesn't hurt when you have a fridge full of fresh produce that needs to be used up before it goes bad????Last night was another of those nights. I had bought some poblano peppers so that I could make "Arroz Verde con Poblanos" from Ramblings of a Frantic Cook. I also knew that I wanted to cook up the fresh boat shrimp that I had bought the other day at the market and roast some of the zucchini and summer squash. How could I pull this altogether so I didn't have such a mishmashed meal????Well, Franice's rice was what I tied it all together. That rice was delicious. There is not much of a recipe to it but what it turns into is lig...
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