tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17285703721286002712024-02-19T11:20:51.838-08:00Paisley-2-ParsleyWhere Cooking is Always Done In Style & a Fashionable Cook Learns to be a Fancy Chef!Lele.lumz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01233527070585860720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728570372128600271.post-10316775268996062342008-11-05T14:33:00.000-08:002008-11-06T11:35:20.150-08:00Yummy Food #2: Marinated Steak, Collard Greens & Baked Potatoes<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dD3Rn9lpsCYyPiThfXLWR2Qj2e8Cbv_jfn5SsBfPcLzcJuPEKtsGCwkjc1u8N7quu3fA-jK0hOFw5O_IUpIW54ZoEIsRggw0mQP-N0zpQ3iOjwzfcUdHQTmDuafI4_pfQN1WoMfwd18/s1600-h/2795859775_b78fc21cf8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265306171112688706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dD3Rn9lpsCYyPiThfXLWR2Qj2e8Cbv_jfn5SsBfPcLzcJuPEKtsGCwkjc1u8N7quu3fA-jK0hOFw5O_IUpIW54ZoEIsRggw0mQP-N0zpQ3iOjwzfcUdHQTmDuafI4_pfQN1WoMfwd18/s400/2795859775_b78fc21cf8.jpg" border="0" /></a> Marinated Steak, Collard Greens & Baked Potatoes</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">My hubby's favorite meal! </div><div align="center">(Not one that is made often - not unless he is a really good boy! ;)<br /></div><div align="center">I usually make either Ribeye Steak or New York Strip Steak, marinate it or season it with garlic salt and pepper. I admit that I did not make those collard greens....I cheat on that part! My hubby's grandma is wonderful at making those greens and prepares them in bulk! So when that happens, we have greens because she is so kind to share them with the fam! LOL</div><div align="center">And of course, baked potatoes are the easiest and greastest compliment to a meal like this, even an amateur chef like myself can throw a baked potato in the oven or the microwave! Add some butter, shredded cheese, sour cream and bacon-bits to load it up with the good stuff and you are good to go! A delicious meal without too much effort (especially if you can delegate others to make special sides every now and then!)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong>Here's what my critics have to say:</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Critic #1:</strong> Hubby: "Yeeeeaaaaaahhhh! Steak! ;) "</div><div align="center"><strong>Critic #2:</strong> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">9-yr-old male:</span></em> WhooooHoooo, Steak! I don't want any of those green things and only a little bit of baked potato, Oh....and lots of steak sauce...please!"</div><div align="center"><strong>Critic #3:</strong><em> <span style="font-size:85%;">3-year-old male:</span> </em>"I no like steak. I eat some potatoes, tomatos and cottage cheese and some fruit loops cereal."</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Lele.lumz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01233527070585860720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728570372128600271.post-87188311697562075232008-09-12T19:24:00.000-07:002008-09-12T19:57:08.182-07:00Recipe #1: Beginner Barbeque Ribs<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhB10KZYVkwMz7D1uhLv6om2nW8YjykNaLnNqd3RHetkdKUV1MyuH4ADQyXN6e43pRK9iFacneYq6HpEPT6tQmFgsH8WpnDKfmC67aQhSlJW3MP-lsOh6T-l3vXpLirer073e4Wq6iQvI/s1600-h/2698906523_c7aa8e4de0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245326849521107026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="211" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhB10KZYVkwMz7D1uhLv6om2nW8YjykNaLnNqd3RHetkdKUV1MyuH4ADQyXN6e43pRK9iFacneYq6HpEPT6tQmFgsH8WpnDKfmC67aQhSlJW3MP-lsOh6T-l3vXpLirer073e4Wq6iQvI/s400/2698906523_c7aa8e4de0.jpg" width="285" border="0" /></a> I think I did something good for my chef-training today! </div><div align="center">I woke up this morning and decided I was going to go to the grocery store after dropping my oldest son off at school and I was determined to walk over to the meat aisle and grab something that I would never buy on a normal *1-star cook* trip to the grocery store. </div><div align="center">Well, there it was.....the biggest, juiciest package of pork ribs and it was on sale. </div><div align="center">Okay, I think we have a <strong>Winner!</strong></div><div align="center">So, I picked it up and back-tracked over to the sauce aisle for a few bottles of barbecue sauce (which was off brand but was on sale too for 70 cents a bottle! WHOOHOO! I love sale prices!)</div><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Here's the easy way I made them:</span></strong><br />I came home, dug out my slow-cooker and dumped those ribs in the crockpot after I rinsed them off. I added one-&-a-half bottles of barbecue sauce, added sea salt, pepper, a pinch of garlic salt and a 1/2 green pepper- cut up. I set the cooker on LOW and cooked the ribs for approx. 8 hours. They were tender and pretty much falling off the bone when I took them out of the slow cooker.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">This is what my critics had to say:</span></strong><br /><strong>Critic #1</strong> (age: 28) - "These are really good. What made you decide to make ribs today?"<br />"Did <em>you</em> make these?"<br /><strong>Critic #2</strong> (age: 9): "Mom, these are good. I love ribs. Did you 'customize' these?"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(otherwise known as did you make this meal by <em>yourself</em>, or from a box, or takeout! lol)</span><br /><strong>Critic #3</strong> (age: 3): "Yum, barbeque sauce!"<br /><br />Overall- this meal could be rated as a<strong> 4</strong>. Definitely something a little more unique than the weekday meal from a box or quick fast food alternatives.<br /><br />Okay.......so not bad for my first attempt to do something different! I might just make these again in a few weeks! :)Lele.lumz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01233527070585860720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728570372128600271.post-56014448798643450882008-09-11T00:21:00.000-07:002008-09-11T00:49:42.719-07:00Fashion + Food = Fashionable Food, right?<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1N8WW_NRQRDh8ukEuw7oHGj_ydm1Gs21O4aj0WrDEMhpliE2qT1QHTku9OXFcr5MEsJLqcINln_l8W_3QuDnUNXUidLETPRG91u683B1O9p5v5vJOiHT58IloBuWFTmbq1LAFxnyUBBw/s1600-h/imagesp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244662512524386546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="136" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1N8WW_NRQRDh8ukEuw7oHGj_ydm1Gs21O4aj0WrDEMhpliE2qT1QHTku9OXFcr5MEsJLqcINln_l8W_3QuDnUNXUidLETPRG91u683B1O9p5v5vJOiHT58IloBuWFTmbq1LAFxnyUBBw/s400/imagesp.jpg" width="134" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6xQD_XinSbkJLanw67K6V-lS685wnZeHbz_XSCX_loSEESehtmLVKkMv91zWgONxZjJN6PtVIew96XPp8xFzkVNNDM-d7LV26CRbwgQiLeAXYgh1DlpEgFcWjxIfguJlyQCGqjK2tkU/s1600-h/images.jpg"></a><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pais</span></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhple6fQknSXonMx2myaOSTOYBD9ezsZnveERPXQ4YJ4Uwu-k1idtfZsFHPh1a0uYpGkkvBZQnfwfnL6fx-zzW_Rnq22qvbls4xcwkmWYHgqLwy8ir_k99yQk0YCjSqPTOSnZOTgYp6HmE/s1600-h/images222.jpg"></a><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ley</span>-2-Parsley</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhple6fQknSXonMx2myaOSTOYBD9ezsZnveERPXQ4YJ4Uwu-k1idtfZsFHPh1a0uYpGkkvBZQnfwfnL6fx-zzW_Rnq22qvbls4xcwkmWYHgqLwy8ir_k99yQk0YCjSqPTOSnZOTgYp6HmE/s1600-h/images222.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244662522240913810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhple6fQknSXonMx2myaOSTOYBD9ezsZnveERPXQ4YJ4Uwu-k1idtfZsFHPh1a0uYpGkkvBZQnfwfnL6fx-zzW_Rnq22qvbls4xcwkmWYHgqLwy8ir_k99yQk0YCjSqPTOSnZOTgYp6HmE/s400/images222.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Welcome to a Diary of a Fashionable Cook Learning to be a Fancy Chef!</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>This is going to be interesting!</strong></div><div align="center">~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<br />The Scoop:</div><div align="center">I have always loved food. I love to eat it and eat it and eat it....</div><div align="center">I, however, do not like to make it! </div><div align="center">Some people love to cook, some people don't-</div><div align="center">I am ONE of those people!</div><div align="center">So, What do I like to do?</div><div align="center">I like to shop.....</div><div align="center">Not for Food, though........Just clothes & fun stuff! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">lol</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I sure don't sound like much of a Domestic Goddess, do I?</div><div align="center">Well.....that's all about to change! :)</div><div align="center">I am ready to get busy in the kitchen and start getting fancy with food making!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">How hard can it be?</div><div align="center">I can put great outfits & accessories together.......</div><div align="center">Ingredients have to be kinda like that, right?</div><div align="center">_______________________________</div><div align="center">Here's my Math equation of the day:</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Fashion + Food = Fashionable Food!</div><div align="center">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Atleast</span> I think so?)</div><div align="center">I guess we'll find out soon!</div><div align="center">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Paisley-2-Parsley</div><div align="center">will help me keep track of what's new in my kitchen!</div><div align="center">(U<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">hhh</span>...what's parsley, again? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">lol</span>)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong>So..........Can I take your order?</strong> </div><div align="center"></div>Lele.lumz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01233527070585860720noreply@blogger.com0