Views from a Latah Kitchen Table

Monday, November 27, 2006

Weekend Guest




This weekend my friend Cheri’s boxer dog Buddy came to stay with us while Cheri and family did Thanksgiving in Seattle.
He was a great guest. He loved playing with his friend Mike (my boxer) and meeting new friends Lucy and Kirby. I think Buddy weighs about 8 times as much as Kirby, but he was very gentle with him. I think Kirby might be the alpha dog. That little dude likes to take control!

Friday, November 24, 2006

Thanksgiving


We had another great Thanksgiving with the extended family and friends. All 32 of us!!!

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Weird Wacky Waldorf

Today we had a potluck at work. I am not into work potlucks mostly because I hate dragging things in and most of the food is honestly kind of crappy. I don’t know why we just don’t chip in a few bucks, order a pizza and be done with it. I don’t like eating big lunches either. But today I was a team player and joined in for a going away party.

Somebody always makes one of those lame jello salads with cottage cheese or cool whip. Yikes! Today was no exception …but this was “way out there”. Granny Smith apples and snickers bars in a cool whip kind of dressing. Who thinks this stuff up?
I had to try it. Guess what, I liked it in a bizarre desert kind of way, much better than canned fruit and marshmallows. My crazy Italian family would go wild for this at Thanksgiving.
I just might whip up a batch!

Snicker Salad

1 large box or two small boxes of Cheesecake pudding
2 cups milk
Make pudding according to box. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Add to pudding:

1 small container of CoolWhip
1 large package of bite size Snickers candy bars unwrapped OR 6 king-size Snickers bars unwrapped and cut into bite size
4 large Granny Smith apples (only Granny Smith) cored and cut into bite size

Mix all ingredients together well. Refrigerate until ready to eat.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Choco-Blog

On Monday Jennifer of Taste Everything Once suggested blogging on chocolate this week. It sounded fun to me so last night I stopped in to Huckleberries and picked up a few bars of Endangered Species Chocolate. I choose the Dark Chocolate with Cocoa Nibs, Dark Chocolate with Hazelnut Toffee and the Milk Chocolate with Coconut and Macadamia Nuts. Of the three my favorite was a toss up between the Hazelnut and the Coconut, which surprised me because these both were the lightest bars (less cocoa). They were all delicious.

Endangered Species chocolate is 100% ethically traded and the bars are packaged in the artwork of animals from artist Judi Rideout and are packed with environmental conservation information as well as educational information about the plight of the animal it displays.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Amy’s Pesto Tortellini Bowl


I stopped by Huckleberry’s last week and passing by the frozen section, I happened to see Amy’s Pesto Tortellini Bowl on sale. I remembered some magazine giving it the thumbs up. I’m not too big on frozen entrees but the picture on the box looked great. Based on past experience, the prepared product doesn't look nearly as enticing as the box photo. I threw a couple in my cart, if I don’t eat it, the kids will.

I used the microwave method on the box. I was pleasantly surprised; it was pretty tasty and did resemble the box photo minus the lovely blue bowl and flowers in the background. Check out my before and after photos.

If you want a quick meal from the freezer, this is one to try.