Yeah, I know, it’s like a month late, but here they are:
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My hubby’s favorite breakfast is Eggs Benedict. I agree it’s yummy but Hollandaise sauce is so hard to make ~ it made me shy away from making it for him.
Well yesterday was his birthday and in his way of being infinitely difficult to buy for ~ because when he needs/wants something he just goes and gets it ~ I got him a nice egg poacher.
It just so happened on the back of the egg poacher was a super easy recipe for Hollandaise sauce.
So easy it doesn’t take the stove and is done in less than 3 minutes. WOO HOO!!
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
dash of cayene pepper
dash of salt
1 stick of butter melted
Melt the butter.
Add the egg yolks, lemon juice, cayene and salt in the blender. I used our single serving blender.
Once the butter is melted start blending the ingredients and pour in the butter. (I just poured it in the hole in the top of the lid) Blend until it begins to thicken (which is not very long).
That’s IT!!! Super simple and easy. YUM.
The sauce came out so smooth and creamy ~ it didn’t separate or look lumpy ~ the best I’ve done thus far!
I’d love to hear what you think and let me know if you try the recipe how it works out for you!
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This recipe originated with a friend of my mom’s from way back when I was little. It has since been passed down to me. I’ve modified it some to fit my tastes but it is YUMMO.
Ingredients:
1/2 bag lentils (any color will do I usually use brown)
1lb Polska Kielbasa
1 or 2 potatoes diced small
1/2 large onion diced small
spoonful diced garlic
couple shakes of salt
1 tsp Marjoram
1 large can diced tomatoes
slices of swiss cheese
What you do:
Slice kielbasa (I usually cut slices in half so there seems to be more meat).
Brown kielbasa in a large pot.
Add potatoes, onion and garlic cook 5 minutes or so to blend the flavors.
Add salt and marjoram cook for 5 min to blend flavors
Add rinsed lentils and 8 cups of water.
Stir it up and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Add tomatoes and lower the heat.
Cook until lentils are your desired tenderness.
Serve topped with a slice of swiss cheese.
Enjoy!
Filed under Kitchen Antics | Comment (1)My mom took Hanna to the annual Christmas party at Learjet. Last year she utterly refused to even think about talking with Santa. However, this year ~ she was all about it. She stood in line for 25 minutes waiting to see Santa. Practiced telling him she wants a big pony and a little pony the whole time they waited.
They got the to front of the line and she said oh no way.
I guess my mom was talked into sitting in Santa’s chair with her, and the elf snuck this picture. My mom wasn’t even aware there was a picture. She only found out about it when she stopped in the company store and the ladies all told her she HAD to see this amazing picture of Hanna (my mom shops there a lot and everyone knows her lol) This is my FAVORITE picture. I just love it.
It is SO Hanna, and I love the twinkle in Santa’s eye. Maybe next year she’ll tell Santa what she wants for Christmas, mabye not.
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Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)The day finally came ~ the day we went to the state fair or as Hanna knows it “The BIG Fair”. She remembered last year’s trip to the fair and I have literally been hearing about going back to fair since that day. I fear this year will be even worse.
She had a BLAST at the fair. She was well behaved, she listened, she had sooooo much fun, and it was a joy to spend the day with her and watch her experience all the delight of the fair.
I took lots of videos, which you can find on my youtube channel. (now that my video camera software is working properly I will be adding plenty more video ~ since it’s so easy. If you want to see new videos just subscribe to my channel and you’ll be notified when I add videos) I thought I would post some of the pics here since so everyone can see them.
While we were in the petting zoo the giraffe was peacefully sleeping. I’ve never seen a giraffe sleep with its neck wrapped around like this, it was so sweet.
Hanna LOVES horses. I’m not sure where it came from, but she truly loves horses. She has been talking about riding a horse at the fair for MONTHS. She was so excited to ride the pony. His name was Easy ~ now her rocking horse is named Easy too.
She and her Grandma have been talking about riding a camel for quite a while. I wasn’t sure she would really do it, but she did. She loved it. She was so much more outgoing and brave than she has ever been this year. She tried things I never expected her to follow through with this year.
The roller coaster was another thing I didn’t think she would actually do. She rode around about 3 or 4 times and seemed to be enjoying it. (There’s a video of the ride at Youtube), just after I turned off the video to grab the camera she got scared and started hanging on for dear life. She came off the ride saying “I didn’t like that”, even now when I play the video she reiterates that fact.
Now ice cream on a stick I knew she’d have no problem with
There she is Future Farmer of a America. She drove the big orange tractor and got the t shirt to prove it. She really enjoyed that, even though she needed a little help steering so she didn’t run into the fence.
That’s about it. It was a long LONG day, but we had so much fun.
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Yes, it’s as gross as it sounds.
Yesterday we were driving back from Wichita, my mom was with us. Hanna was in the back seat being relatively quiet, but I heard these quiet spitting sounds.
I have a HUGE issue with spitting. I think it’s disgusting. We’ve been going round and round about spitting lately ~ as Hanna has decided it’s super fun to spit. GROSS.
So anyway ~ I hear these small spitting sounds and I’m like what the heck is she doing back there. So I asked her. She exclaims ~
It’s SPIT PAINT!!
I look back and see she is covered from head to toe with spit ~ her hair is wet with spit. She is spitting in her hand, and then painting her entire body with spit.
DISGUSTING!!!!
I begin telling her how spit paint is pretty close to spitting and we don’t spit ~ yada yada yada . . .
In the middle of my very calm lecture about spitting she exlaims at the top of her lungs
But MOOOOOM… spit paint is GRRRREAAAAT!!! (imagine tony the tiger yelling great and that’s what she did)
At this point ~ I can’t even contain myself any more. I burst out laughing. I mean really ~ what kind of imagination does it take to come up with spit paint, and then be so overwhelmingly ecstatic about it???
I had to give the kid some credit. I never in a million years would have thought up spit paint.
My second thought ~ after I wiped the tears from my face was
SCHOOL!! she had to have learned this from school ~ and jokingly wondered what the hell I had gotten myself into.
I love a good mystery novel, getting lost in the pages of a book is one of my favorite past times. When I saw “Bundle of Trouble A Maternal Instincts Mystery” by Diana Orgain I thought this could be a really great book! 
It all starts with a call from the coroner. It’s possible Kate’s brother in law has been found dead in the bay. That day she goes into labor. Once the baby is born and she gets home the mystery unfolds. Kate dreads going back to corporate America, having to leave her precious newborn. As she begins to unravel the mystery she starts thinking maybe she could be a PI and be able to be home more with her baby.
The thing I particularly love about this book was how spot on the feelings she has are. The first time mom feelings about herself and her newborn daughter are portrayed exactly right. It took me back to the first few weeks I was a mother, and I could totally relate to Kate, her feelings, and her dilemmas.
This book is an easy read, it pulls you in and keeps you interested from beginning to end. The author even caught me by surprise at the end ~ which I always love.
It’s a good thing I got this book on a rainy Saturday, because it was tough to put down, and I ended up devouring it all in one day!!
If you like a good mystery I highly recommend “Bundle of Trouble A Maternal Instincts Mystery” ~ if you are a new mom, or can remember being a new mom, I double recommend it!
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It’s really amazing to me all the things Hanna has figured out to do. It doesn’t seem like someone who is only 3 should really know how to do the things she knows how to do.
She can turn on the computer. Turn on firefox. click to her favorite websites. Choose the game she wants to play.
She can also pick out the video she wants to watch. Put it in the computer and play it.
She can get to youtube and start her playlist to listen to her favorite songs.
She can go to the site that plays her favorite shows, go to the page with all the options and pick the one she wants.
Very interesting. I guess she just learned by watching me do it for her a few times.
While I was being amazed by her computer savvy I started thinking.
She will probably never use internet explorer, in fact, as much as she knows about the computer already she doesn’t even know what internet explorer is.
Did you hear some 20 something cops picked up Bob Dillon and didn’t know who he was. He didn’t have ID on him so they had to take him back to the hotel where the hotel staff identified him.
My hubby was like how can you NOT know Bob Dillon??? But really, if I was 20 in this day and age not sure I’d know who he was either.
It just stuns me all the things we take for granted may be completely unkown by the next generation.
I guess I’m just getting sentimental and nostalgic on this rainy Saturday morning.
Uh OH ~ she just said “I’m starting a pillow fight ~ you ready? Pillow fight!!” Whack
Ack ~ I’m being attacked by pillows ~ gotta go defend myself.
Filed under Daily Life | Comment (0)These chickens are pushing their luck ~ seriously.
I finally, after 10 years, was able to grow 3 canteloupes this year. Granted, I didn’t plant them, they just came up outta no where, but still ~ they count 
Anyway, I went out today to check on the garden only to find my canteloupes had been attacked by the damn chickens.
not only that they had trampled the whole area. grrr.
They of course left the brussell sprouts completely alone lol
As we were walking back to the house, after the chickens got a good talking to, we noticed one chicken had grabbed a little snake and was very happy. She ran away so she didn’t have to share her yummy with anyone else.
Then I was checking out my pumpkin ~ which just like the canteloupe showed up out of no where. I can’t believe my hubby hasn’t mowed it down yet considering it is growing right out into the front yard.
Well low and behold it’s got pumpkins!!
That’s about it from the garden today.
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