Simple Appetizers

Olive and chorizo
- slice chorizo....saute them in garlic and olive oil
mix to olives warm
serve with toothpicks and a honey mustard dipping sauce

Cranberry Beef

1 package of beef strips
cranberry relish (David's)
Spicy hot peppers
1/2C water
garlic
salt & pepper
350 for 30min
Serve over rice

New Recipe

Guiness Chicken
2 chicken breast chunked
1/4 cup guiness
2tbsp of mustard seed
balsamic
salt and pepper
chicken coated, baked in over 375 for 40min.
Enjoy over steamed rice.

In this crazy world.....

Well I thought the title was fitting.....speaking with so many friends whom spent the year with me in Finland....learning tidbits of their lives....just makes you sit back and think about where we were and where we are now. One thing stays constant....a friendship that will always be there...as some of them get married in the next week....others seperate......others...sometimes just confused with the path we are on. At the end of the day, great memories relax the feeling and emotions that some of life`s challenges deliver...and we can find some peace in knowing each other the way we do.

Have GREAT day everyone!

Mexi Guacamole

- chop avacado into chunks
- chop 1 onion
- Splash of lime juice
- pepper/salt
- tomato diced seeded

...and don`t forget the cilantro, cumin and hot chilli powder to taste!

Mix together, chill and serve!

New recipes

Simple Flan
- Melt sugar in a saucepan....pour into bottom of ramekins
- mix 6 eggs, 2 cans of condensed milk and 1 evaporated milk and 1/2 cup of sugar
- and dash of vanilla and nutmeg
- bake in over in "bain marie" for 45min
- cool, invert on small plate and serve

Mix it up, add your fav ingredient!

December 6, 2009

Well another great year and another day to celebrate Independance Day.....Finnish Independance Day! This day has more than one meaning for me, although in 1992 i remember I was in an old church (sand floor) in Rovaniemi or another town with a group of exchange students. It was a magical time,; we learned about what being free meant to the Finns. In the back of my head.....it took me to 1989.....my good friend Jennifer also died on this day. Who would have known this day would come to mean more than one thing for me. But I now have more memories of this day than the passing of my friend and it has certainly helped from living in the past. I am happy to share this day with new meaning and I will always remember Jennifer for her sense of humour and magnetic smile. There are Angels in this world for many reasons and for many occasions and it is an unbelieveable feeling to know that Angels work in many mysterious ways. God Bless the Independance of Finland on this day and God cherish the heart and soul of a friend.
When this day rolls around Saturday I will pray and remember what this day means to me for freedom and sacrafice....celebration and sadness and I will remember my friend who left us way too soon and I will think of my life and friends in Finland who have so much to be thankful for.

Nakamiin