Hello!

Hope everyone had a great weekend:) Our’s has been fun. I love having Momma here.  Yesterday, for her birthday, we took Momma out to lunch then we went to the Painted Penguin:) We lovelovelove the Painted Penguin. When Paul’s parents were here, we took them there as well:)  If you aren’t familiar with it, you go and pick out a piece of ceramic and paint it:)  While our pieces dried, we did a little shopping.  Yesterday, we took Momma to Ikea for her very first Ikea experience:) Can I say how much I love that place?  We even ate lunch at their little cafe and was impressed – good and cheap.  Afterwards was ballet with Sarah and swim with MyMatthew;)  I’m sure Momma is worn out but still have a full week ahead!

The other night, I made fettuccine. Sarah and I about made ourselves sick. It’s not a light dish by any means.  I hope yall will give it a try Enjoy!!

OK, HERE’S What You Need:

12 oz fettuccine

3/4 cups butter (1  1/2 sticks)

1 cup whipping cream

1/4 tsp pepper

2 cups Parmesan (Don’t use the green shake stuff – use as fresh as possible:)

1 tsp cornstarch

2 T. parsley and chives (chopped into small pieces – I use my kitchen shears)

HERE’S What You Do:

Boil your fettuccine noodles in salted water.

For the sauce – melt your butter in a medium sauce pan.  Whisk in your whipping cream and pepper. Stir often until the mixture becomes thickened. It doesn’t take long.  Gradually stir in your parmesan and cook until it’s melted.  Whisk in the cornstarch and stir until slightly thickened – about 3ish minutes.

Drain the pasta and  add it to the cheese sauce. Serve it up with more Parmesan and sprinkle with chives and parsley:)

What a fun weekend:)  I hate to see it come to an end. Paul and I took SareBear to see The Lion King yesterday:) She loved it:) We saw it a few years back but wanted to take her this time. I forgot some of the bits of it so it was just as wonderful the second time:)  Afterwards, we went to Grand Lux Cafe then did a little shopping at Marshall Fields (Yes, I know it’s Macy’s now but I still can’t accept it).  Today, we took the kids and a friend to see the “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole”.  What a good movie. Jamie and Matthew both have read the books. I think they were a little disappointed but still liked the movie. They are still learning that the book is always better than the movie in these cases. They showed a trailer for the new Harry Potter movie. SOOooOOooo looking forward to that one:)  I told Paul that we need to have a HP Marathon right before we go to see the new one (and need to re-read the book:).  I read an article just yesterday that JK Rowling hasn’t ruled out another HP book:) YaY!!:)  So anyway:)

I made this next recipe today actually:) I’ve been meaning to make it for a couple of weeks.  It comes from our extended family in Cyprus (my sister-in-law’s mom and dad:).  I really liked them. I served them with buttered egg noodles.

Mr. Bryan said, “Can be served/eaten hot or cold with or without other vegetables as a starter or main meal, also excellent to take on picknicks. We find with mashed potatoes excellent. We also find vegetable cooking oil best to our taste, and as with all simple recipes quantities can be adjusted to individual tastes.”

I modified the recipe a little because I didn’t have 3/4 kilo (1.6 pounds) of pork. I only had a tad over a pound.  So I will show my adjustments:)

Give it a try:) Enjoy!!

OK, HERE’S What You Need:

3/4 kilo minced pork meat. (1.1 pounds)
1 cup of grated potatoes. (2/3 C.)
1/2 cup of bread crumbs. (1/3 C.)
1/2 cup of finely chopped onion. (1/3 C.)
1 egg.
salt and pepper to taste.

HERE’S What You Do:

In a bowl, combine your meat, potatoes, onions, bread crumbs, eggs and seasoning.

Combine and knead until well mixed. Cover and set aside for about 30 minutes.

In a skillet, heat your oil and fry your meatballs on all sides until they are done through. Can I TELL YOU how good these smell while they are cooking?!?!;) Remove and drain on paper towel.

Serve with potatoes or buttered noodles:) Very very yum:) Thanks Mr Bryan and Mrs Harri!!