Thai Basil Chicken

If you like Asian meals that are a little spicy, this is a great dish to make. It is as easy to make as the Kung Pao Chicken. I didn't even find the recipes in the same cookbook. This recipe came from my boyfriend's mother in one of her recipe boxes. 


Here is the recipe all marked up by its original owner from The Herb Gourmet.

This recipe like the Kung Pao chicken you have to start the rice before you start cooking the meal, to have everything done at the same time. If you want to eat healthy the best rice to serve with this meal is brown rice. 

This meal is worth putting on any plate, with just a bit of pre-preparation.

Toad in the Hole

Toad in the Hole - a dish my mother started serving when I was in junior high school made with Yorkshire pudding and pork sausages. I made it for breakfast recently, but it was normally served onion sauce and vegetables, at least according to wikipedia.

Here is the cookbook -Recipes From Many Lands published by the Saturday Evening Post. The copyright date is 1979.

Here is the recipe. It takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to make. All that is really required is that you make the pudding and put in the refrigerator for an hour, While the pudding is in the refrigerator brown the sausages. Preheat the oven, and although this is not recommended in the recipe, it was recommended on wikipedia that you place the pan in the oven for 15 minutes to warm . When the pudding is finished, pull the pan out of the oven, place the sausages in pan, pour the Yorkshire pudding over and place in the oven for a half an hour. If you don't have a 6 x 10 x 2 inch pan, you can go a little smaller and just cook the toad in the hole a little longer.

Here is a single serving.

If you have the heart of an Englishman, I would make this meal. The prep for the meal is easy.

Flounder Jeon

This is the light meal I prepared the other night - Flounder Jeon, and it was scrumptious. It is a variation of Aeri's Kitchen Haddock Jeon. It became a variation when I went to the supermarket the haddock was all sold out. I wanted to make the recipe so much I decided to purchase flounder. This recipe is a slight variation from Aeri's recipe which is Korean. I made a few slight changes.


16 oz. Flounder
⅓ Cup Flour
2 Eggs
Some Salt
Some Oil for Frying

Slice the flounder in half, and then cut the half's into thirds.

Sprinkle some salt on each side of the sliced flounder evenly. About 1 pinch of salt for each side will be enough. Set it aside for about 5 minutes.

Mix 2 eggs and 2 pinches of salt together.

Cover the salted haddock with flour.

Cover the floured haddock with the egg mixture. You can also add some finely chopped green onions into the egg mixture if you would like.


Add some oil (about 1 Tbsp) to the pan and place the battered haddock pieces in the pan.

Fry them until the fish is completely cooked and becomes golden brown.

 Here are those beautiful, light and tasty flounder pieces fresh from the pan. These fish are so flavorful you don't need any sauce to accompany these fish.

Thank you Aerie!

Kung Pao Chicken Just Like Take Out

I recently entered the world of Chinese with the recent dinner I made of Kung Pao Chicken. You can't have Chinese food with broccoli, at least that is what you get with Chinese take out.

So I went to the Chicken breast cookbook. Here is the recipe.

Many of the Chinese recipes I found all required boneless chicken thighs. But I decided I wanted to use white meat. I also served brown rice as opposed to white rice. The one special ingredient I needed for this recipe was Chinese Red Pepper Sauce. It was worth every penny and I can look for recipes that use that ingredient.

In my pantry I have also added fish sauce and hoisin sauce. After all the healthiest Chinese takeout is the meal you prepare. If you like to cook, guaranteed this meal is definitely a treat.

Have you tried this Ben and Jerry's Bonnaroo Buzz?

This lovely ice cream has a mixture of coffee and malt ice cream with a whiskey swirl and crunchy toffee bits.

It was so good you can see I have already taken a few bites of this sweet and crunchy ice cream. As you can see the toffee bits are quite big. I am a tea drinker, and not really a coffee drinker at all, but it was surprising how fast I was able to get use to the flavor.

I also published an article
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and a poem
I Wish the World Could Be as I Dream

Have You Tried the Purdue Oven Ready Roaster

I know I haven been awfully quite but there has been a lot going on in my household. Have you been introduced to this bird?

Have you ever bought one of those roasters in a bag? If you haven't tried one they are very easy to prepare.

Here is the bird fresh out of the bag, nice and moist. Cooked to 180 degree perfection.

I have also been doing a lot of writing - a mix of business, poetry and a little creative writing.
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Corporate America & The Challenge of Employee Loyalty in Today's Workplace
Oppression in The Workplace:Corporate America and Social Media Passwords
Where Did My Motivation Go?
Free in Spirit
Still the Pint: Ben and Jerry's
Marketing Your Etsy Shop with Pinterest
Come Out to Play
CAPS are not a Good Business Practice when it comes to the Internet - Updated
Getting on Track with Weight loss and Fitness
Where are the Professional Managers?
George, the Maine Coon Cat
The Borgias on Showtime
Yes, all those articles are a mouthful.

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