also with this weather… wanted to mention my attempt at chili…. yes… last night i went out and got the ingredients to make chili…. now i don’t really know how to make it… the last time i made it i think was when my friend Patti and i went to Vail Colorado while my cousin was at my aunts condo…. i don’t even know where i got the recipe for that chili…. but needless to say my cousin …. poor guy… ate a bunch of it .. and needed beano…. he’s a pretty cool guy so i don’t think this post will bother him…. HA! so last night… tried remembering the recipe… and it didn’t turn out exactly the way i thought…
i think i was craving the corn bread probably more than the chili… heartburn just doesn’t sit well with me… don’t really do spicy that well… Tai food…. just found my new favorite dish… the green curry with chicken and extra veggies…YUMMMM but i just order the mild…. actually in all types of food i order the mild….HA! probably should have tried making a nice french onion soup..I actually did make that once. also yummy…. or German cream of potato… but i had all this tomato paste and sauce from when i had made spaghetti sauce …. and wanted to use some of it and….. voila…. There would be some great homemade food already prepared…. when it does get cold….. and stay cold!!! Maybe it was the large bar of chocolate….. my mom’s idea she’s more of a sweet person…. i mean it seems like some of her dishes contain … ohhhh something to make them sweet…maybe that was so we would all different types of food…..HA!
so also love french food… and german food…. and…. just all GREAT FOOD!
Gotta admit.. the food in Saudi… came from all over…. the lamb was Australian… remember fresh veggies… and not a lot of junk foods…. no fast food to speak of… unless you were talking about the snack bar or the surf house… but even there… two types of candy… mars bars and droste bars…. HA! and don’t even get me started on the incident where i trying to find a retainer when it is thrown out at the surf house… accidentally….. thrown out…. I didn’t eat there for ages after that!HA!
I remember having a quota for captain crunch cereal…. so instead of eating anything like that for breakfast.. we saved it for desert Ha!… we ate mostly healthy… my dad was into exercise and healthy living my whole life…….. and for a while… sardines on salads…. were pretty common for his lunches… even for breakfasts Ha! neither of my parents smoked or really drank much so none of us kids did either… well especially in Saudi… it was a dry country…. have to admit that growing up in Saudi… from 7-14 full time then of to boarding school… really was a great way to grow up.. for me anyway… . it was safe… no crime… and lots of amazing opportunities…
Opps… got off the subject again… cooking and baking in cold weather…. don’t you just love a home filled with all the great aromas of the holiday feasts…. yes… cant wait for all the holidays… to be here again… thanksgiving… then Christmas… I really hope this is going to be a great holiday season!! luv mary jean ziska