by Sunny Daydreame on June 28, 2007
in Recipes
1. Ham and mustard sauce.
Turkey ham cut into 1/4 inch slices covered with a sauce of mustard, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Baked in the oven at about 350 F, until warm. Served with baked or mashed potatoes and cheese. This is my comfort food. It can also be made in the microwave in a pinch.2. Quiche Lorraine.
Brenton calls my quiche “Man Quiche” I use a flakey pie crust and follow the betty crocker recipe for
Quiche Lorraine, except I use a whole pack of bacon, substitute about 1 1/2- 2 c. cheddar cheese for the swiss cheese, and I leave out the onion and red pepper. It’s a heart attack in a crust. But I love it. Good thing I rarely make it
3. Hot artichoke-Spinach Dip (The Olive Garden Copy-Cat Recipe) I usually serve it with fresh French bread. Brenton and I will make a meal out of this sometimes.
4. Philly Cheese Steak
saute 1/4 c. onion, sliced; 1/2 green pepper, sliced, and 1/4 of a 4 oz can of mushrooms, drained, season to taste (I use mexican seasonings)
Broil or steak(about 1 lb of meat), seasoned to tasted. When the steak is cooked through, cut into strips. Return to broiling pan. Top with sauted vegetables and slices of provolone cheese. Broil for another minute, until cheese is melted.
I got the recipe from a low carb recipe site and promptly decided they were best when served on hoagie or french rolls. So much for low carb.
5. Black Bottom Cupcakes
Oh my oh my, these are good. No need for icing, but fudge icing is good on them too. They are a bit messy to eat and VERY rich.
6. Blue bunny, bunny tracks ice cream which I first had on a date with Brenton, or cappuccino fudge blitz MMMM…
7. biscuit pizza
I get canned biscuits and flatten them out. Then I top with tomato sauce (I get the small can that is pre-flavored with garlic and herbs), pepperoni or hamburger, and mozzarella cheese. Cook according to biscuit package directions.
8. spicy hot ham sandwiches another family recipe that is ohsogood.
9. Hebrew National kosher hot dogs. If I’m going to cook out, I still want good food. These are the best. Two summers at camp cured me of eating cheap hot dogs.
10. McDonald’s Bacon Egg and Cheese biscuits. I don’t really like anything else at McD’s, but I could eat a bacon egg and cheese biscuit 3 times a week.
11. Steel cut oatmeal. This is my usual breakfast. The flavor is nutty and has a lot better texture than quick cooking oats. I can actually eat breakfast and not need to eat again until lunch time. That’s a major accomplishment for me. I usually mix with brown sugar or raisins.
12. eggs, sunny side up. But it has to be served with toast. My Grandma always made these when we visited her in Nebraska.
13. I always feel like the last one should be grander than the rest, but I usually run out of things by now. This time I saved the best for last…dark chocolate…cadberry, dove, Hershey’s, any kind as long as it’s dark.
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow
…Langston Hughs
The hardest thing about being an entrepreneur, is having the courage to take the next step. I usually know what the next step is, but I also know how to drag my feet. The fact is, I am chasing a dream, and I feel like it is so close that I can reach out and scratch my fingers on it. I just can’t quite grab hold of it and pull it into reality. I am making progress though. Today I took the next step. I went to see an accountant to get things squared away tax wise. What’s next? I need a few days to stew on that. What’s the goal? I’m going to be a writer.
God must have had Heaven in mind when he designed North Idaho. Living here is like living in a playground. If you like to hike, bike, hunt, fish, ski, sail, camp, or do anything outdoors, North Idaho is a great place to call home.If you like art museums don’t come here. We like the great outdoors.
On Friday, I took off for the lake right after lunch. The sun was shining and a nice wind was blowing.I put our inflatable kayak out on Lake Pend Orielle and paddled out to the middle of the lake. For the next two hours, I let the boat drift while I was reading and working on a writing project. Next time I plan on writing on the lake, I think I will bring my MP3 player/voice recorder.It’s hard to write when the waves are rocking the boat.
The next day, Brenton and I decided to paddle the thorofare to Upper Priest Lake. Upper Priest Lake is a scenic wilderness area with no roads in or out and no houses built on the shoreline. The three mile paddle from Beaver Creek Campground to Upper Priest Lake took us about 1 1/2 hours, but we were not in a hurry at all. In a few weeks, we are going to take some people camping at Upper Priest Lake, and we wanted to check out the sites.
The camping is primitive. There are four campgrounds that offer fire rings, vault toilets (AKA outhouses), bear boxes, and not much else. The view is perfect, and I really hope we can do some stargazing when we camp up there.
This kayak trip was special because it was the first time I was brave enough to bring my camera along. I intend to buy a waterproof camera eventually. For now, I double bagged the camera with zip-lock bags, and hoped it would survive the trip. The risk was well rewarded.
We saw quite a few ducklings swimming. On a sandbar, there was a congregation of Monarch butterflies, but the real highlight of the trip came on the paddle back down the thorofare. As we slipped around a corner, a moose broke through the brush on the bank not more than 50 feet in front of our kayak. Brenton held on to the bank while I was taking pictures. A minute later, her baby came out into the water with her and began nursing. We floated there, on the opposite bank, for probably ten minutes watching this pair as they went about their evening feedings. 
All too soon, we had to paddle on down the thorofare so we could get off the lake before darkness fell. We had to paddle across open water for about 1/4 of a mile at the North end of Priest Lake. The wind was headed right down the lake, so the waves had picked up speed and height. We went splashing over the waves and were quite thankful that our Advanced Elements Kayak is very stable. We took out at Beaver Creek Campground, where we had put in. At the end of the day we were both exhausted and hungry, but grinning from ear to ear.
