Left Over, Make Over! ~ Lamb

I don't know about you, but I sometimes find myself with almost nothing left in the fridge to make dinner a fresh :( Last Tuesday I looked in the fridge and saw a container of last nights Lamb, a bag of red and yellow peppers, an onion, and some cloves of garlic. First I thought YES, the perfect ingredients for a nice stir-fry.... only I had no rice, I had no appropriate pasta, and I didn't have time to run to the store. 

What luck that I remembered all those long wooden things that act as kabob skewers! Oh yeah... they're called skewers.

ANYWAY. what you will need is:

A random vegetable, - in my case red and yellow peppers

Another random vegetable - in my case sliced onions

Wait for it... ANOTHER random vegetable - in my case garlic

and some left over meat - in my case lamb!

pop em on the skewers and pop them in the oven at 350 for 10 mins. 

VIOLA, delicious, quick and easy kabobs for everyone!

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Three-Cheese Mac N Cheese

You will need:

5 Cups of Macaroni
1 Cup of Goat Cheese
1 Cup of Medium Cheddar
1 Cup 0f Old White Cheddar
1 Cup of Milk

Preheat oven to 350'.

Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Pour in your pasta and boil for 10-15 - or until you can see that the center of the pasta is no longer white.

While the water is boiling, grate all of your cheese into a bowl and stir the cheese till it is a nice mixture. In a small sauce pot, bring milk to a boil.

Once the pasta is ready, drain the water and move to a casserole dish. Mix in most of the cheese until it is evenly spread throughout the pasta, then pour the milk over everything. Next, top the dish with the remaining cheese :)

Bake at 350 for 5-10 mins, or until you see all the cheese melted thoroughly on the top of the dish.

Take it out and let cool for 15 mins. Serves 4.

Nom Nom Perogies!

I thought up a really great combo with my parogies last night: Candied bacon perogies!

You Will Need:
1 Bag of Perogies - you're favorite kind
6-10 Slices of Bacon
1/4 Cup of Honey

First, bring a pot of water to boil. While you are waiting you can get all your ingredients ready :)
In a frying pan over high heat, place slices of bacon and wait for a few minutes for the frying pan to heat up. Once the natural bacon fat is bubbling, poor in you honey and stir it into the bacon fat.

You will know your perogies are done when they start to float. Turn off the element and drain the water out of your pot. When the bacon fat is bubbling black, mix in the parogies with the bacon. wait a few minutes for the perogies to turn brown then take off the burner. Serves 2-3.

Jazzy's Secret Ingredient Cookie!

If you love cookies you will love this recipe. I bake a couple hundred cookies every year for separate events; anime conventions, pax prime, and charity organizations. It's a lot of work, but it is made so much better with the help of my awesome friends! Thanks to Cai and Tracey for helping me prep for Tsukino-Con this weekend :) You guys are the best~

1 Cup of Unsalted Butter
2 Cups of Flour
1 Cup of White Sugar
1 Cup of Brown Sugar
2 Egg
1 Tsp Vanilla
1/4 Tsp of Salt
1 Tsp of Baking Powder
(optional- 1 Cup of Chocolate Chips)
and the secret ingredient: 1/2 Cup of Achmed's Aromatic Earl Grey Tea Leaves!


Mix thoroughly by hand until it is soft. Roll into balls and bake at 375' for 10 minutes, take them out and let sit for 5 mins - or until cool.

Fun Halloween Time Treat - Kryptonite Glowing Candy!

All of my prayers have been answered: Iced London Fog

So I have travelled all over this city asking for crazy unspeakable beverages before, so I am unsurprised that people say no; however, it came as a shock when people refused to even think about an Iced London Fog.

It happened one hot July day that I happened to wish "wouldn't it be awesome to have a COLD london fog?" So I asked. I asked cafe's and restaurants and coffee shops, all in vain. Everyone either shook their head or looks conserned before refusing.

BUT NO MORE. I love QV cafe - it has always been a choice hangout - but it warmed my heart that when I shyly asked for a cold london fog my request was met with not only a yes, but an enthused yes from a kindred spirit! The lovely lady made me the Iced London Fog and we tasted it until it was perfect.

So yes, I am right now fullfilling a wish as I type away with one hand, and hold my drink in the other.

Sante Gluten-Free Cafe

The Gluten free Cafe is a cut little place in Quadra Village with the most interesting staff I have ever come across. The food is delicious, the coffee is fine, and they make the perfect Iced Chai for a hot day in summer.

I have to admit I spent more time chatting with Daniel about children's literature than I did noting upon the stylish decor, but I do remember the soft glow illuminating the room and the warm atmosphere making it well worth the trip.