Happy Thanksgiving!

We do not celebrate this great holiday here, sigh! I wish we did because not only there is some great food and get-togethers is also a good time to remember all the things that we are thankful for.

I'm thankful for so many things: my family, the oportunities life brings me everyday and a God that never lets me down!!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving :D

Here is a pic of the cutest little turkey -my Godson Gabriel :D We are not cooking him this year so dont worry :p

Capsicum chinense

I was cooking today some meat and decided to add this little friend to the seasoning, then I though about blogging about him, but I wasnt sure if you would know what I'm talking about...
Here we call it Aji Gustoso -tasty pepper- this little guy changes the flavor of anything in a GOOD way!!!
Read this and look for it in your local market, you wont regret it!!!

Small Fryday Contest!

Soooo who doesnt love a small fry??? I know I do!!! -but I like em' big too so I'm not even sure if it counts :p- and who doesnt love a contest on a fryday???

I do, I do, I definitly do!!!!

MckMama is having a contest, a delish fryes included contest... well is more like a MckCombo, YUMMY!!!!!!!

So do you want to try it out? do you? do you?????

All you need to do is go here!!!

That EASY????
yep it is THAT easy, write about this contest on your blog and leave a comment here.

Ohhhhh how I love Small Fryes on a Fryday with a MckMama Combo.... I mean Contest!!!

Even if you dont win you'll get to see the cutest little Small Fry. And if you keep reading you might get a MckNugget, BigMac and a MckMuffin... I mean MckMiracle!!!

I {HEART} Cooking

I’ve been wanting to post photographs of the making process of some of my recipes, and I finally remembered to take my camera down to the kitchen, first there are 3 things you NEED to know:



1) I’m not a pro photographer, I have a point and shoot camera and stink at taking good, nice pictures –I have my sister for that ;)- plus remember I’m a doctor so I have a right not to be artsy :p

2) I don’t have a nice kitchen with nice kitchen stuff; I have a plain old kitchen with old not at all sassy thing :(

3) I don’t make fancy recipes, most of them I invented or copied somewhere from a magazine or the internet, BUT they are YUMMY and you can impress some guest with them!!!


With that being said here are two great dips for you to enjoy:


Tuna Dip

First get these ingredients

1 can of tuna in oil
½ onion
½ green pepper
2 lemons
½ red pepper (the canned one)
½ spoon of dry parsley
¼ package of leek or green onion
¼ cup of mayonnaise
1 spoon of ketchup
½ spoon of mustard
½ of Chinese sauce

Drain the tuna, and cut the onion, green pepper, red pepper and green onion into small pieces.

Take it to the food processor –mine is broken so I used the blender.

You may need to move it so it won’t get stuck and you get the nice dip consistency you need.
Put a little fresh parsley garnish and it should look like this.

Serve it chilled.

Cheese Dip

Get these ingredients:

½ pound of cream cheese
½ package of leek or green onions
¼ spoon of garlic
¼ of evaporated milk (save some more to use later)
½ red pepper (the canned one)
salt and pepper

If you use fresh cream cheese get it into crumbles –if you use the Philadelphia type you don’t have to- and cut the red pepper and green onion into pieces.

Put it all in the food processor, I used the blender –remember mine is broken.

Again you may need to move it with a spoon so it won’t get stuck and you get the dip consistency you need.
Add some green onion as garnish.

Serve it chilled with some tortilla chips and cracker (I used Pesto crackers) on some nice fishy plates :p

You could also use this to make little sandwiches or get creative!!!!

update

My heart is broken for Adrienne, Jim and Owen. This are the moments where I ask myself why does God allows this to happen; I do understand how hard it most be for the birthmother, but I'm deeply sad to think about her...

I made this for her little girl and was so excited to send them...

I will be sending the last one that I did for Owen.

Please keep them in your prayers, is a hard time for them as they face the lost of their daughter.

Sad

When you follow someone thru' their blog you start feeling like you know them... well I have a Blogger Friend that is going thru' a hard time...
I felt sick to my stomach while reading this, is so sad and I cant stop crying for them!!!
She is on a trip to adopt their baby girl and know the birth mother is having seconds thoughs.
Please pray for Adrienne, she is a wonderful person.
I did the most beautiful burping cloth for her precious girl, now I'm praying I will be able to send it to them!!!

where is this?

Bayohan and I where gone for the weekend, we went to Las Terrenas here in Dominican Republic; tell me we dont have a beutiful country... some of the sights where like paradise, the pictures dont do them justice!

The beaches where great and the weather was perfect.

We stayed at a beach resort called Bahia Principe el Portillo.

In the next picture that is a river that enters the ocean, you can either swim in the sweet cold water or the warm salty beach :D

And some of the beaches where empty, just for us, we where joking that we had our own private beach :P

The next picture was taken on our way there, even in the road the sights are breathtaking!!!

This two little drinks are a Manhatan for Bayohan and a Bananamama for me, we though it was cute the way they look like a little couple, mine was the pink umbrella one, of course:) I know I'm cheesy like that!!