Beer Battered Fish Recipe

Not bad!
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/beer_battered_fish_tacos_with_tomato_avocado_salsa.html

• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1/3 cup beer
• 8 ounces tilapia fillet, cut crosswise into 1-inch wide strips
• 2 teaspoons canola oil

1. Combine flour, cumin, salt and cayenne in a medium bowl. Whisk in beer to create a batter.
2. Coat tilapia pieces in the batter. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Letting excess batter drip back into the bowl, add the fish to the pan; cook until crispy and golden, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Serve the fish with tortillas and salsa.

Grocery Bag for 2 year old Birthday Boy

Our 2 year old friend is having a kitchen themed birthday and I made him this little grocery bag. It's my favorite of my bags yet. I used the good ribbon that I bought a while back for a puppet theater (it was the wrong color) which I think just made the bag.

Sea Shell Project

Oma sent along some beautiful sea shells from the beach and the moment Lillian saw them she exclaimed "I have to make a project!" So we talked about the different ways to hold them onto something and agreed that modeling clay would probably work best. Because I didn't have any on hand I was able to convince her to wait for a day. This morning I looked up a recipe and came across this sawdust clay Well, sawdust is something we have plenty of around here. So we whipped up a batch of sawdust clay & Lillian put her shells in it. As she started to place them we noticed that the clay color was very similar to a beach- how perfect!
The sawdust:



Ok, it sorta looks like a cookie too. But as Phoebe can tell you, it doesn't taste any good.

Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe is a keeper:

1.5 C Flour
1 t Baking Soda
1 t Salt
(mix, set aside)
3/4 c Canola Oil
1 1/3 C Sugar
(cream)
2 T rice milk
(mix)
2 egg replacer eggs (Ener-G works great)
(add slowly & mix)
1.5 T Vanilla (yes, that is right- TABLEspoons)
(add & mix until constant color)
2.5 C Quick oats
Chocolate Chips
(add & mix)

350 for 9-15 minutes- don't wait for them to brown, they won't.

Travel Toy Swap

I finally finished my latest Bits of Goodness swap item. It's a fabric book for the Travel Toy Swap. I think each one took me 3-5 hours. It's been a lot of work. Each one has a little wooden figure that can travel through the pages. He can pack his teddy bear in the bag, go for a ride in the car, swim in the ocean, eat lunch & cozy up in bed.

(I meant to post this a while ago...)

The Grill

This Mother's day I asked for a Grill & I got something even nicer than I expected! It has three burners (which apparently is going to be awesome once I really figure out how to grill) and lots of space for food. We had some friends over for kabobs the other night and I bought tofu for our veggie friends who decided not to have it. So tonight I tried a new recipe with tofu (and tested the soy allergy) and it was absolutely awesome. Here is a rough estimate of what I did:

Grilled Tofu Peanut Satay
Tofu

Marinade:
Olive oil
ground ginger
brown sugar
red wine vinegar
cumin
coriander
Peanut butter (2 Tbsp?)
salt

Peanut Sauce (adapted from here: http://www.phoo-d.com/2010/01/shrimp-and-tofu-satay.html)

3/4 cup coconut milk (light is fine)

6 Tbsp peanut butter

1 Tbsp lemon juice

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp brown sugar

1/2 tsp ground cumin

1/2 tsp ground coriander

1. Drain Tofu & cut into 6 'fingers'
2. Marinade in mix above
3. Grill
4. Prepare sauce by mixing and letting sit
5. Dip grilled Tofu in sauce.

I also served my favorite bean & corn recipe that I always forget about: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/558

May 2010 Play Food Craft Exchange

May 2010 Play Food Craft Exchange
Originally uploaded by DDN and friends

Here is what I made for my second set for the exchange. It's carrots, parsnips & potatoes. I will update with the rest of the exchange photos soon.