Cy's Easy Corned Beef and Cabbage

This is so nostalgic to me.

Cy said:  Sautee half a medium onion with 1 tablespoon oil, add 4 gloves garlic, corned beef and a small cabbage. This corned beef has lots of oil and is salty, so don't over oil. Add soy and pepper per your liking.

This is the corned beef that he used.

Cottonball Clouds

I took this photo a few months ago.  Thought the clouds looked so cool.

Mapo Tofu on Noodles

I made Mapo Tofu following this recipe and had it on noodles instead of rice.  Ho, it was so ono, I'm thinking I should always have it on noodles from now on. 

 

This is the noodles I used.  Landon got it from Marukai, and it had been in our freezer for awhile.

  

Cleta's Baklava Cake

Cleta brought this to our Ceramics Class potluck, and it was a hit!

BAKLAVA CAKE

Keeps well at room temperature up to 3 days if it lasts that long!

350 degree oven.  Spray a bundt pan thoroughly.

BAKLAVA TOPPING: 1 cup nuts, chopped* 

1/3 cup brown sugar 1 Tbsp. corn syrup ☹

1/4 cup butter, melted 1 tsp cinnamon

CAKE BATTER: 1 box vanilla cake mix*

3 eggs 1/2 cup oil of choice

1 cup water 3 Tbsp. sour cream**

HONEY GLAZE:*** 1/4 cup honey 1 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp lemon juice 1-1/2 Tbsp. warm water

Cake:  combine in a large bowl and mix according to pkg. directions.

Prepare the Baklava Topping and spread even in bottom of bundt pan.  Then pour the cake batter over.  Bake for 40 – 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack for 10 minutes. At the 10 minutes, invert the cake onto a platter.  Should the Baklava Topping not come out in one piece, with your fingers gently remove from pan and fit back onto cake. 

Combine the Honey Glaze ingredients.  Whisk together until you have a pourable consistency and drizzle over top of cake.

Notes:  * I used a mixture of walnuts, almonds and pistachio 

** or full fat, non-flavored yogurt 

         *** Using powdered sugar will give the glaze a whitish finish when dry. And thinking this could be overly sweet and I wanted a shinier finish, I used the glaze recipe below…

1/3 cup honey 2 tsp lemon juice

1 Tbsp. water 1/2 to 3/4 cup regular sugar

You may want to poke holes into the cake so that the glaze seeps in.

There are many similar recipes on Pinterest.

Ceramics Class

Here are our final pieces.  Next session begins in September.  Maybe I'll make more bud vases.  That was fun.

Kentucky Fried Chicken's Tuesday Deal

Landon picked up dinner for us yesterday.  He said that KFC has a Tuesday deal.  He got the 8-piece meal deal.

 

You get 8 pieces drums and thighs, 4 biscuits, 1 large mash/gravy and 1 large coleslaw.  Guess how much this costs on Tuesdays.

 

22 bucks!!  Good deal, right?!  Especially nowadays when one plate lunch could cost around that much. 

Cleta's Green Beans

I love this kind of old school dish from back in the day. 

Cleta made this.  She said:  Fry spam, add fresh string/green beans. I cover with a lid so that the beans cook faster. Then crack any amount of egg and stir until the eggs are cooked. Salt & pepper.

 

And here's another one.  Per Cleta: Boil string/green beans in salted water, drain and cool. Fry  scrambled egg, let cool and dice. Add to beans with salt, pepper and mayo. Chill.

Plant/Bake Sale on April 9 and 10 at the Kaimuki YMCA

This plant sale was originally scheduled for March 20th but was cancelled due to the severe weather.  Per Honolulu Aunty the plant prices will be reduced at this event.  

Thanks for the scoops, Aunty!

Ceramics Class

You can click on the photo below to see a quick video of our final bisqued pieces ready to be painted. 

Flour for Baking

 I thought this was interesting.

 

Bottom line:  They recommend these, especially for bread making.