Insegredient Ignatz!: February 2005

Family Food on Sunday

The get-together is at our pad at 4:00 on Sunday. Cora and I are making the chicken tetrazinni. We could use a:
salad of sorts -- mom
a modest dessert -- coralee (cake and i.c.) and mom (adult dessert)
fruitish/veggetish something -- shannon (fruit)
bready something -- scott and julie
forks, paper plates, napkins -- mom
moral support (Derek and Kiyomi could sign up for this one).

Call and confirm or blog to me.
We are super excited to see you. Cora-- what do you want to do with birthday cake for the kids? Yes!

Chicken tetrazzini:
LAYER
(in a 9x13, and usually there is enough for a small brownie pan as well):
fetaccini or spaghetti, a small package, or enough to fill up the depth of the pan by one-half
bacon, usually cooked until crumbly, but you can cut it into small bits as well
chicken; boil it or nuke it, cut it or shred it
mozzarella cheese

Then pour the roue over the top of it; sprinkle with parmesan cheese, cover and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. This keeps well in the fridge pre-baked for about a day or two; it's a great RS dish.

Roue:
Brown: a stick of butter or margarine, a smallish onion, a thing or two of mushrooms, a little garlic powder, some salt and pepper
Then add in a cup or a little more of chicken broth (perhaps left over from the boiled chicken. I usually use bouillon cubes), a cup of milk, and a small carton of half and half. Stir this constantly and bring to a boil. As it nears the boil, start pitching in flour to thicken it. Small hand fulls. Don't make it too thick; you want it to coagulate, but still drip down into the noodles a little when you pour it over the casserole. Some people like to add extra mozza on the top as well.

Ledgefork is Reserved

Our family campout is confirmed for June 23-25, arriving on Thursday and leaving on Saturday. The group sites were taken except one group site right next to the entrance. Since that one looked like it would have too much traffic (and was only a double anyway), Mom gave me info on some other sites and we settled on #12-15. Click here for the link to the campground map.

Cousin's Valentines Day Party at Shannon's

Saturday we had a fun cousin's Valentine's Day party at Aunt Shannon's home. We played a bean bag tossing game, read a Valentines Day story, exchanged valentines, decorated cookies, ate lunch and played together. Thanks, Aunt Shannon, for thinking up this great idea!

Bryson watches to see if the ladybug bean bag made it into the center of the heart.

Playing the bean bag game.

Nate runs to pick up the ladybug bean bags while Rachel's more interested in a ball.

Shannon's explaining the rewards (candy) for hitting the mark.

The bean bag's target. Clever!

Robyn, Stanley and Rachel are just as happy playing with Sarah and Emmie's toys. "Hey, new toys!"

Jeff hits the target.

After a Valentine's book, the children exchanged valentines and decorated cookies.

Stan's hanging out with mom.

Robyn and Rob. Cute outfit!!

Robyn decided to test her luck with the stairs. She's really good at climbing!

Rachel quickly (and messily) eats her sugar cookie.

"The End"

A confirmation to Derek's blog

Derek was right on the money when he posted his blog about the North Korean bill at the Diet and the soccer match. Check out this article on MSNBC.

It's good to have an insider on the outside!

Thanks

I loved the Sunday dinner! I thought that all of us sitting in one room was especially nice and the trouble that Mom went to making the valentine treats and personalizing all the cups and such was highly commendable. The food was yummm!!! And the singing was a great addition. THANKS!

Sunday Dinner pictures: Feb. 2nd

Here are some Sunday dinner pics for all to enjoy, but especially for Kiyomi and Derek to see! We had a great lasagna dinner and snacked on yummy brownies by Shannon and Valentines Day treats from Grandma. We talked about what to do about the family campout since the Manti Pageant is the same time as our intended trip to Palisades. We'll try for Blackhawk campground or go back to our traditional Ledgefork up Smith and Morehouse canyon, keeping the original Jun. 23-25 dates. We sang a beautiful Easter choral piece then a few watched the Super Bowl while others kept on signing hymns. Singing was a big hit for those who did so and we'll probably keep doing this to establish a tradition like Julie's family has of singing hymns on Sundays. Later, a Boggle challenge was issued and accepted and then everyone drove home mostly avoiding the incoming winter snow storm.