Canadian Corner 26/06/08

Good Morning ALL!!!

Well, it'll be a warm and sticky day here today.

LOL, Crea, I just about died the last time I crossed the border and saw those dogs. They're to stop you from smuggling massive amounts of Canadian beef or imported Florida oranges back into the US. Smart, eh? Why CAN'T I carry a small amount of home made beef jerky for snacks, anyway?

Ah, birthdays, I was trying to forget. It's my DD's 29th today. Oh well. I hope she has a good one.

VERY limited time here today, so there's not time for more, not that there is anything more. Everyone take care, and have a good day.

ViolaB

Goodmorning everyone,

I started to read this mornings post, but then the phone rang.  It was a friend of mine.  Well, an hour and a half later, I'm finally back.  She could talk your ear off! *lol*

Right now it's a bit cloudy, but the sun is shining through.  They said that the humidity is going to be high today and thunder showers coming later this afternoon.  We had a few showers earlier this morning.  The ground needs it.  The plants in the garden are starting to choke for rain.  Dh watered some of it last night, but it wouldn't be enough.

I have to get some laundry done today and I hope the sun holds out long enough for the clothes to dry.  We have a wedding to go to Sat, so I need to rinse out dh's dress shirt and pants, and my new top needs to be washed too.

So, since I'm already 1 1/2 hrs behind, I better get a move on.

have a good day!

Cathy

 Hellooooooooooooooo, anyone home?

yup, come on in.  I'm just about to start cooking some supper.  Want some coffee or tea?

*lol*

Cathy

What's for supper?  I'd love an iced tea please, if its not too much trouble.  TY.

Slowly, I'm getting this grain ready for Sat.  Its been too long since I had to do the ramp up for a market season.  Started right from scratch this morning.  I sure hope DH appreciates all the behind the scenes efforts. 

I made a yummy chicken supper.  Lemon ginger chicken!  The recipe was from a Company's Coming chicken cookbook that I recently bought.  Dh thought it was good since he had a second piece.  I'll post the recipe in a bit, as soon as I get the cookbook back out. Now, if only I had room for some strawberry cake.......

Cathy

Lemon Ginger Chicken

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast

1/4 cup flour

1/4 tsp each salt and pepper

Olive oil

1/2 cup chicken broth

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 Tbsp packed brown sugar

1 Tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp grated ginger root

1 tsp grated lemon zest

1/4 tsp dry mustard

1/4 cup chicken broth

1 1/2 tsp corn starch

Place chicken between 2 sheets of parchment paper and pound to 1/4" thickness.  Combine flour, salt and pepper on a plate and press both sides of chicken into flour mixture until coated.

Heat oil in a large frying pan on medium-high heat.  Cook chicken for 2-4 minutes per side until no longer pink.  Transfer to plate and cover to keep warm.  Reduce heat to medium.

Add next 7 ingredients to pan.  Heat and stir, scraping any brown bits from bottom, until boiling.

Stir second amount of broth to cornstarch.  Add to lemon mixture in pan and stir until boiling and thickened.  Reduce heat to medium-low.  Add chicken, turning to coat both sides.  Cook for 1 to 2 minutes until heated through.

I served this with stir fried veggies and rice.  Delicious!!

That sounds very yummy.  I really like the Company's Coming cookbooks that I have.  The recipes all seem to match this family's tastes.  We haven't found a dud in any of her recipes yet!!

Around here, supper will be the leftover salads from yesterday's cold plate, sliced ham, crusty buns and a variety of raw veggies.  I might be able to get enough spinach to make a salad.  THe humidity is rising , the clouds are building and my energy level is dropping.

Do you have a recipe for strawberry cake?  There are a few blossoms and mini berries on my patch now.

I'd better get back to work packaging and labelling my efforts.  Tonight  I'll work in ends on the dishclothes I've been working on.  They should add a spot of colour to the table.

Enjoy your evening.  Hope the foot is not painful any more --just don't be over doing.

The strawberry cake recipe I have is posted under the summer recipe thread.  I'll bump it up

 hey, just getting home....  just cant quite shake this fog from my head...

i need a vacation.... gotta get awayyyyyyy

Hi all, we are home safe and sound. Had a rain shower going up to Saskatoon but then was very hot and is hot here at home. That's my work done for awhile, no more now till July 15th.

As for the flour Pat, we were talking about how nice it makes the bread taste with a cup of your flour added in. When my neighbour broke her arm in the winter I was making bread for them as they do not buy bread in the stores. That is how the conversation started. I am going to make buns tomorrow and maybe bread if I don't run out of time.

I NEED HELP WITH MY PUTER

I don't know how I did it but my task bar that runs across the bottom of my screen is all at once along the side running vertically/. What do I do to get it back to the bottom, is there anyone who knows?

TIA

YF

yf, if you click on the task bar and drag your mouse to the bottom of the screen, it should go back.  I just tried playing with it to see what had happened, and it worked for me.  I had it on the side, then brought it back down again. Hope this helps

Cathy

Thank-you Cathy it worked, I'm so happy and it was so simple.

I knew someone could help me here. YF