Wine & Cheese

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

#12 - Chicken Breast Tocino Kebabs

Challenge 12: Cook 100 New Recipe Dishes
Recipe: Chicken Breast Tocino Kebabs
(Recipe: 6/100)

INGREDIENTS

- Chicken Breast (Organic) cut in squares (4 lbs)
- Mama Sitas Tocino Mix (2 packets) (Purchase at oriental grocery stores)
- Onions
- Wooden Kebab sticks

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut the chicken breasts in cubes.
2. Add the Mama Sitas Tocino Mix and stir. Marinate overnight.
3. Soak kebab sticks in water for 10 minutes. This will prevent it from burning.
4. Alternate chicken and onions on the kebab.
5. Cook it in the grill, rotating to cook all sides. Brush marinating mix to the kebabs while while cooking.

Excellent dish for my birthday! My husband truly enjoyed it. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Love this dish. I cant believe it tasted so good.

30 YEARS YOUNG!!!
I can't believe I'm 30 years young!!! It feels absolutely fabulous. Autumn was right about turning 30. I feel more sophisticated. I'm not even ashamed to admit my age. :-) Kept my 30th pretty simple this year. It started off with receiving abundant love from my friends in facebook who wished me a happy birthday, followed by my brother coming over early in the morning to greet me a Happy Birthday - also gave a gift. He joined us for breakfast as well. Dre cooked this amazing Russian Mushroom Soup, toast, and tea. I went shopping after breakfast - a good solid 4 hours of retail therapy. For lunch I cooked some kebabs, and for the afternoon, Dre and I went to see the Social Network movie (good movie), followed by a nice romantic dinner at Granite City. It was nice and mellow - and I absolutely loved it. A party is way too extravagant and would have probably stressed me out a lot.

So anyway, below are pictures of my husband cooking Russian dishes at my parent's house this past weekend. They were EXCELLENT dishes as well. I will cook some Russian dishes in the future and will put it on here.

Monday, October 11, 2010

#83 - Get My Passport Stamped

Challenge 83: Get My Passport Stamped
Date Stamped: 09.16.2010 (Ukraine)

Was going through my 101 Things and it just so happens that I needed to update a lot of my list as, done. Anyway, I finally got my passport stamped for the first time since 1991. I was really excited about that. My passport was stamped at the Odessa International Airport in Odessa, Ukraine.

Below are more fabulous pictures from Nikolaev, Ukraine that my husband took of the structures, us, brother, mother and father in law, and sister and brother in law:

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Cooking Class With Chef Marc Anthony

Last Tuesday there was a cooking class at the Calvary church with Chef Mark Anthony. It was a combined cooking class and a lecture of healthy living and diet. He cooked some vegetarian dishes - pretty good stuff. I will showcase a dish I've learned when I cook it sometime this week. Can't wait. Stay tuned.

Side Note: I've been so slacking with those Ukraine pictures. Will find a way to post it in this blog soon.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Nostalgic Season

I woke up this morning with a feeling of nostalgia. It seemed surreal to feel some sort of a déjà vu moment dating back to college days circa 1999 - 2004. My eyes opened and I thought I was back in my dorm room wondering if I was late for my 7AM Fundamentals of Biology class. Maybe it's that nice chill in the air that reminds me of academia. It was just so cozy and it made me feel good inside.

Enjoy viewing pictures of my life during my college years!