Check out this beautiful Anniversary Card Created by Roselyn Riley
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Gina's Designs Fall Mini Album
Good Morning
Check out this cute Fall mini album that I made using Gina’s Fall Shape set and various other shape sets from
Gina’s Designs.
Thanks for looking!
For the cover:
The cover was made using two pieces of chipboard that I cover
with painted canvas. I painted Gina’s Trees and the fall banner from Gina’s
fall shape set with brown paint and added gold leaf foil to the pieces. Next I layered
up the painted chipboard with a few fall colored flowers from my stash.
This page was made using Gina’s Hinges shape set and Gina’s
fall shape set. Once again I painted the chipboard and added fall flowers to
the corner. The glittered chipboard piece is from Gina’s Fall set. The hinges
are being used to hold the pull out journaling tag.
Here I used Gina's Designs Fall Shape set, Gina's Designs Banner Builder Dovetail Minis and fall flowers to make this page.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Trinidad style stew chicken recipe- Heritage Month
Here is a great recipe for Trinidad style Stew Chicken. It looks like a lot but it really isn't as complicated as it seems. If your feeling to try something new, this should do the trick.
You’ll need…
1 (4-5 pounds) whole chicken, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon ketchup
2 cloves of garlic – thinly sliced or crushed
1 teaspoon fresh/bottled ginger – crushed. (use 1/2 if it’s ginger powder)
2 tablespoon vegetable oil (one that can withstand high heat)
1 medium onion – chopped
1 medium tomato – chopped
2-3 tablespoon cilantro (or 2 tbs Trinidad green meat seasoning)
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 hot pepper (only if you like your food spicy)
1 green onion or chive – chopped
2 sprigs of fresh thyme (1 teaspoon dried)
1 lime or lemon or 3 tablespoons of vinegar
Lets get started…
Preparing the chicken. Cut or ask your butcher to cut the chicken into serving size pieces. In a bowl empty the cut chicken and squeeze the lime or lemon (or vinegar) onto the chicken, then add some water from your tap to cover the pieces of chicken. Now wash each piece individually, removing skin and any fat . Now rinse with a new batch of water and drain.
Now in the same bowl with the freshly washed chicken you’ll add ALL the ingredients EXCEPT the oil, sugar and cup of water, we’ll be using those to cook the chicken. Here’s what it should look like (remember to mix everything around and let it sit (marinate) in the fridge for about 1hr before cooking.
FYI, you’ve just seasoned the chicken. After about an hour or so it time to get things moving. It’s best if you could find a solid or heavy pan/pot, like a dutch oven for the actual cooking process. The heavier the pan, the better the oil will heat evenly and the chicken will caramelize for you. On high heat, add the oil to the pan. Just before the oil starts to smoke, add the brown sugar. TIP – be sure to have the seasoned chicken handy, use a long handle spoon (it will get hot) and oven mitts to hold onto the pot to turn the pieces of chicken to get it evenly coated. It’s important that you keep an eye on things and be ready to act fast. Next tip – it can get a bit smoky with the high heat at this point, so you may want to turn the exhaust fan over your stove on or open a window in the event you have smoke detectors installed.
Here’s a pic of adding the sugar to the hot oil.
Move around the sugar in the pot (remember to use a dry spoon with a long handle), until it starts to melt. Now keep a close eye on things here, since you’re looking for the sugar to go a bit foamy, and change color to golden. See pic below. Notice the bottom left of the picture where the sugar appears a bit darker? That’s the exact color you’re looking for before adding the chicken.
At this point you can start adding the pieces of chicken into the pot with the caramelized sugar. Try to be quick, since you don’t want the sugar to go much darker than in the picture above. Be sure to coat every piece of chicken so it “browns” evenly. Now cover the pot and let simmer for about 5 -10 minutes. you’ll notice that the pot will now have some excess water in it.
Remove the lid and turn the heat back up to high. Let’s get rid of that water that formed earlier.We’re ensuring that all the pieces of meat is nice an golden brown at this point. Ensure that there’s no water left in the pot.. it will seems as if it’s starting to stick or burn.
Now add the cup of water to the bowl that contained the seasoned chicken. Swish it around so you get all the seasoning bits that were left back. Add this water to the pot so you can continue cooking the chicken for another 25 minutes or so. Turn the heat back down to a simmer and let cook until the water thickens up to a nice gravy like consistency.
Enjoy!
Recipe Courtesy Of caribbeanpot.com/
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Wire Ring
Today I felt like doing something different. I decided to try my hand at making a ring. I think I may have dinged up the wire a bit but otherwise I think it came out nice for a 1st try.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Book Box Gina's Designs DT Project- Heritage Month
When visiting any of the Caribbean Islands you are sure to find an array of bright colors and beautiful tropical flowers. Most people live a laid back life and typically do things on their own time. I thought it would be fitting to finish my book box from Gina's designs as a time piece using colors that reminded me of the tropical plant life of the Island.
Thanks for looking!
I used
Gina's Designs Book Boxes ( large and small)
Gina's Designs Dragonflies and Butterflies
Faber Castell Gel Pens
Modeling Paste
Acrylic Paint
Stickers
Clock Making Kit ( Hobby Lobby)
Flowers and leaves ( stash)
Fancy Pants Buttons
Cherry Arts Paper
Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray dyes
Thanks for looking!
I used
Gina's Designs Book Boxes ( large and small)
Gina's Designs Dragonflies and Butterflies
Faber Castell Gel Pens
Modeling Paste
Acrylic Paint
Stickers
Clock Making Kit ( Hobby Lobby)
Flowers and leaves ( stash)
Fancy Pants Buttons
Cherry Arts Paper
Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray dyes
Thursday, August 8, 2013
How to make Curry Chicken- Heritage
Ok so I actually thought about typing out directions on how to make this dish but I remembered seeing a video on youtube a while back. I remember thinking that when I tried to teach my friend over the phone it was very difficult for her because she didn't have a visual reference. It's pretty close to the way I was taught to make the dish and it's very easy to follow. He also gives a link to his website where you can find everything typed out. It's too much to copy but he gives very good step by step instructions with pictures on his site.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Caribbean Heritage Carnival Mask
For African people, carnival became a way to express their power as individuals, as well as their rich cultural traditions.
Trinidad's carnival is a beautiful example of how carnival can unite the world. For in this small nation, the beliefs and traditions of many cultures have come together; and for a brief five days each year, the whole country forgets their differences to celebrate life! As a part of my tribute I have created these two Caribbean Heritage Carnival Mask.
Item's used from Gina's Designs
Peacock Feathers Shape Set
Monday, August 5, 2013
Caribbean Rum Punch-Heritage
Caribbean Rum Punch
SIMPLIFIED
I remember my mother mixing ingredients similar to these to make the most delicious looking rum punch. The version she made had more ingredients such as different fruit juices and fruits but I recently made this variation and it was very good.
1 cup fresh lime
juice
2 cups simple
syrup
Make this by (dissolving one cup of sugar in one cup of hot water, then cooled)
Make this by (dissolving one cup of sugar in one cup of hot water, then cooled)
3 cups amber rum
4 cups orange
juice
4 dashes of Angostura Bitters
Freshly grated
nutmeg
Directions
In a pitcher, combine lime juice, simple syrup, rum and
orange juice. Add a few dashes of bitters and some grated nutmeg to taste.
Serve chilled over ice.
Warning: It has a delayed effect so drink responsibly.
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