Kahlua Chicken

Here's another recipie for Leila's Hawaiian salt.....Kahlua chicken thighs!

4-5lbs chicken thighs
1 T Leila's Hawaiian salt
1 T oyster sauce
1-2 T honey

Skin the chicken thighs or just buy them skinless. Dump them into a crockpot along with everything else. Cook on high for 5-6 hours, till the meat falls off the bone. Pull the bones out.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy! Eat it over rice. It also makes great stuffing for tacos or burritos.
This is the oyster sauce bottle, easily found at the Chinese market.
Here are some towels I made for some little kids!

Sorry, I haven't posted....I forgot how to log in , we got a new web connection thingy, and Ben my awesome web consultant was out of town....excuses, excuses!

This little birdy dish is a gift from some dear ladies. I wasn't sure what to use it for till I got home and roamed around the house with it. I ended up in the powder room and hung my earings on it! It was even prettier. It reminded me of a tutorial for a cake plate and now I'm cooking up another idea for a cake plate/jewelry holder.....I'll show you as soon as I play around a bit with the idea!


I borrowed some books for the kids (good excuses to read picture books) and got excited when I saw the shoes on this elf ABC book. The illustrations are so cute and imaginative. I had been thinking of making some felt baby shoes and this was just the inspiration! The pink booties were the result. Actually, I made some stripey green ones, that were equally elfish, but when I tried them on Joy's baby, Mark he kicked them off in minutes. That pair went back to the drawing board.


Oh! I've got an awesome recipie for you using my Hawaiian salt!

The Best Steak You've ever eaten!

Leila's Hawaiian Salt
Brown sugar
Can of beer
Steak- try New York or Flank

1. Rub brown sugar on steak
2. Rub on Hawaiian salt
3. Pour beer over steak
4. Turn over and repeat
5. Let set for at least an hour
6. Grill as desired

Try it for Fathers Day!

Garlicky Chicken with special salt

Here we go! Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Put the chicken breasts in the pan. Rub them with a heaping teaspoon of seasoned salt, making sure to push some under the skin. Then chop up about 4 big cloves of fresh garlic and sprinkle it on top. Next sprinkle with nutmeg, about 1/4-1/2 teaspoon. Chop up a small bunch of parsley and throw it on top. Drizzel with olive oil. Pop it in the oven for about 20 min. It is done when the juice runs clear not pink. Yummy! I like to get it all ready early in the day so the seasoning works it's way in and I can goof off till just before dinner time. Yeah! Try making twice as much and then serving slices of cold chicken on a salad the next day....if someone doesn't gobble it up first!

We had this with broccoli salad, fresh apple slices, cous cous, corn on the cob and banana chocolate chip muffins for dessert. Hmm....what's for tommorow?

Skinny Jeans for a chubby day!

I was the happy recipient of some hand me down jeans, but alas, they were from a girlfriend that was (ahem) slimmer than me. No problem! I cut them open at the side seams and put them back on, noting how much skin was showing at my widest places. That width plus some extra for salvages on each side and a bit more at the top and bottom for a hem and a waistband an"voila". I had a thrift shop tablecloth to cut my stripe from. I actually have to wear a belt to make sure they stay up, and the long stripe makes you look longer and leaner. I should have worn a bit of a heel for the picture. This is my first self photo shoot so I'm quite an amateur...next time I'll clean up the background too. Do you like the babydoll top? That one is an extra large T-shirt with a too small stretchy ribbed shirt piece sewed in the middle! I have more pictures but and I'll explain that later. So, if you want to make a pair of jeans just come over, I've got more tablecloth. Just make sure you have something else to wear so you don't end up hanging around in your skivies!
Next time I'll show you what we had for dnner tonite. Super easy Garlic Chicken Breasts with my famous salt! I even took pictures to do a step by step thingy.
Ahh, two problems solved....what to do with tight pants and what to have for dinner....PTL!!!!

Have I got fun stuff for you!

Hello!!

I'm going crazy this week getting ready for this Saturdays craft gathering, but I wanted to get started learning this blog stuff so I can communicate with you and leave you goodies. I'll soon have more recipies and stuff you can order via email too. Won't that be such fun! We don't have the picture part figured out yet either...something about having the wrong browser or something. I'm going to be learning so much. Bear with me for a bit. Here's your first goodie, they are chocolate mereigue cookies that we call Angel Kisses. There should be some there on Saturday if I can keep my family away fron them till then. Enjoy!


Angel Kisses

½ cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips
3 large egg whites at room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 250 deg. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or foil.
2. Chop the chocolate chips smaller so they won't clog your squirt bag.
3. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form, about 1 minute. With the mixer running, slowly add the sugar. Increase the mixer speed to high and beat till the egg whites are stiff but not dry, about a minute. Using a spoon or spatula, gently fold the chocolate and then the vanilla into the egg whites.
4. Spoon the mixture into a pint sized zipper topped plastic bag and seal the bag. Use a scissors to cut a small opening in one corner of the bag. Squirt the meringue onto the covered pans in bite size dollops. Bake for 1 hour.
5. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool completely on the cookie sheets, about 30 minutes. Then peel them off and serve or store in an air tight container for up to 2 weeks.


Note: I like mine completely crispy so I just shut off the oven and forget them for a while. These are very economical to make and can be made ahead of time. You just have to have a good hiding place or make them while nobody is watching!