Posted by Lisa on January 17th, 2006 — Posted in Misc
On Monday, Leonor brought us a traditional chilean meal, humitas. Humitas are steam cooked ground corn and spices served in a corn husk, similar to a tamale. I’m trying not to eat carbs right now, so Steve had them and he really enjoyed them. I thought I would pass on a recipe for them. Enjoy! ( I found this recipe on epicurious)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium white onion, finely chopped
8 ears fresh corn
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper flakes
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until soft (do not let it brown), about 8 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Cut around base of each ear of corn and gently remove husks whole. Reserve husks. Brush silk off ears.
Grate kernels off corncobs into medium bowl, or slice off and pulse in processor to rough purée. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in cooked onions, milk, and red pepper flakes. Chill mixture until firm.
Preheat oven to 350° F. To assemble 1 humita, choose a thinner, more flexible inner husk and tie thin end into knot. Split up to knot and set aside to use as tie. Lay 2 of widest husks side by side (narrow ends at top and bottom), overlapping a few inches to form rectangle. Spoon 1/4 cup filling into center, then fold sides over to cover filling. Fold in top and bottom to make enclosed rectangular package. Tie crosswise with knotted husk. Repeat with remaining filling and husks. Place finished humitas on baking sheet and bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.
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Posted by Lisa on January 11th, 2006 — Posted in Misc
While my friends Angie and Sean are in the states, I’m watching their 2 dogs, Townes and Cassidy. Before they left Leyna had started visiting the dogs. Since they’ve been gone, i’ve been bringing Leyna over once a day to play. In the beginning she wasn’t sure how to play and would always just show her belly. Cassidy has now taught her to play and the 2 of them run around the yard together. Townes is the more laid back of the 2, he likes to sit back, relax and be pet. So while the other ones are running around he and I chill and he gets some much needed TLC. Leyna seems to have a new mission to get Townes to play with her, which has just started to kinda work today. Usually he tells her to go away (she’s a little too hyper for him), but today they were actually chasing each other around. Leyna loves to go to their house. If she gets out, she just runs right on down. They live below us. It’s her home away from home.
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Posted by Lisa on January 1st, 2006 — Posted in Misc
Happy New Year!!! Steve and I went to a party last night at a friends house, and we were able to watch fireworks go off from 4 different places. They have a beautiful view overlooking the ocean. We ate, drank, and were merry. I hope you have a happy new year!!!
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Posted by Lisa on December 27th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Today I got a xmas package in the mail from my awesome friends Janet and Al (and Zoe and Milo), inside was some of my favorite and very missed xmas candy and a toy for Leyna. She started chewing on it right away and then promptly fell asleep. Thank you so much. Love you guys. And yes, i’ve already put a big dent it the candy 🙂
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Posted by Lisa on December 26th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Steve and I are cat sitting while our friends Rob and Joanna are back in the states. On the off chance that Joanna may check this, I thought i’d put up their pictures. Chicken is the girl she’s on the left and Mr. Bunny is the boy on the right.
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Posted by Lisa on December 25th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Hope you have a wonderful birthday Terry. We got used to celebrating it with you these past 3 years. Wish we could be celebrating it together today. Hope you have a wonderful day. Happy birthday!!!
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Posted by Lisa on December 22nd, 2005 — Posted in Misc, Uncategorized
My parents are the best. Look what they sent me today…
We love them. Thank you sooo much!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by Lisa on December 15th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Now that Steve and I joined the co-op organic hippie farm, we get fresh fruit and veggies once a week. I go to Innatura to pick them up on Tuesdays. Innatura is a health food store here in La Serena that sells yummy vegetarian lunches and a variety of health foods. This is also where you can get tofu and great yogurt made fresh at the store. I’m really enjoying belonging to the farm, I like working on it, and we get stuff that I never have really had before, or never think to buy. This week we got dinosaur kale, red bibb lettuce, beets, some type of green beans, yellow squash, cilantro and swiss chard. Since we don’t eat beets, and have a garden full of cilantro out back, we gave them to Leonore. Last week, I had taken my goods out of the fridge for a party and forgot all about them and left them in a drawer. Of course, they all went bad and stunk. This week, I was determined not to let that happen. So today, I went kale crazy and used up all the kale. I made a polenta and kale dish and I made a soup similar to the soup from Olive Garden. They were both wonderful, though Steve didn’t try the polenta dish. Since I had made the yummy soup, I decided to completely copy the meal we would normally get at Olive Garden, and made a homemade alfredo sauce to dip some garlic bread in. Delish!!! I still do try to get the farmers market at least once a week to add to our organic produce.
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Posted by Lisa on December 11th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Today, we found an old toy of Izzy Bizzy’s that she had hated, or maybe it was us, since it always made her vomit. We decided to see how Leyna did, no vomit, but…
Leyna’s Kryptonite
Click to see the movie (11 MB)
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