Fondant-the one we love:)

Creamy Fondant

2 cups sugar
1 cup cream
2 Tbsp. corn syrup
1 tsp. flavoring

Combine sugar, cream, and syrup. Cook with lid until rolling boil. Remove lid and cook to soft ball stage stirring occasionally. Pour on butter platter, let cool till warm to touch. Add flavoring. Stir until it loses gloss and hardens enough to handle. Mold into balls.

Thai Red Chicken Curry

• Living in St George, I have come to love the Thai restaurant here. It's amazing!!! So the other night I was craving it but didn't want to spend the money to go out to eat. Love the Internet that you can find almost any type of recipe online. This recipe is one I found at allrecipes.com and although it's not as spicy as what I could get at my favorite Benjia's, it was still pretty darn amazing and authentic. I loved all the veggies in it and even added sliced carrots and of course, bean sprouts, to make it even more yummy. And another love with Thai food, add chopped peanuts at the end. YUMMY!!!
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• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
• 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
• 1 cup sliced halved zucchini
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
• 1/2 cup sliced carrots
• 1 onion, quartered then halved
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces; cook and stir for about 3 minutes. Mix in the curry paste, zucchini, bell pepper, carrot and onion. Cook and stir for a few minutes.
2. Dissolve the cornstarch in the coconut milk, then pour into the skillet. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 1 minutes. Right before serving, stir in the cilantro.

**Did I mention this was super easy and quick to make? Plus, you could always do beef, pork, shrimp, etc instead of chicken. Love it!

Sesame Chicken and Noodles

We absolutely love this---Mel I cannot believe you guys didn't like it!

Ingredients:

1/3 cup rice vinegar

1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions

2 tbsp honey

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp grated fresh ginger (or throw in some of the powdered kind)

2 tsp Asian garlic-chili sauce

4-5 chicken breasts

whole wheat spaghetti noodles

3 tbsp toasted sesame oil

2 medium yellow, red, or orange sweet peppers, cut into bite size strips

cilantro

Cut into bite size pieces and cook chicken. I like to cook the ginger in with the chicken as well as with the chili garlic sauce (you can do without this if you don't have it--just adds some Asian spice flavor to it). In a bowl, mix together vinegar (I usually use half that amount because Ethan doesn't like strong vinegar-ish stuff), green onions, honey, soy sauce, and just for a better taste I usually add about 1/4 cup peanut butter. Mix in with the cooked chicken. Meanwhile, cook the pasta; when that is done, mix pasta with the sesame oil and then add the chicken mixture. Top with cilantro and peppers and enjoy!

**Just a side note: I cooked my peppers in with the chicken, which I liked better. I also added bean sprouts to the chicken at the end to make them soft because according to Ethan, if its any type of this food, I add bean sprouts. Love them!

Easy Beef Bing Sandwiches

This is definitely a favorite of ours and so so simple! You'll need:

1 lb roast beef (lunch meat)

cilantro

green onions

cabbage, shredded

wheat English muffins (or just bread)

Heat the roast beef in a pan with the green onions. I like to season it with garlic, sesame oil, and ginger (and red pepper flakes if you like things spicy). Toast the muffins or bread and top with warm meat, the cabbage and cilantro and ta-da--you're done!

Cashew Beef

thin cut beef, cut into strips

garlic

cornstarch

ground red pepper

ginger

water

cashews

rice

Add water, cornstarch, and seasonings and set aside. Cook beef and garlic. Add cornstarch mixture and stir while it boils and thickens. Add cashews and cook all together for a few minutes. Put over rice and there you have it....super simple and very yummy!

Healthy Dinners? Try this...

So we made this the other night and not only was it pretty darn healthy in my book, it was so good and simple! Here's what you need....

grape tomatoes

zucchini

broccoli

asparagus

sugar snap peas

onion

portobella mushrooms

feta cheese

Italian dressing

*any other veggies you want

So you chop everything up, stick it in a bag or bowl with the dressing, let marinate for at least 30 minutes, drain dressing, throw it in a pan to saute the veggies, dish up and add some feta cheese. Amazing!!!

Yummy Dessert Bar

Hey everyone, shocking yes I am actually blogging :) I just thought I'd share this super easy, quick, and delicious dessert bar (not sure what to call it really). Here it is:

2 packages refrigerated sugar cookie dough

1/2 cup sugar

8 oz cream cheese

8 oz cool whip

strawberries

candy bar (I LOVE Snickers on this)

chocolate syrup

Preheat oven to 350 and roll out cookie dough in a cookie sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Mix together sugar, cream cheese, and cool whip. Frost over cooled sugar cookie. Sprinkle with cut strawberries and chopped candy bar. Drizzle with chocolate syrup and eat up! SO YUMMY!!!