I love chicken wings. They are so versatile, and have the perfect meat - fat - skin ratio. Plus they are smaller than, say, chicken legs, so you feel like you get to eat a lot more. ; ) I have always been a huge fan of frying them, because I love how crispy they get. But then I discovered roasting them with their sauce on, which caramalizes and adds a new dimension of flavor. Then, I got the grill, and have become a grill junkie. EVERYTHING goes on the grill now, even brussels sprouts. And pizza. And Indian flat bread. Mmmmmmm..... ; ) Wings. Right.
Getting hit on the freeway is one of my huge fears. The speed, the noise, the metal hitting metal at such velocity. I am trying to blog about my experience, but it's proving to be a little harder emotionally than I thought it would. So I'm just going to put up the pictures and the details of what happened, and leave the processing of it for another day.
I've never had General Tso's chicken, I can never resist Kung Pao chicken when I am ordering at a Chinese restaurant. But this recipe is pretty close, so I thought I'd give it a try. I didn't deep fry the chicken; I sauteed it instead in some oil, then drained the excess oil before finishing the dish. I did add water chestnuts to it when I made it, since I wasn't serving it over rice. I'm not crazy about it, I like my go-to Kung Pao recipe better. But it was fun trying a new dish. : )
It's warm out, and that means it's time to break out the cool and refreshing summer rolls! Made with red leaf lettuce, fresh rice noodles, cucumber, carrot, mango, cilantro, and mint, wrapped in rice paper. The dipping sauce is a spicy peanut sauce with soy, garlic, ginger, sriracha, lime juice, and cilantro. SUPER happy, and hello summer! ♥
I feel like this warrants some explanation, like many of my more, uh, creative projects, but I'm not sure really how one explains a lion costume for a bald dog. The idea started with whimsical hats for humans, like hats that look like sock monkeys, hats that look like dead fish (so on my to-make-someday-list!) and hats that look like lions. I kept looking at the lion hat for humans, but I didn't care for the techniques used in it, or the colors of yarn available for it, and so I kept hesitating on ordering the yarn. While searching for human lion hat alternatives, I came across the pattern for a "King of the Beasts" knitted dog sweater with an attached mane and tail. It was love at first sight. I ordered the yarn that day, and downloaded the pattern.
