Dinner at the Schneider's (Tom Kha Soup)

A couple of months ago, Bridget Schneider called me and asked me to cook a dinner for her father as a gift. I agreed and finally, after several reschedules we had our dinner last night. Bill and Wanda, and Bill's niece and husband, and ViviAnne and I. I made Tom Kha, Red Chicken Curry, and Evil Jungle Prince for dinner. Sounds good huh! After dinner, we took a little walk out to Bill and Wanda's cabin and chatted for a while. Great fun and I was very happy to be able to cook for them again. Thanks Bridget! Even though it was a gift to her dad, I felt like it was a gift to all of us, plus Bridget's monetary donation was given to our scholarship fund for our student in Africa. Here is the Tom Kha soup recipe.

1/2 lb chicken breast (cut into bite size pieces)
1 onion (chopped into largish bite size pieces)
2 green onions (sliced thin)
1 inch section of ginger (sliced thin)
1/2 tsp of red curry paste
3 cups coconut milk
2 cups water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup mushroom ( chopped)
1/4 cup lime juice
cilantro to garnish

Saute mushrooms in olive oil for a couple of minutes, add in onions and red curry paste for additional minute. Add coconut milk, water, chicken, lime juice and ginger; bring to boil and reduce to simmer. Simmer for about a hour. Garnish with cilantro and be ready for no left overs.

We had a friend who demanded that her husband buy this soup for her every day while she was pregnant... they spent several thousand dollars on this soup. It is one of the best soups I have made.

Sprinklers are fun...

So the other day, Liam and Asa came up to me while I was out in our back yard getting ready to water our wind break. They asked if they could play in the sprinkler.

I said, "yes, of course that would be a fun thing for you to do."

I went off into the field and left them to sort out the sprinkler for themselves. I came back around the side of the house to discover that they put the sprinkler inside my car and turned it on!

They explained that they wanted to wash the inside of the car...

I love kids. So loving.

Hurray, hurray, It's May!

So, I have been a big slacker in terms of posting to my blog. Sorry about that. May is finally here and I could not be more happy. It seems most of my plants and tree around the house have made it through the winter and are doing well. My trip to Hawaii begins in just one week, so that will be very fun. ViviAnne and I are looking forward to spending some time hiking and seeing the big island. Neither one of us has ever been, so it will be quite an adventure.

I will have to post more later on. This is a busy week for me!