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An old friend of ours, Joanne...AKA Ruby..Looks like she's gone to the birds! Taken on the Hawaian Islands somewhere during a recent Cruise. Her hubby is a cruise specialist with Cruise Ship Centres

Trina, Annette's friend with her new baby, Bradley

My clean baby, Silky, after her bath on Sunday.


Oh my...the ice age has descended upon us. Finally the roads get ploughed and then the remaining slop turned to an ice rink. Silky took me for a walk tonight and I took a skid and fell and hurt my pride... nothing too damaged.. I'll let you know tomorrow.

So Ronda has always been telling me about Korma Chicken , and one day on my travels through the President's Choice store, I found myself a jar of Presiden's Choice Korma Chicken sauce. So... last night, being that I was eating alone, I decided to crack open the jar and give it a taste... not so bad after all. I cut up my chicken, floured it and then browned it in some oil in the pressure cooker with some chopped cooking onion. After the chicken was nice and brown, I dumped in about half of the Korma sauce, and added a little more water, then put it on to cook in the pressure cooker.. for ten minutes once it was brought up to pressure. I cooled off the cooker and opened it up and the aroma was divine! While it had been cooking , I chopped up some red and green pepppers, some mushrooms, celery and carrots and cauliflower. I added all the veggies, and the remainder of the jar of Korma sauce and a little more water, then I replaced the lid and let it simmer for ten minutes until the veggies were just cooked to a crunch stage.

I served it over rice ( to myself) and savoured every bite! I must say it was tasty, but not at all spicey. Next time I might add a few red pepper flakes to give it a little more zing! There are plenty of Korma recipes if you google it, but it seemed like the reviews were mixed for each one, and almost in every case, the reviewer said it didn't taste like the real stuff you get in Indian restaurants. The sauce always was made with something creamy...either buttermilk, coconut milk, light cream, or yogurt...hence the delicious mellow flavour that makes you want to eat another helping. Anyhow, I'd recommend the Korma sauce ,particularly if you are in a hurry. With chicken breasts , it would cook very quickly and any combo of veggies,including zuccini, could be used. Deb, served up a variation of it for dinenr on Sunday night and served with warmed Naan bread... that was also very yummy...Thanks again Debbie, for the much appreciated dinner after shovelling snow forever!

Have you had enough requests for donations and subscription renewals lately? I just whittled my way through a pile of mail about a foot high and came up with ten serious things to file. The rest hit the recycle.. a whole pail full of it now.Wow, every organization is out for your Christmas buck, thats for sure.
Time to carry on here...some serious sleeping to do....and I thought I'd wrap presents... I did the mail instead.
Oh yes here is another link to some fab fabrics, especially of the outdoor types. Check out their sale items at Textile Outfitters, located in Calgary.