Like a bad Penney, I'm back!!!

Well, my cousin reminded me about a month ago that I have been lax about my online blogging correspondence. So I guess that means that someone actually looks at this thing!

So today I was trying to decide what to do for dinner and figured that I can type and think at the same time.

Here are my thoughts:

I have some salmon that should be eaten in the freezer and haven't had salmon since Mom and Dad got back from dip netting on the Kenai River!

I have several Zucchini and a large Ziploc of Carrots that are on the counter from my mother-in-law's trip to the local U-Pick farm

2 Mushrooms

Some red, yellow and orange Peppers

1 Roasted Garlic

Peaches from the freezer

Now to find something to do with all this bounty...

Bake the salmon with something yummy, serve with pasta (Julienne Zucchini, Roasted Garlic, Olive oil, a few red pepper flakes,??)

Salmon en Papillote - Salmon and julienne/ thin sliced vegetables cooked in parchment paper

Hmmm...

Ok I'll Pan fry the salmon with a seafood rub and then finish it in the oven while I saute up some of the Zucchini (julienned) in olive oil, roasted garlic and Red Pepper flakes. Add 1/4 Red Onion (sliced), a tablespoon of Flour, a can of diced tomatoes. Heat until bubbling. Serve it over Angel Hair Pasta .

And the peaches... with strawberries or triple berry blend? Cobbler, Crisp, Pie, tart?

after a search online I found a strawberry Peach upside down cake using cake mix, strawberry and peach jello with peaches- substitute raspberry jello and we have Melba upside down cake

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,186,147161-252193,00.html

STRAWBERRY-PEACH UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

1 can (29 oz.) sliced peaches 1 pkg. strawberry Jello (4 serving size) 1 pkg. peach Jello (4 serving size) 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/3 c. butter (melted) 1 pkg. yellow cake mix Arrange peaches in buttered 13x9 inch pan. Combine strawberry and peach Jello and cinnamon in small bowl. Sprinkle about 3/4 of the mixture evenly over peaches; dot with butter. Prepare cake mix according to package instructions. Pour 3/4 of the batter into pan. Stir remaining gelatin mixture into remaining cake batter. Blend well and pour over batter in pan. Swirl spatula through batter to marble. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes or until fork comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 5 minutes. Turn out onto platter and cool. May top with Cool Whip.

Menu tonight:

Pan fried Salmon with Zucchini Tomato Pasta (topped with a little fresh Parmesan)

Melba Upside Down Cake with whipped cream on top!!!!

Cooking Up Fun

Felicity Loves to "halp kook"(help cook). She is enjoys bringing a dining room chair over and climbing up so that she can see what is happening on the counter and asking Mommy if she can help cook. Stirring is very fun and so is washing dishes, both projects get quite messy with her help! She is so cute about helping her momma that I just have her help clean up the mess as well! This picture is of her helping to make bread sometime in December. She loves to eat good home cooked bread. Momma is getting better at her once over glances and grabs the knives before Felicity gets all the way up! Every time she approaches the stove she'll holds her hand back and will say "hot, Hot?" just to check about where she can put her hands. I really encourage her caution. Thankfully she is and always has been quite analytical and seems to think through an action before doing it. I am so grateful for this and am worried that this next child is going to be the complete opposite and go charging into anything and everything!
This is of Momma and Felicity in our chef's uniforms! A friend of mine bought this darling outfit for Felicity and it is quite a favorite! She has it in her play kitchen's cupboard and pulls it out from time to time to help Momma or just do some cooking on her own! Momma is in the Culinary Arts program at University of Alaska Anchorage and is working hard to get her associates degree by December!