Coconut Chicken (Opor Ayam Chicken – Indonesian)

INGREDEINTS FOR 4 SERVINGS:
2 Tbs. Olive Oil
1 Lb. Chicken Breast Tenders
1 Tbs. Chicken Broth
1 Medium Onion, Finely Chopped
2 Cloves Garlic, Minced
¾ tsp. Dried Cilantro
1 tsp. Fresh Grated Ginger
1 tsp. Finely Grated Lemon Peel
1/8 tsp. Ground Cumin
Pinch Ground Turmeric
1 C. Coconut Milk
2 Tbs. Macadamia Nuts, Finely Ground
2 Tbs. Sugar
1/8 tsp. Ground Red Pepper
1 Tbs. Curry Paste
2 tsp. Water
Chopped Scallion, for Garnish
INSTRUCTIONS:
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes per side, or until browned and no longer pink in the center. Remove the chicken to a plate and set aside. Heat the broth in the same skillet. Add the onion, garlic, cilantro, ginger, lemon peel, cumin, and turmeric and cook for 5 minutes, or until the onion is tender but not browned. Stir in the coconut milk, nuts, sugar, and red pepper. Combine the water and curry paste and add to the sauce. Return the chicken to the skillet, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken and top with the sauce. Garnish with the scallions.

Southwest Egg Rolls & Cool Avocado Dip

2½ C. Shredded Cooked Chicken
1½ C. Shredded Mexican Cheese Blend
2/3 C. Frozen Corn, Thawed
2/3 C. Canned Black Beans, Rinsed and Drained
5 Green Onions, Chopped
¼ C. Minced Fresh Cilantro
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Ground Cumin
1 tsp. Grated Lime Peel
¼ tsp. Cayenne Pepper
20 Egg Roll Wrappers
Oil for Frying
DIP:
1 C. Ranch Salad Dressing
1 Medium Ripe Avocado, Peeled and Mashed
1 Tbs. Minced Fresh Cilantro
1 tsp. Grated Lime Peel
In a large bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients. Place 1/4 cup of chicken mixture in the center of one egg roll wrapper. (Keep remaining wrappers covered with a damp paper towel until ready to use.) Fold bottom corner over filling. Fold sides toward center over filling. Moisten remaining corner with water; roll up tightly to seal. Repeat. In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry egg rolls, a few at a time, for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Meanwhile, combine the dip ingredients. Serve with egg rolls.
Yield: 20 egg rolls (1-1/2 cups sauce).

Our Favorite Family Home Evening Game

Don't Eat Pete

What you will need:
A big bag of small pieces of candies like M&M's, mini M&M's, Skittle, Smarties (work best). Make sure it is something that everybody like.
Print out the grid available at:
http://www.ldssplash.com/fhe/fhe_games/petechart.htm chart
Or you can make your own.

Set the printout on a table. Put a piece of candy in the middle of each square. Send one person out of the room. Everyone remaining in the room agree on which piece of candy on the chart will be "Pete". Once decided, the person re-enters the room and starts eating pieces of candy from the chart. As soon as that person picks up "Pete" everyone at the table yells "DON'T EAT PETE!" the game continues until everyone has had one or two turns to leave the room.

The Turkey With The Terrible Temper

I found this cute family home evening idea that I thought that I might share. I found it at FHEinasnap.blogspot.com. I will have a link for it on this blog.

Preparation:
Copy the turkey
make feathers the colors as indicated in the story



Song:
"I am Like A Star"
Lesson:
Read the story below.

Once there was a little brown turkey who had a terrible temper. He often flew into rages and ranted around until he was a nuisance in the farm yard. One day he lost his temper about some little thing and got so angry he flew into a rage and went RED as a beet. The other turkeys laughed at him and said:
You're RED, RED
RED as a beet:
Red from your head
To the tip of your feet.

Tom Turkey didn't like anyone or anything so he ran away and hid. He sat and sulked for a long time. When he calmed down and came out of his hiding place he was really RED all over. His head was RED and his neck was RED- he was RED from his head to his feet.

He hurried to the edge of the farm to visit Dr. Owl who was wise and knew all the answers to everything. "You have to learn to control that temper of yours!" hooted Dr. Owl. "if you don't remember in time you will end up being a very sorry turkey."

The next day Tom Turkey was brown again except that he had a red feather in his tail. He was very glad to be brown again, but he still thought it was everybody else's fault that he gotten so angry the day before.

Tom's mother called to him to help with the Monday wash. But Tom got the BLUES as soon as he started working. he moaned and groaned until his mother said he was acting like a baby. You can guess what happened next- he lost his temper again. This time he went BLUE all over! As he was running, the other turkeys yelled:
You're BLUE, BLUE
From your head to your toe,
BLUE all over
wherever you go.

This time Tom Turkey sat and sulked and blamed his mother for losing his temper . By morning he was BROWN again but now he had a blue feather next to the red one in his tail.

You can guess what happened the rest of the week. On Tuesday Tom didn't want to clean up the yard. He said he hated cleaning up with a PURPLE passion. Just as soon as he said that, he was in a rage he turned PURPLE all over. the turkeys shouted:
You're PURPLE, PURPLE
That's all we can see,
You'd better go hide
Under your favorite tree.

Of course Tom Turkey sat and sulked and blamed everything onto everyone else.

On Wednesday morning he was BROWN again but he had a purple tail feather added to his RED and BLUE one. He was beginning to feel ashamed that he couldn't control himself like he wanted to.

He went out for a walk when he saw a big ear of corn that his turkey friend was eating. Tom was GREEN with envy. He thought the farmer had no right to give someone else the cob of corn. And before he knew it, he had turned GREEN all over, and was in another terrible temper tantrum. The turkeys all turned to him and yelled:
You're GREEN, GREEN
GREEN as the grass
Why don't you get wise
And stop all the sass

And of course again, Tom Turkey went to his hiding place to sulk and feel sorry for himself.

On Thursday morning he was BROWN again but now he had a green feather amongst the other brightly colored tail feathers. But something was happening to Tom Turkey. He was really beginning to change. He wanted to keep his temper. He didn't feel like being ashamed of himself. He was determined to try hard and do just that.

Of course all the turkeys like to tease Tom and while they were playing a game of Gobble and Waddle someone called Tom a coward. Before Tom stared to think he had flown into another tantrum. this time his face turned YELLOW and his neck was YELLOW and the turkeys were saying he had a YELLOW streak down his back. They yelled:
You're YELLOW turkey
Just like we said
Why don't you go home
and hide under the bed?

Tom Turkey had turned YELLOW all over because he had forgotten to control his temper. But this time he sat under the tree and thought a long time about everything. He had only himself to blame for his mistakes. He was beginning to realize that he was the only one who could make things better.

When he awoke in the morning he was brown again with a new yellow feather in his tail. He didn't say a word to anyone, he just went about his business and said to himself, "I can do it, if I try hard enough!"

Mother Turkey asked Tom to keep an on the little turkeys while she went to the store on Friday. While she was gone all the baby turkeys ran through the house with muddy feet. When Tom saw what they had done, Tom almost lost his temper. But this time he just held his breath as long as he could. He turned as pale as a ghost, but didn't lose his temper. The turkeys yelled:
You're WHITE, WHITE
But your temper didn't show
Maybe you're changing
We really hope so.

all Saturday and Sunday he kept calm and was tickled pink to think he had gone two days without a terrible temper tantrum. He was still a little brown turkey, and a very happy one too.

He reported back to Dr. Owl on Monday and Tom Turkey thanked him for his help. Dr. Owl told Tom he earned the wright to wear the brightly colored tail and that he should show it off proudly from now on.

So when you go to the farm and see the turkey with his fan shaped tail all unfolded, remember this story about the turkey with the terrible temper.

Treat:
Turkey shaped sugar cookies

Chocolate Crepes with Raspberry Sauce

INGREDIENTS FOR 8 SERVINGS:
1 C. Fat-Free Milk
½ C. Fat-Free Evaporated Milk
3 Eggs
1 C. All-Purpose Flour
¼ C. Plus 1/3 C. Sugar, Divided
¼ C. Baking Cocoa
½ tsp. Salt
4-½ tsp. Cornstarch
1 C. Water
4-½ C. Fresh or Frozen Raspberries, Thawed, Divided
Reduced Fat Whipped Cream in a Can
1 tsp. Confectioners' Sugar
INSTRUCTIONS:
In a small mixing bowl, combine the milk, evaporated milk, and eggs. Combine the flour, ¼ cup sugar, cocoa and salt; add to milk mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
In a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and remaining sugar; set aside. Place water and 3-1/2 cups raspberries in a blender; cover and process for 2-3 minutes or until pureed.
Strain puree into cornstarch mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Transfer to a small bowl; refrigerate until chilled.
Coat an 8-in. nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Stir crepe batter; pour a scant 3 tablespoons into center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack.
Repeat with remaining batter, coating skillet with cooking spray as needed. When cool, stack crepes with waxed paper or paper towels in between.
To serve, spoon a scant 3 tablespoons sauce over each crepe; roll up. Top each with 1 tablespoon whipped cream. Garnish with remaining raspberries and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

These are very yummy! Surprisingly, there have very little fat.

VALENTINE'S DAY

Here are some fun ideas....

My husband and my kiddos all love Oreo's. I made Oreo Truffles. They are 'O' so good!

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What You Need!
1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1 Pkg. Almond Bark, melted
Make It!
MIX 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 42 (1-inch) balls.
DIP balls in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover melted chocolate can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature and saved for another use.) Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.
REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Store any leftover truffles in tightly covered container in refrigerator.
*The idea for the kisses came from Bakerella.

KERNELS OF LOVE
This was one that we did for the great teachers that my children have. We modified it. Instead of using a bag of microwave popcorn, we made caramel corn. They turned out so cute.

Here is the recipe:
Caramel Corn
INGREDIENTS FOR 3 QUARTS:
3 Qts. Popped Popcorn ½ C. Butter
1 C. Brown Sugar, Firmly Packed ¼ C. Light or Dark Corn Syrup
½ tsp. Salt ¼ tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Vanilla 1 to 2 C. Nuts
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 250. Place popcorn and nuts in a large baking pan. Keep warm in oven.
Butter a 15”x10” baking pan. In a large sauce pan, melt butter over med-low heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup & salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Simmer without stirring for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in baking soda & vanilla. Slowly pour syrup over popcorn, mix well. Turn into buttered baking pan. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool, break apart and store in a tightly-covered container.

The website for the template is
http://Jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page+CragtDisplay&craftid=11584

STUD MUFFIN

I usually try to make some kind of treat for my husband to take to work. I made him some mini muffins. **a double purpose, it was also breakfast.

I put a not on the muffins that said, "YOU ARE MY STUD MUFFIN!" Cheesy I know but Valentine's Day is the one holiday that Cheesy is good. I think that he took the note off before he placed them for everyone to eat - just a hunch!


I thought that these Valentine's were so cute. They were cheap too! We bought Dum-Dums and made them into flowers for my daughter's class.I just printed a flower out on patterned paper and punched a hole in the center for the flower.