Nae's Heart » Food http://naesheart.com Everyday News about the Ashton Family! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:57:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Summer Dates http://naesheart.com/2010/07/17/summer-dates/ http://naesheart.com/2010/07/17/summer-dates/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:36:39 +0000 Renae http://naesheart.com/?p=854 Yesterday was the opening day for the OC Fair… Between 12 and 1 admission and parking were free and James and I are definitely about saving money. :) We arrived around 12:45 and the first thing on our agenda was lunch… we had corn dogs… We had a great time wandering and looking at everything. ¬†We saw the animals, the crafts, the photography, all the little vendors trying to sell their products, and we walked through the carnival area. ¬†It was really hot and a little sticky so we bought a souvenir cup for $5 and then refilled it once for $2.50. ¬†At one point we found a table and enjoyed the shade while listening to the All-American Boys Chorus. ¬†After resting we walked around a little more and looked at everything we had already seen. :) it is a small fair! ¬†James bought me a pair of Rainbow Sandals. ¬†We bought dinner around 4:30 so we could finish before the Peking Acrobats started their show at 5:20. ¬†For dinner I had Australian Battered Potatoes and James had a Turkey Leg. ¬†It was delicious. ¬†We watched the Peking Acrobats, which are amazing, and then headed home. ¬†It was a great day spending time together, hot and sweaty, but tons of fun.

James enjoying the Turkey Leg

My Australian Battered Potatoes

The Sandals James bought me!

My Love and I

Hope you have lots of time for fun summer dates!

]]> http://naesheart.com/2010/07/17/summer-dates/feed/ 3 Iron Chef (ACTS style) http://naesheart.com/2009/04/27/iron-chef-acts-style/ http://naesheart.com/2009/04/27/iron-chef-acts-style/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:30:08 +0000 Renae http://naesheart.com/?p=580 So the activity on Saturday was a huge success.  Our secret ingredient was cocoa powder.  We had to use it in 3 courses: an appetizer, a main dish, and a dessert.  We left the church at 12:15 and headed to the store.  We had a couple cookbooks and chose recipes on the way so we would purchase all the ingredients we needed.  For our appetizer we decided to do biscuits, of course they were chocolate biscuits because of adding the cocoa powder.  They were pretty nasty tasting after they were cooked, they tasted fine before they were put in the oven.

Chocolate Biscuits

Chocolate Biscuits  

¬†For our main dish we made Stuffed Spinach Shells. ¬†We used ricotta cheese, cream cheese, spinach, and of course cocoa. ¬†:) ¬†You couldn’t really taste the cocoa. ¬†They turned out okay. ¬†I wouldn’t make them again, at least not with cocoa.

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Stuffed shells

For dessert we made a chocolate pizza.  It had a sugar cookie crust, cream cheese & cocoa for the frosting, and peanut butter chips and chocolate chips on top.  We also drizzled chocolate sauce over the top.  It was the best hing we made.  

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Chocolate Pizza

One of the other teams made things like: Chocolate croissants, chocolate breaded chicken, chocolate mousse crepes, rice with chicken boullian, cocoa, and cinnamon in it.

 The third team made: Chocolate covered strawberries, Chocolate tri-tip, Layered chocolate mousse.  

I was tired of chocolate at the end of the end of the night.  Sounds funny but it is true.  

Our team came in 2nd.  We were happy with that.  

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