I hope I was able to remembered this concoction well enough for others to copy because I sort of made it up as I was going along but it was too yummy not to have a savory dish finally make a recipe debut..... Poblano, Sweet Potato and Corn Seafood Chowder
Saute the onions, garlic and pepper in olive oil until the onions are soft then add the sweet potatoes. Season with salt and cook for a few minutes, until potatoes start to brown. Cover with chicken broth, add bay leaf and the frozen corn. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft. Sprinkle fish and shrimp with Emeril's Essence. Add fish and shrimp and cook for an additional 4 minutes. Remove from heat, remove bay leaf and stir in milk. Serve and ENJOY!
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I started to make bunny sugar cookies for an Easter potluck when I realized I didn't have enough sugar. Instead of panicking or making something else (or venturing to a neighbor's house to ask for sugar... how cliché), I improvised and ended up making some darn delicious cookies!!! I'm not usually a big fan of sugar cookies, but these beauties are festive and yummy. Gluten Free Multiple Sugars Cookies
Add dry mixture 1 cup at a time on low speed. Once combined, form batter into a ball. Roll between two sheets of parchment paper lightly floured with Gluten Free Flour. Cut with cookie cutter(s) of choice (don’t be boring). If you’re using sprinkles or sanding sugar, decorate before putting in the oven. Bake for approx. 14 minutes (or until they start to get golden around the edges). If decorating with frosting, allow cookies to cool on cooling rack then decorate away! Enjoy!
This will give you a different perspective next time you open that chocolate bar. So much hard work and having no idea what for, not to be disgruntled to find out it was for something wonderful but to be grateful to have the opportunity to experience it. Disheartening but beautiful. This week I had an unfortunate run-in with an old enemy… back pain! Having degenerative disc disease, I always have a lingering level of lower back pain but this had the added fun of sciatica pain down my leg as well as pain in my arm. This was all spurred from tweaking my back while gardening last Sunday and gradually got worse as the week went by. I am also still recovering from my post-Africa injury. My toe still remains wrapped from my run in with an evil escalator at the Atlanta airport 30 minutes after getting off a 17 hour flight. The limping was probably adding fuel to the back pain fire. I woke up on Friday morning in so much pain I resorted to going to a doctor since I had exhausted all of my typical flair-up remedies (heat & ice, yoga, ibuprofen and the chiropractor was closed until Monday for Easter). Some steroids and muscle relaxers later, I am able to move but not quite like a normal human being yet. One thing I noticed with my more crippled than normal demeanor was the amount of other graduate students who could sympathize with my back pain. The school year is almost over so, at least for me, stress levels are rising with trying to be on top of coursework, making sure I have a solid game plan for my research over the summer, and financially freaking out as I watch my savings dwindle away before my eyes on boring everyday life stuff and not the fun stuff I want to be spending it on. Sitting in a chair staring at a computer screen for hours on end isn’t the best for one’s back either. Basically, we all feel like old people moaning and groaning as we stand up from our chairs or bend over to pick something up. I may not be one to be preaching since I am currently heavily medicated for back pain but here are some suggestions (which I obviously didn’t follow myself) for keeping your back healthy during all the craziness: ● Take a break... Get up from that computer desk every so often and stretch. |