Grilling Goodness – Take 13

 

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1. Do you prefer reality tv or dramas or comedies? – Used to really love comedies, but there have not been many good ones in recent years. Like to watch Dancing with the Stars, The Biggest Loser, and a few other reality shows. Still, my favorites are dramas like Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Desperate Housewives.

2. If you could have free cosmetic surgery, what would you have done? – Probably breast reduction surgery. Of course since I saw the surgery on television once I now am sure I will be a chicken and never consider it.

3. What are you itching to get but you have not ‘bitten the bullet’? – My little digital camera died not even a year after I bought it and I still have not replaced it. There are just other things that we need. For now I will share hubby’s camera.

4. Do you have a bad habit that you hope your children don’t pick up? – I hope my kids are not as wishy-washy as me. When pressed hard I can easily make a decisions, but on the little things I have a hard time.

5. What was your favorite meal growing up? – Loved my mothers chicken soup with matzah balls. She put dill in it and it made it extra yummy.

6. What meal did you have as a youngster that you don’t have as an adult? – I remember going to have steamed clams with my mother and friends after swim lessons. Not something I do now.

7. What is your earliest memory of a "vacation"? Where’d you go?
– I still remember going to Disney World with my family when I was really little. The first trip I have major memories of was when I was in kindergarten or so and we went with family friends.

8. What was the "Best Thing" you ever got for Christmas, before age 12?
– Most years my birthday came at about the same time as Chanukah, so a lot of the gifts blended together. My cabbage patch kids or Barbie Town House would probably rank way up there.

 

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  TheAngelForever

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Lots of lists

I admit it, I am a list person. For some reason I do better when I have lists of items that need to get accomplished and can manually cross them off as they are finished. In the past, I have made the following lists:

  • Things to do during a given day
  • Groceries needed
  • Questions to ask the doctor
  • Coupons needed for a store run
  • Presents that we need for upcoming birthdays/holidays
  • Meals for the upcoming week
  • Items to do at home (when I was teaching)
  • Phone calls that need to be made

As you can imagine we had a lot of lists for Passover. Now that Pesach is officially over, I can concentrate on the lists that need to be made for our upcoming trip to Disney World. Off the top of my head I need to do the following:

  • Documents that need to be taken with us
  • Clothing that needs to be bought before trip (shorts for everyone)
  • Questions for TSA about bringing medication on the airplane
  • Items we need to pack (clothing, diapering needs, food, medicine, toiletries and the like)
  • Things to bring on the airplane to keep the kids entertained (this will be their first flight)
  • Rides/shows we hope to see at each of the parks

Call it the teacher in me, but lists work well for me. It helps me to organize my thoughts and work toward the goals needed. So my question for you this week:

Are you a list person? Why or why not?

 

 

TheAngelForever

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the Mr. Linky there if you are participating.

 Aloha Friday by Kailani at An Island Life

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Matz- Oh Nuts!

We do not live in an area that has a lot of kosher for Passover food options. We pretty much have one main grocery store that has the largest selection of items. The problem with this is they often run out of food that people want early, or the cost is extremely high. Of course, we have the option to travel a few hours away to areas that have more kosher for Passover resources. With two little kids  travel is not always feasible.

Back in December I happened to catch a Tweet from @OhNuts about their Chanukah candy and options. It intrigued me greatly and I looked at things. They also had lots of goodies for Purim. JL and I both browsed the Oh Nuts! website a few weeks ago and were salivating at the amazing assortment of items that were kosher for Passover. Not only did they have nuts for Pesach, but they also had a large assortment of dried fruits, candies, and cakes/cookies that were all Kosher for Passover.

JL and I placed our order the weekend before Passover started. The following are the items that we ordered when they arrived two days later. 

Our Oh! Nuts order for Passover

We loved everything that we ordered. The dried apricots were so plump and juicy. The ones we can get here in containers are usually shriveled and hard to bite into. The three boys love the chocolate covered raisins and nonpareils.  The Elite Toffee was devoured by NHL while we went to shul over the holiday. The sugar free Must gum helped me to not miss my Extra gum quite so much. Around here we can only find  Bazooka gum with sugar, not friendly to those watching things and being kind to their teeth. Today the boys will probably have some of the mini chocolate bars with lunch. We also had to contact Oh! Nuts because of a slight mix up on our order. We did not technically order the Toffee that came. The customer service was amazing! They immediately saw the problem and told JL that they would send out the proper item that same day. Wednesday before the Seder the package arrived. Kuddos to Oh! Nuts for their great customer service.

For one of our Seders my grandmother sent a marble cake that she had ordered online. It was delicious and one would never know that it was for Pesach. We just found out that she ordered it from Oh! Nuts when she did a search online for another product. Now that we know this we will probably order some cakes  from there when Passover rolls around next year.

I also plan on ordering something that is not for Passover in the near future. Oh! Nuts has a candy that brings back fond memories of my childhood. They carry Swiss Petite Fruits that I used to get at Disney World when I was little. A treat that will bring back a little from my youth.

TheAngelForever

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Views from Passover 2009

Each year Passover preparations begin long before the holiday is actually here. We are religious enough that we change out our pots/pans and from pure laziness use disposable silverware/plates. We put all of our chametz into one area and use certain cabinets that have been readied for Passover. This year we thought about what to make for Seders in case we had them at home. It was a good thing since we found out the Sunday before that we would be doing them at our house. Our boys have no clue what is done behind the scenes for Passover. I have to admit that I did not realize much of this until I met JL. Sure, my relatives did all of these preparations, but I only recall going to their homes for the Seders with the rest of the extended family.

When all was said and done we were ready to go for both of the Seders last Wednesday and Thursday. We made chicken, sweet and sour turkey meatballs, oven roasted sweet potatoes, cauliflower and the traditional items for the seder itself (hard boiled eggs, gefilte fish, and charoset). We ran out of time to make matzah ball soup, but added an amazing quinoa dish for the second night.

Now I welcome you to our table to see how my family celebrated at our Passover Seders last week.

Here are two views of our table. 

View of the seder plate and matazah cover     Another view of the table

A closer look at our Seder plate all set with the tradiational items: 

Seder plate all set

The boys are lucky. Aunt S and Uncle M bought them some amazing fun items to have during the Seder. Check out NHL’s place at the table and a closer view of the kid’s Seder plates. 

Kindergarten kid's place at the table    Colorful kid seder plate

Check out all of the extra items that they also received.  There are the Passover Ten Plagues Finger Puppets (great to go along with the 4 Question Finger Puppets that we already had), Passover counting book (adorable for JSL), Passover Memory Game, Bag of Plagues, Flip Frogs, and 10 Plagues masks. More about the 10 Plagues Finger Puppets coming tomorrow for Wordless Wednesday. 

Lots of Passover fun

The boys enjoyed trying most things. Here they are eating the celery dipped in salt water. 

Little guy trying celery Big guy eating celery

While NHL was busy getting the 10 plague finger puppets in order for their part in the Seder, JSL had fun playing with the 4 Questions. NHL even started singing in Hebrew showing us that he has learned a lot at Hebrew School already. 

Having fun during Seder 10 Plagues ready to go

Our only little glitch in the Seder was when JL got quite ill. He had a little too much horseradish along with his wine and turned quite white with massive hot flashes. We finally turned on the fan and he felt better. Of course this photo taken earlier is a little funny looking back at it. 

Chugging the Kedem wine

Overall, we had two nice Seders at our house. It was great ,having our boys, Nana, Papa and Aunt T here with us. Still, it will be nice in the future to be able to celebrate with more of our extended family.

TheAngelForever

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