Manic Monday: Jiffy Cornbread

Quick Jiffy Cornbread- so easy, and it's nice when you have leftover corn on the cob. It turns out best when cooked in a cast iron skillet. I also poke holes on top and pour melted butter and honey on top once it's out of the oven 

Serve with Sorta Senate Bean soup.

These photo are a double batch, and updated. I deleted the older photos. This was originally posted in 2008. 

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Crispy edges, chewy centers)

Another Chocolate Chip Cookie. This one is crisp on the edges and chewy on the inside. This is a recipe I would make again. I really like the texture. I might use a few tablespoons less sugar next time. 

Peasreads: Six Crimson Cranes and A Dragons Promise by Elizabeth Lim

Six Crimson Cranes: East Asian folklore, fairy tale elements. Exciting fantasy. Shiori is a strong lead character is brave, smart, strong. She has depth. A shape-shifting dragon, way cool. A curse that must be broken. A love story. A story about family bonds. So epic. A surprise ending. Perfectly woven together by Elizabeth Lim. I highly recommend this book to teens, young adults, and adults alike. This book is going down as one of my favorites. It is up there with Daughter of the Forest by Juliette Mariller. 

Quick Garlic Lemon Shrimp Pasta

Just a quick meal I threw together after work. I would have been much faster if I didn't have to peel and devein the shrimp. It was one serving with cooked pasta I had on hand, so use the ratios that make sense for how much shrimp and pasta you have.

Garlic Lemon Shrimp Pasta

Olive oil

1 tablespoon butter

3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed

Red pepper flakes

Shrimp

Garlic powder

Black pepper 

Lemon Pepper

Cajun seasoning

1 tablespoon butter

Cooked pasta of choice

Baby Kale

Baby spinach

1/2 lemon, zested and juiced

1. Heat in a pan: Olive oil, butter, garlic cloves, red pepper flakes.

2. Sear shrimp that's been seasoned with: garlic powder, black pepper, lemon pepper, and Cajun seasoning. Remove from pan.

2. Add butter, cooked pasta, baby kale, and spinach to the pan. Cook until veggies are wilted. Return shrimp to the pan along with any juices accumulated.

3. Finish with lemon zest, lemon juice, and parsley 

* Parmesan and Reggiano would be a good addition if you're not in a hurry and want to grate them.

Mee Korb

This popped up on my memories so I'm sharing it here.  Hashtags and all.

Used my Philips to make some egg noodles.

For some mee korb. With simple ingredients, no shrimp or Asian veggies; didn't want to go to the store.

Noodle recipe: HERE.

Nest method: HERE. 

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Vegetable Sheet Lasagna

This is it. This is the post. My usual lasagna with bechamel, ricotta, sauce, meat, and cheeses with the addition of vegetable sheets. Delicious. Enjoy the photos. There are quite a few from different batches.

You can make this vegetarian and not add the meats too, I've done both. Baking some of the veggie sheets half way helps with cooking time.

Peasreads: Daughter of the Moon Goddess\Heart of the Sun Warrior

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Beautifully told story. Good steady pacing. Gorgeous setting\world, so descriptive. From the scenery to the characters and their clothing. Sue Lynn Tan doesn't disappoint.

These books would make for a gorgeous mini series. It is a Duology, plus a companion book.

The set shown is from Fairyloot. 

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Peasreads: Song of the Selkie by Claire R. McDougall

Song of the Selkie

A Novel

by Claire R. McDougall

 This isn't really about Selkies, though the story of a Selkie is told within. This is about three sisters. Eddie, Lailas, and Frances. The story is told through Frances's point of view. 

It had a good start and lagged only a bit. The story was interesting. Frances is quite the snob. That was her character, though, and the author wrote that well. 

The author writing about the nieces body was really not okay. Frances really pointed out too many times that this kid had a developing body. Frances is also racist. Once the Chapter in Cabo came about it was uncomfortable. I get that she's an academic; she set herself apart through academics. That's fine. But some of the things written about the gardener living in a hut(what an assumption), "brown-skinned Mexicans", and more, there was no indication that she was racist before. It was just odd to throw that in, when it wasn't a theme or previously established character trait. There should be a content warning.

I finished the book because I can't leave a review unless I do. The book wrapped up nicely. The road to the end had pretty good pacing. It just wasn't as interesting as the first third of the book promised it would be. It was just predictable.