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clevermanka) wrote2006-05-23 09:18 am
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An Inebriated History of Britain and a chicken salad recipe
For the anglophile on your gift list: An Inebriated History of Britain. Sounds like delightful reading.
Earlier this year I mentioned that I would not be making a new costume for Middle Eastern Weekend at Renfest this year. Ha ha ha! *wipes tear from eye* Yeah, what was I smoking? Sunday I found some absolutely amazing, translucently light striped cotton (at 40% off!) that simply begged to be purchased and made into a ghawazee coat. Lovely! Since I won't be dancing with the troupe girls at faire (just supporting the musicians and doing any solos that Jo requests), I think I should be dressed a little differently than the main dancers, anyway. So. New ghawazee coat for me.
This means I need to get on the stick about making a new belt since I got nothin' that goes with this fabric. It's very much out of my usual color range: soft greens, salmon, and cream, with gold thread. Luckily, last week I was hit with a bit of inspiration for a new bra and belt set that will be more versatile than my beloved hat bra standard. I'm gonna cover a belt and bra with a neutral base fabric (well, as neutral as I can stand, anyhow) and embellish with shells, coins and a zillion itty bitty mother of pearl buttons. Won't that be pretty? I used some MOP buttons on a belt I made for a friend, and instead of just sewing through the holes like normal, I attached them with French Knots. It looked very swank. I plan to use that technique on these wee little things.
Oh, before I forget, any of you sewist types in the area, the JoAnn Fabrics on Shawnee Mission Parkway is clearing out their discontinued Chinese brocades. They've got some stunners for $5 a yard. Took everything I had to walk away from that empty-handed, let me tell you.
Last night I tried a new recipe for a low fat chicken salad wrap. Wow, it was good.
Cherry Chicken Wraps
1/2 cup nonfat yogurt
1 Tbsp honey Dijon-style mustard
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
3/4 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp coarsely ground pepper
1 1/2 cup finely chopped, cooked chicken breast (8 oz)
1 cup dried tart cherries
1 cup seeded and finely chopped cucumber
1/3 cup shredded carrots
1/4 cup sliced green onions
4 whole wheat flour or tomato-flavored flour tortillas (8- to 10-inch)
Stir together yogurt, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, curry powder, salt and pepper in a medium mixing bowl. Gently stir in chicken, cherries, carrots, cucumber, and green onion. Chill for thirty minutes to allow flavors to blend.
Mound about 3/4 cup chicken mixture, just below the center of each tortilla. Fold in sides, just covering edges of chicken mixture. Roll up from one side, jelly roll fashion. Serve seam side down on a plate.
Fact: I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. People who smack their lips when chewing food or gum are rarely limited to that one unpleasant personality trait.
Earlier this year I mentioned that I would not be making a new costume for Middle Eastern Weekend at Renfest this year. Ha ha ha! *wipes tear from eye* Yeah, what was I smoking? Sunday I found some absolutely amazing, translucently light striped cotton (at 40% off!) that simply begged to be purchased and made into a ghawazee coat. Lovely! Since I won't be dancing with the troupe girls at faire (just supporting the musicians and doing any solos that Jo requests), I think I should be dressed a little differently than the main dancers, anyway. So. New ghawazee coat for me.
This means I need to get on the stick about making a new belt since I got nothin' that goes with this fabric. It's very much out of my usual color range: soft greens, salmon, and cream, with gold thread. Luckily, last week I was hit with a bit of inspiration for a new bra and belt set that will be more versatile than my beloved hat bra standard. I'm gonna cover a belt and bra with a neutral base fabric (well, as neutral as I can stand, anyhow) and embellish with shells, coins and a zillion itty bitty mother of pearl buttons. Won't that be pretty? I used some MOP buttons on a belt I made for a friend, and instead of just sewing through the holes like normal, I attached them with French Knots. It looked very swank. I plan to use that technique on these wee little things.
Oh, before I forget, any of you sewist types in the area, the JoAnn Fabrics on Shawnee Mission Parkway is clearing out their discontinued Chinese brocades. They've got some stunners for $5 a yard. Took everything I had to walk away from that empty-handed, let me tell you.
Last night I tried a new recipe for a low fat chicken salad wrap. Wow, it was good.
Cherry Chicken Wraps
1/2 cup nonfat yogurt
1 Tbsp honey Dijon-style mustard
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
3/4 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp coarsely ground pepper
1 1/2 cup finely chopped, cooked chicken breast (8 oz)
1 cup dried tart cherries
1 cup seeded and finely chopped cucumber
1/3 cup shredded carrots
1/4 cup sliced green onions
4 whole wheat flour or tomato-flavored flour tortillas (8- to 10-inch)
Stir together yogurt, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, curry powder, salt and pepper in a medium mixing bowl. Gently stir in chicken, cherries, carrots, cucumber, and green onion. Chill for thirty minutes to allow flavors to blend.
Mound about 3/4 cup chicken mixture, just below the center of each tortilla. Fold in sides, just covering edges of chicken mixture. Roll up from one side, jelly roll fashion. Serve seam side down on a plate.
Fact: I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. People who smack their lips when chewing food or gum are rarely limited to that one unpleasant personality trait.
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And just so you know, you are an evil woman for posting about that sale when I still have a moratorium on fabric purchases. Pout.
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2c orange segments
1c grated radishes
Chopped cilantro (to taste)
2Tbsp Orange Juice
1 Tbsp orange blossom water
powdered sugar, to taste
Just thought you might like it... great with spicy foods.
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Spiced seared sea bass w/Orange-Radish Salad
Mint tea
Stuffed Dates (whole Medjol dates filled with marzipan)
I think cranberries would be gorgeous with this, along with a few nuts, maybe, although that would alter the calories. (It's extremely low-cal, about 50 cal/half cup.) I also think some peppers in it would be nice, even if only red pepper flakes; depends on what you serve it with, I suppose.
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This necessitates a trip to the Middle Eastern market for orange blossom water, however.
What a shame :)
Oh, and
There are never too many recipes for chicken.
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I pass that place on my way home.......
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You might be thinking of the one on Metcalf, in the strip mall area with CompUSA at one end. But both places might have the same sale. The one on Shawnee Mission Parkway (with better fabric selection, IMO) is here (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=11215%20shawnee%20mission%20pkwy&city=shawnee&state=ks&zipcode=66203%2d3333&country=us&geodiff=1). The one on Metcalf is here (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=us&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&addtohistory=&cat=&address=11401+metcalf+avenue+&city=overland+park&state=ks&zipcode=).
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That explains a lot, eh?
and .. oh, you bitch. I now have yet ANOTHER fave eBay seller to plunder.
I so love MOP buttons. I must have been a Pearly Queen (http://www.pearlykingsandqueens.com/pearlyking/index.php?fuseaction=home.showSection&id=15)in a past life.
I adore the notion (pun not intended) of a Pearly costume! I'm stealing your idea. ;P
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I love those pearl suits. Remember the pearly band in Disney's Mary Poppins (http://www.johnswdwpage.com/images/ava_6/a_pearly.jpg)? That was the first I ever saw of that style and I was in awe.
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I want to do a Pearly costume now! as soon as I finish the animal print, and the lapis..and and...
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