Crock Pot Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

2 Tbls curry powder

1 tsp ground coriander

1 tsp ground cumin

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 can coconut milk

1 Tbls tomato paste

1/2 tsp tobasco sauce

5 cloves garlic minced

1 onion chopped

1 green bell pepper cut into bite sized chunks

1 eggplant chopped cut into bite sized chunks

1 sweet potato peeled and cut into bite sized chunks

6 skinless chicken breasts cut into bite sized chunks

1 can garbanzo beans (drained)

Preparation

Combine curry powder, coriander, cumin, ginger, coconut milk, tomato paste, and tobasco sauce in the bottom of your crockpot

Stir in the chicken

Stir in the garbanzo beans

Stir in the rest of the vegetables

Cover and cook on low-medium for 6-8 hours

Stir carefully before serving

Holiday Tomales!!!

Merry Christmas!

Traditional Thanksgiving Stuffing & Disney's Holiday Season

We started using this recipe, which came from a Sunset Magazine Holiday Recipes book (circa 1960's, something found in my wife's parents house), when we made our very first turkey at our own house, and have been using it ever since. I've only tweaked it once to try it out w/ Chestnuts (like my Aunt's secret recipe) instead of slivered almonds...

Ingredients:

2 cups slivered almonds or...

or... 2 dozen chestnuts

2 medium onions minced

2 cups butter

2 cups celery thinly sliced

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon thyme

1 teaspoon marjoram

1 teaspoon savory

1 teaspoon sage

10 cups toasted bread cubes (stuffing)

Preparation:

If using chestnuts, cut a deep crisscross in each chestnut and boil them for 1 hour, then peel them, and cut each chestnut into quarters (or eighths)

In a humongous pot, saute minced onions in butter until it starts to turn a little golden in color

Remove from heat and stir in all other ingredients

Take a handful of the stuffing and squish it together. It if doesn't stick together when you open your hand, add a tablespoon of warm water and try again... repeat until it finally decides to stick together...

You can stuff the cavites of a Turkey with this and have it cook that way or... You can dump it in a casserole dish, or a couple of 9 X 13 pans, and bake @ 350 for 30 minutes.

That's it, Enjoy!!!

Disney Holiday Season stuff

Disney Small World Holiday Commercial


Disneyland Holiday Celebration:


Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Parade @ Walt Disney World:



Haunted Mansion Holiday:


Disney's A Christmas Carol






Mickey's Christmas Carol




Disney Hollywood Studios Osborne Christmas Lights


Decorating Disney Parks throughout the years




Disney Park Guest Holiday feedback:

Pecan Tarts and the Disney Dream float out

This is another recipe from one of my east coast aunts and is a favorite with our family. They used to reserve these for the "grown ups" during the holidays, when we were little. I think it's the crust that makes it so d-lish... Great stuff!





Crust

3oz Cream Cheese

1/2 cup butter

1 cup flour

Filling

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup regular sugar

1/2 tablespoon flour

1 egg

1 tablespoon milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup melted butter

1/2 cup pecans

Preparation

mix crust ingredients

roll into 24 1-inch balls

form tart crusts into tart pan by flattening each ball and brining the dough up the sides.

mix filling ingredients

fill tart crusts

bake @ 325 degrees for 25 mins

that's it! ENJOY!

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