Lasagna Soup

This recipe was So easy and so good! The kids slurped it up.. Instead of posting the recipe I'm going to post a link to the recipe I referred to.. I didnt follow it to the T I like to adapt things to what I have on hand.. Mostly I had all of these ingredients except for the spinach and all of the herbs. I just used seasoning blends that I had here. Any dried Italian seasoning will work just fine. The soup wasnt thick like sauce.. it was the perfect consistancy for a nice hearty soup.
http://eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/mama-mia/

Corn Chowder

Ok so here I go.. My first recipe. I usually find my recipes on FOODGAWKER.COM and just sort of adapt them to whatever I have in my kitchen.. today I actually went to the store for the ingredients. This one is really simple and great for a weekend lunch or quick weeknight dinner with a salad or some yummy warm bread, but it's super filling without either of those. Sorry if my recipes postings are a bit random. I never measure anything so you'll have to deal with that. ;)

Corn Chowder

Cubed potatoes
Fresh, Frozen or Canned Corn
Diced seasonings (onion, garlic, whatever you want)
seasoning meat, I used Salt Pork
Chicken Broth
Heavy cream, or milk

Ok so easy..

I cooked down my pork and seasonings all together and added the cubed potatoes once the onion was soft.. let potatoes cook till soft then add enough chicken broth to cover it all. Simmer. You can season however you like. I added a bay leaf too. Add a little hot sauce or Tony's to your liking. When the potatoes are soft smash them a little to thicken the soup. Add about 2 cups of milk or cream. Cook till just simmering then serve right away.. My kids liked it but they eat anything. You can use this as a base too, throw in some leftover chicken or shrimp or crabmeat even.. Notice I didnt add salt. You may want to but I found it salty enough with the salt pork.

Long time!

Wow.. I've forgotten yet again about this blog! I'm going to try this again, only this time with food! I'll try to post weekly some of my dinner ideas. Tonight I'm doing a recipe from The Pioneer Woman's site, it's a yummy cubed steak sandwich on buns. I'll post the pics and recipe tonight hopefully.

update

So it's been a while. I just havent had anything to say or update.. I started a clothing drive here in St. Bernard Parish for the victims of hurricane Ike.. It was quite successful I think! I'm really excited about how much we got to send off.. I'll have pics of the stuff later. I think my next project is going to be a canned food drive for the community center's Thanksgiving Dinner. I have it all planned out.. we'll see.. Here's a few random pics from the past few weeks. I think anyone who is reading this probably already saw all of these though.

Something

 So the president was here today.. I tried to get to where he was but it was kinda impossible, I did get a few pics of the helicopters that brought him in.. I think the one with the flag on it was his..

For Kat

These are just for you. :)  All of them are taken at the Battlefield Cemetary except the house. That is called The Lebeau House  there's more on it here.  Do a google search for arabi, louisiana and the Lebeau house.. 

Forgot

 I took some random pics around Chalmette yesterday at the Battlefield and in Arabi... take a look. There's more.. I'll put them up lata