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"Around The World in Eighty Day" - Seventh & Eighth Week - Hong Kong & Yokohama

This week for our "Around the World in Eighty Days" we took a Field Trip to a Chinese Restaurant. We had a great time and spent a good portion of two hours enjoying the plethora of the 120 items they featured on their buffet. Grand assorted items from Chinese style crab legs to Mongolian Grill.

We recommend this restaurant to everyone..... Check it out here!

CHINA BUFFETT

"Around The World in Eighty Day" - Sixth Week - Calcutta

Kona Chicken

Serves: 4

6  halves of skinned chicken breasts (cut into 1/3s)

1 egg

½ cup flour

1 teaspoon curry powder

1 teaspoon chicken seasoning

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 can pineapple chunks in juice water

1 1/3 cups water

1/4 cup coconut dessert mix

1/4 cup brown sugar

2  tablespoon chicken soup base

1/2 teaspoon curry powder

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

4 to 6 cups cooked rice

Dip chicken breasts in beaten egg; coat with mixture of flour, curry powder and chicken seasoning. Place in shallow baking pan. Mix together melted butter and juice from pineapple chunks; drizzle over chicken. Cover with foil and bake at 350*F for 30 mins. Remove foil and continue to bake 30 mins more.

Combine pineapple chunks, water, coconut

dessert mix sugar, chicken soup mix, the

1/2 tsp curry powder and black pepper, in a saucepan. Cook over med heat until mixture comes to a boil and thickens slightly, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Serve chicken over rice, top with pineapple coconut mixture.

If anyone would like to join us in our Challenge "Around the World in Eighty Days" next week we will be at the Hong Kong.

"Around The World in Eighty Day" - Fifth Week - Bombay

Our stop-over in Bombay proved to be very interesting. Everywhere we looked the food was all curried. We finally decided to grab some very tasty looking Curried Crab Cakes as we started to move on the Calcutta.

Curried Crab Cakes 

1  teaspoons  curry powder

1/4  teaspoon  salt

1/2  teaspoon  mustard

1/8  teaspoon  black pepper

1/4  cup  minced onion

1/4 chopped red bell pepper

1  garlic clove, minced

1/4  cups  dry breadcrumbs 

1 cup shredded baked potato 

1  can lump crabmeat

1  large egg,  

2 Tablespoons  dried parsley

Preparation:
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl; mix well. Chill 30 minutes to and hour to allow the flavors to blend. Next, form into desired size patties or "cakes" and fry in small amount cooking oil heated in a large nonstick skillet until light brown. About 3-4 minutes per side. Serve with sour cream or Indian Yogurt.

If anyone would like to join us in our Challenge "Around the World in Eighty Days" next week we will be at the Calcutta.

New......... "From The Pantry" Challenge Week #39

"Falling" for Some Old Favorites

I can't believe that I have been hanging around SCS for just a little over two years now. And I have made a whole bunch of great friends along the way. Friends that I seem to always "Fall' back on inspite of how my day has went. I thought for my challenge today it would be fun to "Fall" back on some old friends, (recipe challenges from last year) that I love to make every FALL.

SO... You decide if are you a "SWEET" Friend or are You a "SAVORY" friend? Your challenge is to choose one and scrap the challenge and upload it. In your post please tell us why you chose sweet or savory. (extra bonus points if you case your own LO from Last year)

Here is the "SAVORY" Challenge,

Warm Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Challenge Recipe:

This should be a warm and savory page, much like the Dip it's self.

Please use white as cream cheese, mayo & grated cheeses.

Please use Green DP's as Artichokes

Please use dark Green Embellishments or Hardware as Spinach and of course you have to add a touch of browns for the Crackers or Chips.

Recipe INGREDIENTS:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
salt and pepper to taste
1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

DIRECTIONS
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a small baking dish.
2.In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, Romano cheese, garlic, basil, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Gently stir in artichoke hearts and spinach.
3.Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Top with mozzarella cheese. Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.



Here is the "SWEET" Challenge

Pumpkin Nut Dip

 
Challenge Recipe:

First use orange as your background. Circles, Squares and or DPS, doesn't matter... just make the background shapes bold and eye catching. Next add the spice... like journaling, brads, buttons and tags. Think about the colors of the spices and fluff... dark brown, black and white or cream. Try to make your page rich and snappy! Please include chipboard in this challenge, you always need a hard cookie for dipping.

 
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
* 1 small jar of  marshmallow fluff                                
*1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
* 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts
* 1 teaspoon frozen orange juice concentrate

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a medium bowl, blend cream cheese, fluff and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Gradually mix in the pumpkin. Stir in the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nuts and orange juice until smooth and well blended. Chill until serving. (Best if served with Gingersnaps)


You can view the SCS GALLERY HERE.....

Please use the keywords SCS52WK39 & SBC09OCT when you upload.

"Around The World in Eighty Day" - Fourth Week - Seuz Canal

I came acrossed this awesome looking salad from one of my new friends on Foodbuzz. You can find the recipe here... "Vegetable Salad with Sprouts". We made it last night to go with our homemade Egyptian pizzas. It was very tasty... My guys are not fans of chillies or tomatoes, so I added dried cranberries and green peppers instead. Thanks for Sharing... Padmaja! :)

If anyone would like to join us in our Challenge "Around the World in Eighty Days" next week we will be at the Bombay/Mumbai.