With less then 10 days left till Christmas I think it's an appropriate 

time to do a post on winter fashion. The picture above shows just a 

couple of ideas. For example you can wear the polka dot shirt with 

the pants and accessories or you can wear the green or black 

sweater.

You can buy some of these items: (the links I don't post are sold out you can just substitute with whatever is comfortable for you)

French Terry Leggings
Touchscreen Gloves
Velvet Bow Hair Barrette

Ciao!

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What To Cook On Christmas


You know what I love more than Christmas? Eating food on
Christmas! And with that being said I’m going to share a few 

 recipes for anyone who wants a little help choosing what to 

 cook on Christmas. My first recipe is rice dressing or as my 

 family likes to call it “dirty rice”. Not only is it

 delicious, it has the right temperature of spice. I only make

 this on holidays and when I taste it (because a good chef 

 has to taste her food) I have to restrain myself from eating all 

 of it.
Here’s what you’ll need to make it:
1 lb ground turkey
1 small pack of chicken gizzards
1 cup gizzard juice
1 bell pepper, diced
1/2 white onion, diced
1/2 red onion, diced
4 stalks celery, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 bunch parsley, chopped
1 bunch of green onions
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
For the rice:

  • 3 cups Mahatma Thai Jasmine rice, dried
  • 4 1/2 cup beef broth, low sodium


Here’s what you have to do to make it:
  • Add beef broth to a large rice pan, bring to boil.
  • Stir in rice, cover, reduce heat to low and cook 15 minutes, remove from heat, allow rice to steam 10 minutes more.
  • Transfer mixture to a large bowl, add rice a little at a time until enough rice has been added and mixture remains moist. You may not need all the rice.
  • Add chopped parsley and mix well.
  • Check seasonings.
  • Rinse chicken gizzards and add to a stock pot, cover with water, cook over medium heat for about 1 1/2 hours, adding more water if needed.
  • You will need to reserve 1 cup of gizzard cooking liquid..
  • While gizzards cook, in a medium pan, add olive oil and heat over medium-high heat, add bell peppers, onions, and celery. Saute for about 5 minutes then add garlic and cook 1 minute more.
  • Add ground turkey, break up, add seasonings and saute until browned and cooked through. Turn turkey-vegetable mixture off the heat and set aside.
  • When gizzards are fork tender, remove from heat, drain, reserving gizzard liquid.
  • Add gizzards to a food processor and chop lightly.
  • Add chopped gizzards to turkey-vegetable mixture and heat over medium heat, mix well. Add gizzard cooking liquid.

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Let's Talk About December







Now that it's officially December it's time for winter wonderland to

 begin! Let's start this post with ABC Family's 25 days of Christmas

 special. For those of you living in an igloo the 25 days of 

 Christmas special is a ABC Family tradition where every 

 December 1st they play all the X-mas movie classics. But that's not 

 it not only can you watch it on your TV you can watch it online 

 too.

 Today's schedule included:
Jack Frost
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
The Santa Clause

 That's all for today's post check back to see what I talk about next.
Peace

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Thanksgiving is only 2 days away! To celebrate this day I donated 

 more than 50 cans to the Salvation Army for a food drive we were 

 doing at school. Now that the first part of the TG to-do list is done 

 time to move on to the second part: eating. Now as I said in a 

 previous post I wanted to make pumpkin donuts one day (still 

 waiting) and it might be next month (hopefully).
This might not be a donut but it's pumpkin (from here)


Anyways back to reality, let's talk about the food I'm going to devour on TG. 

I'm going to be making my famous rice dressing as well as some macaroni and

cheese topped with bacon, while my dad is smoking the meat and my ma' is 

well doing what she does best supervising. That's all for this post check back 

to see the wonderful food I cook as well as recipes.

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Wishlist Time!!!


It's almost December and that means it's time to start creating 

wish lists. I don't know if anyone else did, but I created mine. I'm 

excited for Christmas because my birthday is in the same week 

which means double the presents and no school.

See what I've got below:


Pumpkin Latte
Absolutely necessary
Trashy Britney - Leopard Faux Fur
I love leopard print as much as I love Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty Canvas Tote Bag: Classic Face
Remember how I said I loved Hello Kitty?

You can buy these items below:




This is only a few items that I shared so stay tuned for part 2.



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1989


Guess what Swifties: there’s a new Taylor Swift album out! If you didn’t know that well where have you been. Her new album is called 1989. The reason behind the name you ask? Well it all started with her birth year. Taylor felt that she should do a tribute to late 80’s pop music while still making this album a biography. The first single for this album is called Shake It Off. When I first heard the title I thought “Wait a second isn’t that the title of a Mariah Carey song?”, but then I realized that the songs have two different meanings, Taylor is shaking off the haters while Mariah is shaking off her ex. In my opinion not all of the songs were as great as others, but the sound of  this album is like a bubbly, magical forest type of sound. The songs included are:
  1. Welcome To New York
  2. Blank Space
  3. Style
  4. Out Of The Woods
  5. All You Had To Do Was Stay
  6. Shake It Off
  7. I Wish You Would
  8. Bad Blood
  9. Wildest Dreams
  10. How You Get The Girl
  11. This Love
  12. I Know Places
  13. Clean

You can buy her new album here

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Ground Turkey Cheese Enchiladas


A few weeks back my journalism class had a potluck.

I had no idea what I wanted to cook so I needed to do a little research.

After looking at what the other people were bringing I decided on Mexican food. 

Who doesn't love Mexican food? 

After contemplating what type of Mexican food to make I went with enchiladas.

Not just plain enchiladas we're talking fully loaded with ground turkey and cheese. 

If you want to recreate Enchilada goodness print out the recipe below.

That's all for today's post on SSWU check back on what I make for the next potluck!

Ground Turkey Cheese Enchiladas

Servings: 6-8

Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey
2 cups red chili enchilada sauce
1 tablespoon seasoning salt
1/2 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
24 corn tortilla shells
2 cups jack cheese, grated
2 cups sharp cheese, grated
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
extra virgin olive oil
sour cream, green onions, tomatoes, avocado, to garnish

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix seasoning blend together and set aside.

In a skillet add about 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, add onion and saute for 5 minutes, add garlic and cook 1 minute more. 

Add ground turkey and spices, cook for about 10 minutes.

To assemble casserole, place 1 cup of sauce on the bottom of a greased 13X9 inch casserole dish.

Dip tortilla shell into sauce and place on top of sauce in pan, slightly overlapping. 

Top with half the turkey mixture, top with 1 cup of cheese.

Repeat process, last layer should be dipped tortilla shells. Top with cheese, top with remaining sauce.

Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. 

Garnish with green onions, sour cream and fresh tomatoes.

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