Mattis and His Harmonica

Mattis got Harmonica at a birthday party on the weekend and he just loves it
Here is playing a tune on his Harmonica. It is a Mattis original.

Mattis Skating Jan 22 2012 #2

Here is a video Mel took of me helping the silly Mattis-Man

CC Steak Marinate

1 Pkg. of steak or
meat marinate
¼ Rye
½ Cup Water
Dash of Montreal Steak Spice

Place ¼ cup of Rye and ½ cup of water together.
Put contents of package of marinate in to the mixture of rye
and water
Add the dash of Montreal Steak spice.

Punch holes in steak with fork on both sides.

Pour Marinate in to a Ziploc bag big enough to hold the
steak.
Place the steak in to the bag making sure each piece is
flat.
Make sure the marinate surrounds as much of the steak as
possible

Lay flat in the fridge flipping the bag every several hours
if desired.
Let sit in sauce 6 – 8 hours.

Spicy Chicken Rigatoni

2 Chicken Breasts (Cut in to pieces of desired size)
½ teaspoon Poultry Seasoning
½ teaspoon Jalapeno Spice (use a whole Jalapeno for a real
kick)
½ teaspoon Basil
1 can mushrooms
½ Large Pepper (chopped)
½ Large Onion (chopped)
340 mL Tomato Sauce
Rigatoni Noodles
1 Tomato of desired size (chopped)

Place Chopped Chicken and Mushrooms in to Fry Pan or Skillet
to cook adding the Poultry Seasoning and Jalapeno Pepper Spice over the chicken
in the pan.
Begin cooking Rigatoni Noodles at the same time as the
Chicken and mushrooms.
When the Chicken is almost cooked add the Pepper and the
Onion to the Chicken and Mushrooms (mixing them together). Add the ½ teaspoon of Basil spreading equally
over the surface of the Chicken, Mushrooms and vegetables. Mix in the Basil.

Throughout the process above stir occasionally.

When everything is almost cooked add the chopped Tomato.

When everything is cooked to the desired levels add the
cooked noodles and half the Tomato sauce and mix together add and stir in the
rest of the Tomato sauce stir in.

Cover and heat 5 – 8 Min (Stirring Occasionally) (to warm
the sauce to desired temperature)

A bucket of coffee anyone

The new boy is in town at Tim Horton's the coffee bucket has arrived

My question is why do we need such a large cup of coffee. The X-Large is insane now the old XL looks so small next to it.

Please feel free to comment your thoughts are appreciated on this one

Winter sunset over Lac St. Joseph

Here is a picture of a winter sunset over Lac St. Joseph in Quebec

This is where my In-laws have there cottage. It is just outside Quebec City

Mattis Vacuuming at Cottage in Quebec

Mattis loves to clean. I started Vacuuming for Louise (Mother-in-Law) to help her out and Mattis had to try.

He loves cleaining so for Christmas we got him his own cleaning supplies. Kids cleaning toys that is.

He got a spray bottle a dust pan and a sponge. From Ali who looks after Mattis he got a toy vacuum.

Lazy Chicken Noodless Lasagna

250g corn polenta

1 lb ground chicken

1 large onion

1/2 cup chopped mushrooms

1 large sweet pepper chopped

1 to 1 1/2 cup mozarella cheese grated

italian herb mix to taste

pepper to taste

1 egg

1 Bottle of Classico Tomato Sauce

1 tbsp Oil

Brown Chicken in a sauce pan with the Oil, While browning adding in the chopped Onions, the Chopped Pepper, and the

Italian Herbs.

While the chicken and vegetable mix is cooking grate the Mozarella cheese

Combine the Cottage Cheese, Egg and Pepper in to a medium sized bowl and mix thoroughly

with a fork. You still want the cottage cheese to be lumpy.

When the Chicken and Vegetable mix is cooked, and in the Tomato Sauce and Mix together

In a 9x13 pan place a thin layer of the Tomato Sauce and chicken mixture remove with a small

ladle.

Crumble the polenta over top to create a layer of polenta.

Next Place the Layer of Cottage cheese and egg

Next Place the Layer of Mozarella Cheese

Finally place the remainder of the Tomato and chicken sauce and smooth out evenly

Pre Heat Oven to 375 F

Cook in oven for 30 to 35 Minutes covered with Tin Foil

Let Stand 5 - 10 Minutes before eating

Mattis and his new fish

Mattis found the container we used for cleaning his old fish bowl. He was carrying it around looking for it. We tried putting a toy fish in the container that wouldn't work. So we had to breakdown and get him another fish.

He has a good memory as his last fish died last summer while we were in Kentucky.

He now has a blue Betta named Andy
He feeds him every morning and has to say goodnight to him

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Mattis Skating - Jan 22 2012

Mattis Skating on a frozen area of water in an undeveloped area in the subdivision across the road from the House.

He had fun skated for about 15 miutes. He is a good little skater for jsut over 2.