Sunday, January 29, 2012

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.


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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

Monday, January 23, 2012

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.