I meant to post this yesterday but actually MADE myself do nothing but lay on the couch all day. Well, I did feed myself and the kids. The motivation to lay on the couch and do nothing was there - it was the staying on the couch that was hard. I always feel so guilty! Anyway, it was much needed and I even got a little nap in.
As I suspected, I LOVE working in the deli! I made pizzas, harvested chickens (pulled the skin off the cooked rotisserie chicken and pulled the meat off the bone, basically) and sprayed down some trays. I didn't work up a sweat and, in fact, actually got a little chilly. SO nice!
While I was doing all of that, K.C. was taking Sydney to the Urgent Care. When I was waiting for him at his office I was playing with Sydney in the car (Quinn was sleeping) and noticed that she had what looked like blood in her ear. That freaked me out until I remembered that we had pasta and sauce the other night and she has this weird thing where she likes to stick her food in her ears. I don't ask, I just accept it. So I thought it was just pasta sauce. Then I thought that maybe she stuck something else in her ear (food wise) and maybe it's stuck in there and is infected. Better be safe than sorry so as soon as K.C. came out I told him where to take her and off they went. And boy did I feel stupid when I got a text from them that said: earwax. Oh..hee hee.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
I survived another weekend at work!
I got to cashier all weekend. It made the days go by faster, doing something different. I don't think I've screwed anything up yet so that's good!
Friday night my assistant was a gal that use to be pretty darn lazy (I think she's all of 19 or 20). She started not long after me and getting her to do anything fast or completely was torture! She said she got in trouble (must have had a review) and that she's on probation during her probation so she's doing everything by the book. She totally kicked butt so that was a nice surprise. It was a good night.
Saturday my assistant was a gal that started working there before me (maybe by a month) and she was so perturbed that I got cashier training before she did. It didn't get any better as the day went along and the other 7 people that got cashier training with me were all on registers or talking about being on/getting on a register. But, that didn't stop her from trying to tell me how to cashier! SO annoying! I just ignored her and kept telling myself "she's only 23, she's only 23 - you were annoying when you were 23 too, she's only 23...." until she tried to count the money out of my drawer. Then I had to tell her to get her hands off, I was responsible for it so therefore I was the only one that would be touching it. If she had cashier training she would know that:)
Today was odd. I had three different assistants: The first one was on his second day of work. So, not only did I have to try to concentrate on what I was doing but I had to train him on what he was doing. After my first break I got paired with a second assistant who was on his first week there. After lunch I got paired with yet another guy that was on his second day as well. I'm not sure if they are just really that short handed or if they had enough confidence in me that I 'got' it and could handle it. Either way, I made it through the day - even got off 1/2 hour early!
I got to meet the service deli manager on Saturday. I was on a register so we didn't get to talk. I got to thinking about it on Friday and really hope that I'll be able to keep the same schedule - or close to it. Actually, I'm really hoping to be able to get an extra day off out of it but I won't hold my breath! I'm supposed to start back there on the 17th so I'll try to get with the manager to find out what my schedule is going to look like. Until then, I'm enjoying cashiering but still hate the rest of it: doing the cleaning at closing, folding clothes when we're slow (although that's when I get a chance to see the cute kids clothes...and if they have a size to fit both girls!) and actually, Johnny Q Public hasn't been that bad. I must be getting more tolerant in my old age! I'm hoping the deli is going to be as nice as I think it is. I guess if it's not I can always move back to the front end. Stay tuned!
Friday night my assistant was a gal that use to be pretty darn lazy (I think she's all of 19 or 20). She started not long after me and getting her to do anything fast or completely was torture! She said she got in trouble (must have had a review) and that she's on probation during her probation so she's doing everything by the book. She totally kicked butt so that was a nice surprise. It was a good night.
Saturday my assistant was a gal that started working there before me (maybe by a month) and she was so perturbed that I got cashier training before she did. It didn't get any better as the day went along and the other 7 people that got cashier training with me were all on registers or talking about being on/getting on a register. But, that didn't stop her from trying to tell me how to cashier! SO annoying! I just ignored her and kept telling myself "she's only 23, she's only 23 - you were annoying when you were 23 too, she's only 23...." until she tried to count the money out of my drawer. Then I had to tell her to get her hands off, I was responsible for it so therefore I was the only one that would be touching it. If she had cashier training she would know that:)
Today was odd. I had three different assistants: The first one was on his second day of work. So, not only did I have to try to concentrate on what I was doing but I had to train him on what he was doing. After my first break I got paired with a second assistant who was on his first week there. After lunch I got paired with yet another guy that was on his second day as well. I'm not sure if they are just really that short handed or if they had enough confidence in me that I 'got' it and could handle it. Either way, I made it through the day - even got off 1/2 hour early!
I got to meet the service deli manager on Saturday. I was on a register so we didn't get to talk. I got to thinking about it on Friday and really hope that I'll be able to keep the same schedule - or close to it. Actually, I'm really hoping to be able to get an extra day off out of it but I won't hold my breath! I'm supposed to start back there on the 17th so I'll try to get with the manager to find out what my schedule is going to look like. Until then, I'm enjoying cashiering but still hate the rest of it: doing the cleaning at closing, folding clothes when we're slow (although that's when I get a chance to see the cute kids clothes...and if they have a size to fit both girls!) and actually, Johnny Q Public hasn't been that bad. I must be getting more tolerant in my old age! I'm hoping the deli is going to be as nice as I think it is. I guess if it's not I can always move back to the front end. Stay tuned!
The Post of Many Titles
Pretty much this is an update on the week. I've thought about posting each one as they happened but just couldn't get it together for whatever reason to do it. So here they are together, in one post, for your reading pleasure:)
Quinnisms:
These are just funny ways she says certain things:
When she wants me to turn my head and look at something she says, "fix your head this way"
Instead of saying next to me/you/Daddy, etc., she says ".....benext to me/you/Daddy, etc."
While in the car running errands on Friday:
Quinn: "Mommy, I'm getting sore. My bottom hurts"
Me: "I'm sorry baby. Is it because you haven't had a bath in a couple of days?"
Quinn: "No. It's because you're driving too fast silly. Drive slowly Mommy!"
And K.C. called this one into me at work today. After having lunch he gave the girls each one of those bite-sized 3 musketeer bars for dessert. This is what Quinn had to say about it after eating it: "MMMMMMMM. Chocolate covered chocolate! My FAVorite!"(she IS my daughter!)
Sydney Started It!
We're all sick. Except K.C. He somehow managed to avoid this round. Sydney started coughing and it sounded bad. I started sneezing and getting a sore throat. Quinn started losing her voice. THAT was tragic for her! The girls have chest colds and I have the whole head/chest combo cold. I can't remember the last time I slept through the night. Which makes my combo cold even more miserable. Usually both girls are up at least one point during the night - and it's usually different times. UGH! Needless to say, this is the reason I haven't posted anything in awhile. We skipped Stroller Strides Wednesday and Friday. I called in sick to work on Wednesday for the first time. We managed to get out for our monthly MOMs club meeting and to do some grocery shopping. Oh, and a hair appointment, but that's a different post. That's about all we did. I tried to sleep/rest in the afternoons while Sydney was napping. Quinn wouldn't hear of it. I don't know where she gets her energy. Why can't THAT be contagious?! I guess it could be worse. There was a little girl with her daddy at work yesterday (she was maybe 4 or 5). She had the horrible sounding cough that my girls have. All of a sudden - bbbaaarrrfffff. She threw up! I was just happy that I was on a register so couldn't leave to clean it up! They gave that fun job to a gal that just started working there that day. Welcome to Costco!
I Took It All Off!
My hair that is! Charissa gave me a fabulous new cut. It's so easy too. My hair always does so much better the shorter it is. I just get lazy and don't go in for cuts so it grows out and then begins this whole cycle of battling with it. I'm finally getting wiser and made my next appointment before I left from this appointment. I never had this problem in CO but it's just humid enough here that certain parts of it just flip up and it doesn't matter what I put in it, on it or around it. It still does that but I think it works with this new cut - or at least if I tuck it behind my ears you don't see the flip. Anyway, I'm vowing to keep up with it so that I don't have any more thoughts of shaving my head out of frustration!
Okay, so this picture isn't the best I've ever taken. I feel like crap here. My nose is all red from blowing it - always attractive! To top off the whole cold thing, I've got some weird thing going on with my eyes. I think it's an allergic reaction to some makeup or something but they are both red, swollen and gross! And you can't really see my hair here so don't know why I'm even posting it! Maybe just so you can see how pathetic I really am right now:) Does my nose look big to you? Does it always and I'm just now noticing? Or is it the whole coloring/lighting issue I've got going on? Great, yet another thing to obsess over.
Sign Of The Times
We are learning sign language! At Sydney's Little Gym class we learned a couple of signs (just the first couple of weeks - don't know if they keep forgetting or what but they haven't taught us any new ones recently). I was very impressed with both girls at how well they remembered the signs and how well they could do the signs. So, I thought what a great way to be able to communicate with them when we can't hear each other (should come in handy later in life probably - school functions etc.). I remember my sisters and I learning how to sign the alphabet from the back of a book or flyer out of a movie case or something. Looking back, I'm impressed we did that! Then we would try to 'talk' to each other at dinner and thought it was so funny that our parents didn't know what we were saying. Of course, spelling out each word took forever for us to do and forever for the other person to understand so we didn't do much talking. But it was fun! Later in life, my friend Kristie and I took some sign language classes in CO and had fun with it. That's a whole other story in itself for another day. I remember a few things from it so showed those signs to the girls. Anyway, I looked up some signs on ASL Browser and try to use them as often as possible. I always show the girls the new sign and 'quiz' them on the signs we've already learned. I am so impressed with their learning skills! They ARE little sponges! So these are the signs that they know so far:
play, eat, more, sorry, mother, father, sister, sweet, dreams, hungry, sleep and, of course, I love you. Not too bad for just a little over a week's worth of work!
Quinnisms:
These are just funny ways she says certain things:
When she wants me to turn my head and look at something she says, "fix your head this way"
Instead of saying next to me/you/Daddy, etc., she says ".....benext to me/you/Daddy, etc."
While in the car running errands on Friday:
Quinn: "Mommy, I'm getting sore. My bottom hurts"
Me: "I'm sorry baby. Is it because you haven't had a bath in a couple of days?"
Quinn: "No. It's because you're driving too fast silly. Drive slowly Mommy!"
And K.C. called this one into me at work today. After having lunch he gave the girls each one of those bite-sized 3 musketeer bars for dessert. This is what Quinn had to say about it after eating it: "MMMMMMMM. Chocolate covered chocolate! My FAVorite!"(she IS my daughter!)
Sydney Started It!
We're all sick. Except K.C. He somehow managed to avoid this round. Sydney started coughing and it sounded bad. I started sneezing and getting a sore throat. Quinn started losing her voice. THAT was tragic for her! The girls have chest colds and I have the whole head/chest combo cold. I can't remember the last time I slept through the night. Which makes my combo cold even more miserable. Usually both girls are up at least one point during the night - and it's usually different times. UGH! Needless to say, this is the reason I haven't posted anything in awhile. We skipped Stroller Strides Wednesday and Friday. I called in sick to work on Wednesday for the first time. We managed to get out for our monthly MOMs club meeting and to do some grocery shopping. Oh, and a hair appointment, but that's a different post. That's about all we did. I tried to sleep/rest in the afternoons while Sydney was napping. Quinn wouldn't hear of it. I don't know where she gets her energy. Why can't THAT be contagious?! I guess it could be worse. There was a little girl with her daddy at work yesterday (she was maybe 4 or 5). She had the horrible sounding cough that my girls have. All of a sudden - bbbaaarrrfffff. She threw up! I was just happy that I was on a register so couldn't leave to clean it up! They gave that fun job to a gal that just started working there that day. Welcome to Costco!
I Took It All Off!
My hair that is! Charissa gave me a fabulous new cut. It's so easy too. My hair always does so much better the shorter it is. I just get lazy and don't go in for cuts so it grows out and then begins this whole cycle of battling with it. I'm finally getting wiser and made my next appointment before I left from this appointment. I never had this problem in CO but it's just humid enough here that certain parts of it just flip up and it doesn't matter what I put in it, on it or around it. It still does that but I think it works with this new cut - or at least if I tuck it behind my ears you don't see the flip. Anyway, I'm vowing to keep up with it so that I don't have any more thoughts of shaving my head out of frustration!
Okay, so this picture isn't the best I've ever taken. I feel like crap here. My nose is all red from blowing it - always attractive! To top off the whole cold thing, I've got some weird thing going on with my eyes. I think it's an allergic reaction to some makeup or something but they are both red, swollen and gross! And you can't really see my hair here so don't know why I'm even posting it! Maybe just so you can see how pathetic I really am right now:) Does my nose look big to you? Does it always and I'm just now noticing? Or is it the whole coloring/lighting issue I've got going on? Great, yet another thing to obsess over.
Sign Of The Times
We are learning sign language! At Sydney's Little Gym class we learned a couple of signs (just the first couple of weeks - don't know if they keep forgetting or what but they haven't taught us any new ones recently). I was very impressed with both girls at how well they remembered the signs and how well they could do the signs. So, I thought what a great way to be able to communicate with them when we can't hear each other (should come in handy later in life probably - school functions etc.). I remember my sisters and I learning how to sign the alphabet from the back of a book or flyer out of a movie case or something. Looking back, I'm impressed we did that! Then we would try to 'talk' to each other at dinner and thought it was so funny that our parents didn't know what we were saying. Of course, spelling out each word took forever for us to do and forever for the other person to understand so we didn't do much talking. But it was fun! Later in life, my friend Kristie and I took some sign language classes in CO and had fun with it. That's a whole other story in itself for another day. I remember a few things from it so showed those signs to the girls. Anyway, I looked up some signs on ASL Browser and try to use them as often as possible. I always show the girls the new sign and 'quiz' them on the signs we've already learned. I am so impressed with their learning skills! They ARE little sponges! So these are the signs that they know so far:
play, eat, more, sorry, mother, father, sister, sweet, dreams, hungry, sleep and, of course, I love you. Not too bad for just a little over a week's worth of work!
Last Day on the Front End
Today was my last day working the front end. I'm off to the service deli tomorrow night. I got my hat & my shoe covers and have pulled my long underwear out of hiding so I'm all set to go. I have to get my food handlers card though and then do an in-house food handling deal. I sure hope it's all as good as I think it's going to be. I'm giving up 1-1/2 hours of time-and-a-half pay on Sundays - good for lowering my hours but bad for the loss of pay.
Well, I guess you're all caught up on our lives now:) I'm off to make and eat a Caesar salad and watch The Amazing Race and Desperate Housewives on dvr! Do I know how to have fun at 10:00 p.m. on a Sunday night or what?!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
November Birthdays!
It's time to celebrate November Birthdays!
This is who we are honoring this month:
Darron - turning 39 in Korea!
Scott - another one turning 39 in an exotic local: Wyoming!
Colby - how can it be that you're already 1?!
Braden - seems like you've been around a lot longer than just 1 year!
Anna Lee - welcome to the big 3!
As always, if I've missed anyone (anniversaries included) please let me know!
I don't know why but pizza is always a good birthday celebration food for us. So, we made one cheese and one turkey pepperoni for dinner.
For dessert we opted to make a super yummy Deep Dish Almond Apple Pie (Pampered Chef recipe) since the weather is definitely Fall-like. We topped it with vanilla ice cream and stuffed our bellies!
Hope anyone having a birthday or anniversary this month thoroughly enjoys it! Wish we could be there to help you celebrate!
This is who we are honoring this month:
Darron - turning 39 in Korea!
Scott - another one turning 39 in an exotic local: Wyoming!
Colby - how can it be that you're already 1?!
Braden - seems like you've been around a lot longer than just 1 year!
Anna Lee - welcome to the big 3!
As always, if I've missed anyone (anniversaries included) please let me know!
I don't know why but pizza is always a good birthday celebration food for us. So, we made one cheese and one turkey pepperoni for dinner.
For dessert we opted to make a super yummy Deep Dish Almond Apple Pie (Pampered Chef recipe) since the weather is definitely Fall-like. We topped it with vanilla ice cream and stuffed our bellies!
Hope anyone having a birthday or anniversary this month thoroughly enjoys it! Wish we could be there to help you celebrate!
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More on work....
My cashier training went well yesterday. I ended up cashiering my whole shift last night. I don't think I screwed anything up - guess we'll see tomorrow night! There's a lot to remember but I think it's just one of those things that once I do it a few times it'll get easier to coordinate everything (greeting the member, giving them back their card, checking baskets, etc.).
I can't remember if I mentioned this in another post or not but I signed up to do cross-training in the service deli. I was the only one so, by default, I get to do it! Maybe I don't know what I'm in for but it sounds like a dream job for me! Actually, a gal that I went through orientation with works back there and LOVES it! She started in maintenance and loved that, then they moved her to the food court and she hated that, now she's settled in the service deli. She was giving me pointers last night on what to wear - it's an enclosed room (glass so we can see out so it won't be claustrophobic or anything) that is maintained at 41 degrees. WHAT?! I get to make food (assuming), not have to deal with Johnny Q Public (much) and I won't sweat and stink? Sign me up! Oh, guess I'm already signed up:) Anyway, I'm told that I'll probably start back there the week of the 17th. I'm supposed to be back there through New Years but one of the managers told me that it may turn into a permanent move if I want it to! Until then, I guess I'll get some more cashier training (it's SO much easier on my body - and I don't sweat so much since I'm not running around the warehouse) and doing what I've been doing.
Maybe now I won't dread going to work! It's not so bad once I get there and get going but I just hate it while I'm getting ready to go. I look forward to the time when I don't feel the dread!
I can't remember if I mentioned this in another post or not but I signed up to do cross-training in the service deli. I was the only one so, by default, I get to do it! Maybe I don't know what I'm in for but it sounds like a dream job for me! Actually, a gal that I went through orientation with works back there and LOVES it! She started in maintenance and loved that, then they moved her to the food court and she hated that, now she's settled in the service deli. She was giving me pointers last night on what to wear - it's an enclosed room (glass so we can see out so it won't be claustrophobic or anything) that is maintained at 41 degrees. WHAT?! I get to make food (assuming), not have to deal with Johnny Q Public (much) and I won't sweat and stink? Sign me up! Oh, guess I'm already signed up:) Anyway, I'm told that I'll probably start back there the week of the 17th. I'm supposed to be back there through New Years but one of the managers told me that it may turn into a permanent move if I want it to! Until then, I guess I'll get some more cashier training (it's SO much easier on my body - and I don't sweat so much since I'm not running around the warehouse) and doing what I've been doing.
Maybe now I won't dread going to work! It's not so bad once I get there and get going but I just hate it while I'm getting ready to go. I look forward to the time when I don't feel the dread!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Just a few things involving work...
I swear I saw a moose on my way to work on Sunday! I've seen it before but it was dark that time so I didn't get a good look at it other than it was HUGE and couldn't have been a deer. This time it was mid-morning and for reasons I still can't figure out, I only saw the rear of it and not it's head! It was walking across the street so I got a full on side view. I'm sure glad I wasn't any closer since that would mean it would've been in my windshield! I'm sure I was daydreaming because once I figured out what it was that I was seeing (I was focused on the legs for some reason - hee hee, I must be a leg girl. That was terrible!) I started fumbling in my purse for my camera. Only to remember that, like the car seats, the camera stays with the kids. So then I was trying to grab my cell phone. The picture quality would have sucked but at least I would have had a picture! Right about then the Lock Ness Moose started trotting off into the woods. I started to speed up to try to catch it but then the thought ran through my head that maybe he/she had a friend/calf(?) not far behind. So I took it slow while I called K.C. to report my sighting. I figured I fumbled around for my phone enough so I may as well use it for something!
Wednesday I go in for cashier training! I'm looking forward to it...hoping it won't be as physical a job as the cashier assistant. It kind of sucks though because I go in at 8 a.m. and training will last around two hours but then I have to go back and work a shift that night at 5! Waste of gas - but I'm not hanging out in Issaquah all day with two toddlers either!
My friend Jody that I do Stroller Strides with works in the office (payroll) and helped me get the job - or at least helped my application get through to the interview process. Anyway, she was pulling into the parking lot for ss today and got hit by a truck (while in her vehicle that is)! Her and Claire were okay but it spun her car 1/4 of a turn. I was getting Sydney in the stroller at the time and wasn't too far away so the adrenaline got to pumping in me like I had been in the accident. I think she ended up getting the ticket because she was making a left and the truck had the right away - no matter how fast he was going! Scary stuff!
Let's see....what else was I going to tell you about.....Oh, we were almost going to make a trip to Colorado in two weeks! K.C. has to go for work so planted the idea in my head that maybe the girls and I could come along and we'd make a long weekend out of it. I got all excited and immediately requested the time off. He had second thoughts after looking up airline prices (not bad but not really what we should be spending money on right now) so I was still holding out hope that we could make it work. We can't so the girls and I will stay here and hold down the fort for a night. I guess the good thing about it is that I'll get one extra night off - maybe more! I told them I could work the weekend now so we'll see if I make it on the schedule or not. I'm sure I will!
Tonight was slow so I actually got to go home about 45 minutes early! And what did I do with my extra time? I laid on the couch and got caught up on my shows (LOVE our dvr!). Oh my, now it's almost 1 a.m. so I'd better head to bed - those girls will have me up for all day in a few short hours!
Wednesday I go in for cashier training! I'm looking forward to it...hoping it won't be as physical a job as the cashier assistant. It kind of sucks though because I go in at 8 a.m. and training will last around two hours but then I have to go back and work a shift that night at 5! Waste of gas - but I'm not hanging out in Issaquah all day with two toddlers either!
My friend Jody that I do Stroller Strides with works in the office (payroll) and helped me get the job - or at least helped my application get through to the interview process. Anyway, she was pulling into the parking lot for ss today and got hit by a truck (while in her vehicle that is)! Her and Claire were okay but it spun her car 1/4 of a turn. I was getting Sydney in the stroller at the time and wasn't too far away so the adrenaline got to pumping in me like I had been in the accident. I think she ended up getting the ticket because she was making a left and the truck had the right away - no matter how fast he was going! Scary stuff!
Let's see....what else was I going to tell you about.....Oh, we were almost going to make a trip to Colorado in two weeks! K.C. has to go for work so planted the idea in my head that maybe the girls and I could come along and we'd make a long weekend out of it. I got all excited and immediately requested the time off. He had second thoughts after looking up airline prices (not bad but not really what we should be spending money on right now) so I was still holding out hope that we could make it work. We can't so the girls and I will stay here and hold down the fort for a night. I guess the good thing about it is that I'll get one extra night off - maybe more! I told them I could work the weekend now so we'll see if I make it on the schedule or not. I'm sure I will!
Tonight was slow so I actually got to go home about 45 minutes early! And what did I do with my extra time? I laid on the couch and got caught up on my shows (LOVE our dvr!). Oh my, now it's almost 1 a.m. so I'd better head to bed - those girls will have me up for all day in a few short hours!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Buffalo Wing Sauce Cheese, Panettone Milanese & Tikka Masala
These are my new food finds. I scored BIG this time:) At least by my standards! I found all of these at Costco:
First up is the Buffalo Wing Sauce Cheddar Cheese. Yummy! This stuff has habanero peppers, jalapeno peppers, cayenne peppers and I don't know what else in it. Very good and yes, it does kind of taste like the buffalo wing sauce. It is spicy but Quinn gobbled it up like a pro! Sydney was sleeping so didn't try any. We just sampled it on Ritz crackers but I'm going to try shredding it and putting it over chips for nachos and then will try melting it and eating it as a dip. That is if K.C. and Quinn don't finish it off before I can get to all of that!
Next up is the Panettone Milanese that I talked about in another post. The packaging is what really peaked my interest in this. It's an Italian Christmas tradition, the box says.
So basically, this is a sort of bread as I suspected. It's made with eggs, butter and flour (among other things) and has three days of leavening and eight hours of slow-paced cooling. It reminds me of french bread but kind of sweet. And it has candied citron peels and raisins baked in it. I really like it - K.C. and Quinn, not so much. Again, Sydney was in bed when I got home so hasn't tasted it yet. Here's a picture after I cut into it:
I hope Sydney likes it, otherwise I have A LOT of it to eat! But that's a challenge I'm willing to take on!
And lastly, I was so happy to find the Tikka Masala sauce too! The deli at work has some chicken Tikka Masala but this is the first time I've seen just the sauce. It's an Indian curry that is so yummy. I simmered some chicken in some of the sauce for K.C. and the girls and I steamed some veggies and simmered those in the sauce for me! I ate it over rice and even had some Naan in the freezer (from Trader Joe's) that I heated up and ate with it! What a great lunch!
My next finds are from Trader Joe's. An enchilada sauce and a Thai Red Curry sauce. Are you getting hungry yet?!
First up is the Buffalo Wing Sauce Cheddar Cheese. Yummy! This stuff has habanero peppers, jalapeno peppers, cayenne peppers and I don't know what else in it. Very good and yes, it does kind of taste like the buffalo wing sauce. It is spicy but Quinn gobbled it up like a pro! Sydney was sleeping so didn't try any. We just sampled it on Ritz crackers but I'm going to try shredding it and putting it over chips for nachos and then will try melting it and eating it as a dip. That is if K.C. and Quinn don't finish it off before I can get to all of that!
Next up is the Panettone Milanese that I talked about in another post. The packaging is what really peaked my interest in this. It's an Italian Christmas tradition, the box says.
So basically, this is a sort of bread as I suspected. It's made with eggs, butter and flour (among other things) and has three days of leavening and eight hours of slow-paced cooling. It reminds me of french bread but kind of sweet. And it has candied citron peels and raisins baked in it. I really like it - K.C. and Quinn, not so much. Again, Sydney was in bed when I got home so hasn't tasted it yet. Here's a picture after I cut into it:
I hope Sydney likes it, otherwise I have A LOT of it to eat! But that's a challenge I'm willing to take on!
And lastly, I was so happy to find the Tikka Masala sauce too! The deli at work has some chicken Tikka Masala but this is the first time I've seen just the sauce. It's an Indian curry that is so yummy. I simmered some chicken in some of the sauce for K.C. and the girls and I steamed some veggies and simmered those in the sauce for me! I ate it over rice and even had some Naan in the freezer (from Trader Joe's) that I heated up and ate with it! What a great lunch!
My next finds are from Trader Joe's. An enchilada sauce and a Thai Red Curry sauce. Are you getting hungry yet?!
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