papa a la huancaina

Made this dish this week for Craig. I learned it from some Peruvians on my mission in Italy. I searched it online today and found lots of pictures, actually. It must be pretty popular as a meal in Peru.

It is a yellow pepper sauce over boiled potatoes and boiled egg served on lettuce (we added ham).

I didn't have measured amounts written down of each thing you put in. But, this is what I did:
Sauteed onion, garlic, salt, and yellow peppers in olive oil. When the peppers are soft, I put the sauteed mix into the blender. I added Ricotta cheese, saltine crackers, and some milk. Then, we mixed it all up while also boiling potatoes, eggs, and warming the ham in a skillet. I added a little more salt to the blender mixture too.

Here it is!

My New Bed!!

'nuff said!!! :)

The Birthday Party!!

My friend Sunshine threw me a Birthday party!!










Emily and Teresa made these cute decorations!!!














We played games...











And ate homemade pizzas!!













It was fun! :)

Pasta Time!!

Craig and I made pasta for Craig's brother Gary and sister-in-law Annette, and family.
















I got to use my new Bosch!
















We had to be creative where we dried the noodles.
















And then we had to get more creative! Yep, the window rod.














...from the outside.














Coming out of the oven!

















Craig dishes the pasta up.














A close up!! mmmmmm....

The Christmas Giver - continued

Day #10 Cute slippers for each of us!! Mine said "let it snow" on the feet.


















































Day #11 Aprons for each of us!!

















Day #12 Yummy cookies on a "Cookies for Santa" plate!















Can you guess who the Christmas Giver is?? I took some brownies to my sister Thelissa's house to 'pay it forward' ....err....was I 'paying it backward'???

Sure enough, she handed me a plate of cookies in exchange for the brownies and said, "Thanks, you're saving me a trip."

THANKS THELISSA!!!!

"The Christmas Giver"

My roommates and I have a Christmas Giver!! Following the tradition of the 12 days of Christmas, each day we receive something new on our doorstep! It is so fun! I anticipate what will be there each day. Here's the collection so far:

Day #1: Beautiful Bells for the Christmas Tree!

Day #2: Christmas Tree Ice Tray!

Day #3: Snow Man Wall Hanging

Day #4: Yummy Brownie Mix!

Day #5: Beautiful Star to hang!!!

Day #6: Cookies and Cutters!!

Day #7: Chocolate Santas!! Always a hit...

Day #8: Wrapping Paper for each of us!...hummm...the Christmas Giver knows all of our names! Unfortunately for Teresa, she had just done all her wrapping the night before...lol. But, me and Emily are excited to use it! Emily was excited that the gift had her name on it!

Day #9: MMM...hot chocolate. Teresa was excited to use her hot water maker that is so quick!

Teresa and Emily enjoy a sip...

Cheers to our Christmas Giver!!

Stay tuned to find out what the Christmas Giver will bring next!!!

Something else new for the Townhome!!

So what do you think of my new buffet table??! :) The idea is that mirror will hang about 2 or 3 inches above the table.


Here is a view from on the stairs...















Also notice that I added light dimmers to most of the lights! It's beautiful and it was a pretty cheap addition that made so much of a difference!