Krumkaka

My mom is the pro at making them.

Krumkaka (crumb cake)
1 c. melted butter
1 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 t. vanilla
2 c. flour

Mix ingredients, put 1 dab butter in the middle of iron before first each
cake. Plop one spoonful of batter in and press close, cook 15-18 seconds
(varies slightly per press, every second counts) Roll on a cone to remove.
Will harden quickly.

Filling:
for chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch:
1 pkg. (4 oz.) instant pudding
1/4 c. powdered sugar
1 c. cold milk
8 oz. cool whip

Combine pudding mix, sugar, and milk in a bowl. Beat slowly at low speed
until blended, wait 1 minute and then fold in cool whip.


for strawberry:
2 c. whipping cream
3 T. powdered sugar
1 c. strawberry preserves

In bowl whip cream until soft peaks form. Add sugar, beat until stiff peaks
form, then fold in fruit preserves.

by Michelle, granddaughter of Barbara, 
and Allison (Michelle's mom), wife of Barbara's son Doug

Teriyaki Chicken

This is one of the only pictures of Sadie and me because I'm the main photographer and there was only one trip to the beach where Lincoln even handled the camera (pretty well too)

Life here in Dominica moves at a very slow pace, which is actually a really nice change. It's given me time to cook well-balanced meals almost every night and I've had a lot of time for my own hobbies. Sadie's thrilled to be here, she is still shy about people but when it comes to kids she's very friendly. There are only a few other kids even close to her age so she mostly plays with the 4yr olds and the 6month babies. There's another mom here that has 2 kids and we'll switch off babysitting on campus so that the other can go to the school's gym. If I decided that life's too slow, there's an infinite number of things for me to get involved with: tutoring local high school students (which I currently do on Mondays), volunteer to help the local children, hiking, exploring, more volunteering, working as an SP (standardized patient) for the med students.... the list goes on.

It saddens me is that we won't be there this summer to see you all! Take lots of pictures and be sure to post them or send some my way! The one thing that I have missed is the snow, we haven't been up to the mountains in years and Sadie's never seen snow, we had been planning a quick trip to Utah before we left, but seriously? In the midst of packing and getting ready for the move, I never really believed it would happen, so, enjoy some snow for us! For more on Michelle and her family, follow them here.

This is one of the only pictures of Lincoln and Sadie, notice that it's on the plane, since we've been here the school has stolen him.

I figured it's been a while since I contributed to the cooking blog (and I actually read it regularly too). So, here's what we had for dinner last night: Teriyaki Chicken! This is a super easy meal and often I will make the teriyaki sauce and store it in the fridge for whenever I need it. Keeping it in the fridge and reheating it also seems to help thicken the sauce.

This is of the teriyaki dinner, fresh green beans from Saturdays market, and passion fruit juice

Teriyaki Chicken

yield: 4-6 people, depending on how much sauce everyone uses
active time: 15 min
total time: 15 min
cuisine: Dinner

Ingredients

3/4 c. water
1/2 c. soy sauce
3/4 to 1 c. brown sugar
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/8 t. ground ginger
1 T. cornstarch

Preparation

Heat the water and soy sauce to a boil on the stove. Mix the dry ingredients together (mixing this before adding to the liquid keeps the corn starch from clumping).

Add the dry ingredients to the pot and keep at a low boil/simmer, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens.

The End! I told you that was easy!

Additional Notes:
Here in Dominica, I haven't been able to find brown sugar so instead I used almost a full cup of regular white sugar and added 1 tsp of vanilla for flavor. I also forgot to bring garlic powder with me and I don't know how available it is in stores (although if I look I'll probably find that a lot easier than brown sugar). Instead of garlic powder I just used the garlic salt I had on hand and it turned out just fine.

Sometimes I prefer it thicker than others and so I add an additional 1 T. of corn starch (make sure to decide before you put the dry ingredients in, adding the corn starch by itself will make clumps appear)

by Michelle, Barbara's granddaughter

Lazy Daisy Cake

In May, 2008, our first year of marriage, I made this cake for Lincoln's birthday. I accidentally put in 2 TABLEspoons, not teaspoons, of Baking Powder and as a result, the cake expanded to overflow the pan and into the oven everywhere! It then shrunk back to half its original size, Lincoln was a good sport and told me it was perfect just the way it was. :)

Lazy Daisy Cake

Beat 2 eggs until foamy
Add 1 level cup of sugar (omit 1 T.)
Beat for 3 min.

Melt 3 T. butter in 1/2 c. milk and heat just enough to melt butter
Sift together 1 c. flour
1 full rounded t. baking powder

Mix SLOWLY (if using a mixer, keep it on speed 1)
add cooled milk and butter at the same slow speed
add 1 t. vanilla.

Pour in greased pan (9x9" for 1 batch, bundt pan or 9x13" for 2)
Bake at 350 deg for 35 min. or until cake pulls from sides of pan

To be served with light powdered sugar on top or as a base to strawberry shortcake

I usually make 2 batches to fit in a Bundt pan which makes this appear decorative and is perfect for strawberry shortcake


by Michelle, Barbara's granddaughter

Egg Rolls with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Egg Rolls

1 pkg. egg roll wraps (usually found in the store's salad section, 6x6" ish in size)

1-4 eggs

1 bag cabbage mix (the shredded kind, used for making coleslaw)

1 lb. precooked ground turkey (I've used ground beef before and it's not bad,

but definitely not as good as the turkey)

1/2 t. salt

2 T. soy sauce

Tip: When precooking the ground turkey, add the eggs to cook them as well (this simply makes the egg rolls not as slimy to put together, feel free to precook the turkey by itself).

Mix the eggs, turkey, cabbage mix, salt, and soy sauce together.

Put some mix on a wrap and "wrap" it (take the bottom corner and fold, then the side corners, then roll the whole thing over toward the top. It takes some getting used to)

Spray cookie sheet, lay egg rolls separated, spray top of rolls

Bake at 400° until brown (about 18 min.)

Sweet and Sour Sauce

Mix:

1/4 cup ketchup

2 T. corn starch

enough water to pour into hot liquid below

Heat:

1 c. water

1/4 c. vinegar

3/4 c. sugar

Simmer to thicken.

Hmm... Now for a story... Well, I recently re-discovered these old pictures from Kotzebue, AK and I remember my parents telling me about how this was the trip that everyone went to play tennis (?) [Scott wishes! actually it was baseball] at 2 a.m. in the morning [like 12:01 a.m., so we'd still keep the Sabbath ; ) ] because it was so light out, I guess the cops (or local sheriff) showed up and told everyone to go to bed :)

My mom also told me that this is where I took my first steps, apparently to Grandpa! She said that even though I started walking only slightly before Erik, he was way more stable on his feet once he started. (correct me if I'm wrong) is this picture from the "un-birthday party"? Enjoy!

Grandma and Grandpa were able to make it down for their first

great granddaughter's baby blessing

K, it's kinda ugly and we should've taken a nicer one,

but there are 4 generations in this picture!

Grandma got this dress while serving in Brazil and Sadie loves it!

And finally, Tacia took this picture, but it's one of my absolute favorites.

(Grandpa and Sadie)

by Michelle, Barbara's granddaughter