Hello I am a new visitor from Colorado.

:bounce: So glad to be here. I have been spending the last 16 months on pregnancy and new mommy boards. I think I have the hang of that now and am ready to hang out and devote more time to my passion. ANYTHING TO DO WITH FOOD!!!!

I have a long history with cooking, I come from a family that cooks rather phenomenally but simply as enjoyment.

I am looking forward to learning some new things. I am not working but a few hours any more which allows me to cook to my heart (and my husband's) delight!! My son doesn't appreciate my organic puree preferring the bottled stuff (can you imagine?).

Anyhoo - nice to meet everyone.

Hi Kim!

I never have been to the festival in Beaver Creek though it isn't technically that far from me. Course now with an eight month old I won't be seeing any mountain towns for a weekend away for a while!!

Gourmet dinners are my specialty. I'm Lithuanian (half) and so I have an interest in making foods my nan used to make for my dad. Fat content is killer though so I do so in moderation. I lived in Russia for a year and really enjoy cooking Russian dishes as well but just the time consuming ones that take all day for some odd reason. Can't so much of that now either.

We love Asian and Hawaiian, Italian and Mexican, Spanish - oh you get the drift.

My mother never made the same thing in a month and she had six kids to feed. I grew up on German, Lithuanian, Spanish, Mexican, Italian, and good old " Ohio-an - which translates into my mom's comfort dishes - all wonderful.

I am just getting into baking a little more than just cookies. I would LOVE to improve my sauce ability. I do everything by recipe which I alter but I can't do much without a reference much to my dismay.

What about you? What are your areas of interest? With two babies you must spend a lot of time cooking.

DO you make your own babyfood? I do and I use organic jarred just depends on how much time I have.

Jana

I do have some good Hawaiian recipes

My BIL is FULL Hawaiian (he was the king a few years ago) and he is turning 50 next week. My sister is throwing a luau. She is the best cook. Most of the stuff naturally is not very good for you - what is it with the mayo thing anyway> lol. But I will put together some of the ones I like the best that she has made for me.

I know she is doing lomi and kalua pig (my personal fav) for the party with chicken long rice and some dips and other stuff. Let me sort of eye her stuff and gather the god ones along with the ones I do regularly like macadamia nut chk and mochico chk and kalua pig.

You have a nice mother's day as well.

I think its awesome you are going to culinary school. I am way too old to start a new career - heck I just got to retire finally when I had my son. (Well - I call myself practically retired!!)

Look forward to exchanging hawaiin recepies with my new Lithuanian friend.:D

Hi Kim

I am SOOOO sorry. I have been so frantically preparing for my sister in laws visit after my sister's party for my BIL that I have not had time to do much on the computer. Things should slow down but honestly it might be next week. I have a baptism for a neice and a graduation for my girlfriends daughter I have to prepare for. No rest for the weary. BUT>>>>>>>>>


yes I have heard of spam musibi (my husband is a great fan and I naturally wouldn't touch the stuff with SPAM in it). I personally would make it with fresh ahi tuna before I would eat SPAM. But I am a total food snob so what do I know?

The party was great and we made Poki with tuna and scallions and shoyu. I like it with wasable and more shoyu than she put in but she was trying not to be too weird for all the guests. Lomi Lomi Salmon, kalua pig (my personal fav), opihi, squid luau, chicken long rice, sushi rolls with cooked crab, cucumber and avo. Hmm what else. Well it was all good. I can get whatever recipe you would like, Kalua pig is easy and I have that. Chik long rice goes bad quickly so I would never make it but it was delicious I must say. I have all kinds of Poki variations. I have a couple Sam Choy books that my sister gave me while living there and she uses them as a base and then sort of moves on. SO do I.

This weekend we had my SIL and her fiance over and made procuitto wrapped salmon on the frill. BBQ babybacks and tritips in oyster sauce plus all the fixins that go along. Yes we ate well and yest I gained a TON. Who cares. I will lose it next week chasing my son who just learned to crawl... lol

Let me know what you think you would like as far as recipes in specific and I will get it for you. I don't have your email up but whatever you wrote me about - I have not heard of it.

Hope you are well and enjoying the summer foods that are starting to grace our markets. I love this time of year and grill veggies all summer long!

Oh and BTW my SIL gave me a recipe for daquiris that are frozen and you just scoop them out when you want one. Killer (though I will modify them with a few more experiments). If you and your husband entertain and or drink you might enjoy it. Let me know.

jana