Happy Halloween!

Buddy and I were sushi rolls for Halloween! I have a better picture on another camera, but this will have to do for now. We had a fun Halloween. We went to a party Thursday night and even won a prize for most creative. Here is the pumpkin we carved too. It had the biggest stem ever!!!

Here are some of the costumes of the night:"

Eye Candy


X-Men


Pirates


White Trash


Nacho Libre


and Mexican wrestlers

Shoga Sushi= Super Delicious!

Last weekend we treated ourselves to some delicious sushi from the Shoga restaurant in Orem. If you love sushi and you live in Utah county, then you need to try Shoga! Buddy and I are sushi connoisseurs of sorts, and we have tried almost every sushi place around. Besides Takashi's in Salt Lake, this is our favorite. (Although we have yet to try Yapona in American Fork which I hear is also very good). I give Shoga's a 10! And they are so much better than Happy Sumo. Yum. I want some more right now!!!




Being super sad that the sushi is all gone.

Puppy Haircuts!

The puppies got groomed yesterday. We wanted to cut them pretty short, since it costs quite a bit to take them to the groomers, and we like to get our money's worth. They had a pumpkin spice bath yesterday as part of the package (they smell delicious!) but now all their fur is gone. Poor little pups! I think Rusty looks kind of like a chihuaha now. Oops. Oh well. At least it grows back :) (see the side bar for their before pics)

Thriller at the Covey Center

We had a fun date night this week and went to see Thriller! It is so much fun. This is my 3rd year going (and probably Buddy's 10th). It's a fun tradition. If you haven't ever gone, it's really good. They obviously have the Thriller dance sequence (hence the Zombie pics), but there is much, much more. Some of the dances are a little more scary than others, but most are pretty comical and just fun to watch. Our favorite dances are The Mummy, Dem Bones, and River of Blood. But there's really too many to list including Jason Jam and the Frankenstein one. The Mummy has all these people wrapped up like mummies and the first part has some slow Egyptian-like dancing by people in Egyptian costumes. Then the mummies come alive and breakdance. Dem Bones is done with these glow in the dark skeleton costumes (the rest of them is black fabric) so all you see is the skeleton and they tap dance. Very cool. And River of Blood is Irish dancers that end up getting shot during the dance. I'm pretty much the worst explainer ever. So if you've seen it, you probably know what I'm talking about, but if not, sorry go see it and then you'll understand! :)

Super Duper Delicious Slush Recipe

Look at me! I'm on a roll! All these posts. Okay, so this is my most favoritest punch/drink recipe in the whole wide world. It's delightful. Its delicious. It will make you imagine you are sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying the sunshine. Seriously. Try it. It makes a lot, so bring it to your next party so everyone will love you! Really, volunteer to bring the drink. Everyone will think, oh they picked the drink because it's easy and then you'll dazzle them with this! (and it is super easy too!)

Super Duper Delicious Slush


6 cups water
3 cups sugar

In a medium size pot, bring mixture to a boil and stir until all sugar is dissolved. Cool.

Add:

1 can pineapple juice (46 fl oz)
1 can orange juice (46 fl oz)
1 cup lemon juice

Freeze.

To serve:
Leave frozen mixture out to thaw for 1/2 hour. Scoop out slush with ice cream scoop and fill glasses with slush and then pour 7 UP (no Sprite!) over the slush. Serve and enjoy!

This recipe came from the mom of a girl Buddy works with. She used to do wedding catering and this was her most requested recipe. It's really good. Right when I had it, I had to know what was in it. And, true story, she told Buddy it was 1 can of orange juice and I kept asking him if he meant a concentrated can, and he kept telling me no. Well for 2 weeks I kept telling him he needed to get better directions, because I had never heard of canned orange juice that wasn't frozen. We finally went to Macey's to grocery shop, and lo and behold, canned orange juice right next to the canned pineapple juice. Who would have thought? So for all you doubters, canned orange juice exists! Weird huh? Also true story, we attended a wedding one time that had slush just like this and I was so impressed I asked for the recipe. I was told it was a family recipe and they wouldn't share it!!! I was super offended. I hate secret family recipes!!! So you should share this recipe with everyone!!!! It just like their "secret" one :)

I didn't actually make the juice today, but wanted to post the recipe. This is the size cans of orange juice and pineapple that you need. You also need a big bowl to freeze it in!

Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

This is a fairly easy, simple recipe. I make it when I want something warm to come home to, already finished. It's not particularly amazing, but I like to make it because it's pretty mindless and easy and you can add things to it to spice it up (there are lots of different spice combinations you can add for different flavors). Mostly I just love chicken soup- it's so comforting.

Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup



3 chicken drumsticks (you can use chicken breasts, but chicken drumsticks add a really rich chicken flavor to the dish)
1/2 yellow onion diced. Sauté until tender in some oil in a small pan. (I omit this if I have no onion)
2 red potatoes, cut into large chunks (or any kind of potato)
3 stalks celery diced
2 large carrots diced (or equivalent baby carrots cut in half)
3 cans Swanson chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken
2 tsp pepper
1 tsp oregano
salt to taste
1/2 package broad egg noodles

Cook the drumsticks in the microwave (or you can boil them, but the microwave is fast; I put them in large bowl with a tiny bit of water and cook for 5-6 minutes until juices run clear) Then pull the chicken of the bones. Mix broth and cream of chicken together in crock pot with whisk. Add all the ingredients to crock pot except the noodles. Cook 2-3 hours on high (till potatoes are tender) or 6-8 hours on low. When the soup is finished, boil the noodles in separate pot. Drain and add to the crockpot. Eat and enjoy! Yum.

Tres Leches Recipe

Recently, I've become addicted to tres leches. I don't know why. It's just so good all of a sudden. Like the sugar cookies, I never liked this dessert before. This is probably the strangest cake recipe I've ever made, but it's good.

Tres Leches Cake (Three Milk Cake)



2 cups pancake mix (like Bisquick etc.)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup coke
1 cup vegetable oil
6 medium eggs (5 if large)

Pour into greased 9X13 pan and bake at 325 for 25-35 minutes, until just golden. Poke holes with a fork into while warm.
Mix together:
1 can evaporated milk
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can "media crema Nestle" (in the Spanish food section)

Pour over cake. Served with fruit of your choice, such as sliced strawberries.

I like to refrigerate the cake overnight and then serve. Yum!