The Festival of Samhain was an ancient Celtic festival, falling on October 31st. A day which also marks Catholic All-Souls-Day and the secular Halloween, both strongly colored by the Celtic festival... This was a common flame binding together the entire community. Read the rest of this entry » Originally published at Michael and Jaspenelle by Jaspenelle . Please leave any comments there.

eggs.  And for once I was not made to feel like a fool, because I can cook me some eggs.  My omellete was the prettiest.  My egg over medium was the mediumest.  My poached egg was the kinda wonky, but...the peppers are just a little soft.  Remove from skillet and set aside.  Mix eggs, cream, cayenne, salt and pepper.  Pour in skillet, cook until just set.  Add sauted veggies and cheese, flip and eat

Apparently my cooking is passable, so I thought I should share a few recipes. As a ethnic Chinese student studying in London, I always get cravings for Asian-style cooking. And I have a really tight budget, so all the ingredients I use are reasonably cheap. If people like them, I can post more recipes? Chicken Soup with Chinese Cabbage You will need: - however many chunks of chicken you like...

3 bell peppers, any color, cleaned and halved. 4 chicken breasts marinated in a lemon pepper sauce, chopped 6 pats of butter salt, pepper, chipotle sauce, dried chipotle pepper (powder or crushed)...okay to mix it a bit to check the chicken…but try not to do it too much. Probably good on rice…I can’t have rice. Originally published at Fuzzy Thoughts . Please leave any comments there.

I recently tried my hand at butternut squash soup since I had misjudged how much space my chicken would take up in the oven -- no room for baking the squash too, oops.  I had the ingredients...it was good...water and frozen Chinese dumplings.  Simmer until the dumplings are up to safe temperature for whatever meat is in them. Sigh...makes me realize how bad the cafeteria sandwich was that I just ate..

Indonesian Spiced Chicken (The Essential Asian Cookbook -- from bay books) 3 lb chicken thighs 1 large onion, roughly chopped 2 tsp crushed garlic 1 tsp grated fresh ginger 1/2 tsp ground turmeric...around the edge to loosen. Place a serving plate that's slightly larger than the pie pan on top of the pie pan, and flip upside down. Gently remove the pie pan and cut the flan into wedges to serve

I forgot to google myself for the Canadian Press stuff until after the other article came out today...here we go! Looks like these came out on the 20th/21st so I'm late to the party! No wonder I've been...ingredient on Halloween menus 'Eyeballs' are a versatile ingredient on Halloween menus Eerie eyeballs to eat (too bad they didn't use my actual eyeball photo provided with the CP article! :P

I got an email from my cousin, Kim, in my inbox today and the subject title was 'The Most Dangerous Recipe in the World.' It was a recipe for 5 minute Chocolate Cake. Too good to be true? NO. I thought...in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night! One: Two: Three: Four: If you try it, lemme know what you think!

http://www.ellenskitchen.com/bigpots/plan/salads1100.html Mediterranean Couscous Salad Yield: 98 side dish servings, 1/2 cup each. With chicken, 3/4 cup each To serve 100 make 98 plus 24...Basil Leaves, dried, OR 1/2 cup fresh chopped 3 tablespoons Oregano Leaves Combine dressing ingredients, shake/mix well, and pour over salad mix. Let stand for 24 hours; will hold up to two days.