Passionfruit Pudding Cake – awesome!

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Forgive my long delay in posting recipes – my total focus is on www.ExceptionalWomenAwardees.com – raising money to support the mentoring of mid career, high potential women – enabling them to rise in leadership.

When women improve their career status and earning potential, the whole family and the community benefits. Do visit and donate to:

http://www.ExceptionalWomenAwardees.com

Here is a wonderful recipe that we make in summer at The Little Farm – and because we freeze our passion fruit pulp – we make it also in winter! You can buy Passion fruit pulp on line too if you are not fortunate enough to have the creepers!

Passion Fruit Pudding Cake

Passion fruit pudding cake offer two treats in one – Airy and soufflé like cake at the top and a creamy pudding-like sauce on the bottom. A Luscious treat in one pan.
 
 

Ingredients

  • 2 fresh passion fruit sub ¼ cup passion fruit
  • ¼ cup passion fruit puree
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 large eggs separated
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • ¾ cup whole milk
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon Lemon/Lime Juice
  • 1 Tablespoon lime Zest
  • 1 Tablespoon rum optional

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease a 2 quart oven safe dish (ceramic, glass,Pyrex custard cups) or 8 “4 “ounce ramekins generously with cooking spray and set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together 2/3 granulated sugar, salt and flour. Set aside.
  3. In a Large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, butter, milk, rum, lime zest, lime juice and passion fruit puree, and pulp until fully combined.
  4. Add the wet mixture to the flour mixture and whisk to just combine.
  5. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites for about a minute then add sugar and continue mixing on medium-high until stiff peaks form, this may take about 2-3 more minutes.
  6. Using a spatula carefully fold in ¼ of the egg whites mixture, and then fold in the remaining until well incorporated.
  7. Pour the batter into a buttered baking dish, place in the large baking or roasting pan, then carefully pour hot water into the baking pan to come half-way up the sides of ramekins, or casserole dish. Bake until the top of the cake or cakes turn light golden and puff slightly (do a test with your finger a finger, they should feel spongy and spring back a bit but hold a shallow indentation, 25 to 30 minutes.
  8. Let the cake cool to room temperature . Refrigerate for about 2 or more hours before serving or up to 24 hours.

Recipe and Photo from Immaculate Bites

 

Recipe Notes

  1. If you want some sauce at the bottom of the cake you have got to use a water bath. The water bath should be a baking / roasting pan that is larger than whatever you are baking the cake in(ramekins, casseroles or baking dish)
  2. The water level usually determines the creamy layer at the bottom of the dish- middle of the casserole is a good place start.
  3. Be sure that the water you pour into the outer pan is hot, and, to be on the safe side, put the pan inside the oven before you pour the hot water into it.
  4. This cake can be made ahead of time, up to 4 hours refrigerate and then baked when ready.
  5. Sub passion fruit puree with mango puree, pineapple  or just use lemon juice.

 

 

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Carrot Raisin Salad – so easy and delish!

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I love carrots and raisins and together they make a grand salad. But for those who are lactose, gluten and dairy/eggs intolerant – I had to come up with a different approach. You will LOVE This recipe – I do!

Carrot Raisin ( and edamame if desired) Salad ( for 20 people)

Ingredients

  • 6 lb carrots
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil*
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 8 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 4 tsp salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup toasted pine nuts
  • 4 cup raisins
  • 4 cup chopped curly parsley

Instructions

  1. Wash and peel the carrots, then shred them using the shredding disk of a food processor. You could also use a grater but that might take a while.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk to combine the olive oil, lemon juice, dijon mustard, cinnamon, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper to taste.
  3. Add the shredded carrots, pine nuts, raisins, and parsley. Toss well to coat.
  4. If possible, let the dish rest for an hour before serving, either at room temperature or in the refrigerator, so the flavors can meld. Enjoy!
  5. The carrot salad will keep for a week in the refrigerator.
  6. I had some extra edamame and added that – it made it look pretty but also tasted amazing! I added about 2 cups. ( see second picture below)

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Cooking for a group

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This last weekend was the launch of our Exceptional Women Awardees program which runs for a year and launches with a two day weekend at The Little Farm. I did all the cooking -and had a blast doing it – but literally needed a day in bed after the weekend!

I made Muesli which my niece in Switzerland had shown me how to do with some changes for the USA tastebuds. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

1 pint of non fat FAGE yogurt

1 cup of raisins

1/2 cup of candied ginger cut into small pieces

2 grated peeled and cored apples

1 cup of stone ground oats uncooked

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients together at least two days before you plan to eat this. And prepare for many helpings – it is delicious!

 

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New beginnings! The Exceptional Women Awardees Foundation is growing!

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We have wonderful happenings in our world – The Exceptional Women Awardees Foundation, founded by the Larraine Segil Scholars. is launching  a cohort of amazing women in June 2018. These women called EWA ( Exceptional Women Awardees) will go through a year long mentoring program. Our in person sessions happen multiple times a year, and the EWA are also supported by an on-line mentoring program. The mentoring process is proprietary, created by me based on my Strategic Alliances partnering intellectual property, and adapted to metrics based mentoring, unlike anything else in the workplace right now.

My energies are now entirely focused on paying it forward to women in the workforce. I continue to mentor the 22 women known as Larraine Segil Scholars – that group increases by 2 every year – and my commitment to them is to be their ‘fairy godmother’ for the rest of my life. This is a role that gives me enormous joy, as I see these incredible women who range from 25-65 from  multiple ethnicity’s, religions and industries, grow in their careers and lives. Now, as Chair and CEO of the EWA, my focus has expanded to include each cohort of EWA women, during their year of mentoring by me and others, as well as when they move into the Alumnae group and stay connected and involved. Please check out the website:
www.ExceptionalWomenAwardees.com 

So although I continue to make cheese – we now have a cow Bella and she has given birth to a heifer, Bellilta, ( here is the picture of Bellita just 1 hour after birth) and is giving us wonderful milk which has enabled me to increase my cheese portfolio to include hard cheeses like Havarti, Cheddar, Sweet Milk as well as Goat cheeses like Camembert, Ricotta, Feta and Chevre. The farm continues full steam ahead with Farmer Clive as amazing as he has always been – 80 years old this year and as strong and involved as ever. How blessed are we!

Ginger our sweet cat disappeared from the farm – despite having her bed inside the house – and we fear that the coyotes who now prowl during the day and night with impunity in the area – took her away. We searched and searched – but no Ginger. 

However our sweet rescue dog Benji is even  more beloved and stays by my side or Clive’s all the time. He does love going in the car – and has become adjusted to Bella as a very large not very friendly four legged sort of dog ( cow). And that she is to be left alone as she is not interested in playing with him at all.

So look forward to hearing more about EWA -and probably a bit less about the farm – but I will put in a recipe or two to keep those of you who are so kind to follow and use the recipes regularly!

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Our rescue dog Benji and feral cat Ginger – love at first sight! And Bread and Butter Pudding!

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Benji is our rescue dog – we have had him for about 6 months now – and he is beloved of the whole family. Ginger is a feral cat – or at least she was – now she and Benji are best of friends – almost look related don’t they with the same coloring?  So cute…
Benji LOVES going in the car – so we put a car cover into the back seat and off we go. We have learned not to feed him before so that there are no little accidents – and that way it works out very well.

And finally – a wonderful dessert for all times but especially holidays! Bread and Butter pudding. I had a loaf of Cinnamon Bread left so I used that – here it is in development. YUMMY!

Bread and Butter Pudding Little Farm Style ( A Favorite South African Recipe too)

Ingredients:

  • 1 loaf of sliced cinnamon bread
  • 1 stick of butter ( unsalted best)
  • 1 cup of currants
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 cups of milk
  • 1/2 cup of sugar

Directions:

  1. Butter the slices of cinnamon bread on both sides liberally and place into a greased casserole in which you are going to serve the dessert
  2. Fill up the casserole with layers. Sprinkle the top with currants
  3. Whisk the eggs well, add the sugar and the milk and combine well.
  4. Add slowly to the full casserole until it covers the mixture.
  5. Put into the fridge for up to 2 days. Best if it about 3 hours.
  6. Heat oven to 350 degrees and bake until light brown on the top
  7. This can be served with Birds Custard or just as it is! Whipped cream is good too!

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Holidays approaching…..wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy season filled with joy

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The holiday season for many is joyful and for most is filled with remembrances – good and sad. I feel blessed that my loved ones are here with me with some sad exceptions, but overall we are well and living a life of plenty with time and resources sharing our emotional and financial well being with others.

Our holiday greetings were indicative of the joy we have in our lives – here it is for you with the best of wishes.

Happy Holidays!
We continue to be blessed with good health, loving family and wonderful friends – which fills us with appreciation and gratitude for your presence in our lives.
We wish you the same blessings for this and every year.
Below:
Clive with the 2017 Segil Urban Farm Fellow and Counselors
Clive and Larraine with our son James, daughter-in-law Donne and grandchildren Jack (10), Jonah (8), Noah and Gabriel (6)
 Larraine and Clive with some of the 20 Larraine Segil Scholars ( we add two a year)  and their families at the 2017 Holiday Party
With very best wishes,
Larraine and Clive Segil
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Problems with Hostgator and WordPress and Website – GRRRRR – and a low calorie dinner

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Hope none of you are using Hostgator to host and manage your websites? I spent over 6 hours trying to fix a problem on this site yesterday with techs who could not put a sentence in English together and kept asking the same inane questions over and over again. Finally I disconnected and spent another hour learning how to fix it myself. There were a number of updates from WordPress that messed up all the posting processes – and I fixed it finally at midnight. What a pain!

But it is worth it as I want to bring YOU all my best recipes! Here is another one!

Salmon with Leeks and Sesame Seeds

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces of salmon ( 6 ounces for each serving)
  • White part of one leek chopped
  • 2 tbsp of green onions (chives) chopped
  • I clove of garlic chopped
  • 4 Tbsp of sesame seeds ( black and white)
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Drizzle one tablespoon of olive oil into a casserole
  2. Place the salmon skin side down into the casserole
  3. Sprinkle all the other ingredients on top of the salmon finishing with the olive oil
  4. Cook for 20 minutes at 350 degrees ( or less if you like your salmon a bit on the rare side)
  5. Serve with a roasted white sweet potato and a green salad

This is a delicious low calorie meal – we eat this at least once a week – and vary it with different toppings on the salmon

 

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Leftovers for Chicken and Turkey

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Its such fun to cook leftovers – truly it is! Just needs a bit of imagination and a fearless approach to tossing a lot of stuff into the pan!

Leftover Heaven

Ingredients:

  • Turkey or chicken leftovers -cooked and skinned and de-boned and cut into small bite size pieces
  • Olive oil
  • 1 Onion chopped
  • Left over stuffing
  • Left over cranberry jelly
  • Left over vegetables ( cooked – like carrots, or quartered potatoes)
  • Farro or Bulgur ( cook up a half a cup a person separately)

Directions:

    Saute the onion in the olive oil
    Add the turkey/chicken pieces and saute for a few minutes
    Add everything else and mix well
    Heat the mixture and serve over cooked Farro or Bulgur
    YUM!

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Shrimp and Bok Choy Cabbage – easy, fast and low in calories!

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This dish comes together fast and is delicious and easy!

Shrimp and Bok Choy

Ingredients

  • Onion chopped
  • Garlic one clove minced
  • Shrimp 10 per person
  • Bok Choy Chopped
  • Olive oil 2 Tbsp
  • 2 Tbsp of Black sesame seeds 
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil until translucent
  2. Add bok choy and saute until soft
  3. Set aside
  4. Add the frozen shrimp saute until soft
  5. Add back the vegetables and mix
  6. Sprinkle black sesame seeds over the mixture
  7. Serve alone or over farro or rice or quinoa
  8. Yum!

 

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A Cream Cheese Cake from Poland – divine!

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 I tried this recipe from ALL RECIPES and loved it! The family loved it too! I know you will as well. The crumbly brown sugar topping just makes it amazing. Enjoy!

 

Polish Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Ingredients

  • ·        1 cup white sugar
  • ·        1/2 cup butter
  • ·        1 egg
  • ·        1 cup sour cream
  • ·        1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ·        3 cups all-purpose flour
  • ·        1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ·        1 teaspoon baking powder

 Filling

  • ·        2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • ·        1/2 cup white sugar
  • ·        1 egg
  • ·        Topping:
  • ·        1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • ·        1/2 cup brown sugar
  • ·        1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • ·        1/3 cup butter

Directions

 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
  2. Beat 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and 1 egg in a bowl until smooth. Add sour cream and vanilla extract; mix well. Stir in 3 cups flour, baking soda, and baking powder until mixture comes together in a sticky dough. Spread half the dough evenly into prepared baking dish.
  3. Beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup white sugar, and 1 egg in another bowl until smooth. Spoon mixture into baking dish over dough. Drop remaining half of dough by spoonfuls over cream cheese mixture.
  4. Mix pecans, brown sugar, 1/3 cup flour, and 1/3 cup butter in a bowl until mixture resembles a coarse crumble; sprinkle over dough.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

 

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Roasted Cauliflower Soup – so delicious and low cal too!

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We eat a lot of cauliflower and carrots and this is a novel way to cook them together that is truly divine and low calorie too. Enjoy!

Roasted Cauliflower Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 head of cauliflower
  • 2 cups of baby carrots
  • Olive oil Cooking Spray
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic chopped
  • 6 cups of water
  • Salt and ground pepper to taste

 

Directions:

 

  1. Place the florets and carrots into iced and salted water for about 10 minutes
  2. Drain well and place on a baking pan ( covered with aluminum foil for easy cleaning)
  3. Spray olive oil spray all over and sprinkle with a LITTLE kosher salt and ground pepper
  4. Preheat the oven broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source
  5. Broil the veggies until browned – about 20-30 minutes – check constantly with the oven light on to be sure it is not burning
  6. Heat olive oil in a large soup pot and cook the onion until translucent for about 3 minutes
  7. Stir in the garlic and roasted cauliflower and carrots
  8. Simmer until all veggies are tender about 30 minutes
  9. Blend the soup and vegetables until creamy and smooth  – and serve hot!

 

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Apple Sage Butternut Squash Soup in the Slow Cooker – YUM!

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 This recipe worked out really well. We added a bit of milk to give a creamier taste – but it is not necessary if you want to keep this lactose free – just add a bit more stock. It is vegetarian and truly delicious. 

Apple Sage Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 green apple peeled cored and chopped
  • 1 medium onion – chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic minced
  • 1 2lb butternut squash peeled de-seeded and chopped
  • 2 Tbsp of Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp of Sage chopped
  • 6 cups of vegetable stock
  • 2 cups of non fat milk if desired
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • Non fat sour cream or yogurt for garnish
  • Reserve one small sage leaf or a slice of apple for garnish

 

Directions:

  1. Heat the oil in a frying pan
  2. Add the chopped sage and saute for a minute
  3. Add the garlic and saute for one minute
  4. Add the onion and saute until translucent
  5. Add the apple and saute for one minute
  6. Add the chopped butternut squash and mix
  7. Pour all of it into a slow cooker and add the vegetable stock
  8. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours
  9. Puree the mixture and taste for seasoning
  10. If you wish a creamier soup – add non fat milk until the consistency and taste is as you like it.
  11. If not add more stock if needed if the soup is too thick.
  12. Serve with a leaf of sage or a sliced piece of apple in the center – or a dollop of non fat sour cream or non fat Fage yogurt with the sage leaf on top of that

 

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A new look at an old favorite – Gevilte Fish – 2017 style – Abby’s recipe!

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Our dear friend Abby has the best recipe for this old favorite that is made and bottled by Manischewitz ( and others)  with tons of preservatives – and disliked by many but  nevertheless a traditional food at the Jewish holidays – especially Passover. Abby goes to enormous trouble on this one to find the right ingredients – and has found an amazing fishmonger here in Southern California who is willing and able to take pure fresh whitefish, skin it,  bone and chop it – it is sushi grade and tastes amazing raw and cooked – and it is the basis of this simple recipe.

I was skeptical that it could taste good but I was willing to try. In the ‘old days’ the white fish would be put whole into the bathtub ( the largest place in the house to store it) and then the job of skinning, boning and cleaning it began – a chore onerous enough to scare off anyone in modern days. Making Abby’s recipe was painless – try it yourself – its simple, easy and delicious.

Abby thank you and your darling daughter who picked up the fish for me and you and many of your friends – and I plan on meeting you both again in the parking lot half way between all our homes before Passover so that you can deliver the fish another time – we are hooked! ( Sorry for the pun!)

Abby’s Gevilte Fish Recipe 2017 Style

Ingredients:

  • 3 ½ lbs net ground white fish.  No bones, no skin,
  • 5 carrots, one for garnish, four ground fine in Cuisinart
  • 3-4 onions ground fine
  • 1 ½ Tbsp salt or to taste
  • Ground pepper
  • ½ Cup sugar
  • ½ cup matzoh meal
  • 4 eggs

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325
  2. Mix all ingredients together
  3. Spray bundt pan or 3 glass loaf pans with Pam – I used a regular baking pan ( see photo)
  4. Cut 1 carrot in thin diagonal slices and place decoratively in pan(s)
  5. Add fish mixture .  Tap gently to avoid air holes
  6. Bake 325 for one hour .  A Bain Marie works well to keep fish moist
  7. Cool totally.  Wrap carefully with Saran.  Refrigerate
  8. Unmold and serve at room temp – or cut into slices and arrange on a plate with the pieces of carrot on top of each piece if you use a larger pan

 

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Grilled Vegetables and Cambazola Cheese – OMG!!

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 Well it started off as a low calorie dinner but then I added the cheese and it went downhill from there – but SO delicious and well worth it. Tomorrow is another day after all!

 

Grilled Vegetables and Cambazola Cheese

Ingredients

  • Tomatoes
  • Peppers
  • Onions
  • Any fresh herbs you may have – a tablespoon
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Cambazola cheese – as much as you want ( 3 ounces probably)

 

Directions

1. Take whatever amount of vegetables you wish to make -depending on the amount of people, and cut into pieces or slice

2. Place on a flat baking pan and sprinkle with salt pepper and olive oil

3. Bake in oven at 350 for 30 minutes then increase heat to 490 and bake for 5-7 minutes so that the vegetables start to brown

4. Remove from the oven, plate and then place a large slice of cambazola cheese over the vegetables and drizzle the herbs on top of it – with some of the juices from the pan.

5. Enter gourmet heaven!

 

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Ants and Cinnamon – did you know? And Easy Apricot Chicken

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 Ants have been eating our doggie’s food from his dish – and crawling all over it the moment we put it down. We tried this home remedy and it worked! We sprinkled cinnamon all over the ground under the dish – and viola! NO MORE ANTS! Seems like the little critters hate cinnamon! Who knew?

So I am trying out a new recipe tonight – Apricot Chicken. It is outstanding and I will be using it again. Made a bunch of additions that really made the difference!

 Apricot Chicken in the Oven for 2

Ingredients:

  • 2 Chicken breasts  or 4 chicken thighs cut into bite sized pieces 
  • 1 cup of apricot jam ( I used our home made jam)
  • 1 cup of French dressing ( I used a shop bought oil and vinegar combination)
  • 1 packet of Dried Onion Soup Mix ( sooo useful that I have a bunch in the pantry all the time!)
  • 1/2 cup of almonds – whole and sauteed quickly in a skillet with olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 Cup of dried apricots 
  • Steamed or fried rice
  • Juice of one lime – half per person
  • Seasoning as preferred – salt and pepper
  • Sprig of cilantro for garnish

 

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients except apricots, chicken and almonds in a bowl.
  2. Place chicken pieces into a shallow casserole
  3. Dot the apricots in between the chicken pieces
  4. Heat the oven to 350 degrees
  5. Pour the mixture over the chicken pieces and season to taste
  6. Bake for 50-60 minutes until the chicken is done and the top pieces have caramelized a bit
  7. For serving sprinkle the sauteed almonds over each serving
  8. Squeeze a healthy squeeze of lime on top of the chicken and place the lime half on the plate if desired
  9. Decorate with a cilantro sprig and serve over fried ( or steamed) rice

 

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Shrimp and Basil Pesto – yum

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 I just threw together a yummy dinner for my husband – here is the recipe ! Enjoy!

 

Shrimp and Basil Pesto

Ingredients:

  • Enough shrimp for 2 people ( frozen)
  • 2 large tablespoons ( overflowing) of Basil Pesto ( Costco has a great one all ready to use!)
  • olive oil to taste
  • Garlic ( to taste – we like a lot so put in one tablespoon of minced garllic)
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Steamed rice( use a rice cooker and follow instructions!)

Directions:

 

  1. Run the frozen shrimp under cold water for about 5 minutes until fully thawed. Drain well in a colander
  2. Heat the oil in a skillet
  3. Add the garlic and saute for 2 minutes
  4. Saute the shrimp two minutes on each side
  5. Add the pesto
  6. Add the salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Serve over the steamed rice and remember to pour of that delicious pesto sauce 
  8. Enjoy with sliced tomatoes or a green salad with lemon olive oil dressing.

 

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Someone sent this to me – I love it – Attitude is EVERYTHING!

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 A good friend sent this to me – attitude is everything! Read this every morning and night!

 

MAYBE WE SHOULD READ THIS EVERY MORNING:

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We held our Larraine Segil Scholars Foundation annual retreat – amazing women!

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It was the organizing meeting of our Larraine Segil Scholars Foundation  (LSS)- but the third annual retreat of our group which has now grown to 20 women. How blessed I am that these exceptional women who walk the road less traveled are part of my life – and how blessed they are to be part of each others lives! They span in age from 16 ( our two South African High School Scholars who were not with us for this retreat but hopefully when they matriculate will be with us for our 2018 Holiday Party!) to 69 – and are unique multi talented women all of whom are dedicated to each other as well as to making a difference for women just like us in the present and future. They are lawyers, physicians – family medicine, OBGYN, Critical Care Internal Medicine, CEO’s of companies, Chief Human Resource Officers, COO’s, PhD’s, Business Executives in Health Care, Bio Tech, Entertainment, Cosmetics and Online Digital Services, Food industry, Beauty Products (wigs), Manufacturing and more. Our LSS have origins in many places – Alabama, Colorado,California, New York  as well as Peru, Iran, South Africa, Mexico and South Korea. They bring diverse ethnicity, religions, perspectives, ages and personalities. Each one of this remarkable sisterhood holds a special place in my heart -and my commitment is to bring to benefit each of them every resource I have  built during my lifetime- connections, wisdom, access to ideas and opportunities and more. I am their fairy godmother and my mission is to make their legacies and dreams come true with their hard work and involvement.

Here they are except for 5 who were out of the country, having babies or at board meetings!

 

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Our grandson graduated from the Junior Lifeguard Program this summer – so proud of him!

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 Our oldest grandson graduated from the Junior Lifeguard Program here in CA this summer – cant believe how he is growing up – sooo proud of him! Way to go!

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Bread and Butter Pudding – good old favorite – so delicious when made with Croissants!

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 This is a dish that I always make in winter but I had about 6 croissants left over from a lunch party and so I decided to use them to make this standard English dessert much richer and more delicious! Here is the recipe:

Croissant Bread and Butter Pudding

Ingredients

  • 6 large croissants
  • 3 eggs
  • 31/2 cups of milk
  • 1/4 cup of butter
  • 1 cup of raisins
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup of sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

  1. Divide the croissants, the raisins and the butter into three
  2. Tear the croissants into bite sized pieces and layer them in a buttered casserole dish placing little dabs of butter onto the top of the layer, as well as raisins until you have three layers.
  3. Mix the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt together until well combined
  4. Pour over the croissant mixture
  5. Put into the fridge for 30 minutes so that the milk soaks through the mixture.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

DIVINE!

 

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