Portobellos



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All summer long we have been barbecuing portobello mushrooms with a little olive oil , salt and pepper. They are delicious.
Sunday as we all know,  football season started. I love making snack food for football games. I thought, why not bread and fry some portobello mushrooms instead of grilling them?  I am so glad I did. It was also so much easier than making stuffed mushrooms. They were a big hit at my house, so I will share my recipe with you.

You will need:

3 packages of medium sized portobello mushrooms (the small ones would be harder to work with and the big ones are just too big). There were about 18 mushrooms total. You can use more or less depending on the size of the crowd you have. I had 3 people and we only ate about half of them (they are great leftover too, just ask the son I never had).



2 cups of flour
5 eggs
1/2 a container of Italian style bread crumbs
1/2 a teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 a teaspoon of onion powder
1/2 a teaspoon of garlic salt
1/2 a teaspoon of onion salt
3 tablespoons of minced garlic
4 tablespoons of parsley (fresh is great if you like to use fresh)
salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese (optional)
olive oil

Use 3 separate bowls. Put the flour in one bowl, the eggs in another bowl and the breadcrumbs in another bowl.

Heat your frying pan (if you have an electric one, heat it to 425). These are big mushrooms so you want to make sure they are cooked through.

You are going to season your eggs and breadcrumbs. I always do that for extra flavor. Even though you are using seasoned Italian style breadcrumbs, you need more seasoning. It is nice when your guests do not need to add salt or pepper.

In each bowl (the egg mixture and the breadcrumb mixture) add
1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon of onion powder
1/4 teaspoon of garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon of onion salt
1 1/2 tablespoons of minced garlic
2 tablespoons of parsley
salt and pepper to taste only in the bowl where your breadcrumbs are.
You can also add some fresh Parmesan cheese to your breadcrumbs at this time if you like.

Mix all of the ingredients well in both of your bowls. Beat the eggs.

Add olive oil to your pan. Remember, hot pan, cold oil. It helps prevent sticking and losing your breading.

Wash and cut the stems off of your mushrooms. Let the mushrooms dry a little.

Dip each mushroom in flour, then the egg, then the breadcrumb mixture. Make sure they are coated evenly so that you have a nice breading on them.

 



Put the mushrooms in your pan and when you see them turning golden brown on the outside edges, flip them over with a spatula. If your mushrooms are on the bigger side, I would flip them about 4 times so that they are cooked in the middle.

 



 Remove from pan and put them on a plate with paper towels to absorb excess olive oil. Move to a serving tray.

Bon appetit!


I could not let this day pass without mentioning the important anniversary of 9/11. I am still very emotional about it. I do not have the best memory, but I remember that day and each moment like it was yesterday.
I will be taking a moment today to reflect on how lucky I am to live in a free country. I will never forget 9/11. My thoughts and prayers are with all of those who were affected by the horrific
event.


 

Heather

Today I am stealing this post from my daughters blog. My niece passed away 2 years ago on September 7th. My daughter was very close to her. I know I have posted about her before, but I couldnt let the anniversary of her death go by without mentioning it. She is missed every day.

 

2 Years Ago… (Wicked Depressing Post Alert)

September 7, 2012 By Krista 5 Comments

I don’t often get very deep here, but today I am.
I had a cousin who I was close to, we were born 12 days apart and we spent most of our early years together, most of my really early memories involve Heather in some way. We fought like twins and were best friends. We had some matching outfits and our moms got us together all the time. I remember being in my parent’s kitchen around Christmas when we were really little and we must have been making cookies and singing Jingle Bell Rock. And my parents have a very funny home video of us hitting each other with this inflatable alligator thing in my blow up pool.
In January of 2010 she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL), I was living in WA and Boris was deployed. She got this cancer from benzene under the floorboards in the house she grew up in. Around the time we were 7 there was some family stuff and we didn’t spend a lot of time together again until we were about 11 or 12. And whenever we got together we’d have a blast. We would do each other’s make up. I remember we one time used this dark eyeliner I had as lip liner with my MAC prrr lipglass. It was a cool look back then.
Heather had a beautiful singing voice, and so does my mother, which is a gene I didn’t inherit.
I’ve heard from a couple of family members that the outlook of her cancer was never very good.
Since I was a stay at home wife with a deployed husband and she was stuck in the hospital we talked a lot, on facebook, on skype, whatever.
She was such a fighter. She fought so hard.

The reason this is in the past tense is because 2 years ago today she passed away. I was about 21 weeks pregnant and had found out about a week and a half before hand that I was having a girl. My mom asked me not to tell thefamily because she wanted to surprise everyone with my invitations or something. I told Heather though, and I told her that I really liked the name Karina. (Even though it took a couple of weeks for Boris to warm up to it). I didn’t know that would be the last time we talked.
But it was. She got very sick with a lung infection and slipped into a coma and passed away. I knew she wasn’t doing well and I saw a lot of stuff on her Facebook page that day, but didn’t realize that she was in a coma or how sick she was.
My parents were away, and I was getting most of my news from them but phone calls weren’t happening since they were out of the country, so I got an email from my dad that said “Heather passed away.” My first thought was that someone must have gotten confused and given him wrong information, so I called my brother. He was really upset and I knew it had to be true. I had to know what happened so I called my grandmother and she told me exactly what happened. I am the type of person who needs to know details or something isn’t real.
She was barely 22 when she passed away. She was seriously one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever known. Inside and out. Sometimes life isn’t fair and the most vivacious people are taken too soon, and my cousin Heather is a perfect example of this.
I don’t really know how to end this. But I’m out of things to say.

 

"Its OK" Thursday 9/6

 

 

 

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"Its OK"


-That I am still in love with my husband after 27 years. Happy anniversary honey.

-That I have been eating terribly and have not walked in 5 days. I am getting back on track today. The skies have cleared up. I feel like a blob.

-That I dropped everything for a Friend who needed me yesterday.

-That I am feeling SO lazy this week.

-That I broke down and watched Honey Boo Boo even though I said I wouldn't. I am ashamed of myself.  I am now DVR'ing the episodes. Do people really live like this?

-That I miss having my partner in crime (my middle daughter) around during the week. Maybe I can convince my husband to give her a salary so that she can be home with me.

-That with the lousy weather we have been having this week, my hair looks like Don King's. Go away humidity.

-That my daughter offered to take us for manicures again this weekend.

-That I have taken down and washed just about every knickknack in my house this week. I am a fidgeter.

-That I am beyond excited because my football pool started this week. After last nights game, I am already losing.

-That I am sad that my team cut one of my favorite players and twitter follower

-That my daughter and I now weigh the same. I now have some new shirt (her dresses) options. I already found something I want to borrow. I do all of her laundry. She will never know.

-That my husband got my daughter a lunch date today with the CEO of the company she is working at. He worked with him years ago. I told her to ask for a raise.

-That my son thinks that being a club promoter is a real job. Actually, that's not OK.

-That my brother in law is still staying in my addition. He has been there since the beginning of June. He is here for dinner 2-3 times a week. He has not contributed anything. I told him once he has to turn the heat on over there he is going to contribute something. His response was " I will be back in Florida when it gets cold". My new favorite game is telling him that I watched the weather and they are calling for a cold snap. I do offer extra blankets if he needs them. I am nice like that.

Have a great Thursday!







 

I want to hit "replay" on this past weekend

Today I am linking up with Dana, Leeann and Sami. This is a new link up for me. I wanted to talk about my weekend anyway so why not make some new blog friends while I am at it? Thank you for hosting ladies.



My husband and I had the house to ourselves this weekend and took full advantage of it. We had nobody to answer to and just kept busy all weekend.

Our weekend started early Friday afternoon.

My husband still knows how to start the weekend off right.

 

We drove into Boston

 

 



We  met up with the "kids" from work. The bar we went to is right on the water with Boston Harbor views. It is the same place we went to a few weeks ago. It is a dive, but it is fun.

 

 

We stopped at Newbury Street first so that I could exchange an Alex and Ani bracelet my oldest daughter got me for my birthday. The one she got for me was too heavy. I picked this one instead.

 

A queens crown. I love the little jewels on it. I don't have any Alex and Ani's like it.

I actually wanted a different one but they were out of stock.

 

When we got home it was still pretty early. We went out at 2:00 pm so I knew it would be an early night. We spent a few hours in the jacuzzi when we got home. I went out earlier in the day to Bath and Body Works and picked up my stress relief products. We ended up taking a jacuzzi Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We like our jacuzzi obviously. When I tell my kids we are in the jacuzzi, they say they don't want to hear it. Why? I think they get the wrong impression (or maybe not).  We usually spend 2 to 3 hours just relaxing in there. There is nothing like it. Some of the conversations we have had in there.....It's a great way to reconnect. It could be one of the reasons we will be celebrating 27 years of marital bliss in two days?  Even a tub would work. I encourage everyone to try it. Dont forget the candles!

 

 

Saturday was spent sunning ourselves in the morning. We went shopping in the afternoon where I scored these.

 

Thanks honey! I have a hard time finding boots because the calf is always too big. We spent all last winter just looking for boots that didn't gap open. I finally found a pair mid winter. These are very snug and perfect. I wanted to get a jump on my search even though I wont be wearing them for awhile.

 

We also got a lot of kitchen items that needed replacing.  It was time for some new things. When we got home, we ordered new every day dishes that we had seen online. We didn't find any we liked while we were out.

 

We barbecued and jacuzzied

 

On Sunday, we had a family cookout at my Uncle's in Gloucester. It was a beautiful day, until we decided to stop and go to the beach for awhile before we went home. He is about 5 minutes away from Good Harbor Beach so we couldn't resist. It is my favorite beach. It was very cloudy when we got there and we saw the sun for maybe 5 minutes. We only stayed for about an hour.

 

See the house on the left looking out on the water? I want to live there.

 

Monday consisted of candlelight breakfast, mimosa's all day and tanning.  It was a day to relax.

 

We were going to go out for breakfast all weekend long but never made it there. I wanted to show my husband some love anyway. Eggs (any kind) are one of my specialities to cook. My husband loves his bacon.

 

We had a great weekend. Usually our anniversary falls on Labor Day but not this year,  so we just celebrated a little early. We will be celebrating again this coming weekend. Not a bad deal.

 

Today everyone is home and back to work. My husband even had to go into the office today. I have the house to myself and I am going to relax. I am thinking its a day to catch up on some of the ridiculous shows that I watch (and do all of the laundry and towels from all of those jacuzzi's).

It is a very dreary day here.

Back to reality I guess. Its OK, its a short week right?

 

Enjoy your week!