Showing posts with label meals at home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meals at home. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The New Faces of Eeat

For those of you not familiar with Team Eeat, we are group of people bonded together by the love of food!! Our members consist of very talented foodies that range from dipped pretzels to actual meals. If you are looking for fresh, tasty treats and meals, then you really want to be shopping in Team Eeat member's shops!

We have been expanding our team and have grown to over 52 strong! What does this mean to you? Well, it means that you have 52 opportunities to try the most delectable, delightful food that your mouth has tasted! The best part there is no trip in the car, these treats are delivered to your door!!

So join me in welcoming some of our newest members!! Sit back, put your bib on, and take a trip through their shops! I am sure that you will find something to satisfy your deepest cravings!!



Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Asian Wontons


Hi,

This is a blog about my Asian wontons that I had posted inside my team site, but I wanted to share it with all of you wonderful foodies on the net! Hope you enjoy it.....I Know I enjoyed the Wontons!!


Yesterday was another yummy day in the kitchen for me! I made my "famous" Asian Wontons.....ok well they are famous with my family and friends!! I am starting to make everything on my full menu and taking pictures of it!! Needless to say my family will be VERY happy!!

Wontons are a tedious process, the filling is simple just mixing up the ingridients, but stuffing each one is time consuming!! Even more tedious is keeping everyone away so that I can finish them!!!

So I am at the kitchen table, stuffing stuffing, and what do you know Jared comes home from work............he starts hovering.............."what r u doing", he asks............like he doesn't see the wonton wrappers and the filling, and each little packet that I have stuff..............I reply "nothing"......he gives me the look and then walks away. So I continue to stuff and finish them all. I go and turn on the deep fryer (I bought a nifty one, has a basket like the commercial ones and is VERY easy to clean) and move the wontons from the kitchen to the counter by the fryer. In walks in my oldest son Justin, "what are you doing mom" he asks, I relpy "nothing". "Are those Wontons" he asks as his mouth begins to salivate and he gets that evil glimmer in his eye. I say "no", he replies "Can I have one?" I reply "they aren't even cooked yet, you are going to have to wait". He then gives me that impatient pre-teen stare "can I have one when they are done?" I reply "Not until I take pictures of them and I have to wait for them to cool some after they are fried so that I can arrange them". "But we are going swimming....." which is code for why the hell can't I have one now, I really want to go swiming but I want to eat some of those first. I reply, "you are going to have to wait until I am done." He gives me the look that his dad gave me and walks away. I arrange the Wontons and start to take photos. In walks Jared, and he starts to hover again....."no you can't have one right now" I say. Once again I get the look, so finally they all go next door to grandma's to swim.

Let's just say that mom isn't dumb, I eat the amount of wontons that I want because I know that they are going to be ravaged when they get back from swiming and if I wait I will only get the measly little crumbs! So I pick up one of those golden little packs and sink my teeth in, first comes the slight crunch from the fried wonton wrap, then comes the explosion of flavor from the juicy sausage, then you are hit with the spicyness from the serranos and red pepper flake and that little bit of salt from they soy sauce and the freshness and zing from the ginger.......and I am in heaven.....we won't go into how many I actually ate.....hey I am the cook, it's called quality control!!!

So a little time goes by and the hoard comes back from swimming, Justin goes straight to the counter and looks directly into my eyes with the evil gilimmer of one who can not wait one second longer............"can I have one now?' he asks with a very expectant look. I nod my head and he proceeds to cram a whole wonton in his mouth....now mind you this little packets of yumminess stay pretty hot in the inside! It doesn't even phase him. Then walks in Jared and my other son Tristen (he is 5 and only likes the outstide of the wontons). Jared goes straight to the counter next to Justin and starts to eat the wontons, Justin then proceeds to start grabbing as many as he can. So I yell "you need to leave some for your dad"...... he gives me the look again as if to say are you freaking kidding me, you made me wait all this time and I can't have as many as I want........now mind you he can't relpy to me because his mouth is full!! As soon as he swallows he says "but I only had one." I finally have the chance and I give him the look, and say"you have had more than one." Now if you have noticed no one has had the thought hmmm, maybe mom might want some, I mean hey she is the one that spent over an hour stuffing each and everyone........

Finally Justin goes to grab another and Jared says "no you need to save some for your mom." Well Tristen has been off in lala land and finally figuers out hey people are eating stuff and I haven't gotten any so he runs to the counter and tells his dad that he wants one. Now dad gives him the look, but hands over one and says "the rest are for your mom." So I look over at the plate, there are a whole 2 left (hmmm lets see I spent the hour stuffing and I am only entitled to two apparently). I say "oh, well I only want one." So I proceed to grab it and then Tristen throughs a hissy fit. He has only eatin the outside of his and wants another one. I tell him that he needs to eat the whole thing and he says "mamma don't eat that other one, I am tellling you", so Jared gives him the outside of one of the two that are left. I then pick up the final remaining wonton and Tristen says "don't eat it, it's mine." I said "you still haven eaten the one that your dad just gave you", and I pop it into my mouth....well world war three broke out then!!

Yeah I know you guys think I should of given it to him, after all I had some and no one even knew about it......like I said quality control.......random testing!!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

A Thyme To Bee Comforted, a little about me!!


Hi,



My name is Angelica and I am the owner of A Thyme To Bee Comforted! My vision for A Thyme To Be Comforted is to be able to provide restaurant quality food that you can enjoy in your own home!! Like a lot of people I love to eat out, as there are a lot of great restaurants out there with superb food. However I get tired of the wait, be it an hour or 2 hours or more for the "It" restaurant of the month. Lets face it some of those restaurants are not kid friendly either which only complicates and evening out even more, have to find a babysitter, can't stay out to late, worrying that the babysitter is actually watching your kids and not on the phone with her BF.........so I thought to myself all of my dinner parties, BBQ's etc are always a hit, people are always raving about my food and saying that I should do something with my talent...hmmmm wouldn't it be great if people could get the same quality food and enjoy it at home...............maybe I should do something, but a the time I was working full time at a very stressful job, helping my BF manage his books for his company and raising two kids...... I had no time for a new project, plus the security of a steady pay check is a VERY hard thing to give up.

Well last August when the housing market crashed my company closed it's doors......and viola there was my opportunity.........



So now I have been embarking on a new frontier, there have been several bumps in the road......some full on crashes.........but I am working through it!! As life tends to provide little surprises when u least expect it my sister in law came over one day and we got to talking and she told my about Esty.....so after she left I hopped on my best friend the lab top and became HOOKED!!

There are so many talented people on this site that I am amazed!! I decided well it was time to open up shop on the net, as I had been selling my food at our local farmers market and I found my home on Esty!! Not long after being on Esty's I found Team EEAT and that has been another important discovery on my journey. They are a great bunch of people that have provide invaluable help and positive reinforcement!!! It is great to belong to a group of talented folk that have the same passion as you!! I would like to Thank all the members of Team EEat for their support!!!!



So I hope that you join me in the journey of achieving my dream of providing great food to all those empty tummy's out there sittin on there couch watching their favorite movie!!