Coconut Curry Hawaiian Haystacks

I really enjoy finding recipes on pinterest and then not following them. I can't be the only one that does this. Usually it turns out good, sometimes not.

The hubby came back from snowboarding with his face looking very sun-kissed (or sun-slapped) So I decided to make something tropical to feed the poor sore man.

So here's a recipe for you.

Coconut Curry Hawaiian Haystacks

This is my Mom's recipe, with a Toni Spin.

I always seem to end up on the phone with her when I'm cooking. The conversations usually go: So I'm making (insert food) for dinner. What do I do?


Haystack Sauce:

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Olive Oil
Lemon Pepper
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 can milk
1 packet chicken gravy mix (mixed according to directions)
1 tsp Curry


Cut up your chicken breast into small chunks.

Cook your chicken chunks in a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkled with lemon pepper in a skillet on your stove. (Do I measure things, Nahh.)

When the chicken is cooked through, add your can of cream of chicken soup, Rinse out the rest of the soup by filling that can up about halfway with milk. Add that to the mixture.

Mix your packet of chicken gravy with the water (mine called for a cup) and add to the mixture on the stove.

Add 1 tsp of Curry and Lemon Pepper to taste.

Cook on low for a few minutes.



Coconut Rice

This isn't my mom's recipe. She uses regular rice, which is delicious. I wanted to be adventurous, so I decided to make coconut rice. If you don't like coconut, use regular rice!

I believe that the ratio for white rice is 1 cup rice to 2 cups water, so I switched things around and just substituted coconut milk for water. Simple as that!

2 cups rice
1 can coconut milk (it was almost 2 cups)
2 cups water
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt

Simmer for 18-20 minutes or until the water is soaked into the rice.

If you're cooking in a rice cooker, you'll have to look elsewhere for how to make coconut rice in a rice cooker, because I don't know. On a slightly related tangent, I could use a rice cooker for Christmas.

Serve the Sauce over the coconut rice and top with shredded cheese and whatever you want

We usually do some of these:

Pineapple tidbits
Mandarin Oranges
Chinese Noodles
Toasted Almonds
Tomatoes
Shredded Coconut


It's delightful. I'm glad we have leftovers. :)
 

Cinnamon Apple Scented Puppy Fluffs

I've always loved fall. The leaves changing colors, the days getting colder, and the smell of cinnamon in the air.

My husband forgot to inform me that he doesn't like the smell of cinnamon in the air, so my dreams of cinnamon pinecones have been dashed into a million pieces.

Unfortunately, after much debate and sniffing of the glade scents in Walmart I talked him into a lovely smelling apple cinnamon spray. (I meant to say unfortunately, just so you know.) We keep it handy for when our furry little puppy unknowingly uses her skunk-like scent against us. The poor thing doesn't realize she does it, so when we go running from the room (and I mean RUNNING), she just gives us a confused look and runs with us. She doesn't eat any human food, and we switched her puppy food to hopefully remedy the problem to no avail. So now our house frequently smells like cinnamon apple scented puppy fluffs. Delightful. I really hope that I can still enjoy cinnamon scents later in life, but for now it always seems to be paired with the smell of butt. What can you do?

Even though I frequently have to run from the room in my house thanks to my dog, I had a lot of fun decorating for Halloween. Too bad for you, I'm lame and I didn't do tutorials. I'm always too excited to get the project done to take pictures during the process. I'll try to work on that, don't worry.

Here's a sample of October's fun for you to enjoy:  
 
 
 

 



My sweet husband tried to make his own Halloween costume. I took pictures afterwards, but I can't post them on the internet because modest is hottest and he made it short enough that people would have made fun of him for years to come. I made round two, and it seemed to go over much better.

 

 

Amazon is a great place if you're searching for strange nerdy items like the ocarina that Allen has tucked into his belt. Unfortunately, my cute yellow belt is no more thanks to our smelly little monster.

 

Sancta Mortis is Latin for "Deathly Hallows" according to my source. If not, I have some strange words written in Latin on one of my cute Halloween Books.

Nerds for the win.

 

 

The process for my cute jars was quite simple.

 

Materials:

 

Hot Glue Gun

Jars of Various Sizes

Black Matte Spray Paint

Silver Paint

Paper Towel

 

I just drew my designs on the jar with my hot glue gun *not as easy as you think it is* I only peeled it off 10 times before I gave up.

 

Then I spray painted the whole thing and waited for it to dry.

 

I then dipped my paper towel in a little bit of silver paint and rubbed it all over til I was satisfied.

I think they're cute :)

I'm not even going to pretend like this wreath deserves a tutorial. It turned out cute, but trial and error is the way to go. I couldn't remake it if I tried.

 

Not being artistic in any way, I was pretty proud of my haunted house. I sat it on my front porch to display in my apartment complex. Our apartments are pretty spaced out, so we pretty much never get anyone walking past that isn't on their way to our apartment, so I peeked out the window when I saw a shadow passing by  a few days ago. A cute little boy walked up to my pumpkin and I watched him sound out the letters to figure out what exactly it said. It was really cute. Then he stole our newspaper and ran away, and I haven't seen him since.

And some adorable floating witches hats for you.

 

 

Also, I made some great little cinnamon apple chips too. They smelled and tasted delightful. It was just sliced apples, cinnamon, and sugar on a baking sheet and then you baked them at the lowest temperature until they're dry. I made a pretty small batch.

 

 

Just don't attempt to cut off your finger halfway through slicing apples and you'll be able to make a batch big enough to share.