As another week passes it's hard to believe Easter will be here next weekend, here in Alaska we do not get Good Friday or Easter Monday off, so it's just a regular weekend. Planning on cooking a ham, but nothing that special.
So what happened this week, let me see, seemed busy and to whiz by...Monday it snowed, my friends and I planned to hike the Switchback, it's a steep road the we love to do...=) but didn't because of the snow....=( So I cleaned our place and my vacuum died, RIP Kenmore after 18 yrs.
Tuesday I went to work out at my friends, or was that Wednesday....Then Tuesday after DS finished school I picked him up, and took him in to get his eye checked again because contact lens prescriptions only last a year here. Which is a pain in the you know what. Then after that we tried to get DS his learners permit, but because he doesn't have a Social and the letter we had was a few years old, it didn't happen, more time to study....you would think.
Wednesday Im not sure what I did in the day, but DS had his hockey party at 6pm at the school. Seems so long ago that he was playing Hockey.
Thursday I went to the doctor for a check up, then went and did the Switchback with a couple friends, then later went over to my friends to help dye her hair.
Friday 9am and I was at my favorite church Garage Sale, along with have the senior community....I van pulled up. So I found a Vacuum, (Shark Navigator) clothes, cooling rack, back pack for my over night hike this summer, and a few other things, all for $26 .... jackpot.
So I started back on Sparkpeople, the hardest part of losing weight....not to eat like the world is coming to an end .... everyday..... sigh!! Love that it makes me accountable for the food I eat...well at least keeps me on track, and it seem to be working. I'm doing the exercise part, just have to get the eating part under control. Well stay tuned in the department.
Just got back from a hike, DH and I went to do
Rendezvous Peak http://alaskahikesearch.com/hikes/rendezvous-peak/ but it was so windy and cold we decided it was way to cold. We ended up going to a hike closer to our place.
Ptarmigan Valley Trail http://alaskahikesearch.com/hikes/ptarmigan-valley-trail/
Which had a lot more hills then I remember....but was a great workout, will be hiking this one again. We also found a Geo Cache, so that was good.
Oh ya last night I made Doniars, and they are really good, I had a recipe before but this are way better, here's the recipe if you want.
http://mmmisformommy.com/2011/12/donairs-halifax-classic.html
My Donairs & Donair Sauce
Makes 3 lbs of meat and enough sauce for that much… how
many it’ll feed depends on how long since it’s been since they had their
last donair…
- 3 to 3.5 pounds lean ground beef
- 2 tsp flour (all-purpose or whole wheat)
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1.5 tsp cayenne pepper
- 4 tsp paprika (not smoked)
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 4 tsp garlic powder
- 1.5 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
For the sauce:
- 1 can (300ml) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
- 1/3 cup white vinegar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Pita bread, diced tomatoes, diced onion and shredded mozzarella
(optional) for putting the donairs together… and lots of napkins.
To make the meat, mix all ingredients together in a food processor.
Process until it comes together into a ball, and then a bit more. You
might have to do this in two batches, depending on the size of your
processor. You can do this by hand too, and is great if you are
stressed out… grind and grind and grind the meat, throwing it down on
the counter… basically beating the crap out of it. Form into a log
shape and put on a cooling rack on a foil-covered baking pan. Bake at
325 degrees for 2 hours. Allow to cool completely, and preferably
refrigerate before slicing.
For the sauce, mix the three ingredients together, don’t worry, it
will come together. Once it does, it will never separate… another
benefit of this recipe. It is also very thick and will thicken up even
more once refrigerated.
To assemble a donair, warm a pita bread by slightly dampening it’s
surface with water and laying it in a hot frying pan… letting it go
about 30 seconds on each side. Thinly slice donair meat and quickly fry
it in the same hot pan, either to simply heat or to crisp it… a
personal preference. Lay the cooked meat on the softened pita, top with
a generous spoon of sauce, diced tomatoes and onions. Roll it up if
you can, or wrap it in foil to keep it together.
Donair meat & sauce also make delicious pizza toppings… add the
onions and tomatoes when it comes out of the oven and serve with extra
sauce for dipping.
Like most of life’s best offerings, you might feel like you need a shower after a feed of good donairs
Enjoy!
Everyone in my house loved these and kept coming back for more...my sparkpeople food tracker did not how ever....=) I couldn't have anything for the rest of the day.
So DD lost both not one pair but both of her eye glasses....grrr we went through her whole room and purged out a lot of things, and delivered to new owners and still haven't found either pair. So I guess I will be check out the school locker and lost and found at school.....grrrr.
Well that's all I have to chat about today....sorry I just sit and type, don't really edit or think about what I'm typing....kind of like a diary so to speak.
see you again soon
