Chef Crystal

Yes, you can just call me Chef Crystal! As I said before, Friday night I made chinese food, and it was loved by all. Last night I made thai food. However Jared did not get home until I was already in bed...so I never actually heard his opinion. The Ginger Chicken dish was my fave... The Pad Thai was alright, but I just used a ready mix sauce for it, and I don't think I will go with the same kind again...it was a powder, next time I will get the sauce that's in a jar! or attempt to make my own. we'll see.

Just as I was almost ready to put food on, Paige started getting really sick. She was very very constipated, and started throwing up. We had tried to take her off formula, onto homo milk..and well that just wasn't gonna work, so I quickly finished supper and we rushed off to Estevan to buy her some formula and pedialyte. I also got her some soy milk to try! So we'll see. She slept through the night, and is a little grumpy today, but keeping her food down.. And she has poo'd so that is good!

I am busy trying to finish my laundry today. I also want to get my bathroom cleaned and my floors swept and washed. I need to schedule my 30 minute walk in there somewhere.

I've decided that I need to do some sort of exercise every day. So Mon,Wed Fri I will be doing curves. Tues and Thurs I will do pilates, and then Sat, Sun i will go for a 30 minute walk!

Anyways as promised here are my THAI recipes! and pictures to go along with! Thai recipes do have a few things you don't find at most grocery stores (like Oxbow's) but Superstore/Wholesale/Extra Foods have a special section where you should find everything you need!

GAI PAD KHING (Ginger Chicken)

This is cooked in a hot wok - the peanut oil should be at the smoking point, however if that makes you a little nervous it doesn't suffer from being cooked a little cooler. If you do use a lower temp, the garlic should be sauteed before the chicken is added. At high temp, this would result in burnt garlic flakes in the food.

B/c of the high temp you will need to move swiftly from step to step, so it is recommended that you put the ingredients on plates ready to add them - you won't have time to measure ingredients once things start to move!

Ingredients:
3 TBSP of peanut oil
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces

1 cup of mushrooms, sliced

3 TBSP of grated ginger

2 TBSP fish sauce

2 TBSP dark soy sauce

2 TBSP oyster sauce

a pinch of sugar

3 TBSP chopped onion

2-3 Thai chili peppers ( it is possible to omit these)
3 TBSP scallion/green onion, cut into 1" pieces

Thai pepper powder

Directions:
Mix the fish sauce, soy and oyster sauce ready for use.

Bring the oil to the smoking point in an adequately large wok, and add the chicken and garlic. Stir fry until the chicken BEGINS to change color (this is quite quick, so don't overcook)

Add the sauce and stir until it returns to a bubbling consistency, then add the remaining ingredients, and stir until chicken is cooked.

Sprinkle Thai pepper powder over the dish and serve over rice, or in a serving bowl with other Thai Dishes

The End result! MHM MHM good!

The other dish I made was pad thai. However, like I said, I just bought premix sauce that has the directions right there on it.

You need a chicken breast, rice stick noodles (or just egg noodles if you'd rather), and then follow the directions on the package..

I used rice stick noodles. This recipe is very simple. You just cut the chicken up, cook it, add the cooked noodles, and sauce... and you're done.