College

Enjoying college and friends and life:)

Here are my roommies Dana, Kalli, and Julia (basically all best friends!)

Can't wait to see you all soon!!!

Go Boilers!

Daddy-Daughter Date

Yesterday Anneke and I went on a date into Chicago. One of our favorite channels is the Food Network, so I found the addresses of bakeries/pastry chefs who have appeared on Food Network Challenge or Unwrapped. We went to four places and were able to meet three of the chefs we have seen on T.V. It was a great morning.

The top is Michelle and Vinny Garcia from The Bleeding Hearts Bakery. They were super cool! They took us back into the kitchen and showed us their medals from F.N. Challenge and pictures of a cake they did for a recent taping that will air in January.

The middle pic was the biggest WOW! Mary Maher and her sister Georgia have won numerous times on F.N. Challenge.

The bottom is from a bakery on Montrose. "Angel Food" is a bakery that appeared on "Unwrapped" because the owner (shown above) figured out how to make Twinkies. She calls them "Airstreams." Kristin says they are way better than the real thing! (We brought goodies home to those who didnt' go with us.)

Recipe of the Week: #2 (compliments of the VanDykes)

ORANGE PORK CHOPS:

Ingredients: 6 thick pork chops
1 can of Mandarian oranges (11 oz.)
4 T. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3 whole cloves (optional)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. prepared mustard
1/4 cup catsup
1 T. vinegar

Directions: Brown chops on both sides in a large skillet. Add drained oranges (reserve juice).
Combine juice with remaining ingredients and pour over chops. Cover and simmer
gently until chops are done (approx. 45 minutes)

Yous Kids Recipe o' the Week (week 1)

Yous Kids: as promised, we will now start the "Yous Kids Recipe o' the week".  Here's the idea: one family member posts a recipe on the weekend- all brave Yous Kids that are willing and able attempt to recreate this dish during the course of the week.  We can then discuss the dish and expand our recipe books (and maybe our waistlines).

Here's the schedule:

Week 1: Stephanie and Rudi

Week 2: Karyl and Dyke

Week 3: Kristin and Jason

Week 4: Kim and Mike

Week 5: Kathy and Brian

Week 6: Grandpa and Grandma

Week 7: Kelly and Jim

Week 8: Alex (and Italian roommate)

Week 9: Lee and Jean (**updated list**)

Week 1: Stephanie's cheesy chicken crescent rolls

Ingredients (recommended doubling recipe to use entire chicken... reheats very well):

• 1 3/4 C Shredded Cooked chicken (I use a rotissery chicken)
  
• 1/2 C shredded cheddar cheese, divided
  
• 1 8 oz. pkg crescent rolls
  
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
  
• 1 C milk
  

Instructions:

• Heat soup, milk, 1/4 cup of cheese until melted
• Mix chicken and 2 T cheese and spoon into crescent rolls
• Roll crescent rolls up from wide end
• Pour 1/2 of soup mixture into 9x13 dish and put crescent rolls on top
• Pour the remainder of soup mixture on top of crescent rolls
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes
• Sprinkle the rest of cheese on the crescent rolls
• Bake at 350 for 5 more minutes 
• Serve and Enjoy!

New School, First Day

I just finished my first day of class at Yale, which went really well. Sadly, I have not yet finished my first night of studying, but I pause from the Constitution to give you a brief synopsis and photologue of the first day (sorry, no front porch lunch box picture).

In the morning I was the very first student to arrive, which was fortunate because it allowed me to snap some great pictures of the school. Today I had two classes, Administrative Law and History of the Common Law. Tomorrow I begin Constitutional Law, and later a class on the Law of War. If everything works according to plan, I'll also have a position on a journal.

They let me study here

The Hallowed Hall

The Library: we will get acquainted

My slightly less grandiose but no less comfortable home office