12 hour sunsets

I don't remember the site but there was a post on how Seattle is better than your city. It gave me a chuckle a few mornings ago. But one of the ones I like the best was when it said something to the tune of- yeah well our city has 12 hour sunsets.

It's funny because some days it feels like we do, if the sun is out for 12 hours, probably more like 8.
But the sky is a pretty pink in the morning and then fades through to a happy blue but by the afternoon the happy blue still feels like a morning sky. And since the sun is gone by  4:30-5ish the sunsets start early. Plus they feel so much longer and more consuming than in Cincinnati. The sunsets happen overtop of you instead of only at an unreachable distance. Plus the hot pink is unreal!

One day I brought my camera to work and took snapshots throughout the day- our office has the BEST views!

8-12 hour sunset- go:

photo by Christi Mosher from work... I didn't have my camera on Friday

Stuffed Peppers, Perogies, Chicken Alfredo, Skyline Dip

 

So here is some more crazy tasty food that we've been (I've been) creating lately.

1      stuffed peppers I used the linked recipe for how to cook them but I didn't really follow the ingredients. I put feta cheese in with the meat, red onion, garlic, chili powder, cumin, and I put oil and salsa on top and then grated on asiago cheese. We added more salsa later because it added really fantastic flavor.

Josh love love loved these.

2      perogies we made shitake mushroom, from our farmer's market, and garlic ones the first night and then later made spinach and chicken perogies. We used pre-made won ton doughs and then I made a white wine sauce to drizzle on top of them. They were so easy and fun to make together.

3      more pizza- a staple at our little apartment. This time with basil, roma tomato, pesto, kalamata olives, onion, garlic, oil pizza

4      homeade chicken alfredo with fresh made noodles from Trader Joe's and I used a recipe my sister and brother got from foods class in high school. Now my family uses it all the time. And I've never had fresh pasta before but man o man was it worth it. It cooks to perfect al dente and doesn't disappoint.
4 chicken breasts
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp. salt
2 tbs. cream cheese
2/3 cup parmesan cheese
1 pint heavy cream
1 tsp. garlic powder
broccoli or mushrooms
fettuccine noodles

1   Melt butter in saucepan, add cream cheese
2   When softened add heavy cream
3   Add seasonings and simmer 15-20 minutes over low heat, stir frequetly
4   Put oil in another saucepan and cook chicken throughly then add broccoli or mushrooms and saute
     until cooked
5   Boil water and cook pasta
6   Serve noodles with sauce and top with chicken and veggies

5      Skyline dip with the leftovers from when we made it a few weeks ago and froze some. YAY it was like eating home :)
Use skyline leftovers or a can of it - Seattlites regular chili won't work I promise!
Spread 8oz cream cheese on bottom of a dish until even
put skyline over cream cheese
sprinkle or douse top in shredded cheddar cheese
put in oven or microwave until cheese is melted and chili is hot
eat with tortilla chips!
I dream about cooking and obsess over food blogs. Thank you to everyone who gave us kitchen stuff I'm putting it all to good use. I even use the sifter Josh swears I don't need haha

Happy Friday we're off biking to Ballard for some gelato and snacks!

1 month anniversary = homeade Skyline Chili

 We made it 1 month down! Josh had to work late and since it was my first day at my job I got home early. I made us Skyline- which meant a really expensive trip to the grocery store. Spices'll rob ya.
But it tasted pretty close to the real thing and it made us feel all happy and Cincinnati-ish. Then we went to the second closest food place to us- Full Tilt which makes homeade ice cream (Dangerous? Of course!) Lemon marshmallow, maple, oreo coffee, and chocolate orange. One month- we think it has gone by fast. But we sill miss everyone a lot and ask you to keep us in your prayers that we can find community and listen to God to see what he wants us to be for his kingdom in Seattle.
I sifted through many! skyline recipe's online until I found this one. I made it on one of my co-ops for a chili competition. Now I'm so glad I found this one because it is so close! We are gonna make some and make skyline dip sometime to convince the west coast that it is deserving as Best Chili Ever!

This is the recipe, I don't remember where it is from- promise it's the best one!!!:

1 onion chopped, 1 lb. ground beef, 1 clove garlic minced, 1 tbs. chili powder, 1 tsp. ground allspice, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. cumin, 1/2 tsp. red cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 1/2 tsp. cocoa powder, 15 oz. tomato sauce, 1 tbs. cider vinegar, 1/2 cup water, 16 oz. spaghetti, cheese

1. In large frying pan saute onion, ground beef, chili powder until slightly cooked.

2. Add everything else.

3. Reduce heat to low & simmer uncovered 1 1/2 hours.

4. serve over cooked spaghetti.

5. enjoy a little taste of Cincinnati.