All sorts of odds and ends

All sorts of stuff to post since it has been awhile!! It would have been sooner, If we had not gone to the STP concert last week, and all sorts of other things which life surprises you with. Anyhow on to the good stuff!!! Pictured below are my kids, I had to post their Halloween costume pics, because I'm sorry but they are just so damn cute. On top is Percy the naked Pomeranian, I should mention that HE actually enjoyed being in the dress and pranced around like it was a show. Below is bad-ass Jungle Julia, whom is a jack Russel-daschund-feist mix in her Harley jacket. We have been trying to figure out how the gender role reversal occurred. =) Not that I mind!

Now that I am done talking about the kids for the moment, I will move on to the wonderful meal I made this weekend. I picked up some new vegan non-chicken chicken broth, and wanted to try it out before Thanksgiving to make sure it didn't suck. And let me tell you, It DID NOT suck!! My favorite part of Thanksgiving has always been the dressing. I have not been able to duplicate the exact taste of my MIL's (which is the old-fashioned southern recipe that is like tasting Heaven!) until this meal. She taught me this recipe about 4 years

ago and I have been craving it since going veggie. I am definitely going to post this recipe.

Southern Cornbread Dressing

1 Batch of cornbread

5 cups of veg chicken broth

3-4 slices of stale bread

2 eggs or egg substitute

3 1/2 tsp. of Poultry seasoning( I made my own since I don' t keep it in the house.)

2 1/2 tsp. of ground sage

2 tsp. of rubbed sage

3 tsp. of black pepper

Preheat oven 30 400 degrees. Allow the cornbread to cool, then crumble with the bread slices. It really depends on how much bread you like in it. Once the bread is crumbled, grease a 9x13 pan liberally. To the cornbread mixture add all of the seasonings and pour in pan. Mix the egg or substitute in a small bowl and mix well with the cornbread mixture, generously pour the broth over the mixture and mix well. Bake for about 20 -25 minutes till the top is slightly golden. Cool slightly and enjoy! I served mine with some mashed potatoes, sweet peas and pickled beets.

So Joey is experimenting with stir-fry sauces and won't give me the exact recipe, but this was so good I had to show it off. I know it had tamari, ginger, garlic and toasted sesame oil. But that's about it.

And last but not least at all, is a pic of my newest tat!! Promise to have a better pic soon, but I couldn't wait to show it off!! I really wanted a Peace symbol, but being a vampire loving kind of dark personality, I also wanted something to suit me. The really cool thing is that the artist didn't even talk to me more than a minute, I didn't tell him anything other than I wanted a unique Peace symbol and he completely free handed this one!! I have found my regular tat artist I think(at least in this area.)