Giveaway is now closed, I'll be announcing the winner in just a bit!
Welcome to Distant Pickles!
If this is your first time here then welcome, glad to meet you!
If you've been here before then hello friend, good to see you again!
In a comment on one of the posts last week I was asked about our blog name. I realized then that Bree and I have never explained how we know each other or how our little blog came to be!
I figured now would be a great day to tell everybody since we'll hopefully make lots of new friends today :)
Well, I started to type out the whole long story but then realized, y'all are here for a giveaway! So I'm going to just get to the key points.
We met in an online community for women who were pregnant and expecting in September of 2008. We've maintained a friendship through our pregnancies and over the past 2 and a half years of our toddler's lives. Coincidentally, we gave birth on the same day so our toddlers share a birthday!
We chat online daily and via email. We discovered that we both shared a love of sewing and quilting and general craftiness and she asked me one day if I would like to do a blog with her, and of course I said yes!
When trying to come up with a name, we asked a lot of our other "friends-in-a-box" for suggestions but Bree ultimately came up with Distant Pickles. Her reasoning? We met when we were pregnant and pregnant women like pickles, and because we are distant from each other, physically of course. She lives two states away.
So Distant Pickles was born!
One day we hope to be Not so Distant Pickles. That's right, we've never actually met. Don't worry, when we do you guys will be one of the first to know!
Now for the giveaway, because that's what you're all here for right?
Today I have up for grabs
A Sunkissed charm pack!
Because it's Spring and what says Spring better than Sunkissed?
I'm also throwing in a handmade goodie to be named at a later date because, well, I lost my sew-jo these past couple of weeks and I'm a little bit behind on finishing it up.
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment! I'm not going to make you jump through any hoops. I won't make you become a follower. I won't even make you blog or tweet or post on Facebook about this.
I have hopes that you'll take a look around while you're here and if you like what you see, then you'll click on that "Follow" button over there :)
So leave us a comment, but make it a good one. Tell me a joke, or your "how I met so and so" story. Or give me a good recipe, my dinner menu has been sorely lacking lately.
I'll leave the giveaway open until 11:59 PM Eastern time on May 25th. If I'm still awake at midnight then I'll draw a winner then via Random.org. If I'm lucky enough to get the toddler in bed at a decent hour then I'll draw when I wake up on the 26th ;) International visitors are welcome to enter too!
Please make sure to leave me a way to contact you. If you are a no-reply blogger then leave your email address in your comment please.
Good luck!!
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aliben7 (at) gmail (dot) com
I have to tell you that my best friend is a distant pickle too (though without the pickle part :) ) She lives 8 hours away and we met online, but we do get to see each other once or twice a year. And to think - without the internet we wouldn't have met. Such an amazing concept really.
(and all of these dinner ideas are making me hungry ;) )
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win some fabulous fabric!
Love the sunkissed fabric. It reminds me of summer, which is when I met my husband. We were both carney workers at a now defunct amusement park!
I can't think of anything funny, so I'll tell you I met my husband on a bus!
Thanks for participating in Giveaway Day!
I love Sunkissed - Thanks for the chance :D
Hope you'd like this recipe;
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/01/homemade-chicken-and-noodles/
Love your story about how distant pickles came to be. You might like to have a look at bestrecipes.com.au and see if there are any aussie recipes you would like to try out. :)
about me- I actually married the boy next door!
I used to work with my husbands cousin, Tiffany. When she was at the hospital with her 2nd baby I went to see her and my now husband's parents were there as well. There had been talk before about setting us up but now his parents had met me. After that visit they told him he'd better call me up. It took him 3 weeks to call but he did and that was in 2002.
Thanks for the chance!
My favorite easy thing for dinner so far is Tilapia :) my hubby doesn't even like tomatoes or fish and he ate this up! :D
put tilapia in a casserole dish - sprinkle some lemon juice on it, a good slice of mozzerella cheese, some oregano and a thick slice of tomato
bake for 10 min and it is amazing!! :D ...if you like tilapia :P
I've never done a give away before - this is fun. I loved your springtime quilt - the colors, the fabrics...it inspired me for a wedding quilt I want to do. Thank you!
Here's a recipe - or an idea for one - I had the BEST salad the other day: gorgonzola chicken salad with walnuts, and apples on a bed of greens and the dressing must have had the cheese in it as well as some slivers of cheese in the salad. I can't wait to order it again!!!
I have lost my sewing mojo too. Wish I could find it. Maybe if I will some new fabric it will inspire?
I had moved away from home for 6 years. I was home visiting and was at church and it was Christmas time. I met a young man, we were talking, I knew his parents but not him. I invited him to our home for a Christmas visit, after all, I was just visiting. I left after Christmas and we kept in touch. Many months later, my brother was in a serious car accident. I travelled home and decided to stay at home and attend university 3 hours away. The young man and I dated but I was adamant about attending university. He asked me to marry him but I declined and felt it was better if we stopped dating. He was persistent. He kept visiting and kept proposing. At the tenth proposal, I accepted. I never did get to university but I did get the most wonderful husband any wife could ever ask for. I love the fabric. Thank you for the opportunity.
My favorite dinner recipe:
Take a roast out of the freezer.
Put it in the crockpot.
Throw some spices on it (whatever floats your boat)
Turn crockpot on for 3-5 hours.
Eat.
mindfulhome at gmail dot com
fun fact, sheep are my favorite animal, they're cuties
Thanks for the giveaway!
jmhamlin826 AT yahoo DOT com
Nice to meet you and thanks for the chance to win something nice! I'll be sure to look around!
As a hopeless romantic I hope to have an exciting how we met story, but for now I gotta go with a joke...
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Cotton
Cotton Who?
Cotton a trap
Must buy more
cotton!
Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I made this : http://www.vanderbiltwife.com/2011/04/tilapia-with-honey-tangerine-sauce.html today and it tasted AWESOME!
love sunkissed! I met my husband in an online community! Now we have been married 11 years!
Ok, well here is one of the first recipes I learned some 30 odd years ago....and it is always a hit, and almost too easy.
All you need is
1 polish sausage
-- you know those 1 pound numbers in a ring? Whatever variety you like, it doesn't really matter.
2 or 3 potatoes, cut up
1 can string beans
in a 2 quart pan, put the potatoes first, then the sausage, cut into either chunks or slices, and the string beans, juice and all on top.
Put a lid on and bring it to a boil, and cook until the potatoes are done, about 10 min.
You can adjust with more sausage, potatoes, use different beans, whatever. It's always a hit. That amount used to feed 2 adults and 1 child. I doubled when child 2 was old enough to eat it, about 10 years later...grin.
Yes my children are nearly a decade apart. He was planned, she was a wonderful blessings I wasn't supposed to be able to have. He is now 21, and she is 12. He has always been, and still is a bit of a challenge...to put it mildly. I love him dearly, and it started long before she was even the 1st hint of morning sickness....he's just got to figure EVERYTHING out himself, after doing his best to prove everyone else wrong. His dad is still kinda doing things that way. My daughter is a challenge, but it a much different way. There is no comparing them. He thinks he knows everything about her, because she must be just like him. We have given up explaining or arguing about anything with him. Hopefully he'll grow out of it sooner than his father....
hi there, i am new here... count me in pls...tq
girlynicknack@gmail.com
Awesome giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
So pretty!
Love your blog name!! I'm subscribing even though you said we didn't need to :) because I really like the look of your blog and I'd love to come back and have another look :)
Beautiful fabric. My kids (all four of them) when they were little could not say comforter. They called if a comfortable. Still makes me giggle. Thanks for the chance to win. I'll be back to check out your blog more.
ramona_murray at comcast dot net
Sautee some chicken in olive oil. Add some italian stewed tomatoes, olives, zucchini and simmer for a while. Serve with couscous! Yummy!
I have a great recipe. Healthy and quick. It makes a great side dish for any entree really.
Ingredients: Whole wheat cous cous, dried cranberries, fresh squeezed lemon juice, salt and pepper, green onion, cilantro
Cook the cous cous using directions on box (takes about 5 minutes). Fold in the chopped green onion, cilantro, and cranberries. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
That's it! It is great warm or chilled as a salad. It's my favorite simple side.
I love fabric I really want this one. I love it. basic stove top chicken can be topped with hundreds of easy sauces.
Thank you for the giveaway!
Love your blog!
doodlesstudios@gmail.com
Ohhhh I love sunkissed :) And I love the name Distant Pickles!!
Love this giveaway! I met my husband at a summer math and science camp. I know. :)
The fabric is great worked with sunkist before and loved it. I like the way you both came up with the name.
I make packets of heavy duty foil in it I put smoked sausage ,cabbage,onion,potatoes cut up, bell peppers, any thing you want to add pour a little oil over it fold it up tight and place on grill turn a few times so it does not burn. Or in your oven.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Love the fabric! :) Joke from my just turned 4 yr old...
Knock, knock!
Who's there?
NO MORE SAYING BANANA PANTS!!!
Yah, I know. lol!!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Here's a 'bad' joke:
A polar bear walked into a bar and said to the bartender, "I'll have a jack daniels......... with coke". The bartender said, "Why the big pause", and the polar bear, holding up his paws said, "My mum had 'em, My dad had 'em"...
Nice giveaway! Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks!
Two peanuts walk into a bar.... one was assaulted. :)
I have been here earlier this week from the BQF. I think I must follow now!
Love the Sunkissed charm pack, thanks for the chance to win. I recently bought Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals & it has been a godsend, most of the recipes are on his website & I'd recommend you try them.
I'm loving those fabrics!
How I met my husband. I had been divorced a couple of years, but just hadn't gotten really involved with anyone during that hiatus. A co-worker wanted me to meet a friend of hers named Frank. I kept hearing about Frank for months and months. Finally I told her I'd go meet this Frank guy at a nightclub. I finally got up my nerve and went. Well...Frank had been wanting to date someone else (who happened to break up with her boyfriend that night), so he skipped out on me and I was left alone at the table with my co-worker. In walks a guy who walks up and speaks to the folks at our table and sits down. His name was Harold, and we ended up talking to each other and had our first date the next night. For about 5-6 weeks, I kept calling him "Frank" because I had heard about Frank for so dang long!!! I could not remember his name as Harold. He was "Frank" to me!!!
Hi there, this is my first time here :) I'd like to share the funniest joke I just heard today from my husband.
Once upon a time, there were 3 pilots crashed their airplanes in a secluded Kalimantan jungle inhabited by a village of cannibals.
They plead for their lives and the chief said, "Fine, we won't eat you if each of you bring back one type of fruits you can find in this jungle"
So off they go searching for whatever fruits they can find and escorted back to the chief with a handful of fruits.
The chief said, " I will spare your life if you can stuck all the fruit up you your a$$ without letting out a single sound or cry "
The first pilot brought back 5 apples, by the second apple, he moaned a little bit, and off with his head.
The second pilot brought back just a handful of grapes. But up in heaven the first pilot met with the second pilot.
so the first one asked, "You idiot, grapes are easy, why in the world were you killed?"
The second pilot said, "I can't help laughing, the third pilot brought back 10 durians!!"
If you want to know how a durian fruit looks like here http://www.antarasumut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/MUSIM-DURIAN-230610-1-300x200.jpg
hope you enjoy it :)
How I met so and so - aka, my husband... on a blind date - those things really do work out sometimes! Thanks for the giveaway!
I've never sewn with charm packs, so would love to try!
I met my husband at university and now our daughters think they will meet their "Mr Right" at university too, LOL.
debyeo at hotmail dot com
Thank you so much for the give-away chance. :)
I'm not a good cook, so my input on this matter would not be a good idea. :( We do love bar-b-qued turkey burger however. They're easy.
My recipe for chocolate toast:
butter your favorite toasting bread slices and sprinkle a generous portion of cocoa sweetened to taste with sugar over the butter. Toast in the oven until the chocolate is bubbly and the edges of the bread are gently brown. Yummy!
thanks so much for the giveaway! i love your banner!
nelly dot barney at yahoo dot com
Thank you for the chance to win. Sunkissed would add a little spring to my wintery days (I'm in Australia so I am wearing Ugg Boots and a wool jumper and sitting in front of the heater). My dinner suggestion is Chicken Snitzle cut into strips and put on a flat bread wrap with Avacado, SOur Cream and sweet chilli sauce (add tomato, capsiucum or other veg to make it even healthier.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
krencamp (at) gmail (dot) com
Joke: I bought a box of animal crackers and it said on it "Do not eat if seal is broken." So I opened up the box, and sure enough...
hehehehe
Thanks for this giveaway! Here's a recipe for you--not so much for dinner, but for a potluck or summer bbq.
Buffalo Chicken Dip
2 or 3 chicken breasts, baked and shredded (or 2 cans of chicken if you're feeling lazy)
3/4 cup hot sauce
1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 cup ranch dressing (you can also use blue cheese!)
1 8oz pkg shredded cheddar cheese
Warm chicken in skillet (or cook on med for 5-6 min if using canned chicken) and add hot sauce. Cut the cream cheese in three or four sections and drop it in. After that's melted, add the ranch dressing and half the shredded cheese. Let it get all melty and incorporated together, then transfer to a small crockpot and put the rest of the cheese on top to get hot and bubbly. Serve with tortilla scoops, celery, chicken in a biscuit crackers...pretty much anything. It's a hit every time!
are those really that big:? the pickle jars !! than kyoU !
I love that fabric! Wow, an interesting comment? I don't really do interesting. I don't have any kids so I can't tell you an amusing story about them, I met my husband at work so that's not exciting, I can't cook... I do waffle, I can waffle on if you like? Or I can tell you that Blogger hates me today and wont link my comments to my profile so noone knows who I am! I'm http://thecraftersapprentice.blogspot.com in case you were wondering!
Love your blog! and love the name "didtant pickles"! Didn't crave pickles..I craved sour things! great giveaway!! KERIHAG@yahoo.com
Hmmm dinner ideas ... fishcakes are always good! Boil and mash potatoes, mix in some chuncks of tuna or salmon, make into patties, brush with egg and roll in breadcrumbs. Serve with salad. Quick and yummy.
Gem
x
lately, i've been loving crock pot meals - so easy! a favorite recipe book is "101 things to do with a slow cooker" - our fave is the creamy italian chicken with mushrooms. :) great giveaway!
bess
jbknav at hotmail dot com
I love this fabric! Thanks for the giveaway!
megancparsons(At)gmail(dot)com
Try this - even kids like it (well, SOME kids, LOL): Toss together baby spinach, sliced strawberries, some feta cheese, chopped walnuts or pecans, and some Kraft raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing - YUMMY! I made this last night for a get-together and there was only a lone piece of spinach left in the bowl after dinner, lol. You can also make it with baby spinach + drained mandarin orange sections + diced red onion + sliced almonds + Kraft mandarin orange + sesame dressing (you can throw in some diced cooked chicken too, if you have some around) - equally good!
Thanks for the giveaway
Linda
(for some reason it will not let me log in to post)
Lvtig1 at gmail.com
Ooh, pretty fabric!
I met one of my best friends on my first day at a new school, wandering around lost. She helped me find my classroom. (Our school had two, unconnected, third floors.)
eternal.alchemy[at]gmail[dot]com
Charm packs are fun, right?
Here's a great recipe. It's not super healthy, but it's fun to make your own variations and these are fun to eat. They are called BBQ Beef Cups, and the original recipe is from one of the Four Ingredients cookbooks.
Ingredients: 1 lb. ground beef, 1/2 cup barbeque sauce, 1 can refrigerator biscuits, 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
Brown meat, drain. Add barbeque sauce and set aside. Place biscuits in ungreased muffin tin, pressing dough up sides of cups. Spoon meat mixture into cups. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes.
We have made TONS of variations. Use spaghetti sauce instead of BBQ and mozzarella instead of cheddar. Or add fajita or taco seasoning to beef instead of sauce and top with taco blend cheese. Or make scrambled eggs instead of beef and top cups with sausage gravy. So many options!
I hate my scale. I love cheesecake and Cheetos (duh, no wonder I hate my scale!)
Oh gosh, I love charm packs! Our newest dinner meal has been fish tacos. We purchase fresh fish from the grocery, grill the fish in a pan with olive oil and seasoning. Add warmed corn tortillas and fresh veggies (cabbage, tomatoes, avocado) and grated cheese. Yum. We may have those tonight:)
I love pickles! k
Hi
This is my first time here and I loved hearing the story how Distant Pickles was born. Friendship doesn't require physical proximity at all. Since I am from India, let me leave you with the url to one of my favourite recipies which doesn't require exotic spices (you can leave out the garam masala - spicy powder), but is yummy nonetheless
See url below
http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/10/akuriakoori-parsi-style-scrambled-eggs.html
Enjoy
lukathewriter(at)gmail(dot)com
Nice giveaway! I love charm packs but I've never seen this one before.
Yay for a fun giveaway!!
I LOVE Paula Deen's baked tilapia
You take tilapia fillets, salt and pepper them and then sprinkle on the zest of limes (I usually use one small lime per fillet). Then you juice the limes over the fish. Place a pat of butter on the fish and bake at 375 degrees for about 13 minutes or until the fish is flakey. This works best if you use a cast iron skillet.
So easy and so good. We usually have this about once a week.
Cute name!
I have a bunch of virtual friends too, I've met a few in person now - so much fun!
RP from BBC {at} gmail {dot} com
Thanks for the giveaway!
melody dot janssen at gmail dot com
Honestly, I get all of my recipes through a menu mailer I belong to at Savingdinner.com Revolutionized our evening mealtimes. I just love them.
This was the first meal I ever made for my hubby. I've got a friend that calls it "happiness on a plate". It seriously rocks!
Yucatan Chicken
2 cubed chicken breasts,
2 Tbsp lemon juice
16 oz Stewed Tomatoes
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp taco seasoning
1 ½ tsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp garlic powder
tortilla chips
cheese, tomtatoes, lettuce, olives, or whatever else you like on a taco salad.
Arrange chicken in a large microwave safe dish. Sprinkle with lime/lemon juice and taco seasoning. Cover with vented plastic wrap or lid. Microwave on high 8-10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked. Stir once or twice during cooking.
Combine tomatoes, peppers, sugar, corn starch and garlic in a blender. Blend until well mixed. Pour over chicken. Microwave on high uncovered 4-5 minutes, or until hot. put it together on your plate like you would a taco salad. Serves 4
I love sunkissed too! A funny/cute story to share, my 11 year old son and my DH were recently talking about the diet I'm on. DS asked, "Daddy, why is Mommy on a diet?". DH gave him a short explanation - healthier, loose a few pounds, etc. DS says, "But why Daddy? Mommy looks beautiful the way she is!" AWWWWW - I'm praying I remember that the next time I want to kill him! ;-) Have a great day and thanks for your giveaway~
I meet my husband when I took a job no a dairy farm we got to know eachother very well since we where both working 13-15 hr day cindy3935 at sbcglobal dot net
Can't wait to follow and see more!
KellyCraftsForKids(at)gmail(dot)com
Love charm packs!
Love that charm pack!
love sunkissed so pick me! favorite dinner idea is mac and cheese. plenty of recipies out there and you can put fruit on the side, nice warm bread, soup, ham or many other things.
i'm not a good cook, so i won't leave you a recipe! and i'd tell you how i met my ex, but it's not really a family-blog-appropriate story! (dark bar, a few too many cocktails, you get the picture!)
however, i've always thought that my parent's story was great, so i'll tell you theirs! my parents met at a party when my mom was 16. she was supposed to get a ride to the party with her older brothers, but at the last minute they decided to kayak across the river to the party - so she arrived via kayak! i always thought that was pretty random and unusual. also, on their first date, she wore a shirt she had made herself. it was the mid 70s, and the shirt was made out of 4 polyester kerchiefs. she remembers clearly that she was wearing it, because it was summer and she had such a bad sunburn that it was all she could bear to have on her shoulders! she still has the shirt, and i used to wear it all the time.
I met a good friend through blogging who has it turns out only lives 5 minutes from me. Thanks for the giveaway.
What a great giveaway.
Lately we are doing this bread:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/focaccia-bread/Detail.aspx
Split down the middle then grilled on the George foreman with ham, swiss and onion. So yummy.
Thanks for the chance to win, I love love your blog.
One of my favorite things I have made lately was kebobs: you wrap chicken with a piece of bacon (add bbq sauce if you like) and alternate that with slices of fresh peaches or nectarines and grill them on the bbq, serve with a salad and it is a great warm weather meal.
Thanks for the great giveaway! ps. my daughters nickname is pickles:)
I could use some summery fabric. Thanks for the great giveaway.
I love the sunny colors! How pretty
fa11enan9e1 at yahoo dot com
Awesome giveaway, and lots of good stories! My fiancee and I met at a costume party--he was a leprachuan and I was a mermaid.
CHEESY TATER TOT CASSEROLE
2 lb Hamburger
2 cans Cream of Potato Soup
1 can Cheddar Cheese Soup
1 bag Tator Tots
1 package Onion Soup Mix
Mix raw beef, 1 can potato soup and dry soup, and pat mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan. Spread the second can of potato soup on top. Spread cheese soup on top of potato soup. Layer tater tots across to completely cover top.
Bake at 350°F for 1 hour to 90 minutes, or until meat is cooked and tater tots are beginning to crisp.
Four potatoes are sitting at a bar. How do you know which one's the prostitute?
It's wearing a sticker that reads, I-DA-HO!
oh come on, that's classic punny humor!
I met my husband sky diving - he fell for me - it's true! Thanks for a great giveaway! izazbz at yahoo dot com
My sewing funny comes from our family friends son who called Joanne's chain store Jonannes when he was little.(Usually with a little whine, "Not Jonannes.") We pretty much call it Jonannes still. :)
Recipe: Pour 1/4 cup of apple juice into a crock pot, then add boneless pork ribs or pork loin roast. Drizzle honey on the pork, then sprinkle black pepper, garlic, and chili powder on top of the meat. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. If desired, add red potatoes cut in half and fresh carrots cut it thirds when the meat has about 2 hours left.
Delicious as is or with BBQ sauce as pork sandwiches
Thanks for a chance to win! I love the Sunkissed line-so cheery. I interviewed my second husband by asking him if he cooked from scratch or he barbequed- well he said the magic word "scratch" and we've been married for 30 years come June:-) bimbi9 at verizon do net By the way he is a great cook!
Awesome giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
Krystinajiron (at) gmail (dot) com
Well, my son is always great for laughs so here's his comment from saturday. My niece was signing to him 'What's new pussy cat, whoa whoa...". He interrupted her by screaming;
YOU'RE A PISSY CAT!!!
ummabbaas AT yahoo . com
Hello,
I met my husband online, but I knew who he was from high school. I think we had study hall together.
Hi there, I love your story. I just met an online friend for the first time and it was so much fun. I have another gal on line that I consider a very close friend, even though we have never met. And I am grateful for the internet every day!
Thanks for the chance to win.
jansie(at)gmail(dot)com
Great giveaway!
I've met some of my best friends on Ravelry, a site for knitters :)
My fave summertime recipe is to take left-over chicken, and make chicken salad, then "sort of" scoop out some avocado halves, to add to the mixture. Throw that back into the semi-hollowed out avocado half. Sit. Spoon. Enjoy.
Bourbon Chicken.There's no alcohol and I make it with tofu. http://www.food.com/recipe/bourbon-chicken-45809
A recipe my family really enjoys at this time of year is the spring panzanella from Smitten Kitchen (http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/04/spring-panzanella/). The asparagus season is short, but we usually get to eat it a few times.
ikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca
Easiest and tastiest dinner ever:
3 lb beef roast
1 can jellied cranberry sauce (16 oz, not the little one)
1 packet onion soup mix
Combine all in slow cooker and let cook on low while you're at work. Delish!!
Love the story :) Thanks for doing the giveaway. Here's an easy, delicious recipe for you:
Chicken Coconut Rice
* 1 cup Basmati Rice
* 1 cup Water
* 1 cup Coconut Milk
* 1 teaspoon Sugar
* ½ teaspoons Salt
* ¼ cups Frozen Peas
* ½ cups Cooked Chicken
* ¼ cups Roasted Peanuts, For Topping
* ¼ cups Chopped Cilantro, For Topping
Preparation Instructions
1. Wash rice and put in the rice cooker. Add water, coconut milk, sugar, salt and peas.
2. Chop or shred leftover cooked chicken and put in the rice cooker with the rest of the ingredients.
3. Close the lid and turn on the rice cooker.
4. When the rice is done, stir it all up and top with the roasted peanuts and cilantro. Enjoy!
I love all the recipes at Southern Living-so good!
That is a cute story! I read lots of food blogs, but I totally love culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com for the interesting stories and delish desserts!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I love surprises too, so that would be fun if I won!! :)
Cheers!
Rachel
http://www.dewberrylane.com
happyquilting at dewberrylane dot com
hi how about some tacos de asada they are fast, easy, yummy. or burritos or nachos.
What's brown and sticky?
A stick!
I used to eat pickle and cheese sandwiches when I met my husband and he thought they were gross. Fast forward a few years during my pregnancy whensomeone started craving pickle and cheese sandwiches...him ! Yeah...I knew I could change him ! Thanks for the giveaway !
nichole
(pinepatches at verizon dot net)
As a high school senior, I went to "Connect with Tech" at Georgia Tech to check out the school and see what all was offered for freshmen, it wasn't orientation but sort of because I was already accepted. On the last day, we were in the ballroom and each major had t's own table with current students that you could ask questions to etc - my major was architecture and there was a super cute guy as the student rep sitting there and I kept catching him looking at me - at the end of the session he came over and introduced himself and handed me a piece of paper w/ a # on it and told me to look him up in the fall...about 2 wks later we had our first date and in April we celebrated 11 yrs together and 2 kids. I absolutely "connected" :)
I love great "how we met" stories!
What a great story! I actually met my sweet Hubby of 5 years through an online sports message board. We discovered we have mutual friends and that we only lived 8 miles apart. We jabbered for a few years back and forth online - all our mutuals swear they saw it coming - we went to see "Dawn of the Dead" 7 years ago for our first date and that was that!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I love Sunkissed! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
I love a nice peice of fresh salmon drenched in sesame ginger dressing and baked at 375 for about 20 minutes. Serve with rice and it's dinner!
Love the fabric!
I met my husband through our church, and at first I thought he was extremely weird and I never wanted anything to do with him. A year later, I got to know what he was really like and fell madly in love.
I met my husband in a bar on New Year's Eve. We had a friend in common and she invited him to the bar. Chelsea said to Rick "oh I have two friends coming but they're not your type". She said the same thing to me and our other friend Karen. When I saw Rick I immediately said to Karen "he's mine, you can't have him". We've been together for 15 years now.
My favorite recipe lately is chicken salad. My husband likes it too - I just finished making it for dinner for the second night in a row!
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/05/recipe_basic_chicken_salad.html
starsandsunshineblog at gmail dot com
CUTE fabric! Has your sew-jo come home yet?
Here's a really bad joke for you:
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Juno.
Juno who?
Juno any good jokes??
Apparently not, right?
So, for some reason, blogger isn't letting me sign out of our baseball card store blog--Scott really doesn't care much about your great giveaway, but Trisha absolutely does!!!
Personal blog: easilyamusedhardtooffend.blogspot.com
trishatoo at hotmail dot com
:)
Thanks for participating is the giveaway!
Love the fabric. Stirfrys - quick, easy and filling.
A joke? Well I have a funny story to tell... our granddaughter cannot say grandpa, so she calls my hubby "grumpa"
I am new to blogging and to sewing! I love reading about others who have created popular blogs and shop! I am a recent graduate and praying to get a teaching job in the Fall, but it's not looking good. My back up plan is to start selling handmade goods! Thanks a lot!
I love to make quiches for any time of the day. I add in whatever leftover veggies and meats I have in the fridge.
ninthstreetnotions*at*gmail.com
I literaly married the guy next door. My hubby grew up two houses away. We went to different schools, he moved away prior to high school. He then saw me at a local place, we dated 5 years and still married 21 years!
Thanks for the chance to win! Lovely! I met some of my best gal friends when my oldest was born (he is now 5!). It is so amazing to have other moms to talk to and share experiences with as these little babies grow into toddlers and beyond!!!
Ok, so I met my friend in Kindergarten by going up to her and asking her, "Do you want to be my friend?" That's how we became friends! :)
Wow! What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance:) amy @ gasudimack@sbcglobal.net
Took me a minute to find where to comment. *whew*
My best friend and I met in college. She sat in front of me during statistics. But it wasn't until the following semester that we got to know each other and became cemented at the hip. She was the roommate I didn't have. We spent more time in each other's rooms than we did with our own roommates!
Email is in my profile. :)
Lovely! Thanks for the chance.
My current obsession: cooking with almond flour. Give it a try.
lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (dot) com
Oh cute! Love that fabric. Here's a cute story...my daughter is one, and she is getting her molars right now, poor sweetie. Last night I put her in her crib, expecting some tears since she was hurting, but she picked up a book and her blanket, curled up, and said "bye-bye. bye-bye mama." Not sure how I am so blessed as to have such a darling little girl...I sure wasn't!
Thanks for the giveaway. I met a new friend this year during lunch duty. Now she's one of my besties. She's offered to help me redecorate my house, and came over last night to get started. She worked us out rearranging all of our furniture! I feel blessed that I'm able to be her friend and have her as mine.
Cute story for a blog beginning :)
My most recent adventure in the kitchen (usually it's my husband!) was making chicken burgers with Thai flavors. Yum!
Thanks for this great prize!
violet_bg1(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Love those fabrics and love your Distant Pickles story! Cute little joke from my 5 year old daughter - Why did the chicken cross the park? To get to the other slide! LOL Thanks for the give-a-way!
Love the yellow fabric = my daughter's favorite color. If won I would make her something.
Yay! New stuff always inspires.
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No eye deer. (no idea).
helenhsin(at)yahoo(dot)com
Love the fabric! I have a lot of good recipes but not with me at the moment. So here's my mother-in-laws recipe for party meatballs:
A bag of frozen meatballs
A bottle of barbeque sauce
A jar of grape jelly
Put it all in the crockpot and leave it alone.
gabengayle@verizon.net
LOVE how the blog Distant Pickles came to be! Thanks for the story. I met my husband in the personal ads in our local newspaper years ago (before the on-line thing was in). I met 27 frogs before my prince came along through that same ad. Thanks for the chance to win the cute charm pack!
I get a lot of my dinner recipes off allrecipes.com....I am always looking for a quick meal and one of them is Chicken Salsa...I make a lot and it is good for a couple of meals, add some salad and Spanish rice.
Thanks for a chance to win! My silly dachshund got out of the fence this morning....then barked his head off to get back in....too dumb to come back through the escape hole?
What a great story on your blog name! I love Sunkissed!!! Would love to win some...Easy recipe. Roast chicken (4lbs). A few Tbls butter, mixed with seasonings of your choice. Rub butter all over chicken and put some UNDER the breast and thigh skin.Sprinkle soy sauce all over. Place breast side down, roast for 45 min.covered. Turn over,uncover, continue cooking till done. I like to add cut up potatoes, carrots, whole garlic cloves and onion to the pan also. Add a bit of water so the potatoes don't stick.
My fave joke: What's green and has wheels?
Grass. I lied about the wheels. :)
Okay, I know it is really lame, but it makes me smile.
Hoping to get to know some neighbors since moving to NC.
A joke from my kids:
What does a tuba use to brush its teeth?
A tuba toothpaste!
Thanks for the giveaway!
thanks for your beautiful giveaway!
What a lovely giveaway! I'm really bad with jokes! Here's something I've made for dinner...takes less than 1 hour to prepare.
Beef (steak or something cut into thin strips) - add a little meat tenderizer.
Sautee in Olive oil with minced garlic and onions over med/low heat.
Drain excess liquid and add 1-2 cans of diced tomatoes (leave in juice or most of juice)
add canned mushrooms and sliced black olives.
Salt/pepper to taste...and about 1-2 tsps. Italian seasoning.
Cover and simmer on low.
Make brown rice or noodles - whatever you like...and serve.
Top with some fresh grated Parm Cheese. =) Enjoy.
Thanks for a lovely giveaway.
Aft
I very recently goofed a curtain that I was taking up. However I don't really like the curtain in the first place so I just hid the goof instead of fixing it. hahah I know it's lazy but I just don't want to redo it.
Wow thanks for the giveaway!
I met my husband online and 6 years ago this past monday we got married! :) We are now expecting our first child (although second pregnancy) hoping it goes well.
pork carnitas are a staple in our house. my 3 year old will eat it too! and you can make in the crockpot if you want!
thanks for the giveaway!
I am a new follower, just found your blog. Looks like fun! I can't think of any great stories and I am too busy sewing to cook anything (ask my poor family).
My hubby and I met at the dog park...actually our dogs met first. Now we are a happy family and our dogs are great with our new baby :)
Thanks for telling how your blog name came to be. I was curious the second I read it.
I'm REALLY getting into patchwork quilts! Your giveaway would make a super cute quilt!
Cheeseburger Pie
1lb Ground beef Browned
Add to the beef: 1/3cup Ketchup, 3Tbs mustard and onion/salt/pepper to taste.
Place the above in a 9" pie dish, top with 2cups of shredded cheddar cheese.
Mix together: 2eggs, 1cup milk & 1/2cup bisquick mix... Pour this mixture ontop of the meat/cheese mixture.
Bake for 25min @ 375* Serve with your fav picnic sides :) Enjoy!
http://www.marthastewart.com/281934/glazed-chocolate-cake-recipe...your die of chocolate overload if you make this cake :) thanks for the giveaway!raineoc@yahoo.com
I would love to win! :)
Lots of great recipes here! I've found lots of good ones at cookingwithmykid.com (I have toddlers too).
What a great story! My baby cousin shares my birthday but I have yet to meet him (which makes me kind of sad). He was born when I was studying abroad in New Zealand, and his family lives out in Alabama while I live on a tiny post-college budget in Philadelphia. Someday I'll meet him (and I'll probably make him a quilt!)
Oh my gosh, how funny. I was in a due date group with some ladies on a PCOS forum and we are all still friends. I have a couple I am really close with but the group as a whole has mostly stayed together and we are all friends on facebook and twitter and we do birthday gift and Christmas exchanges from our kid to another in the group every year now. I finally got to meet one on her way to Disney from Canada!! It was so cool. One day I will meet the others. Our kids were born in Aug 07 :)
Knock. Knock.
Boo.
Well you don't have to cry about it.
An easy chickpea salad I just had for dinner. Some boiled chickpea with chopped onions,colored peppers and tomato with lime juice and salt to taste.Its full of protein with no oil whatsoever :)
leena
sonaleeleena@yahoo.co.in
Love the Distant Pickles story! I do not think I can top it! Thank you for the giveaway!
Baked Chicken Breasts
3-4 whole chicken breasts, boned, split and skinned
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom soup
6 to 8 slices bacon
Wrap each chicken breast in bacon and cook uncovered in 350 oven for 20 minutes. Mix sour cream and undiluted soup. Pour over chicken and continue baking for 40 minutes.
OH sew cute!
I'm part of a vegetable co-op and we've receive a lot of asparagus lately. So on the menu this week is this asparagus and goat cheese pizza.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Asparagus-Fingerling-Potato-and-Goat-Cheese-Pizza-352629
Thanks for the giveaway!
What a lovely blog! I love the word sew-jo.... Hope your wee boy is on the mend, and keeps out of further harms way!
This might cheer him up: What do you call a fly without wings?
A walk!
Thanks for the chance.
I have an awesome recipe for chocolate marble bundt cake that I just put up on my blog not long ago: http://tawnykw.blogspot.com/2011/05/food-friday-chocolate-marble-bundt-cake.html
Check it out, it won't disappoint.
I met my husband online!! he had a cheesy pick up line on one of those dating sites and it worked, LOL. Love the charm pack!!
Sarah
angelpie0303@yahoo.com
Thanks so much for a fun giveaway!
I am a new follower and look forward to reading your chats!
I want to check out the cooking ideas as well ~ I am a field hockey coach so quick dinner ideas = great!
Carrie
What a fun story! I have some recipes on my blog if you are interested.
A joke,
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide!
I said, I met a man with a wooden leg named Will. You asked, What was the name of the other leg?
I love the name of your blog!!
Oh Julie, I'm a cafeteria cook by day so my
recipes are sorely lacking at home. So sorry!
Thanks for the giveaway though.
Distant pickles?! Too funny. I always wanted to start a band called the Tone Deaf Onions. Or the Rhythm Method. That's why I'm a Dork today!
I met my friend Dorothy years ago when we were both wandering souls living in tents. We happened to be at the public showers at the same time. We are still friends today after 35 years. Don't live in tents anymore. Thanks for a chance to win.
Hi! I would love to win the Sunkissed charm pack. :) I thought you might like my homemade taco seasoning mix recipe.
1/4 cup dry onion flakes
1 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 cup chili powder
1 Tbsp. cumin
1 1/2 tsp. oregano
1 Tbsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1 Tbsp. beef bouillon powder
Combine. Store in a cool dry place.
2 Tablespoons of mix are equal to 1 package of taco seasoning,and is enough for 1 pound of ground beef.
To use: Brown hamburger, then add 3/4 cup water and the 2 Tbsp. of seasoning mix. Simmer 10 minutes.
Great giveaway! Thanks!
My 7-year-old's joke:
Q: Why did the playful chicken cross the road?
A: To get to the other slide.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your name!! Maybe because I love pickles???
Let me seeeee... My mind has hit a wall... Oh I know... Because it is the time of year for gardening... I will share a sad little story!! When I was a little girlmy father used to call me "grub"... you say"how cute"... well not so much!! A grub is a nasty, fat little worm that destroys my garden.... funny but sad!!
vodochodsky@msn.com
I've had the pleasure of you knowing you two ever since I joined up on good ol' babycenter - Julie, in particular, over a few virtual margaritas ;) I'm kind of lacking in funnyisms lately, although I find it amusing that my youngest's latest pronunciation of her full name is "Maebel Carrot," which is just completely awesome, given her hair color :P Thanks for the chance in your giveaway!
(and I'm a.l.m.o.s.t done with my tortoiseshell quilt, I swear!)
My family always wants enchiladas. Thanks for the chance to win. jjjcwebb [at] hotmail [dot] com
I'm currently pretty doped up on pain meds since I had my appendix cut out on Monday night and they sent me home from the hospital the next day, so thinking of a good story is fairly tough for me! Like your blog though - I'm about to hit that followers button!
Hi Julie! Thanks for the giveaway! I can't wait to get the fabric for your house blocks!
Recipe: Super easy tasty rice
1 c rice
2 c just boiled chicken broth (I mix "Better than Bouillion" stuff with boiling water)
handful green onion pieces
Put it all in a casserole dish, covered, in the oven at 350F, for 35 min. My hubby said "tastes like riceroni, but healthy" then a pause, then "that's a good thing."
For the green onion, I buy bunches and cut them up all at once, then put them in a ziploc and freeze them. After they are frozen, just beat them on the counter the first time you take 'em out to break them apart. That way, you don't have to cut them every time, have green onion slime dripping out of the month old bag in the fridge, and get your hands smelling strange all the time.
I love your give away, charms packs are so much fun and of course hand made goodies even better. Thanks!
Love the story of your blog creation. I will come back to visit and the charm pack is wonderful. Thanks for participating.
Hi, terrible joke alert - 2 fish in a tank, one says to the other, where did you learn to drive this thing?
Great giveaway! One of our favorite recipes is for mini meatloves made in muffin tins, we each pick out the sauce and spices for own little serving, yum! Thanks for the chance to win!
okiedokiemama at yahoo dot com
Fun stuff! Thank you. mamalusco at ortelco dot net
I'm a new follower. Thanks for signing up for giveaway day. I find so many new inspiring blogs.
By the way, when my sister was little she dislocated her elbow many times. It was to the point that by the time she got to the hospital it was back in place. She's fine now and never has issues.
My husband was my boss at Starbucks when I was in college. I don't even know if I technically follow this blog, but I read it all the time! Just finished my first quilt d9p. Thanks:)
How fun! Something good -- okay I am exhausted and I cannot think of anything. But I have tons of recipes on newlywife.com if you want to check em out!
So the hubs and I met at a summer camp where we both worked. Rachel at PS I Quilt posted a really good really easy Mexican Pasta a couple weeks back. I think I have made it every week since. I got no good jokes. Thanks for a chance to win.
great giveaway, thanks for an opportunity to win!
so... this one time at band camp, there was this shy cute guy with a funny nervous laugh. i asked him out as a sophomore in highschool. we've been together ever since, married with two gorgeous kids now and i couldn't be happier!!
What a delightful way to meet and starta blog together. New beginnings with new babies, and friendships that last from it. Hoorah for you!!!
Thanks for an awesome giveaway!! Even though it is not required, I became a new follower. You have a very fun blog!!
Fun story of your blog creation. Easy recipe is what I call family potatoes. Dice several potatoes peel if wish. Fry in combo of oil and butter until well browned. Add chopped onions...I like lots! Can add celery, chopped carrots, diced peppers. Put lid on to hurry cooking. Add shredded or diced cheese at last. Sprinkle with pepper and paprika. I don't salt but you can. Grandma made these, mom did, I do and my daughter and niece make them.I always fill up pan with potatoes! Can also add cooked meat if wish. Yummy and super easy
So here's one of our favorite recipes, but it goes quick, so you should really double it and then freeze it in little batches to toss in your lunches or something... :)
Thanks for the opportunity to win! :)
sarita0818 at comcast dot net
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PEANUT SOUP
•2 cups uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 2 breasts)
•Dash peanut oil (or vegetable oil)
•3-5 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
•½ a medium minced onion
•Whole ginger, minced, to taste (about 1” of root)
•2 stalks celery, diced
•1 – 2 carrots, diced
•1 little fresh tomato, diced
•1 cup creamy natural peanut butter
•6 oz. unsalted tomato paste
•1 tsp. cayenne
•1 carton (about 32 ounces) chicken stock
1. Dice approx. 2 frozen chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces.
2. Add dash of peanut oil to pan, and sauté garlic and onion. Then add the diced chicken, and sauté until chicken is cooked.
3. Add diced ginger, celery, and carrots, and sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. While this is cooking, mix the peanut butter and tomato paste together with some of the chicken stock (to make a smooth liquid, rather than having big clumps of peanut butter and paste).
4. Add the two mixtures to the rest of the chicken stock, and add the diced tomato and cayenne to taste. If necessary, thin to desired consistency with a bit of water.
NOTE: Can be eaten like a plain soup, but makes an entire meal served warm over a scoop of rice.
For recipes, I swear by Catherine Newman at http://benandbirdy.blogspot.com/ and also her former blog called Dalai Mama at http://family.go.com/blog/catherinewman/. Every recipe we've ever tried has been fantastic because they're all her family's favorites.
Thanks for hosting a giveaway!
I got divorced and moved 2 states away from my family. I met a few friends, I tried on-line dating....was open to anything EXCEPT meeting a guy in a bar. Long story short....I met my Hubby in the biggest dive bar in a not dive-bar kinda town. LAUGHING! Best thing I ever did!
Great giveaway - thanks for the chance! debra_J_brown@hotmail.com
I met my husband at youth group and we been married for over 30 years now.
slrdowney at hotmail dot com
Ok, by now you've almost read 400 comments. You need a bad joke of the day. My husband told it to me and it's such a groaner. If you actually laugh, you are off your rocker from reading so many comments. Here goes:
Why does a chicken coupe have only 2 doors?
If it had 4, it would be a chicken sedan.
(insert rim shot on the drums)
Ya see...I warned you..and yet, you still continued to read!! (shakes head and hits "post comment")
One of our favorites... Grilled chicken, chopped. mix one cup of mayo, one cup sour cream, 1/2 half an onion, chopped, and 1/2 bell pepper chopped. My husband adds garlic salt. After mixed well, place on top of french bread and top with cheddar cheese. bake in the oven until heated through and the cheese is melted. slice into individual servings. serve with your favorite chips. Yummy! A good way to have something more than an ordinary sandwich. :)
I met my husband in college. My next door neighbors in the dorm were from the same hometown as him, so I met him through them.
One of my favorite things to make is pork chops with apples. If you want the pork chops to taste really good peel and slice apples that you would normally use for pie filling add cinnamon, sugar and butter with the apples. I use thin pork chops and place them in a baking pan and put the apple mix on top. Cover it with foil. The pork chops absorb the apple cinnamon flavor.
I love the blog name and what a great story behind the name. Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway!
Shelly
(shellyLynn816@yahoo.com)
A conversation with my 5yr old.
Her: As she is walking out of the bathroom she said, mom I figured out where pee and poop come from.
Me: Where?
Her: Pee is from water and poop is from food.
Me: Where did you hear that?
Her: I told you I just figured it out (with eyes rolling).
I'm too tired tonight to be funny, but I can tell you that all the recipes on 101 Cookbooks (www.101cookbooks.com/ ) are to die for and usually easy. LOVE LOVE LOVE the lentil soup!
Thanks for the giveaway! I'm hoping to win something so that I can get my sewjo back on track too.
Holly
gyspyjolie(at)gmail(dot)com
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