Gramma!!!

David's mom is here to visit. We are all excited. We haven’t seen family is over a year! It is so sad that no one in our family is independently wealthy. But, alas! We are real people…. Bills, jobs, and life more often than not get in the way of travel.

So we relish the time when we can see family. And, man-o-man do we ever appreciate the time spent together!!! So Gramma flew into town right before dinner. I created a killer sweet and sour pork stir fry. I will give you the recipe at the end of this blog.

Then for our cherished time together. What did we do?
Well, Gramma just had to play Farm Ville before anything else. So she sat on the couch thoroughly enjoying herself, as you can see… My kids surrounded her as she explained that her neighbors are extremely important to her. She also explained the meaning of strawberry cows, chocolate cows, and green cows. What???? What is this game, or should I say Mind Control technology that has taken over everyone and anyone who joins facebook? I fear it is America’s secret experiment set out to take over the world, and forcing us all to become “good neighbors.” Be afraid. Be very afraid. The last thing we all need are “good neighbors!”

Well, David and I enjoyed Gramma in town also. What did we do? We took off! Who needs to visit when we finally have free babysitting? We left the kids and Gramma to enjoy their Farm Ville mind control experience and we went to Wal-Mart. I know it was a lame date, but we were childless. And, that is all we cared about. We did some Christmas shopping and just roamed around Wally-world hoping we could find some “People of Wal-Mart” visions. And, Yes! We did find some choice sights. My favorite was the platinum blond skinny woman with size EEE boobs that were hanging out of her neon yellow tank top. Simply awesome! Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera for that one.

Ok... So we really didn't spend any time together. But we had a great time doing it!

Sweet and Sour Pork Sir Fry Recipe

You will need:
1 ½ cups uncooked Rice (white or brown)
Pork (or beef, chicken, tofu, whatever - I prefer to slow cook pork roast in a crock pot a until it is easy to pull apart)
1 bag of frozen stir fry veggies
Pineapple
Chow mien noodles
2 Tbl Olive oil


Sauce:

8 Tbl honey
8 Tbl soy sauce
4 Tbl apple cider vinegar
2 Tbl lemon juice
1 Tbl water
4 tsp cornstarch

Directions:
Cook rice.
Boil 3 cups water. Add the rice and cover. Simmer on low for 20 minutes for white rice. (40 minutes for brown rice)


While that cooks:

Mix all the sauce ingredients together until creamy. Set aside.


Pull pork apart and brown in a large pan or skillet.


Fry the frozen veggies in the olive oil.


Once the meat is browned and veggies are cooked, add the prepared sauce. ½ of the sauce mixture is added to the meat. ½ sauce mixture is added to the veggies.


Gently stir meat pan with the sauce mix until sauce is thickened.


Gently stir veggie pan with the sauce mix until sauce is thickened.


Now put it all together!

On a plate start will a bottom layer of chow mien noodles. Top the noodles with the rice. Next layer is the meat. On top of the meat, add the veggies. Top it all with the fresh pineapple.


Yum! Eat up, my friends!
Comment to let me know what you think of my meal.