recipe #14 - Deviled Eggs

One of my yearly festive traditions is to make the deviled eggs for my aunts' Christmas party.  To me this is Christmas. I have been attending the party my entire life and cannot imagine my life without it. In fact I believe this is where I get my party-planning gene.  I now give you my 'famous deviled eggs recipe' that I have been making since I was 10.

Ingredients:

-2 dozen eggs (I usually vary how many cartons I use but for the sake of this entry, I'll go with what I used this time)

-1/4 cup mayo (I usually eyeball this, but I started with this amount and added as needed)

-1 pinch of salt

-1 pinch of pepper

-Paprika dusted on top

1.  Get the largest pot you own, add water and a splash of vinegar. Add eggs and bring to a boil.

2.  Boil for 10 minutes, immediately remove from heat and run under cold water until eggs are no longer hot.  (I usually do this in a two-day process, this is where I would stop and put the eggs in the refrigerator)

3.  Peel eggs, cut in half, place egg whites on a plate and add yokes into another bowl.

4.  Once completed, add mayo into the yoke bowl and mix together until smooth. Add pinches of salt and pepper to taste. Spoon into egg whites.

5.  Dust with paprika to finish (for a real treat get some smoked paprika).

Deviled Eggs

 To prove my party craziness, I took a few shots of some of the food at my aunts.

Pink Unicorns my favourite!

She made gluten free for my cousins girlfriend - She also told me she ends Saturday night prep by painting the hippos!

We *kids* love to drink the sparkling stuff

Bacon-wrapped dates pre-cooked

Its all in the details, I make post-it notes for parties too (despite being blurry it needed to be included)

my favourite jam tarts and nun's farts

Happy Holidays!

10 funny habits and guilty pleasures...

I admit I am a horrible blogger, it is something I plan on fixing in the new year.  While I have plenty of recipes and party ideas sitting on my camera that I will be blogging about in the future.  I am going to do this list of 10 funny habits and guilty pleasures I have seen on some of my favourite blogs in lieu of all of that.

Here we go:

1.  I love changing my hair, I have had every colour in the rainbow and every length. This year it all changed, I decided to grow out my own natural hair colour (I am still not convinced I actually like it) as long as it can go. I haven't had this much hair since I was four.

2.  I am a granny trapped in a younger lady's body. I enjoy knitting, collecting salt and pepper shakers and prefer most things vintage to new.

3.  I am a trained photographer and work in digitization for a great institution (trying to keep it anonymous on the internet) however I hate talking about cameras. I have never liked talking about cameras, their functions, their features, etc. I love photography and even photography isn't something I always want to talk about but I don't want to talk camera specifics with anyone.

4.  If I have toast with peanut butter and jam on it, it needs to also have a thin slice of cheese preferably old cheddar on top. I picked this up from my aunt.

5.  I didn't see a lot of 'classic movies' that most of my friends did growing up and since I don't have that connection to them, I don't 'loooooooovvvveee' them like you are supposed to. In fact some of them I don't even like. They are in no order, The Princess Bride, The Goonies and Labyrinth. Feels good to get that off my chest.

6.  I am a horrible plant owner. I have killed everything I've ever been given. I also think I would be a horrible gardener because of this.

7.  I love mtv reality shows. I get obsessed with the real world and all the challenge shows with older cast members.

8.  I like my kraft dinner slightly congealed. I will let it sit for a few minutes and then go to town.  I even find it better the next day. On the same note I like my scrambled eggs slightly runny and my poached eggs soft so I can dip my toast in it.

9.  I have a bad habit of walking around like a T-rex at times. I don't do it as often now as I did as a teen, but I did catch myself doing it last week at work.

10.  I am a secret gamer. I am really good at the games I played in my youth - Super Mario Brothers, Donkey Kong 1 & 2, Mario 3, etc.

Now you know some of my silly secrets. Confess yours. xox

p.s This is one of my favourite songs of the year. It reminds me alot of my 2011.