Cooking With Chef Chan

Okay my husband loves Mexican or should I say  "MY Mexican" so everytime we have Mexican he wants guacomole and Pico de Gallo. Pico de gallo is fresh salsa. He loves it. I guarantee you will too.   Pico De Gallo: 1 jalepeno (remove seeds and white membrane. all you want is the green. The heat lives in the stem and the seeds) 1 lb of roma tomatoes (diced) 1/4 cup of red onions 1 fresh garlic clove finely chopped 2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon of chopped cilantro zest the lime (just the green no white) 1/2 of fresh lime juice season with salt and pepper Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl. Let sit n refrigerator for about 30 mins. The longer the better   Guacomole: 2 avocados (make sure the skin is soft NOT FIRM to the touch) 1 roma tomato (remove seeds. you just want it for color) 1/2 of fresh lime juice (You can use the otherhalf of the lime for this recipe as well) salt and pepper 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil 1 fresh garlic clove finely chopped   First: cut you avocado in half there is a seed in there so be careful. Twist so you can seperate. Using the middle of your knife and put it in the seed twist n it should pop out. Remove the avocado with a spoon. Once finished IMMEDIATELY squeese the lime juice over the avocados because it will turn brown because it 's being exposed to oxygen.  Second: Take a fork and mash up. Personally I like mine where I can kinda see the ingredients. If you like it like mashed potatoes do how you want it. Third: Add the remaining of the ingredients and combine set in frig.   There's are two special tool I would like for you to get to zest the lime and get all the juice out. They are called a reamer and a microplane. there are pics attached.

New Hair Color

So I've told you guys I've been natural for a few years and I'm finally taking it serious and I'm going to get color. I'm so excited I'm getting a chocolate base color and caramel highlights!!!! Sounds delicious doesn't it? As soon as the transformation take place I will post pics. Be on the look out

Word Of The Week

Word of the Week: Living a Healthy Life!

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 10:19

Keys to Financial Success

·         Cannot spend more than you earn and do not throw away your money

·         Stick to a budget( Keep all receipts)

·         Pay off credit card debts or other debt( pay off lowest bill 1^st)

1.       Example if you have more than one credit card this is what you need to do.

·         Say the highest is 5,000( pay minimum payment)

·         2nd highest 4,000(pay minimum payment)

·         3^rd highest 2,000( pay minimum payment)

·         4^th highest( double the minimum payment)

·         Remember PAY OFF LOWEST BILL AMOUNT FIRST!!!!

Scripture: Proverbs 22: 1&7

·         Treat your credit card or debit care like MONEY

·         Think about your future RETIREMENT

1.       (START RETIREMENT PLAN OR 401K)

PLEASE!!!!!!!! GIVE 10% TO GOD (PAY YOUR TITHES) THIS IS FROM ME THIS MONEY WE HAVE IT BELONGS TO GOD, HE JUST GIVE US THE MONEY AND ONLY ASK FOR 10%. PUT YOUR TRUST IN GOD HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. THE WILL OF GOD IS TO PROTECT US, AND TO BLESS US MORE ABUNDANTLY.

·         10%- GOD

·         10%- SELF(WHICH MEANS SAVINGS PUT A FEW DOLLARS INTO YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT)

·         NOW YOU HAVE 80% FOR BILLS, THEN IF YOU HAVE EXTRA SAVE A LITTLE MORE

·         SAVE COINS

Set your Goals and go after them (Write the vision and make it plain)

Invest your money how to get more interest

·         GET A CD FROM THE BANK DON’T LET WHAT YOU HAVE IN SAVINGS JUST SIT THERE FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN MULTIPLY THAT.

Leave money for burial

Make a WILL

Keep records of who gets what once you leave this earth.  Get insurance so that your family will have enough money for you to be buried.

Cooking With Chef Chan

Okay so today I didn't have time to cook dinner, but my everso loving hubby said that he would cook. So we defrosted sum ground turkey meat last night and he made us turkey burgers. (It's so sexy when my hubby cooks for me)   My Husband's Turkey Burger   Note: Always defrost your meat in refrigerator (2days prior) or you can put the whole container of meat in a big bowl and add cold water. I don't recommend defrosting meat in a microwave. Sum meat may become cooked and that's not so cute. Always remember we eat with our eyes first!!!!   Ingredients:  1 lb of Ground turkey 1/4 cup of finely diced red bell pepper grate you a little bit of red onion (this makes your burger juicier) 5 dashes of Texas pete hot sauce 1 tsp of worchestire season with Lawry's toyour taste I don't know how much he put in there:) Garnish: sliced tomatoes and red onions, red leaf lettuce or you could use romaine lettuce, sliced cheese (try something other than yellow cheese) and pickles.   Method of Production: * In a mixing bowl combine all ingredients. *form your patties to the size you want them. *In your skillet preheat the pan and add extra virgin olive oil to pan   Additional note: Don't flatten burgers, because you're releasing the juices which allows your meat 2 turn out dry.   Enjoy!!!!

Quick Post

For all of you guys who want to know more about any of the recipes you see please contact Chantilly directly at chefchan84@gmail.com. If you have any suggestions you would like to see on site or if you need some one on one help she would be more than glad to help. My girl is talented and she also does catering. We appreciate your support and feed back as always comments and criticism is welcome in comment box. Thanks guys we appreciate all of you!!!

Cooking With Chef Chan

Mrs. Chan's Potato Corn Chowder Ingredients: 4 large idaho potatoes(peeled and diced) 1/2c of diced onions 1/2 c of diced celery (take a vegetable peeler or a knife and peel the top layer of the celery. It's very fiberous and stringy)  3 ears of fresh sweet corn. (remove kernels) 2 cups of heavy whipping cream 2 cups of whole milk or whatever milk you have in frig as long as it's not skim 1/2 stick of unsalted butter 3tbsp of flour salt and pepper 1tsp of paprika fresh parsley to garnish 1/2 cup shredded parmiagiano reggiano (parmesan cheese) If you can't find the real parm cheese just get the other shredded parmesan cheese. Method of Production: *Dice and peel potatoes.Put potaotes in cold water while you are peeling and dicing and boil until tender. Drain and set aside.(always put in cold water so they can all cook at the same temp and cook evenly through together)  *Dice onions and celery. *Add 1/2 stick butter to a skillet and saute onions and celery and saute until tender. Season with salt and pepper. *While that's cooking remove the corn kernels set aside. Remember to keep an eye on your food. This is called multi-tasking. *Go back to your onions and celery mixture add the 2 tbsp of flour using a wisk to combine. *Cook for 2 mins(that's to cook the flour taste out of it so it won't taste like elmer's glue ) when adding flour to any dish it it used as a thickening agent *Add the heavy cream and milk. Gently stir with a spoon. *Add potatoes and corn. *Cook on med low heat for about 30 mins. cooking time depends on what kind of stove you have. Whether it's gas or electric. Just keep an eye on it. * When your soup has thicken and is the right consistency of soup. Remove from heat. *Here's the time for you to adjust the seasonings. It's always safe to add little salt at a time because remember you can put salt in but you can't take it out. So be careful. *When you get ready to serve yourself some soup. Chop up a little parsley. Add a little parmesan cheese on top and a sprinkle of paprika. Bon Appetit!!!!

A Few Of My Favorite Quotes By Anais Nin

Good things happen to those who hustle. 

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.  

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. 

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. 

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

And my all time favorite (for now) :   We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.