American Risoles

It is called american risoles because the filling was modified to american taste. The taste is like asian style ham and cheese breakfast sandwich. Steve can eat this as a meal like 10 pieces, lol... and eat them with hot peppers like I do. He brought some to work and his friends were crazy about it and wanted the recipe. One said to me, wita will you marry us? lol...

Ingredients:

Crepes

- 300 gr flour

- 3 eggs

- 300 ml milk

- 450 water

- 2 tbs oil

- salt

Filling:

- Smoke beef/ham/turkey, slice

- white cheese, slice

- boiled eggs, slice

- mayonaise

Combine all ingredients for the crepes. Make the crepes with nonstick omelet pan, try to be as thin as possible. After done making crepes, fill it with the filling ingredients and seal it with egg white. Dip in egg white and bread crumbs. Fry until brown.

Pecan Squares

Ingredients:

Pie Crust:

- 1 cup flour

- 1 stick butter

- 1 small egg

- 2 tbs sugar

- salt

Topping:

- 1 cup corn syrup

- 3 eggs

- 2 tbs flour

- 2 tbs melted butter

- 4 tbs sugar

- 1 tsp vanilla

- salt

Preheat oven for 350F. Combine pie crust ingredients and put it on the bottom of a greased shallow pan. Bake it for 10 minutes or until the surface become light brown.

Combine the topping ingredients and pour it over the baked pie crust. Bake it for about 25 minutes. Let it cool for 20 minutes before cutting.

I'm not an alien

Not much to say, i'm no longer an alien in this country. After 11 years dealing with "you know who", today I feel like I have won the battle, yup..that's why I got the flag! It was a beautiful ceremony, Steve and my mom in law were with me. I was glad I had the wheelchair today becoz it's a big building. But... elevator was out of order! so Steve had to carry me on the stairs, long stairs. After ceremony, we went back to town and had lunch at Bartucci. I ordered Linguini Primavera to be my first meal as an american, and ate em all, nothing left, yes I overate, just try to fit american way of eating...hahaha. The pictures above are not great, I just want to have them for the proof. This is a blessing from the Lord, He has granted me more power and freedom to live in this country. God bless America.

Corn Muffin

Recipe courtesy by Lisa http://aprilisa.multiply.com/photos/album/26

Ingredients:

250 gr flour

1/2 ts baking soda

1 1/2 ts baking powder

1/2 ts salt

50 gr grated cheddar

150 gr corn

200 ml whole milk

25 gr sugar

1 large egg

50 gr melted butter

Directions:

1. Preheat oven for 350F

2. Shift all dry ingredients, add grated cheese

3. In seperate bowl, mix sugar, milk, egg, and butter, then combine to the dry ingredients.

4. Bake in paper cup for 20 minutes.

Macadamia Nut Cookies

Steve made these for us. Nothing special about it, but when they are baked in the oven, hhhmm... the smell of the butter soooo delicious, like you are in a cookie shop in downtown Paris... so fresh. No recipe, just made of Betty Crocker's sugar cookie dough and plenty of macadamia nuts.

Ayam Arak

I was suggested to have this soup for my speedy recovery. A whole chicken cooked with lots of chinese cooking wine and ginseng. Actually I just need the broth where all the goodies and nutritions are. It turned out so delicious, I had a bowl of the broth and couple pieces of the meat and Steve ate the rest of the chicken. No kidding, I was surprised myself, we ate like barbarians. We dipped the meat in the mix of soy sauce and sesame oil and ate with steam rice and chillie sauce. After all that I forgot about complaining to Steve coz he bought that organic whole chicken for $13. Whats so crazy about organic anyway?

Ingredients:

- 1 whole chicken

- 1 package of chinese herbs

- 2 cups of cooking wine

- 5 cloves of garlic

- salt/pepper

- 1 glass of water

Put everything in a pot, clay pot would be the best. Simmer with low heat for 2 hours.

Walking with God

I called this is my journey with God. I hope nobody is like me, wait for long to make decision. Starting with pain in my abdomen in a specific area, I went to see a gynecologist, found out that I had what it called uterine fibroid http://www.myuterinefibroids.com/do.php?gclid=CKXajc7Qs4kCFRZXFQodP3uSUA , and I should have it removed. What? surgery? Nightmare. No way! I don’t like needle. I have tried everything to avoid surgery such as no meat diet and all kind of traditional medicines.

Nothing worked, and I began losing my hope. In that point I have to find a way to be healed. I didn’t know how. So I start watching Praise the Lord on www.tbn.org . I found lots of hope from the songs and worship which Jesus is the Greatest Healer. So I prayed and accepted Jesus to be my Lord and savior. I made a commitment with God that on New Year 2006 I want to make a further step; I want to go to this church http://www.ibcchurch.cc .

Every single day is a new day with God, He changed me so much, and He wants to restore every part in me.

My life has changed, I love people more than before. I am blessed with many things in my life, lots of love from friends and family, specially my husband, Steve who has never a single time complained about my health condition and did not leave me because of this sickness I was unable to have a baby. And I know that is only the Love from God can do that. My faith began to grow and with His power I surrender all to Him and I went to the doctor and accepted to have a healing process. My fear of needle and surgery did not go away, I walked to the doctor office like walking in a death row. But I have to make the step, I want to be healed, and with all prayers and scriptures, I did that first step. The rest, here I am, back in home and ALIVE!

God gave me a miracle. Yes, the miracle to be walking with Him, which everything is possible in Him, and I can do all things through Him who strengthen me. The surgery is a miracle for me, I was afraid of it so much, and I passed the test. It’s so over. I have to always remember that I never face any problem by myself, the Holy Spirit is with me, I am surrounded by many angels, and God the Father are always wacthing me from Heaven. Thank you Jesus, you made me new.

Many thanks to:

• Steve, you are always a sweetheart to me, thanks for all your loves, all you do and being with me in this situation. Just look at the bright side, you can get to play nurse with me *wink wink*. You are my sunshine, I love you very much.

• All my family in Indonesia and US, specially my mother who went thru the same problem like me in the past. Bapak, Mas Tegar, mbak Vivien, mas Unggun, and Entong. Kay (my mom) for everything, Denny, Diane, all the Doyles for your loves.

• Mbak Anna family for praying for me everyday

• All my friends from Bethany Washington DC church who have been praying and supporting me the whole time. With you, I feel I have extended new family, and that is true. Thanks for visiting me in the hospital.

• Yuyun and Ike for your the special prayer and spending time with me a day before the surgery.

• Also thanks for Lucy, Lee, Liza, Larry for taking your time to visit me.

• Jeng Endang Power www.johnendang.multiply.com for everything. I have learnt so much from you, because you have gone through this before me. You told me that surgery is not as bad as we thought, and that comforted me. I love you, sayang.

• All my friends from www.indousacouples.com who prayed for me. Thanks for being my friends.

• Dr. Marvin Rosenblatt, all paramedics, and nurses. You all are my angels from God.

I know words cannot express the way I really thank you for everything you have done for me but I can pray that God will bless your kindness with multiple blessing in your life