WE HAVE LAUNCHED!

Like Shelley and Lauren I want to extend a warm, fun, sensuous and sexy welcome to you.

Now, I have a secret to share...I'm spoiled as hell. I don't think I've cooked dinner for myself in at least a year. I'm blessed to have two awesome kids, but one of those kids happens to be a culinary whiz with the desire to open an exclusive restaurant someday. In JAPAN! And the US, and New Zealand, and who knows where else!

Born in California with parents from the South, we grew up with ecclectic tastes and were taught to try just about anything. I passed that on to my two kidlets. When my son was twelve, his favorite meal was sushi. Can't say that about too many twelve year old boys! My daughter loves anything with noodles but she's adventurous as well. Wait, that's not quite true - if there's lamb in, she won't come within smelling distance.

We do a lot of cooking around my house during the holidays. I'd like to share some recipes with you that you might enjoy...if you're not faint of heart! Mmwwaaahahaha! Here's the first:

My Daughter's Home Made Terriyaki Sauce (and she really does make it herself. She's too high-fallutin' to buy it from the store :D)

1/4 cup oil (any kind except olive)
3/4 cup sugar
3 large cloves of crushed garlic
1 Tblspoon powdered ginger (no you can't use dried pickled ginger!)
1 and 1/2 cups soy sauce
1 tsp of ground pepper

Heat the oil on medium-high in a heavy sauce pan. Whisk in sugar until mixture bubbles. Add garlic. Add half of the soy sauce and ginger until it's thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Then add pepper. Add the rest of the soy sauce in small amounts. Do not allow mixture to stop simmering. Cook to the desired thickness (never, EVER add flour or cornstarch to hurry it along or you're screwed).

This'll keep in the fridge for about six weeks and is so yummy it won't last that long. Still wonderin' why I haven't cooked in forever? This recipe came off the top of her head and I can guarantee it's gonna be GOOD!

If you have a favorite food you like to make, tell us what it is. Need some cooking ideas for something different for the holidays? Or have a food you love but have no idea how to make it, perhaps we'll have my kidlet make a recipe for you and post it here on the blog! We'll do this again before Thanksgiving, too.

And everyone who posts between now and 9:00 pm MST (that's mountain time) will be entered into a drawing for a download of ANY Dynamic Trio book. Winner announced at 9:30pm MST.

Have a perfect day!
TJ a/k/a The Spoiled Mom
www.tjmichaels.com