Wyld Creativity: 11:30PM

Saturday, February 6, 2010

11:30PM - Almost Sunday

Wow, what an awesome day. It was so nice to relax even though relaxing is running errands. Today, Kyle and I did grocery shopping for the month, we got all of the ingredients for our homemade Valentines pasta dinner, curtsy of Rachel Ray. It's in her February issue. you can also check out how to prepare it online, she did it on her show. I will post the link bellow and

the recipe..In her magazine she also has a more meatier pasta option, I think that one might be better than this one but I saw her make this particular one so I feel a bit more confident making it.

After grocery shopping which by the way was really exciting because we got meals for every night that are pretty much under 600 calories we went driving for a couple of hours. Well I went driving. I freaked out more than once and gave Kyle a couple short breaths but it was good, I was out in traffic and changing lanes and parking but I still need to get a lot more practice in before I will feel ready to go nuts on the road!

We started around 3:00 and I ended up driving us to the movie "Edge of Darkness" Which was really good, it had a really interesting story and wasn't very predictable. I recommend it, there are a lot of great movies out right now that I would like to see, but it's h

ard to find the time to get to them all.

So some things happening this week that I am looking forward too....Monday off, I have an appointment in the middle of the morning so I won't be able to go to class. On Wednesday we have this "Grad Night" where we have amazing food and learn all about Sheridan graduates and their careers so that should be interesting. Thursday is going to be awesome for one fact and that is Survivor, "Villains VS.Heros"

but more interesting is finding out if all the Ontario Colleges are going on strike. If that happens it starts 5 days after February 11th, so around the following Wednesday I would be ready to sleep in and spend time working on assignments.

SO there is a lot to look forward to this week, after all that it's Valentines Day which will be quiet this year for Kyle and I but I am looking forward to a yummy meal and comfortable company.

This weekend is also the Super bowl which normally I could care less about but being in Advertising makes me invested in all insightful and innovative advertisements. This is the time of the year when the best T.V commercials are launched. Check this one out from Career Builder. It is one of my Favorites.

As promised bellow is the Rachel Ray Valentines recipe that I will be making, I know that one Valentines Kyle and I went out to a fancy Italian restaurant and it was so crowded and loud

we could hardly hear each other. I think its more romantic to stay home unless you have kids! But it's nice to go some place where you can connect. I will never forget the first Valentines I had with Kyle, we had just started dating and we went to this restaurant called "Big Ridge" and we ended up running into one of the teachers from our college, it was so awkward but it lighted the nervous moods we were both experiencing. We went for a walk by the pier at White Rock ...I was wearing a red dress which (and this is sad to say) has been tone of two times I have dressed up on Valentines day, wearing a dress that is..After all that we went to the theater on a whim and say the movie "A guy thing" I still to this day

don't remember anything about the movie only that I was so nervous and excited that Kyle was

holding my hand.

Anyway, enjoy the recipe but before I end this also enjoy this picture of Eli. This was taken during his first night time sleep in his brand new house. We were all tired from moving and Eli was tired too! I love this look, I feel like this so many nights too...Arms stretched out so happy to be sleeping, without a care in the world!

Porcini-Parsley Pasta

Salt and Pepper

1 pound pappardelle or fettuccine

1 quartvegetable or chicken stock

1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms

4 tablespoons butter

4 large shallots, chopped

1 cup packed flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

1 cup dry white wine

A wedge of Pecorino Romano cheese, for grating at the table

Serves 4

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt it, add the pasta and cook to al dente. Drain.

While the pasta is working, in a saucepan, simmer the vegetable stock and porcinis until the mushrooms have softened, 15 minutes.

In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the shallots and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until softened, 7-8 minutes. Add the wine and reduce heat to low.

Remove the mushrooms from the stock and finely chop. Add them to the parsley-shallot mixture. Ladle in the stock, leaving some behind to avoid the grit at the bottom of the saucepan.

Toss the pasta with the porcini sauce and parsley. Serve with a little grated Pecorino Romano on top

http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/Porcini-parsley-pasta/

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The Story of a Prince and a Girl who Dreamed of finding Her Prince.

Once upon a time there was a young woman named Ruby; she lived in a far way kingdom where only the stars in the sky could light the way. The kingdom was tall and made of stone. Inside, it had all of the finest linens and tapestries with winding stair cases, golden mirrors and exotic flowers that stretched the kingdom’s stone walls. The kingdom was surrounded by a large creek bed and had a large wooden draw bridge outside the tall black iron front gates. Beyond the kingdom were many forests, pastures, rivers and hills.

The young woman lived in the kingdom with only her two servants Nigel and Jasmine. They had been with Ruby ever since her mother gave birth to her and have cared for her and loved her since the great royal war that took her family tragically away from her. Years had past since then and Ruby was a young woman now. Since the great royal war she had not seen another person beside her servants. The lands had been deserted as other kingdoms were destroyed and abandoned. No one knew this kingdom existed. It stood in a far off place that only one deserted over grown pathway in the forest would lead to.

Ruby spent her childhood growing up playing with all the animals in the forest, she had names for all of them and would spend her days dancing in the pastures and walking along the creek bed throwing stones into the water. She was content those days as she lived free and enjoyed every tree, every stone, and every pathway near the kingdom. She loved her home but she missed her family and many times she felt alone.

As Ruby grew older she began to stop playing in the pastures and instead she spent her days walking along the creek bed dreaming of finding love and not being alone anymore. Every night outside her balcony she would spend time looking out into the stars and making wishes that one day soon a wonderful man would find the unmarked path in the forest that would lead him to her kingdom.

Nigel and Jasmine were very old now; Ruby took time to care for them and tended to their needs. She would gather food from the garden and make them food to eat and get them blankets to make sure they were comfortable when it was cold. She was not sure how much longer they would live but one thing she knew was how much she admired they’re love for one another and she hold that in her heart for as long as she lived.

It was a warm fall evening; the leaves from the trees were lightly falling as the sun began to set. Ruby was standing on her balcony in her long white silk night gown. As the dark sky began to shine, a light breeze bustled against her gown and her long brown hair blew lightly in the wind. She stood with her hands on the balcony ledge and wished to the stars like she had so many nights before singing” Star light Star bright bring my prince home to me tonight” She stared up into the dark blue sky and began to talk more to the shinning stars.

Just as she was looking up into the sky, talking to the stars a man was following the pathway from the forest that leads to Ruby’s kingdom. He was beginning to approach the edge of the pathway he had began journeying on earlier that day and was about to step on to a beautiful white shiny stoned pebble walk way that would lead up to a draw bridge and to Ruby’s kingdom.

The young man had been travelling for months only eating what he could find along the pathway. Henry was a prince from the golden city of Persia. He was on an expedition when he was captured by rivals and taken to a far away land where he was imprisoned in a place he did not know. Months ago after many nights planning Henry escaped while the guards were sleeping. He thought he would be able to journey home by recognizing land marks but once he had fled the guards he realized that he was further from home then he ever imagined and much to his dismay he did not recognize any of his surroundings. He had been following the sun in hopes of finding his way home. Each day he walked further hoping that one day the pathway would lead him to his family.

Earlier that day Henry had been walking though the forest with large green bushes and fruitful trees around him when he saw a small unmarked pathway that was ragged and old. There were no fruit trees, only old tall trees and an old pebble pathway that seemed run down and abandoned.

He was going to continue to walk on the pathway he had been but something caught his eye as he walked past this abandoned trail. Henry saw a small red ruby attached to a ring lying in between some wet leaves. The sun was shining on it and it glistened and shinned at him. He bent down and lifted the leaves around it away and dusted the ring off and looked at. The ring was prestigious and fit for a princess. He thought about continuing on the main pathway road through the forest but he was drawn down this unmarked pathway. He wondered if this ruby red ring belonged to someone. He put the ring in his pocket and began to walk along the jagged unmarked pathway. He noticed that there were no markings along this pathway so it appeared that no one had walked this pathway for many years.

To Be Continued…

Wyld Creativity

Overcome.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

11:30PM - Almost Sunday

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