So here we are. January is completely finished, February 13th (moving day) is fast approaching, I have a new recipe to share aaaaand... Football season is finally over and we get back into the swing of the bat and baseball season! Thank God!
The Dodgers will be in the Bay Area for their first game of the season and if moving wasn't stealing all my money, I'd be going to a game. Oh well, at least I get to watch my boys in Blue play on TV for a change. But, being that the 4-game series is right before my birthday, anyone feeling generous enough could certainly buy me tickets! haha!If that doesn't happen, I suppose I'll settle for some beer and chicken wings at Hooters or some other equally awesome sports viewing establishment. Who's with me?
Moving on, I'll tell you about my new recipe for Pineapple Coconut Rice. One day last week ( I can't remember when, so don't ask), Frank and I went to Mom's for dinner and we had steamed veggies, pineapple sausage, salad and this awesome pineapple coconut rice. I don't use a rice cooker, ever. We own one, and Frank likes to use it, but I feel like the rice always comes out mushy or hard. There's no happy medium. So, I cook rice on the stove, and it's always good. I used regular Calrose white rice, 1 cup of rice calls for 1 2/3 cups liquid. I doubled the recipe and put 2 cups of rice in the pot with 2 cups of water, 2/3 cup coconut water and 2/3 cup pineapple juice and cooked it as usual, letting it boil, then turning it down to simmer for 15 minutes, then turning the heat off and letting it stand for 5 minutes. I tossed it with salt, pepper and chopped green onion. Man oh man! It was really tasty. I think next time though I'll add 1 cup each of pineapple juice and coconut water and 1 1/3 cups regular water.
The Result? Yum with a side of Yum! It was sticky, a little salty, a little sweet and had a little onion kick from the chopped green onions. It was really good and I would definitely make it again.
Now, for the thing that is weighing on me the most, and I meant that in an amazing way. It's been decided that I would be the team captain for the Women's Auxiliary Club's Relay for Life team: Sicilian Sisterhood & Friends this year. I can't tell you how excited I am to be taking on this amazing adventure with some truly special women in my club.
I like participating the American Caner Society's Relay For Life because it doesn't raise funds for one specific type of cancer, rather, it supports all forms of cancer research.
I relay for so So SO many reasons. Among them are young women who happen to be my friends, my best friends, who are and were fighting thyroid cancer. Of course I also relay for my mothers parents, her sister and my grandfather's sister, relaying for these two young women means so much to me. I can't even imagine what my life in Los Angeles would have been like with out them, and I don't want to.
In one weekend I was able to reach my fund-raising goal of $100, but I'm far from finished. I challenge everyone out there to imagine a time where the words "I have cancer" will no longer be a standard part of conversation. Where women won't lose gorgeous locks of hair from Chemo and men won't have to worry about prostate cancer. This is why I relay.
Click here to view my personal page, read ALL the reasons I relay, donate to the cause, or even join my team! I'm diving head first into fund-raising, so be sure to keep a look out for ways your can help raise money for team Sicilian Sisterhood & Friends.
Absolutely dreaming,
The Lady
