Lloyd Family

Another sister-in-law challenge here, to post a favorite family recipe. I don't make this one all the time, but it is a true favorite of everyone here and my mom got rave reviews this Christmas when she took it to a dinner at the Boise ID Temple, where my dad works. We make it for special occasions. Sweet & Sour Chicken The following sauce will cover enough chicken to fill a 9 x 13" baking dish. You may choose whichever chicken type your family enjoys. Growing up, we used bone-in chicken pieces, but these days I like to take boneless skinless chicken breasts and cut them into strips. Sprinkle pieces of chicken with salt and pepper. Roll pieces in corn startch and then into beaten egg. Fry till golden brown, using high heat. (my Mom fries in oil, I just spray the fry pan) Put pieces of chicken into baking dish. Sauce: 3/4 cup sugar, half brown and half white 1/4 cup water or chicken stock 1/2 cup vinegar 1 Tablespoon soy sauce 1/4 cup ketchup dash of salt Heat until sugar i...

Kory's sister Marlene has started a challenge for us all to post which celebrities we've been accused of looking like (and we've been impressed with what we've seen so far!) I personally have no known similarities to any celebrity-sorry! Kory is pulling through for our family, though, with having some of the same features as. . . Clint Eastwood! They're not twins or anything, but, well, you judge for yourselves: Hey, this makes Kory look YOUNG!

I have just been reading everyone's blogs on Christmas and realized I didn't post one! We did have a wonderful Christmas. We enjoyed our Christmas Eve tradition of snack food, watching "The Nativity" (aka. Luke 2), re-enacting the nativity, and the kids opening homemade presents they prepared for each other. This was pretty cute, and included: pennies, a quarter, bracelets, a paper boat, a stick of gum, paper dolls designed to look like Star Wars characters, Barbie towels, and store-bought toys one kids owned and wanted to give to another. I was pleased with how gracious and thankful each of the kids were to each other. Christmas Day was the first we've ever spent at home. It was pretty great. Wake time 6:30, stockings opened, Bacon, eggs, and orange rolls for breakfast, followed by present opening. For the rest of the day we played, assembled (Kory was a full-time laborer in this enterprise), napped, watched a movie, and of course- ate more. I cooked a spiral ham...