RECIPE: Fried Rice with a shrimp flavor

This recipe was totally by accident! I put shrimp seasoning in my rice cooker when I meant to put Safron...to go with our rosemary baked chicken. But, I think I can make it work...breakthroughs happen from breakdowns!

These ingredients are what I happen to have at home.
- Beat 2 eggs & fry with thinly sliced onions. Set aside.
- Fry in oil: diced garlic, diced carrots, chopped ham, pineapple
- Put the cooked rice-mistake which had shrimp seasoning and diced mushrooms
- Soy and sesame oil to taste
- Add egg & frozen peas
- No need to add salt because shrimp seasoning is salty enough

I was inspired by the following recipes.
I googled "ham pineapple fried rice recipe" and "recipe for shrimp fried rice"
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/shrimprecipes/r/shrimpfriedrice.htm
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/shrimp_fried_rice/
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/shrimp-fried-rice-ii/
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pineapple-fried-rice-ii/

RECIPE: Double French Toast

This was inspired by a breakfast we had in the Gravenstein Inn, Mendocino CA area back in the early 1990s.

This breakfast goes very well with TicoFusion(tm) coffee!

Starting with the AllRecipes.com recipes:

Caramelized French Toast:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/caramelized-french-toast/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=caramelized%20french%20toast&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=%2frecipe-tools%2fprint%2frecipe.aspx

Creme Brulee French Toast: 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/creme-brulee-french-toast/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=creme%20brulee%20french%20toast&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=%2frecipe-tools%2fprint%2frecipe.aspx

• Pre-heat oven 350 degrees F
• Beat together:
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp orange liqueur
• pinch of salt
• Dip bread in egg mixture and fry in 1TB butter, Medium heat (no more than dial-4)
• In baking dish, mix & melt in oven while pre-heating:
• 1/3 brown sugar
• 2 tsp corn syrup
• Lay 1 bread slice, spread cream cheese.
• TicoFusion(tm) time! Speared local jam like pineapple or Mangostene from neighbor Caroline's tree.
• Lay the other bread slice on top - the DOUBLE french toast!
• Bake for 20 minutes.

Double the recipe for 5 people!

• Each gets 2 double french toasts with a small/medium sized baguette.
• When dipping in the egg mixture, don't dip too long or it will get soggy.
• Use the Del Prado queso crema(cream cheese) 220 grams.

Buen provecho!