Hot Chocolate and Grand Marnier

Like chocolate and orange together (I DO)?  Well, I had some Grand Marnier is the house and decided to try a bit of it in a cup of hot chocolate.  YUMMO!  

Easy to make...
Boil water.
Add hot chocolate powder.
Stir.
Add Grand Marnier.
Stir again.

DRINK!

Marzipan Penguins

So I decided to try and make some fun marzipan Penguins at Christmas time this year.  I found the marzipan - in an off white color - at a local fresh food market - which is a great market by the by, but I digress.  Then I took a little and experimented with food coloring to get the beak and foot color as well as how to get a color for their bodies - as close to black as I could get.  Not bad for a first try at something I've never done and had no "instructions for," right?  :)

Here's how they came out (I think they look a little like Alien Penguins ...)

Lemon Salmon

I made a tasty dish tonight, Lemon Salmon.  Simple and delish!

I baked the Salmon steak - having squeezed half of a fresh lemon onto it, and then adding a sprinkle of fresh cracked pepper and ground himalayan salt, topped with a slice of fresh lemon.

While it was baking I steamed some fresh broccoli, AND sauteed one onion (sliced), in butter with a bit of fresh ground pepper and fresh lemon juice.  At the last minute I added fresh spinach and cooked it down.

I plated the meal on a bed of spiral pasta ... looked good and tasted fab!  Easy, quick and pretty healthy!