Megsiemay's Profile

I stick with the Mexican vanilla. I managed to bring a bottle of Haitian vanilla back with me the last time I was there, and that stuff was phenomenal! Haven't been able to find it in the states though. Darn it!

Yep! White trash it is. Our version is stick pretzels, peanuts and Honeycomb cereal.
Recipe:
1. Melt one bag or so of white chocolate or almond bark
2. Pour over a bowl of crunchy stuff
3. Mix to coat, being careful not to crunch up too many pieces
4. Pour out in a thin layer on a cookie sheet or three, lined in wax paper
5. Wait until chocolate sets and break apart
(if you want to get fancy-pants you could melt some dark chocolate and drizzle it over the pans prior to breaking)
6. Serve to your adoring public

Seriously. Come on guys! Post that fig tart recipe!

Not that I doubt your cooking skill or the greatness of your kitchen, but I would suggest ordering out for the main meal at least, and re-plating it in the kitchen. Perhaps from your favorite Thai spot?

When my now in-laws met my folks for the first time, I really wanted to be in the room at all times with them, just in case, you know. And this way everyone can get what they want (his mom is a reeeeaally picky eater).

Make a fabulous desert ahead of time, and just enjoy the fun!

I gave my family gifts from a worldvision-esque source last year and everyone enjoyed them so much I'll be doing it again this year. My church puts out a catalog to give to all the missions they are associated with.

I try to match each sort of gift to the person it's going to, for example - my father is a contractor, so I donated bricks to build a school for an orphanage in Uganda. My mom was always the PTA president, so I got her a year of school for a girl in Thailand. My little brother, well, he's annoying so I got him a goat! He loved it!