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So Amy and I decided early on that we wanted to have a signature drink at our wedding, but not just any ordinary cocktail. We thought it would be neat if we could use some SoyBlendz in the drink to make it unique. Well, on Wednesday night at the Horseshoe, Remey and I tinkered with the basic recipe that I came up with the previous night, we and came up with the perfect Fuji-tini. Thanks, Remey! Here’s how you make it:

The Fuji-tini
3 oz Mango/Orange SoyBlendz
2 to 2-1/4 oz Sake
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1/2 oz Grenadine

1. Mix SoyBlendz, Sake, and Triple Sec in cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Pour Grenadine in martini glass
3. Using a strainer, slowly pour drink down the side of the martini glass so that the drink floats over the grenadine.
4. Enjoy!

I just found this article in the Indianapolis Star which was in the March 8th, 2006 edition. That’s my birthday!

Fast snacks: Non-dairy smoothies? Soy-tainly!

Yogurt smoothies have become on-the-go staples, but not everyone does well with dairy products. If you’re lactose intolerant — or just prefer the taste of fruit juice to the creaminess of yogurt — check out new Soy Blendz smoothies, made with whole soy and fruit juices in four citrus and berry flavors.

They’re light and sweet, but despite the “soy” in the name, the protein content is about the same as or slightly more than yogurt smoothies: 8 grams per serving.

Perk: Though they’re best if you throw ‘em in the fridge for a few hours first, Soy Blendz smoothies don’t need to be kept chilled, making them even easier to keep on hand for a quick fix.

They’re $1.99 at SuperTarget stores.

The full article can be found here.

So we celebrated my 32nd birthday by having Korean BBQ at San Soo Gap San, followed by drinks and birthday cake at the Horseshoe. Let me just say that bringing along a Korean friend to a place like this is extremely beneficial (thanks, Key!) Usually, no matter how much stuff I have on the grill, one of the women that works there takes away my tongs and proceeds to load up the grill. This time, however, she looked at Key and asked him if he was Korean. After he confirmed that he was, we were left alone with the grill to cook to our hearts’ content.

After chowing down on dumplings, chap chae, and bul go ki, we headed over to the Horseshoe where Remey was kind enough to reserve a table in the back for us. At this point that I finally got to see the awesome cake that Nancy had baked…

A ham-shaped cake!!! And it wasn’t just that the outside was ham-shaped, because the “flesh” was pink when I sliced into it! You could even see a thin layer of fat below the skin. I don’t know how much time she spent making this masterpiece, but it was worth it!

More pics of my birthday can be found here.

So I finally visited Amy’s brother’s chicken farm last Christmas. I’ve been to a bunch of farms, and the smell is usually pretty overwhelming. Patrick has four chicken coops, but only one of them was in use when we visited. Actually, it was pretty cool because the chickens were still very young. He is currently raising cornish game hens, so they do not get too big.

I have a bunch of other pics of our visit here, including pics of Patrick chasing and catching an armadillo. Apparently, they are a nuisance because they dig holes, and they also carry leprosy. What I didn’t take pictures of was Patrick killing the armadillo by beating it to death against the bed of the truck while we were in the cab. Wham! Wham! Wham!