Happy Friday!

[HLM 1]

Happy friday to u all

Jumuah mubarak....

[RAKASA 0]

[*Maureen* 0]

im so glad it's Friday!! i would really love to start planting my flowers but i will still hold off until i know the weather will be absolutely good. I sure hope the mailman brings me the stimulus check today, what a nice way to end the day with

[Aymsgirl 0]

Mornin' all! This is my second day back to work, last day to work for the week and I will just say thank God for Saturdays! Hubby and baby survived their first day without me yesterday. He did so awesome with him. The house was clean, the lawn was mowed, the baby was happy! It's just my husband didn't eat all day. Imagine that! Forgetting to eat with a baby in the house

I need a good recipe for mashy. Something that I can understand what the ingredients are. My hubby is dying for mashy and we almost went to eat at Med. Restaurant looked at the menu and two pieces of mashy was 2.75. he freaked! So if anybody can be a really good sport and help a woman that is being drove crazy by her husband regarding mashy, I am begging you please do so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everybody have a great Friday! Don't work too hard today!

Tasha

[JeanneVictoria 55]

It's Friday!! Morning everyone. Wishing you a

wonderful day with many blessings. Nagi, luv I

hope your day is fantastic! Amal, i'm praying for

you. To our new MENA mommies and daddies blessings

for you and your angels. Make this day fun!

[Tunisia216 2]

Happy Friday :dance: Two days without work!! wooohoooo!

Now I get to spend the whole weekend on the internet and the phone making my husband mad because I'm nervous and asking him 1000 stupid questions for Monday that he already knows the answers to hehehe - I think he's already dreading it !!

Any good plans for the weekend?

[terrie/kamal 0]

Good Morning Mena. Good luck this morning Nagi, my prayers and thoughts are with you always. Looks like rain again today grrrrrrrrrr, my husband can't finish putting up that darn fence. Have a good day everyone.

[Shawna Mahmoud 0]

Good Morning All!! Happy Friday! I hope you all have a Great Weekend. I am on a countdown to see my Husband in Egypt... 21 more days until I leave. Haven't seen him since we married in November. Pray for me! I need a little strength.

[doodlebugg 10]

Mornin' all! This is my second day back to work, last day to work for the week and I will just say thank God for Saturdays! Hubby and baby survived their first day without me yesterday. He did so awesome with him. The house was clean, the lawn was mowed, the baby was happy! It's just my husband didn't eat all day. Imagine that! Forgetting to eat with a baby in the house

I need a good recipe for mashy. Something that I can understand what the ingredients are. My hubby is dying for mashy and we almost went to eat at Med. Restaurant looked at the menu and two pieces of mashy was 2.75. he freaked! So if anybody can be a really good sport and help a woman that is being drove crazy by her husband regarding mashy, I am begging you please do so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everybody have a great Friday! Don't work too hard today!

Tasha

This is not what the traditional Egyptian mashi is but I made it for my husband and he LOVED it:

Baked Stuffed Grape Leaves

Ingredients:

Jar of Grape Leaves (I get this big jar and just keep it in the fridge..they're from California)

1 lb ground lamb

1 cup jasmati rice

1/2 onion chopped

2 lemons

1 pinch tarragon

1 tsp Emeril's Southwestern Essence

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder

salt and pepper

*note...I put down 1 tsp for the spices but I just shake until I think it's enough. I think it's "about" 1 tsp...i'm so bad at that!!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a casserole dish with olive oil spray.

Cook the rice and cool according to package instructions and let cool. (normally boil 1 cup rice to 2 cups water, simmer for 20 minutes)

Mix in a medium bowl, ground lamb, spices, chopped onion and cooled rice.

Lay out the grapeleaves, vein side up on a large surface area. Cut the stem with a kitchen knife so nothing is protruding from the leave.

Take about a tablespoon of the mixture and put it on the part of the leaf the stem was that you cut off. Roll up, folding sides as you roll and place in casserole dish.

continue until you run out of the mixture.

Pour the juice of the 2 lemons over the stuffed grape leaves.

Cover casserole dish and put in oven for 1 1/2 hours.

Enjoy!

Also, has he craved koshari yet? LOL my husband asked me the other day "when will we have the koshari?". LOL I"m like, whenever you want, there's no set menu in this house!!! I made it and it went over so well he brought some leftovers to an Egyptian friend of his down the street who's from Alexandria and he loved it too! I think Moody gave me the recipe. I don't have it online saved and I don't have time to type it all out but maybe moody has it still. It's REALLY good and now I"m craving it again. Super easy to make too except if you use real onions. I usually cheat and get the French onions in the can but when I made it for him I made them myself. I actually prefer the canned kind because they're more crunchy but that's just me.

I have sneezed 23 times so far today. I hate spring allergies...takes some of the joy of spring away!!! We were going to do a Duck boat tour tomorrow but it's so soggy here this weekend I don't know if it's the best time to do it so I"m going to look and see what's showing at the Omni theaters and we'll do that instead, maybe at the aquarium or the museum of science. I love seeing the penguins at the aquarium!

[SaadBell 0]

On my way to Gainsville for daughters graduation, keep your fingers crossed I don't end up in jail for some kind of violence against my ex-husband, and his wicked evil mother. The stories I will tell will be priceless. Have a great day my good friends.

[doodlebugg 10]

Good Morning All!! Happy Friday! I hope you all have a Great Weekend. I am on a countdown to see my Husband in Egypt... 21 more days until I leave. Haven't seen him since we married in November. Pray for me! I need a little strength.

Awwww I remember how hard it was to be separated. (((((hugs)))))). I truly still feel like I'm living in the nicest dream I could EVER imagine waking up to him everyday! I don't think I've been this happy ever in my whole life!

[Tunisia216 2]

OMG I looooove koshari.. I can eat myself sick hehe - I have a lot of Egyptian friends here and for those of you near PA there's an awesome place called the Fig Hookah Cafe and they make the BEST koshari around!!! Order it every time I go lol

[Shawna Mahmoud 0]

Good Morning All!! Happy Friday! I hope you all have a Great Weekend. I am on a countdown to see my Husband in Egypt... 21 more days until I leave. Haven't seen him since we married in November. Pray for me! I need a little strength.

Awwww I remember how hard it was to be separated. (((((hugs)))))). I truly still feel like I'm living in the nicest dream I could EVER imagine waking up to him everyday! I don't think I've been this happy ever in my whole life!

That is sooo sweet! I want that!!! LOL I keep praying and I know that we will be together forever soon, Inshallah. I will at least have him to myself for 5 weeks so I will make the most of it. Thanks for the hug. I needed it.

[doodlebugg 10]

On my way to Gainsville for daughters graduation, keep your fingers crossed I don't end up in jail for some kind of violence against my ex-husband, and his wicked evil mother. The stories I will tell will be priceless. Have a great day my good friends.

ex's can really suck sometimes. I hope he doesn't ruin this beautiful occasion for your daughter!

[Zee Bee 61]