Mother Daughter Fashion Show

For Activity Days yesterday (activities for girls age 8-11 at church) there was a Mother Daughter Fashion Show. Each girl drew a "style" out of a hat. Emily picked out Egyptian Style, which is so perfect for Emily - she loves Egyptian anything!

My sister and her husband toured Egypt about a year ago and she lent me some Egyptian clothes to wear. (Unfortunately I didn't realize the red scarf was actually a head scarf until after we had taken pictures together.)

At Girls Camp this year, each ward was assigned a country. (Our ward was Canada.) A friend was in charge of a ward who was assigned Egypt. She lent me some of their "gear" for Emily to wear. So I dressed as a "modern" Egyptian and Emily represented "ancient" Egypt with her costume.

As part of the fashion show, we also were supposed to bring a potluck dish to represent our "style."   (One girl got baby style; they brought mashed potatoes as their dish - that cracked me up and the mashed potatoes were super yummy!)

I did a google search and found this recipe. It turned out really well (just enough left-overs for Shad to have a taste). I will actually make this again for my family.

Egyptian Lahma Bil Basal (Beef in Rich Onion Sauce)

1 lb stewing beef (you can cut each piece into smaller pieces if you want - I did)

4 onions (sliced super thin - very important!)

2 chicken bouillon cubes

1 bay leaf

2 tbsp butter

1 tbsp vegetable oil (NOT olive oil)

water

salt & pepper

1. Wash the meat well. Put into a saucepan with butter and oil. Cook until all beef is lightly browned.
   
2. Add all sliced onions, bouillon cubes, bay leaf, and salt & pepper. Stir and cook over medium-low heat for 15 minutes.
3. Add water, about a cup. Turn to low, cover and cook for 2 hours or more.
4. Check during cooking, add more water if too dry. (But onions should give enough liquid with the initial water you added.)
5. When finished you should have super tender beef with a thick oniony sauce. The onions will have cooked down to a sauce. I had to add a Tbsp of cornstarch mixed into a Tbsp of cold water to get the sauce to thicken up.
6. Serve with pasta or rice.
   

It was a fun evening!