Hot Pot at Home

Lucky for me I have two friends who know all there is to know about at home Hot Pot. They graciously lugged over all the ingredients and their electric hot pot. It was a perfect cold Sunday meal. 

Here's a little break down of what you need to have Hot Pot at home.

Electric Hot Pot

Mesh Skimmers (a slotted spoon or two would work)

Hot and Sour soup base

Udon Noodles

Variety of dumplings

Tofu puffs

Silken Tofu (sliced)

Thinly sliced meat 1 lb each beef, pork and chicken (we got it frozen at the grocers)

For veggies:

1 head of Napa Cabbage broken up

Lots of Mushrooms (shittake, enoki

1/2 Taro

2 Sweet Potato

Bunch of watercress

corn on the cob

Getting all of this only takes a quick trip to your local asian grocery store. 

While the water heated up we prepped the veggies and meat.

Everyone makes their own shabu sauce. We laid out the ingredients below side by side and each of us got a little dish to make our custom sauce. 

Shabu sauce:

Korean BBQ sauce

4 heads of garlic

4 scallions thinly sliced

soy sauce

4 red chiles (These are HOTT)

Once the water was heated we set the stage

 And dug in.

In cold New England Hot Pot every night doesn't sound like a bad idea!

DIY Glitter Boots

Adding some Glitz to sad shoes is something I've seen all over the web for years. I thought I'd try it out on these sad old western boots that have been living in the corner of my closet for years.

What you'll need:

Old Boots

Modge Podge Gloss

Glitter 

Paint Brush

Masking tape

Arcylic sealer (optional)

Start by cleaning off your boots with a damp cloth. Let them dry

Tape off any areas you don't want to be glitterized 

and mix equal parts modge podge and glitter

I used two different glitter colors

Use your brush to paint thin layer on your boots. Wait 10 - 15 minutes before painting on the next layer. 

After 3 layers my boots looked like this:

Not so pretty BUT patience is key here. 

The next morning these beauties were waiting for me.  

Have you tried this out??? I'd love to see it