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DIY Halloween Blood

25 Thursday Oct 2012

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DIY Halloween Blood
Shamelessly stolen from #CookingWithTynan

YOU WILL NEED:
Water
Corn Syrup
Food Coloring
Powdered Hot Chocolate Mix
A Big Ass Bucket

“In a big ass bucket, combine three parts corn syrup to one part water. Stir that shit. Then add some red food coloring to make it, you know, red. Don’t be heavy handed while doing this because less is more. When you’ve achieved your desired shade, add just a couple drops of red and blue to darken it, making it more realistic. THEN, add some hot cocoa powder. The hot cocoa is going to thicken up the mixture, making it look more real, and it’s also going to make it more opaque and just a little bit darker. Oh, it’s edible, too, so that’s gross.”

Honey-Baked Turkey with Pears

21 Sunday Oct 2012

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Honey-Baked Turkey with Pears*

You’ll need: turkey breasts or cutlets, honey, sliced pears

Prep time: 5 minutes

~ Lay the turkey pieces in a baking dish; the pieces can be touching but do not overlap them.

~ Arrange sliced pears on top of the turkey and drizzle with honey.

~ Bake at 350 for 22 minutes.

*YUM YUM YUM! The honey and the pears will give the turkey a slightly sweet flavor that can’t be beat! To make the potatoes in the above image check out the recipe here.

AbFab New Potatoes

21 Sunday Oct 2012

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AbFab New Potatoes*

You’ll need: new potatoes {baby red-skinned potatoes}, EVOO, a leek, two green onions, thyme and dill

Prep time: 10 minutes

~ Thinly slice the potatoes and put into a medium sized baking dish.

~ Lightly drizzle the potatoes with the EVOO and then sprinkle the dill, thyme, diced leeks and green onions over the potatoes. Stir around to coat all of the potatoes.

~ Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

*NOT ONLY are these AbFab potatoes absolutely fabulous, they aren’t too shabby for you, either! By seasoning with herbs and vegetables you get a great taste with no butter or salt. And yes, your children will gobble them up 🙂

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

15 Monday Oct 2012

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Jamaican Jerk Chicken*
You’ll need: chicken cutlets, yellow onion, apple cider vinegar, lime juice, coconut juice, bay leaves, McCormick’s Jamaican Jerk seasoning
Prep time: 10 minutes
~ In the bottom of a 13 x 9 baking dish, coat with equal parts apple cider vinegar, lime juice and coconut milk; whisk together with a fork. Place the chicken into the mixture.
~ On top of the chicken, sprinkle minced yellow onion, bay leaves, and a liberal amount of the Jamaican Jerk seasoning.

Note: sometimes I use chicken legs instead of the boneless skinless breasts.
~ Bake for 20min at 350
To plate: I put a spoonful of Jamaican rice and peas on the plate with the jerk chicken in the center.
*FEAR NOT – this is a kid-approved recipe! All three of my children cleaned their plates before I had a chance to even put the food on my own plate! It was also suggested that we eat this every night for dinner for the rest of the week…

Fancy-Pants French Toast

14 Sunday Oct 2012

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Fancy-Pants French Toast

You’ll need: 10-12 slices of bread {I like sourdough}, 4 eggs, 1tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 cup of milk, a dash of vanilla and a sprinkling of cinnamon

Prep + cook time: 15 minutes

~ In a medium to large mixing bowl whisk together the eggs, sugar, salt, milk and vanilla.

~ Dip the bread, one slice at a time, in the egg mixture, enough to coat both sides. Place on griddle.

~ While the first side is cooking on the griddle, sprinkle the other side with cinnamon. When the bottom side looks slightly browned, flip.

~ To plate, top the French toast with powdered sugar or try fruit for an equally sweet option. Enjoy!

I’ve Got it all Under Control…the Trash Anyway

07 Sunday Oct 2012

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I’ve been a bit busy of late. Soccer games. Girl Scouts. Moving to the country. You know…the usual. I may still be living out of boxes, but at least the trash is all figured out: trash, recycling and now COMPOSTING!

While I have no illusions that I can whip the house into a zero-waste home anytime soon, I hope to be able to recycle and compost 90% of what we use. As someone who enjoys gardening, there is no better soil for plants than vitamin and mineral rich composted soil.

Now is the time to do it!
My family has voiced their collective opinions that I’m crazy for starting the compost bin at “the end of the season.” What they, and most people, don’t realize is that successful gardeners prepare for the spring in the fall.

My Grande Plan
I’m going to start with all of the newspapers left over from the packing and moving. If you put wet newspapers down in the area you want your garden in the spring, you can do the “Lasagne Method.” Without tilling, you’ll have a garden ready to plant in six months!
Start with the wet newspapers. Lay them down in the area you want to plant. Once the newspapers are down, cover with coffee grounds. If you have compost ready to go, add the compost over the coffee grounds. {If you don’t have coffee grounds or are planning a large garden, you can ask your local coffee shop for their used grounds.} Repeat with the newspapers. Yard waste, such as pine needles, leaves and grass clippings may also be added.

Get out there and grow something!
XxOo