Spa Water

Spa Water

1 gallon drinking water

1 cucumber sliced

1 lime sliced

1 lemon sliced

Place all the slices into the pitcher of water and Enjoy!

This is so refreshing on a hot day 

Healthy Red Velvet Chocolate Squares

Ingredients

Butter flavored non stick cooking spray

1/2 C chopped canned beets, drained

1 C canned red beans, drained and rinsed

1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder

3/4 C liquid egg substitute

3 Tablespoons whole wheat flour

3/4 C agave nectar

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

2 teaspoons natural red food coloring

106Calories1.5gfat2.5mgcholesterol62mgsodium22gcarbohydrate2gfiber3gprotein

 Serves 12

1.  Preheat oven to 350*.  Spray 8X8 baking dish with cooking spray.

2. Combine beets, beans, cocoa powder, egg substitute, and flour in a food processor.  process untill mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes.

3.  Add agave, butter, vanilla, almond extract and flood coloring.  Process until all the ingredients are combined.

4.  pour batter int baking dish.  Bake for 20 minutes at 350*.  Turn oven down to 300* and bake an additional 5-8 minutes.  

5.  Let brownies cool completely in the baking dish on a wire rack.  Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.  Serve cold.  Refrigerate leftovers. 

 This recipe is from my new favorite cookbook.

 

Kale Chips

What you will need

1 Bunch Kale

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

1 Teaspoon Sea Salt

Preheat oven to 350*

Pull Kale off the stem and break into bite size pieces

Place Kale in a large bowl

Drizzle with olive oil and sea salt

Using your hands turn the kale until all pieces are coated with olive oil and salt.

Place kale on a cookie sheet, single layered.  Bake until crispy about 10-15 minutes.  You may need to do 2-3 batches to get it all baked.

Yummy!

Better and healthier than potato chips. 

Humming Bird Nectar

The Humming Birds are back and ready to eat.

 You can make your own nectar much cheaper than it can be purchased.

Humming Bird Nectar

1. Boil 1 cup of water.
   
2. Stir 1/4 cup of white granulated sugar into the 1 cup of heated water.
3. Stir until sugar dissolves.
4. Cool, fill your hummingbird feeder, and serve!   
5. Any leftover nectar can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 weeks.

Green Monster Smoothie

Green Monster Smoothie

This smoothie is delicious and a great way to get some green veggies into your diet as well as your kids.

What you will need

1 frozen banana (make sure you keep a stash in your freezer)

2 handfuls of fresh spinach (you will not taste the spinach at all)

1 Tablespoon natural peanut butter

1 Cup Almond milk

Blend together until smooth.

Enjoy!

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Best Ever Egg Salad

This is the best egg salad I have ever had.  I think the secret to making it amazing is the mustard powder, and dill.

What you will need:

8 Hard Boiled Eggs

1 C. Mayo

1/4 tsp. Dried Onion Flakes

1 tsp. Mustard Powder

1 tsp. Dill Weed

1/4 tsp. Garlic Powder

1/4 tsp. Black Pepper

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Makes 4 sandwiches, or wraps.

Enjoy!

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Deviled Eggs

What you need

12 Hard Boiled Farm Fresh Eggs

1/2 C. Mayo

1/2 tsp.  Dry Mustard

Paprika

Hard boil eggs, let cool, and remove from the shells.

Cut eggs in half, separate egg from the yolks.

Combine yolks, mayo, and mustard until creamy.

Reload eggs with mixture.

Sprinkle with paprika.

Enjoy!

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4 Minute Grilled Salmon Meal

This Grilled Salmon dinner took only 4 minutes

 Preheat your George Foreman Grill

Put spices of your choice on Salmon (Mrs. Dash, Cajun, Lemon Pepper)

Start a small amount of water boiling in your steamer

Put Salmon on the grill

Put Broccoli in the steamer

Slice cucumber

Wash raspberries

4 minutes later remove Salmon from the grill.  Get the broccoli from the steamer and Enjoy!

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DIY Liquid Soap

Make your own liquid hand soap.

What you will need:

3 Bars of Ivory soap

12 Cups of H20
24 Cups of H20 Reserved

Grater/Pan/Wisk or Stick Mixer

2 Gallon Container for storage

 Grate 3 bars of Ivory soap (purchased at the Dollar Store for a Buck)

Place soap into pan

Add 12 C. H20

Heat on high until soap is melted, stirring with a whisk, use your stick mixer to make sure everything is combined you don't want any chunks.

When all the soap pieces turn to liquid turn off the heat and let cool overnight.

It will look like sudsy water at this point, but will thicken by morning.

 Add remaining 24 Cups of H20 and reheat soap, whisk to incorporate all the water, once this is done let the soap cool.

Pour into a container to keep on hand.

2 Gallons of liquid Soap made for $1.

What a great price!

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Best Ever Corn Caserole

Corn Caserole

This is my Mommas recipe it's a family favorite, and easy to prepare. 

1/2 Stick Butter Melted

1 Can Whole Kernel Corn (undrained)

1 Can Cream Style Corn

1 C. Sour Cream

1 Box Jiffy Corn Bread Mix (unprepared)

Mix all ingredients together and bake @ 350* for 1 Hour.

How much easier could it be.

Enjoy!

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Home Made Manicotti

Manicotti

2 tsp. olive oil

1/2 chopped onion

6 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 lb. ground beef

1 lb. Italian turkey sausage

1 fresh bunch spinach

40 large pasta shells

2 cups ricotta cheese

2 eggs beaten

4 pint jars home made spaghetti sauce

4 T. butter

4 T. flour

2 tsp. chicken bouillon paste

4 cups half and half

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1 T. chopped fresh basil

1 cup Parmesan cheese

8 oz Fresh Mozzarella Cheese 

This makes (2) 9X13 pans.  Make an extra and freeze one.  

Serves 5-6 per pan.

Bake at 350* for 60 minutes

1.  Heat oil in a large skillet over medium.  Saute onions till translucent.  Saute garlic for 1 min.  Add beef and turkey sausage.  Cook until browned.  Add spinach and cook until wilted. Set aside to cool.

2. Boil jumbo pasta shells, for half the time, plunge into cold water to keep the flexible.  

3.  Stir ricotta cheese and beaten eggs, into the beef mixture.

4.  Pour one pint size jar of spaghetti sauce per 9x13 pan to coat the bottom. Stuff 20 shells per pan with mixture.

5.  Prepare the white sauce by melting butter in a saucepan over medium heat.  Stir in bouillon paste and flour.  Keep stirring until it bubbles.  Add the half and half, parsley, and Parmesan cheese, stir until it thickens.  Ladle the mixture over the stuffed shells.

6.  Pour one pint spaghetti sauce over each pan on top of the white sauce.  Sprinkle basil over sauce.

7.  Layer fresh Mozzarella over the top and bake.

Enjoy!

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Cake Mix Cookies

I decided to post a healthy recipe, but said "What the Heck, Go for the CHOCOLATE"

CAKE MIX COOKIES

1 Box Cake Mix

2 T. Oil

1 tsp. Vanilla

1 Stick Butter

2 Farm Fresh Eggs

Preheat oven to 350*

Mix all ingredients until blended, and creamed together

Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet 

Bake 8-14 minutes (depending on oven temp)

Cool on a wire rack
Makes 24 cookies

Enjoy!

This is a time saver when you need to make cookies, or in my case just had a chocolate craving.

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