Month: October 2020

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October 2020 Recipe

Crab Salad

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Just want to say Hello to everyone, this fine cool October morning, from Live Oak Florida. It was a very nice start to my day this morning as I was sitting in my rocking chair among my flowers and on my back patio, while sipping some whiskey coffee and reflecting on things that have to get done this day. So alas I had to come inside,but I do put you, on top of my list as I hope you are expecting to hear from me today!

Hope all is well at your house and I send you fall greetings for this day in your lives. I do hope you slow down and listen to the wind, and I hope it helps calm your soul with joy and wonder.

Now I will tell you about my little crab salad recipe. First it is not real crab, bummer there! It is imatation crab. Sorry, but crab is expensive for some people like me, who live off of a small social security check that has to pay all bills and some groceries thrown in there also. All’s well that ends well, though. So back to the recipe.

1/2 package of imt. crab

1 can of english green peas drained

1 1/2 c of raw macaroni cooked

Italian salad dressing to taste

1/2 c mayo.

1/2 tsp accent 1/4 tsp pepper a little salt

Put your cooked macaroni noodles in a large bowl and add 1/2 of the imt. crab chopped up into the bowl. Add mayo and salad dressing, along with spices. Add in the can of drained green english peas. Slightly lift and mix with a large spoon.

This gets better with time as it is being kept cold until ready to serve. This is just a little recipe that I threw together but it hits the spot for me and I hope it will for you also.

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Sandwiches

My Chicken Sandwich

A nice sandwich.

Hello everyone. I hope that you had a really nice day today. And I hope it’s even better tomorrow. This day totally slipped away from me, I forgot that it was Thursday! I had Friday on my mind all day long.

Today I want to share my chicken sandwich recipe with you. It really hit the spot, along with an ice cold coke!

1 c Louisiana Air Fryer Seasoned coating mix for chicken

2 eggs mixed with 1/2 c milk

Hamburger bun mayo lettuce if you wish

Use a meat mallet to pound out the chicken breast for quite a while. I could have sliced the breast thinner, but I did not. So beat the heck out of it! Then season it with garlic salt accent and pepper. (White pepper is even better!) I used to work at Wendy’s and prepare the chicken breast for sandwich’s.

Mix the 2 eggs and half cup of milk in a bowl. I cook for only one, so if you have more family then increase the milk to a cup and also the batter to a cup.

Have the seasoned coating mix in a large baggie. Have a little oil on the stove in a cast iron frying pan, it’s the only pan that I will fry in. Have it getting hot on medium heat.

Now you put the beaten and seasoned chicken breast in the wet batter and shake it in the baggie if seasoning to coat. Next You do the wet and then the dry batter again. This is doubled breaded and always makes a difference.

Put in the hot frying pan on medium heat and fry about 5 minutes on first side. Keep watching temp so if you feel that it will burn, turn down the heat. Now flip and cook 5 minutes on other side. After this use a knife to check chicken to see that it is cooked through and done. I have forgotten my minutes but I think it is 5 minutes for each side.

I like to microwave my hamburger bun for 12 seconds or less, so that it is steamed. I used Hellman’s mayo and bread and butter pickles on my sandwich and it was really good with an ice cold coke.

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October 2020

Pickled Eggs

These are the red spicy eggs.

Ingredients are. 4 cups apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup canning/ pickling salt

1 cup water

2 cloves garlic peeled

1/2 tsp tumeric

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper or you could use chili powder

1/2 Gallon glass jar or 2 Quart glass jars

Boil 2 dozen eggs and peel them.

In medium pot on the stove, add vinegar water and salt. Heat till just warmed.

Into the half gallon jar add in the tumeric garlic cloves and cayenne pepper. Drop in the peeled eggs. Pour the warmed liquid from the pot into the 1/2 gallon jar. Let this stay in refridgerater or 4 weeks before you open it and try one.

I am sharing this recipe from one of my favorite youtube channels. The name is called StiversHomestead and I adore their little family and how funny that they are.

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Homemade

Lotion Recipe

Hello everyone. I hope this day finds you fine and dandy and not down and out. I thought that for this post, maybe I could make you smile, by giving you my home-made lotion recipe. Hopefully you will try this one. I do believe that it is one of my favorite things that I have made.

The picture does not do it justice as it is a white creamy and oh so silky and smooth lotion. This has the thickness of face-cream. And it makes your skin silky smooth.

If you wanted it to be a thinner lotion, then you can leave out 1 TBSP of wax pellets. Here are the ingredients that you will need, but first you will need to collect or order all the ingredients! Starting with your preservative called Germaben 11.

2 TBSP of wax pellets My 12 oz bag will last forever

1 TBSP Coconut oil 5 TBSP Jojoba Oil + 1 tsp

2 TBSP Olive Oil

This is the oil mixture part that goes into the top of a double boiler or just put a metal bowl on top of a little pot of boiling water.

Now for the second double boiler that you will also be using at the same time as the oil mixture. This will be the water mixture part of the equation.

1/2 c of distilled water 1 TBSP Aloe Gel I get mine right from the plant the day before as you cut off a piece and skin 1 side, then let all the yellow ooze out. (The yellow is not good so throw yellow away.) Then just use a spoon and scoop the clear aloe gel into a small container and refridgerate until needed. Last for a week.

1/4 tsp. Borax 20 Mule Team Borax Washing Powder ( at Walmart).

And at the last, you will need 4 drops of the preservative Germaben.This mixture fills two 4oz face cream jars and each one gets 4 drops of the preservative stirred in when the cream is cooled off.

Ok so you now have the 2 small pots going with a dry metal bowl on top of each pot. You have the oil mixture in one and the water mixture in the other. This will only take a very short time like a few minutes! As they are only heated until dissolved while using a whisk on each one.

Into the water mixture add in 3 vitamin E oil tablets by sticking a pin into each to squeeze out the oil.

So have an immersion blender plugged up and ready to go!

Let both of your mixes cool for 10 minutes!

Now be blending the water mixture with the blender as you slowly dribble the oil mixture into the water mixture. You MUST pour the oil into the water, not the other way around!

Now you will see your beautiful results. Fill your 4 oz containers and then add 4 drops of Germaben 11 so your lotion will be safe and not grow mold. You have to have a good preservative so do not try this without it!

I have spent a long time studying and researching this lotion mixture, this year. I wanted to make sure that I did it right and that it was done safely for myself. So if you choose to research this, you can begin by typing in pharmacy emulsion into Google search and begin your studies also. It is a long journey but for me, it was worth it, as I like to know what is in things and how to make it! And I love being frugal and not having to buy it in the stores.

All these things take time as a lot of my recipes do also. But I love for it to be the best of all things that I get to create.

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Homemade October 2020

Making Apple Cider Vinegar

At the half-time of the 4 week journey.

Hello everyone on this North Florida cloudy day. Even a cloudy day can become a good day, if you would only let it be! I try to make the most out of every passing day as if it were a natural wonder, which it is.

You never quite know where each day will take you, if you only let it. I hope that you will look for joy and awesome wonder in each of your days as I do care about each and everyone of you.

We are all God,s children and let us enjoy what he gives to us daily. I for one am always in wonder, what will it be this day or the next day or even forward ahead in the days we have. We may only have this day so let us make it an enjoyable day, where-ever we may be on our journey!

Ok, now I will let you know what I am in the middle of now, as I am always on a creating journey of many different things that I am curious about knowing how, what, why do you do that! Life is a journey for me, you see and I intend to not let it pass me by!

I am in the middle phase of making home-made apple cider vinegar in a big old crock. And it is looking really good as it is fermenting away, lots of bubbles. It does take a month so you need to keep this in sight somewhere cool and dark (no sun-light).

As I was cutting up apples to can in those awesome mason jars, I kept all the scraps from the apples. The apple cores and peelings and seeds and stems, all of it. I had washed the apples very well back at the start of my canning journey.

I put all the scraps into a big crock that I use to ferment things in. AKA the best sour-kraut that you will ever eat, which one of these days I will post about.

After you have put the apple scraps into the crock(or even a big jar). Add in water to with-in 3 inches from the top. As the liquid may rise and spill if too full. Pour in 3/4 c of molasses and use a wooden spoon (always) and stir in well. I used a saucer to weigh the apple products down and covered the crock with a clean dish towel. Then I had a huge rubber-band that held the towel in place so it could breathe as it bubbled away for the month of waiting.

It is recommended to stir it a little, about every three days with a wooden spoon. When mine is finished, then I will post a photo for you!

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Dessert October 2020

Coconut Pie

Coconut Pie

Hello everyone. I hope that today finds you well and sassy. We have lost our little cool front here in Florida. And I find myself missing that awesome cool air, but I will be happy anyway!

Yesterday I made a coconut pie and thought that for today, I would share the recipe with you. It is a really good pie even though the picture does not do it justice.But you know what they say! An ugly cake or pie is a good one. So here is the recipe for my one and only coconut pie.

1 can coconut milk 1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 c half and half 1/2 c cornstarch

3 eggs beaten 3/4 c sugar

1 c coconut in the pie 1/2 c coconut on top of the pie (all coconut toasted)

1 1/2 tbsp of coconut extract 1 pie shell baked 375 degrees for 10 minutes

(Later for the meringue ) 1 c heavy whipping cream 2 Tbsp sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp cream of tarter 6 egg whites

In a bowl whisk the dry ingredients together—- sugar starch salt.

Add to a medium size heavy duty pot.

Whisk in the cream and coconut milk along with the eggs. Cook on medium to low heat and staying right there to keep whisking as you are cooking. When it gets really thick, add in the coconut and coconut extract.

Scoop this into the pie shell. And then start your meringue in a mixer bow and whip on high for 2 minutes. Add in sugar and cream of tarter and continue whipping until hard peaks can be seen. Add in vanilla just before finished.

Scoop this meringue onto the top of the coconut pie. Have oven on broil. Watch this step very carefully! Brown the meringue slightly or it will burn. Sprinkle toasted coconut on top. Keep this cold until you serve it. I do so hope you enjoy this recipe! It is my favorite.

PS for my pie, I only used 3 egg whites so if you use the 6 egg whites, then it will be mountain high with your meringue!

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Fruit October 2020

Pineapple Cutter Tool

This pineapple cutter does the job!

Hello everyone. I hope this beautiful windy fall day, finds you in high spirits and and happiness. Most of all I hope you are loved and appreciated!

I will not be buying pineapple in the can anymore. I spent $15 on this new kitchen tool and it is the greatest.

You could almost call me the queen of kitchen gadgets. My kitchen is loaded with all kinds of food processers to the air fryer, down to the cheese grinder and everything in-between.

Any way back to the pineapple corer. I got it at Walmart and I purchased a green pineapple and had to wait for it to ripen so I could try this new tool of mine.

I cut it off a little high at the top so it was not as wide to work with. It was so easy to use, just stick into the top of the pineapple and turn the handle. After you get to within two inches from the bottom, then you press the yellow tabs and take it apart and pull off your spiral cut pineapple.

Now, make sure that you cut the top off wide enough so that the tool will go straight down evenly. Because I ended up coming out the side near the bottom and juice went everywhere.

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