Category: MISC
Thursday 13 ~ Restaurant Cravings
Vintage Thingie Thursday loves colliding with Show and Tell Friday
Vintage Thingies Thursday is hosted by Lisa at Confessions of an Apron Queen.
Show & Tell Friday is Hosted by Kelli at There is No Place Like Home.
This week I’m sharing my grandmother’s old washboard.
My dad made it into a towel hanger and it now hangs in my laundry area.
Slow Cooking Thursday ~ Cran Beef Stew
This recipe is a great fall recipe with all the fruit aromas while it cooks and nice beefy rice gravy taste that warms your tummy! The meat melts in your mouth and the fruit flavors meld with the rice creating a thick gravy texture.
2-2 1/2 pound chuck roast*
kosher salt & white pepper
1 bag cranberries
1 lemon, juiced
1 apple, chopped
8 ounce can crushed pineapple
2 cups orange juice**
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup long grain rice
optional – 1 potato
kosher salt & white pepper
1 bag cranberries
1 lemon, juiced
1 apple, chopped
8 ounce can crushed pineapple
2 cups orange juice**
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup long grain rice
optional – 1 potato
- Coat beef in kosher salt and white pepper.
- Wash cranberries and place in bottom of slow cooker.
- Pour pineapple and juice in on top of cranberries.
- Chop onion and apple and add to slow cooker.
- Chop the optional potato into small bite sized pieces and add to the slow cooker.
- Chop the roast into bite sized pieces and add to slow cooker.
- Pour lemon juice over top.
- Cook on low 6-7 hours.
- Add rice and eat an hour later. Be sure to check after 30 minutes. The rice will absorb most of the excess moisture.
*today I used a thick cut top sirloin I found on sale at a big savings (I miss shopping on base!!)
**I also used 2 cans of orange pineapple juice just because it’s what I had
Wordless Wednesday
TAG, YOU'RE IT!
Diana tagged me for this “Needs Analysis”, and it’s a lot of fun. If I mention and link to you, you’re tagged, and I hope you’ll play along! Now I wasn’t sure about this tag, but the very first name I typed into Google gave a perfect answer!
Sandra needs an adorable home. I found this awesome as she is always dreaming of an English Cottage!
Tammy needs your prayers and good wishes as she struggles with her family and chaotic life.
Diana needs a nick name since we all know she really isn’t forgetful!
Lucy needs a haircut. I thought this one was hilarious since she owns a salon!
Janet needs 500 more tiles. This one sounded weird until I remembered that I’ve seen at least that many Flickr images pass by in recent weeks.
If I’ve tagged you, all you need to do is Google the name of the 5 bloggers you are tagging with the word “needs” attached and see what comes up.
NOT what you want to sign on to see… Wait, I'm not ready!!! I need another couple weeks…
Special Weather Statement for Iron County, MI
Issued by The National Weather Service
Marquette, MI
3:42 pm CDT, Wed., Oct. 22, 2008
… STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MAINLY OVER NORTHWEST UPPER MICHIGAN…
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS UPPER MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY NIGHT… USHERING A CHILLY CANADIAN AIRMASS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT TO GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN… ESPECIALLY THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA ON SUNDAY.
AS THE COLDER AIR RUSHES IN BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR… LAKE EFFECT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. THE SHOWERS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELTS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND EAST OF MARQUETTE. PLAN ON THE BEST CHANCE OF A SIGNIFICANT PLOWABLE LAKE EFFECT SNOW LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN FROM PELKIE TO WATTON… BRUCE CROSSING… PAINT LAKE AND MARENISCO.
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday ~ Roast Chicken with Lemon Herb Sauce
Hosted by Lisa at Blessed with Grace.
This is my first week participating in Tempt My Tummy Tuesday, but I see many more to come. This week’s recipe is for Roast Chicken with a Lemon Herb sauce the easy way, on the stove top. That way all the tantalizing smells will bring your family to the table on time.
ROAST CHICKEN
4 tablespoons butter, divided & softened
1 whole chicken cut into pieces
1 1/4 cups hot water
2 teaspoons Better than Bouillon Chicken Base
salt & pepper
SAUCE
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 green onion, chopped fine
Juice from 1 lemon
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon flour
1 tablespoon butter
- Rinse chicken and pat dry. Salt and pepper.
- Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet and when HOT, place chicken skin side down in pan.
- DO NOT TURN chicken pieces until you see blood and bottom side is golden brown.
- Whisk together the hot water, bouillon, thyme and basil.
- Turn chicken and add 3/4 cup of chicken stock.
- Reduce heat and simmer on low 15 minutes.
- Transfer chicken to a plate and pour stock into a measuring cup.
- Melt remaining butter in skillet and return chicken skin side down to skillet and cook another 5 minutes until skin is crisp.
- Transfer to an ovenproof plate, cover with foil and keep warm.
- Skim the fat from the broth and add enough of the additional broth to make 3/4 cup.
- Heat the olive oil in the skillet on a low heat, scraping up any of the little pieces from the chicken to add to the flavor.
- Add green onions and saute’ a minute or so.
- Add flour and mix well.
- Increase heat and add broth and bring to a simmer.
- Simmer until reduced to about 1/2 cup.
- Stir in any juices that have drained from the chicken. Simmer a few more minutes.
- Remove from heat and whisk in lemon juice, thyme and basil.
- Pour sauce over chicken and serve immediately. I like to serve it with rice.
I do the memes: Menu Plan Monday hosted by Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie
, Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Kathryn at Overwhelmed with Joy, Freezer Food Friday hosted by MJ at mjpuzzlemom, Scrumptious Sunday hosted by Meredith at Mercedes Rocks, Slow Cooking Thursday hosted by Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom and Tempt my Tummy Tuesday hosted by Lisa at Blessed with Grace. Doing them all make great additions to help keeping me on track and finding so new recipes!
Holiday Cooking Blogger Style
For the past couple of years Overwhelmed with Joy has hosted a big Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style recipe exchange and has been delighted with the impressive participation from her fellow bloggers! She is hosting the recipe exchange again this year on 7 November and hopes you’ll join her!
To help encourage you to spread the word, she is going to give away a set of 20 personalized, blank recipe cards to one lucky winner. She’ll design the recipe cards using photoshop and print them out on card stock. They’ll have your first and last name on each one. She’ll probably use some kind of Christmas theme, so that you can use them to share recipes with family and friends this year. Check back with Overwhelmed with Joy because she’ll post a sample picture when she gets a chance to whip up a design!
All you have to do to have a chance to win a set of these recipe cards is to publish a post about her upcoming Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style recipe exchange on your blog and then stop back here and leave her a comment with a link directing her to that post. If you do that, she’ll throw your name in the drawing for the free personalized recipe cards.
Spread the word! See you at Overwhelmed with Joy on November 7th!
There's another new Meme in town – That's My World
There is another New Meme in town, That’s My World.
So Welcome to My piece of the World.
I took these last winter, but we’re getting close to this again.
Welcome to Whitefish Point, Michigan on Lake Superior.
The lake does freeze over to an extent and the fishing
is limited to Indian tribes for subsistence.
Now go check out the others and take a tour of the world.
Roundup of Fall Pies & Tarts
Joy over at Joy of Desserts will be hosting the Fall Roundup of Pies & Tarts.
Let’s get ready for Fall and Thanksgiving with a pie and tart roundup. We’ll gather everyone’s favorite recipes right over at Joy Of Desserts to help us plan some scrumptious desserts. Apples, pumpkins, pecans, pomegranates, cranberries, chocolate, pears, you name it!
- Post your recipes anytime until Friday, November 14, 2008;
- Link to the Joy Of Desserts blog and use the graphic button on each participating recipe;
- On Fri., Nov. 14, go to Joy Of Desserts and leave your posts’ URLs;
- Then have fun reading everyone’s lovely recipes for Fall Pies And Tar
Help spread the word so we can all get lots of recipes and lots of visitors. Feel free to add the button to your sidebars and to write posts about Joy’s Roundup Of Fall Pies And Tarts.
Tips on Tuesday ~ The Best Jewelry Cleaner
Hosted by Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom
Do you have a tip on cooking, cleaning, homemaking, kids, marriage, travel or anything that you would love to share? Feel free to join in!
My tip this week is for the best and super inexpensive jewelry cleaner. Denture cleaner tablets! You can pick up a box of 100 for around $4. House brand works just as well as name brands too. Keep a small bowl and old toothbrush handy. Get your rings wet and brush over the surface to loosen the dirt. Put them in the bowl and just cover with water. Pop in 1 tablet and let set several hours or over night. I used to take mine in for a good cleaning and my jeweler actually taught me this, he said this is what they use a lot of the time. I run the toothbrush over them again before rinsing and they turn out like new!
DO NOT USE THIS ON SILVER JEWELRY AS IT WILL TARNISH THEM.
THIS METHOD IS ONLY GOOD ON GOLD OR PLATINUM!
THIS METHOD IS ONLY GOOD ON GOLD OR PLATINUM!