Citrus Heavenly Juice Recipe

This is a wonderful heavenly juice.

Ingredients

1 grapefruit
1 orange
1 carrot
2 handfuls of spinach
3 cups of water


Wash all vegetables, buy organic when you can.  Chop  carrot in small pieces. Remove rind from orange and grapefruit, try to keep some of the white part of these fruits.  Put carrot in blender first and chop.  Then add peeled orange and grapefruit, puree.  Add 2 cups of water and blend.  Add spinach and another cup of water.  Blender all together until really smooth.  Store left overs in glass in refrigerator for only one day.  This should make about 4 large glasses of juice with pulp.

Enjoy this refreshing juice!

9 Best Winter Foods

So in reading  and email sent to me from  Eat This and Not That, I found out that the best winter foods are brussel sprouts, leeks, kale and beets.  But these just aren't very tasty for some people's pate.

Here are the number one best winter fruits and vegetables according to this site because they are packed with vitamins and nutrients:

#1  Pomegranate
# 2  Brussel Sprouts
# 3  Persimmon
#4  Leeks,  its kind of like a giant green onion
#5  Kiwi
# 6  Beets
#7  Guava
# 8  Kale, its like a green leafy spinach
#9  Pomelo
Okay, I don't know about you but some of these things I've never heard of, so I don't think I will be eating much of them, like: persimmon, guava and pomelo.  I personally just don't like beets and haven't eaten them since I was a child.  But whatever happened to good old fashion pumpkin or sweet potatoes?  They too are packed with vitamins and great winter food.  I personally don't think you can go wrong with any squash.

Source: Womens Health Magazine.com

Simple Cornish Hen's a la crockpot recipe

Simple Cornish Hen Ala Crock-Pot

SERVES 4-6 , 2 hens

Ingredients
2 Cornish hens, split
2 white onions, sliced
10 small red new potatoes, halved
spike seasoning

Directions
1 Split the hens lengthwise wash and pat dry.
2 Slice the onions.
3 Halve the potatoes.
4 Spray a light coating of nonstick spray on bottom of crockpot.
5 Sprinkle chicken liberally with spike seasoning both inside and out.
6 Lay hens skin side down on bottom of crock pot.
7 Layer onion slices on top of hens.
8 Dump Potatoes on Onions.
9 Sprinkle more Spike seasoning.
10 Cover crock pot. Turn to high for about 4 hours and then on warm till served.

I added 1/4 of white wine and Roman Seasonings(herbal mix). This is very easy to make and at the end of the day your meal is ready. Great way to have homemade meals when you are a working mom. This recipe was from Recipezaar.

Mediterranean Beef Pot Roast & Vegetables Recipe

Crockpot Servings: 6-8

Cook Time:10 hours

Ingredients
•1 boneless beef bottom round rump or chuck shoulder roast (approx. 3 to 3 1/4 lbs.)
•8 new red pototes (approx. 1 lb.), 2 to 2 1/2 inch diamter
•1/2 lb. packaged peeled baby carrots
•4 whole cloves garlic, peeled
•1 tsp. dried rosemary leaves, crushed
•1 tsp. salt
•1/2 tsp. pepper
•1/4 cup water
•1/4 cup dry red wine
•2 Tbsp. cornstarch dissolved in 2 Tbsp. water
•chopped parsley

Instructions
Placed potatoes, carrots and garlic in bottom of slow cooker. Rub beef with rosemary, salt and pepper; place on top of vegetables. Add water and wine. Cover and cook on LOW 10-11 hours, or until beef and vegetables are tender.

Remove pot roast; trim fat, if necessary. Arrange pot roast and vegetables on serving platter; cover and keep warm. Just before serving, carve roast across the grain into thin slices.

For gravy, strain cooking liquid; skim off fat. In small saucepan, combine 2 cups liquid from cooking and cornstarch mixture until blended. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 1 minute or until thickened.

Garnish beef and vegetables with parsley; serve with gravy.

I omitted the salt and did not thicken the broth with cornstarch, just left it thin. I also used 1/2 cup of red wine instead of 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of wine. I plan to use the left over beef for quesdadillas.

Recipe #252118 from http://www.recipezaar.com/

ASIAN BEEF AND VEGETABLE PASTA RECIPE

6 servings
1/8 teaspoon red peper flakes
3 large cloves of garlic
1 1/2 pounds steak, cut into thin strips
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon vegetable oil (you can use cooking spray instead)
1 large onion, sliced
4 large stalks celery, chopped
1 small head green cabbage, chopped
12 ounces wheat spaghetti cooked, drained
1/2 cup low salt soy sauce

Spray a large, deep skillet with cooking spray. Over medium heat, cook pepper flakes and garlic for one minute.

Sprinkle steak with pepper. Add to skillet. Cook steak until no longer pink, about 8-10 minutes. Remove from skillet with a slotted spoon.

Add a small amount of oil to skillet or respray with cooking spray. Cook onion and celery until tender, about 10 minutes. Add cabbage, cook stirring until crisp-tender, about 10 minutes.

Add steak, spaghetti and soy sauce to skillet. Cook stirring until heated through. Serve hot.

This recipe is from the Eating for Life Cookbook by Bill Philips

Summer Fun with my new creation just for me!

An up coming birthday party inspired me to make myself an apron. I am one of the world's messiest cooks around. I wanted to look good for the party so I needed a cute apron. I decided to make a halter apron because its really hot here 103. Aprons need not be drab but can be cute for the hostess. I tried to think of matching my clothes to an apron but I didn't have any fabric to go with the outfit I wanted to wear. Hum, imagine that.

I decided to find cute appealing fabric and just make something I liked and then find some outfit to go with it. Boy, that was much easier.



My apron I decided on was made from scraps of fabric I had left over, even from an old shower curtain I once used. So I have vintage fabric and new fabric. My reversible apron will give me two different looks for what ever mood I'm in.

Here are some halter aprons in my shop.

Red and blue floral reversible halter apron.





Gardener's Delight Halter Apron


I also take custom orders for those special occasions or special requests.