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Dec31

Enjoy Fresh Bread

Enjoy Fresh Bread


This Lady of Leisure is all about the EASY way to do ANYTHING. Lazy is the true mother of invention. So here is my Super Easy Lazy Leisurely Bread. No Kneading…at all. Really.

1 tsp salt -plain old Great Value Iodized Salt
2 tsp yeast -Fleischmann’s Instant Dry Yeast. I bought it in a 2-pack at Sam’s Club for about $4
3 TBS sugar – Crystal Sugar that I buy at Sam’s Club in the 10 pound bag
4 cups bread flour – I buy Bakers & Chef’s bread flour at Sam’s Club, too.

The flour is sifted straight into my big stainless steel bowl. Because the sifter holds 2 cups, I fill it twice and sift it into the bowl and stick the sifter right back in the bag to store it.

Add 1, 2 & 3 to the flour. Boil 1/2 cup water. Add to 1 1/2 cups cold water. Use a plastic spatula and stir the water into the flour mixture. Stir until it’s all wet and then cover with a cloth in a warm spot and wait. Meanwhile butter your loaf pans. We use Blue Bonnet sticks at room temperature.

Bread Ingredients and Tools and Equipment

Bread Ingredients and Tools and Equipment

Put a little oatmeal in the bottom of your loaf pans if you have trouble with the bread sticking. It will pop right out!
In about an hour, divide the dough into your two loaf pans. I just cut it with the plastic spatula about in the middle and roll each section into each pan. Cover again. In about another 30 minutes to an hour, put into the preheated 425 oven. Turn it down to 350 in 15 minutes. Then another 15 minutes and its done.

Everything's Better with Blue Bonnet On it

Everything’s Better with Blue Bonnet On it

Take a stick of blue bonnet and rub it all over the entire surface of your bread loaves. Turn them out onto a rack and wait as long as you can stand it.

Cut and enjoy. I dip it in honey. I eat it with butter.
I just sit and smile at it because it really IS that easy.
1.2..3…4….BREAD!

Feed the Body: Beef and Broccoli

Feb4

oriental vegetables, frozen (use 1/2 but not seasoning)
broccoli florets, frozen (use 2 of 4 bags inside)
beef and broccoli mix (4)
soy sauce
angus roast beef deli meat, thinly sliced (use 1/2 package, sliced)
rice

Steam rice in rice-maker. Steam oriental vegetables on stove. Steam florets in microwave. Slice meat on a plate. Pour vegetables in giant stainless steel bowl.
Mix b&b packets with water and soy sauce. Heat in cast iron skillet. Add meat at end (2 minutes tops) Pour over veggies in bowl.
Put rice and Beef & Broccoli on table. Give Thanks and Chow down.

This entry was posted on February 4, 2014, in _the Body.

Klondike Cherry JuliaLee (Jubilee)

Mar15
”]Klondike Cherries Julia Lee

Don’t get mad, Bob Harper! This is what I love to eat during my obsessive watching of The Biggest Loser. ROFLOL. I’m not joking. I call it the JuliaLee because it sounds like Jubilee and this dessert dish makes me feel free- even though it’s NOT good for me, calorie-wise.

We go out walking BIKING

Feb20
Julie on Bike Smiling

Just Shut Up, Smile and Bike

My journeys to the library have improved my stamina, balance, and, especially, my disposition! We ride in the wind, we ride in the rain.

It’s 2.5 miles from our door to the Sterlington Memorial Library driveway. We have improved our time to 25 minutes. You may think that’s nothing for those teens of mine. Pretty good for a gal who just turned fifty. Hey, it is “No Excuses” season on Biggest Loser.

Bob Harper, you would be so proud of me. When the railroad track grabbed my bike tire and flung me to the ground, I landed on my knee. Since the track is at the top of a hill, I was working a bit harder, putting my weight into peddling… KapOWWi. The tire hit the metal, slid into the groove and just followed the rut.

Sandy had done the same thing a few days ago so now we have matching boo-boos and I’m a lot more sympathetic.

Busted Knee

Yuk! That's not pretty.

Yuk! That’s not pretty. Matt was my chaperone so he helped me to my feet. I got back on my bike and we still made that 2.5 miles in 20 minutes. “Why are you crying, Julie?” “I’m NOT, Bob!

Julie on a Bicycle

Mom Riding Bike

We haven’t been doing this for that long but it is already making me feel better. Not just physically but mentally, spiritually! So if you pass us on Keystone, slow down a little, smile and wave. I’ll try to wave back but if I cannot take my hands off the handlebars, I’ll SMILE back at ya!

Duck eggs, Worm farms, Aquaponics, Baby chicks

Mar17

Yesterday we collected another duck egg and moved the duck tractor to the right side of the property where the tool shed and pear tree could shade it and the ducks could eat the weeds growing beside the new compost bin. Duck Tractor Moved

We also went by Tractor supply and purchased seven red pullets. Actually two of the chicks are black and five are yellow. There appear to be three breeds as you might be able to tell from the pictures. We also got one bag of Dumore Chick Starter Grower 20%, the same unmedicated feed we bought for the ducks last year. Seven Chicks

We stopped by Mama’s house before church so we could show her the chicks. She had been to get the worms and gave me the worms and the worm farm filled with worm castings so I could divide them and make more worm farms. Worm Farm

Although I purchased a four outlet air pump and six air stones, that is as far as I’ve gotten on the aquaponics until we find barrels and get money for pvc fittings. I’m really looking forward to getting that going so I can have a tomatoes and lettuce shelf as I love salads.

Homesteading has been added as a category to my blog so I can tell you what’s going on with our sustainibilty efforts.

Sustainability is defined by the online Meriam Webster Dictionary as



 
  1: capable of being sustained
2a : of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged
b : of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods

So our goal is to be able to harvest or use the resources our Heavenly Father has given us in such a way so that they are not depleted or permanently damaged. We want to make this a lifestyle choice and not just a hobby or amusement.

Crawfish Soup Supper Tomorrow

Feb17

Crawfish Soup Ingredients

1 stick margarine
2 TBS flour
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 small yellow onion, diced

Melt the margarine in a large skillet.
Add flour and whisk constantly over meidum high heat until lightly brown, for a medium roux.
Add onions and cook 2-3 minutes, until the yellow onion pieces are clear and very lightly browned.

1 quart half and half
2 15 ounce cans cream style corn
1 15 ounce can whole kernel corn
2 cans Cream of Potato soup

Add half and half, corn and potato soup.

Zatarains Concentrated Shrimp and Crab Boil (liquid)
Tony Chacheres Original Creole Seasoning
2 12 ounce bags Crawfish Tail Meats (Please use Louisiana products.)

Add crawfish tail meats, crab boil and Tony Chacheres  and simmer 30 minutes.

Serve inside nice big bread bowls, over rice, or, my favorite way, over boiled potatoes.

This is 100% better if made 24-48 hours before serving but it never lasts that long at my house unless I make it when absolutely no one is here (including me) and HIDE  it! ROFLOL

To my non-resident sons and daughters: I’d save you a bowl but… you know!

Providential

Jan5

Dictionary-Reference.com says:

Origin:
Providential derives from Latin providentia , from providens , provident- , present participle of providere , literally, “to see ahead,” from pro- , “forward” + videre , “to see.”

Providence is defined by the same website as:

( often initial capital letter ) the foreseeing care and guidance of god or nature over the creatures of the earth.
2. ( initial capital letter ) God, esp. when conceived as omnisciently directing the universe and the affairs of humankind with wise benevolence.
3. a manifestation of divine care or direction.
4. provident or prudent management of resources; prudence.
5. foresight; provident care.

Verses to study and meditate:

http://scripturetext.com/philippians/4-19.htm

Matthew 6:24-34 24“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

The Cure for Anxiety

25“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26“Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27“And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28“And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30“But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31“Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32“For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

34“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

In Between Shopping

Oct20

There are grocery shopping trips and In-between shopping trips. In-between shopping trips always seem to be waaaaaay more expensive and have too many splurge or impulse buying. There are alone trips and together trips. The together trips always seem to be waaaaaaay more expensive. I’m not sure of the psychology that makes this true but I know it is true.

Yesterday Allen did an alone trip and came home with exactly what I asked him to buy. This seems to point the finger of splurging and impulse directly at me. Just thought I’d record this information so that I could re-read it later to myself and hopefully improve my performance in this area.

Anyway, he bought:

(for Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches)

shredded lettuce
3 tomatoes

(for Broccoli Chicken Casserole)
2 cans of cream of chicken soup

(for Staples that had run out)

2 loaves of white bread
1 gallon of milk

Total Cost: $16.45

Today I am going to Re-start with FLY-Lady. Thanks to my very good friend, Sandy Schwoebel Brown, who said on Facebook: Sandy Schwoebel Brown “wants you to know that although you can’t go back and make a brand new start, you can start now and make a brand new end! To begin, PRAY.”

21 Day Menu: Stir Fried Cheesy Cabbage Casserole

Sep21
Completed Cabbage Casserole

Completed Cabbage Casserole

    Shopping List
  • coleslaw mix OR cabbage
  • ground sausage
  • shredded cheese
  • creole seasoning (to taste)

    • Cook and drain the ground sausage.

    Stir fry the coleslaw mix or shredded cabbage in a skillet on top of the stove until it is clear and browned a little bit.

    Add the ground sausage to the cabbage.

    Sprinkle part of the cheese across the bottom of a foil pan.Start Casserole

    Add the cabbage-sausage mix and sprinkle the top with the rest of the cheese. You can add the creole seasoning now or wait and let each person season their dish to their own taste.
    Cook until the cheese melts and is browned and bubbly.

    Sometimes we cook a few biscuits or garlic toast to eat with this casserole and sometimes we eat it without anything else.

    * Thanks to my good friend, Deb D’Aguiar, for this fabulous recipe. I modified it somewhat because I’m a lazy cook.

    SMART TIP: We are going to try freezing one pan of this casserole to see if it will still be good. We’ll update this later and let you know how that worked out.