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Can You Live Without A Watch?

askmsrecipe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:51:52 +0000

A watch is an important tool for our every day life. It’s one of those tools you cannot live with or without it. A watch tells: our birth time, work or school schedule, time we rise, time we sleep and it tells the time we eat and how long it takes to cook Grandma’s favorite casseroles. So we just cannot live without a watch every day of our life. Purchasing a couple of Seiko Kinetic Watches is an excellent graduation gift for anyone, especially a new college graduate. It’s actually pretty crazy just how important a watch is in our lives. I have a small collection of watches from my family and friends that I keep in my jewelry box. My Grandmother used a watch to keep track of the time it took to cook her homemade chicken and noodles.

Marvelous Menu #1

askmsrecipe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:43:58 +0000

Welcome to Marvelous Menus.

Each week I’m going to add an extra menu to my menu page. You are visiting menu #1 today see you next week.

Monday	Chicken soup (can broth, can mix vegetables, drain and egg noodles) Grilled cheese sandwich
Tuesday	Meat loaf Baked potato Buttered green beans
Wednesday	Meatless spaghetti Lettuce salad (lettuce, tomatoes, green pepper, cheese, cucumber) Garlic bread (mix butter/margarine, garlic powder, parsley)
Thursday	Baked pork chops Rice-a-roni Cinnamon applesauce
Friday	Left over’s or freebie Friday
Saturday	BBQ SandwichCurly fries and Cole slaw
Sunday	Baked chicken (lemon, rosemary) Baked sweet potato Sugar snap peas

Simple Tuna Salad

askmsrecipe — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:49:26 +0000

Most people are looking for simple recipes to feed their children and I am no different. I’ve made a few different versions of tuna salad so I thought I’d share one of mine.

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes (eggs)
Servings: 4-6

Ingredients
2 (6 ounce) cans tuna in spring water, drain
4 large eggs, hard boiled
1/4 cup onion, chopped
2 tablespoons dill pickle or sweet, chopped
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Salt and black pepper, as desired
2 stalks celery with leaves, chopped
3 tablespoons mayonnaise/miracle whip (adjust to taste)

Directions
1. Combine in large bowl, all ingredients above. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour before serving. Serve on your favorite bread.

Tips:
#1 Spread mayonnaise and tuna on bread and top with cheese. Place on cookie sheet on bottom rack of oven. Bake on 350 degrees F until cheese is melted.

#2 Serve as a dip with chips or crackers.

How to Avoid Losing a Dream

askmsrecipe — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:53:38 +0000

Since the economy has taken a nose dive a lot of people have lost so much. It’s not just the middle class that are losing their home. It’s affected millions of people all around the country. People who never thought they would lose their home are now either homeless or one paycheck away from losing their home. The government has been helping people with Mortgage Loan Modification. Losing a home is just heart breaking when you’ve just finished remodeling your kitchen a year ago and now you’re on the brink of being without a home. It’s astonishing how many people are living in tents or their cars. Many people don’t know there is help out there if they look. A Bank Loan Modification makes it possible to stay in your home with assistance from the government and your lender. Make sure you get a lawyer to help you go through the process or you might regret it later. Most people have a difficult time understanding much of the legal terms in the mountain of paper work a lender may hand you either when you purchase a home or do a Home Loan Modification. It’s important to protect yourself even in hard times because you don’t want to find out your in the same boat years later because of some wording you didn’t understand, so you signed when your under pressure to stay home. It might sound like having a lawyer will add to the costs, but sometimes it’s better to pay a few dollars then lose your home later.

Wordless Wednesday:Arby’s

askmsrecipe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:50:29 +0000

Bologna Sandwich Casserole

askmsrecipe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:06:17 +0000

Bologna sandwiches don’t have to be just for the lunch box anymore. Surprise your family with this casserole dish and you’ll be surprised how delicious it really tastes.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes (refrigerate 30 minute prior to cooking.)
Serving time: 6

Ingredients
4 large eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried mustard
1/2 teaspoon dried minced onion
1/2 teaspoon dried dill
12 slices (old) white bread or wheat
6 slices bologna
6 slices American cheese
1 cup Potato chips, crumble (optional)

Direction:

1. In large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, salt, pepper, mustard, onion, and dill together.
2. Cut crust off bread then line 6 slices bread on the bottom of greased baking pan/dish. Assemble layers of bologna, cheese, and top with remaining bread.
3. Pour egg mixture over bologna mixture, sprinkle with potato chips (optional). Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F
5. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes on the bottom rack of the oven.

Lunch in the Farmer’s Yard

askmsrecipe — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:54:14 +0000

When I was a child my friends and I would visit one of the cattle farms in our town.Our town was a lot like a pioneer town. I found it interesting watching the farmer work with his cattle. Each night he would gather up all his cattle and put them in the barn to protect them from the wolves in the nearby woods. On one occasion I watched him gather up all the cattle and horses quickly. He seemed to have it down to an exact science. I considered him a very intelligent and organized farmer. Once I asked him how he learned to gather up the cattle he said with a lot of practice. He told me he would practice lassoing a fence pole in the farm yard. After all the practice he used to sit down on a blanket in the yard and enjoy a picnic lunch of a sandwich and some potato chips. Once I sat down with him while he ate his lunch and he invited my friend and I to go to the rodeo the following weekend. I was exciting to see how a rodeo was run. Once we arrived at the rodeo we found a seat while the farmer unloaded his cattle for the auction following the rodeo. I would love to attend another rodeo if I lived closer to the rodeo I would like to get Tickets to the National Finals Rodeo. The atmosphere of the rodeo is exciting to me for many reasons. I like to watch the dust blow up under the bull’s legs and the man fight to take over a beast much larger than him. I love to listen to the excitement in the crowd cheering on the bull rider and the bull trying so hard to know the man off his back. Then there is the man being bolted off the bull and running for dear life to get away from him. I don’t quite understand the rodeo, but I do like watch it in action.

Sweet Potato Spinach Pizza

askmsrecipe — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:59:46 +0000

Most of the time pizza is made with cheese and pepperoni, but not this pizza. Sweet potatoes and spinach topped on mozzarella cheese.

Preparation time: 15-20 minutes
Cooking time: 30-35 minutes
Servings: 4-6

Ingredients:
Non stick spray
1 pre-made 12 inch pizza crust
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and thinly sliced
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons oil (your preference)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
1 (10 ounce) box spinach, thawed and excess water squeezed out
1 cup precooked, thinly sliced ham

Directions:
1. Follow directions on pre-made pizza crust package.
2. In medium bowl, combine sweet potato, onion, sugar, oil, and black pepper until well mixed.
3. Scatter 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese over crust. Top with spinach, sweet potato mixture, and ham, and scatter remaining cheese over pizza.
4. Place in oven on bottom rack, bake until sweet potato and onion is fork tender. (bake temperature is on crust packaging)

Tips
#1 refrigerated pizza crust can also be used
# 2 Spread pizza sauce on crust before cheese for added moisture.

Protect the Things You Love

askmsrecipe — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:55:38 +0000

During the summer, four years ago a tree fell down on our roof after straight line winds came through our area. The tree landed on the roof directly above the stove in our kitchen. We were extremely luck that no one was hurt during the storm or the damage was not severe. At the time, we had no home insurance to coverage any of the damage. A lot of our neighbors had a lot more damage. Our neighbor a few homes up had a tree through the roof in their kitchen and they had no insurance as well. Since that experience we bought home insurance to cover any damage to our home.

Simple Apricot Glazed Chicken

askmsrecipe — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:49:09 +0000

A tangy chicken dish made with Catalina dressing and apricot preserves.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4-6

Ingredients

1/4 cup apricot preserves

1 envelope onion soup mix

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 cup Catalina salad dressing

1/4 cup water

6 boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs

Directions:

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees F

2. In a medium bowl, mix preserves, onion soup mix, black pepper, salad dressing, and water.

3. Place chicken in large baking dish/pan and pour dressing mixture over chicken. Cover and bake for 15 minutes. Remove cover and spoon drippings over chicken. Cook for an additional 15 minutes or until juices run clear when poked.

Tips:

# 1 Noodles or rice makes a great compliment

# 2 Serve with mix vegetables or salad.