Cassie-b

February

If the cold weather is getting you down, maybe this calendar will help you to find a day or two to celebrate and pick up your spirits.

*February 2 - Wear red to show support for women�s heart disease awareness. The Heart Truth campaign, introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in February 2003.”

Thanks so much Paul N for the February 2 “Wear Red Day” update.

Are you ready for some football?

I was looking through my recipes, and came across a great appetizer (that I snagged off the internet last year) for the SuperBowl next week.

Best Dip Ever

1 pound package Velveeta
1 can Chili - no beans
1 pound medium or spicy sausage, browned and crumbled

You can heat this on the stove until the cheese melts and it all mixes together

I usually put it in the crock-pot on low until blended and then keep it there to serve.

I have to double the recipe because it would all be gone in a half hour.
It really is so easy. 

Anybody out there care to share who they will be cheering for?

Another recipe

I started looking for an interesting new recipe to help me keep my Every other New Year’s resolution and came up with this one.

This is a recipe that I found in an old cookbook I often put carrot-raisin salad on my plate from a salad bar, but haven’t made it myself. 

This looked interesting.  And turned out to be very good.  Don can’t leave it alone.

4 cups peeled shredded carrots (about a pound)
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup seedless raisins
2 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cinnamon – dash of nutmeg
3 tablespoons orange juice
1/3 cup mayonnaise (I used a bit more)

Mix all ingredients – chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

It is delicious.  And we still have a bit left. 

Rough day at work.

If you survive a particularly harrowing day at work, don’t you think it would be a good thing to stop and pick up a bottle of one of your favorite wines?

It was very therapeutic!

Posted by cassie-b • 05:46 PM

Don’t believe everything you read!

When I opened my mail this afternoon, one envelope claimed (in very large letters) “Open Immediately and claim your free gift!”

I was a bit dubious, but opened it .  Inside, they announced that you could collect your free gift just by joining their cause with a donation of $20.00. 

What’s free about that?

Winter

Winter has hit Bucks County Pennsylvania!

I looked outside the cafeteria windows at work yesterday afternoon, and it was snowing great big snow flakes.  It was so pretty. 

It snowed for a couple of hours, and then it snowed a bit again last night.  There is snow on the lawns and trees, and even a bit of snow on the streets.

And is it cold!

Happiness is…

Happiness is finding a Twenty Dollar bill in your winter coat from last winter.

And I did!
Stop by and I’ll buy you a cup of coffee and a bagel.

What a show!

A while ago we were traveling in Canada, and had arrived fairly late in the evening.  It was still a long ride down a dark road to the hotel, and I was busy gazing out the car window. 

For a long time, I didn’t understand what I was looking at, and after about 10 minutes, I mentioned it to Don, who was busy driving.

What I was seeing was a magnificent display of northern lights.

I hadn’t ever seen them before. 
But I hope we go back to Canada and are lucky enough to see them again. 

New Year’s resolution continued..

The first recipe I have made to fulfill my New Year’s resolution of making a new recipe each week for this year.  And it was a great success! 

You can use either old fashioned oatmeal or the 1-minute quick cooking variety.

If you have a bread maker, now might be a good time to break it out and give this delicious bread a try. 

EVERY OTHER YEAR RESOLUTION

I make a new year’s resolution every other year (odd numbered years)- And that is to try at least one new recipe a week.

It’s something I like to do, and my personal cookbook has grown a lot in the past few years.

The opposite (even numbered) year that I don’t make a resolution,
I get to retry some of those recipes,
and make my own personal adjustments.