Favorite Things #2

My Favorite Chocolate Bars!

 I  never can eat cheep chocolate again! I love the real stuff! Also good, is a dark chocolate bar with raspberry filling! Yum, chocolate is a girls best friend.

 

Favorite Things #1

My favorite Herb is Thyme!

I used to grow some in my herb garden. It is the key ingredient in a good fried chicken recipe, and the aroma becomes more potent when dried. The easiest way to store it is to dry it. (I just left it on the counter on a paper towel for a few days or you could use a dehydrator)  Then you can easily pull the leaves of and store that way or grind them into a powder. (Coffee grinders work great for herbs)

Nutrition facts

• Fights disease
• Contains thymol, one of the important essential oils, 
• Anti-fungal and Antiseptic and Antioxidant
• Richest source of potassium, iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium, and selenium
• Contains vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B6, and folic acid  

For more information visit the site where I found my info.
 http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/thyme-herb.html

Ginger Cookies

This is a recipe I got from my sister and it is delicious !!!

Ingredients

• 3/4 C. Room temp butter
• 1/2 C. Dark brown sugar
• 1/2 C. White sugar
• 1/4 C. Molasses
• 1  large Egg
• 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
• 2 C. Flour (1C. Spelt or Wheat flour 1C. Unbleached White flour)
• 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
• 2 tsp. Ground Ginger
• 1/2 tsp. Ground Clove

 Directions

      Preheat oven 350 degrees, Line baking sheet w/ parchment paper, or use a stone cookie sheet. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Then Add Molasses, egg, and vanilla beat until completely  combined. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, baking soda, and spices. Then slowly add dry mixture into the previous ingredients. Cover and chill cookie dough for 30 min. Then roll out balls of dough and roll them in raw sugar before putting on cookie sheet. If you want to cut out shapes simply after the dough is chilled roll in flour until stiff enough to cut with a cookie cutter. Bake for 12 min. Enjoy with milk! 

It's a perfect circle! LOL

Orange juice

Who doesn't love a fresh cup of orange juice with breakfast. Fresh is always best. But lets face it squeezing enough oranges is a sticky time consuming mess. I discovered and electric juicer thats Awesome! You just push down on the citrus fruit and the reamer spins. I usually strain after but its less messy Yum!

5 Navel oranges make about 1 and 1/2 cups of orange juice

Before

 After

Turkey Sandwhich

I have been learning how to use the broiler at my new house.

Ingredients

• 2 slices Natural turkey (home roasted or deli packaged)
• 1 slice of Muenster cheese
• 1 slice cheddar cheese
• Thinly sliced cucumber (use 2nd setting on a mandolin)
• Cranberry sauce
• Sliced pickles
• Mayo
• 2 slices of your favorite bread. (I use sprouted wheat)
• Tomato slices alfalfa Sprouts would make a great addition too

Directions

      Turn the broiler on low heat. Toast on both sides of bread. (so they wont get soggy) Take bread out of oven (use tongs and keep a close eye on bread its easy to burn) and add a thin layer of mayo to both sides. Then on one half of the bread add the turkey and cheese, put this back under the broiler so the cheese will melt. Meanwhile on the other slice of bread layer all other ingredients. Once cheese is melted combine both halves and cut diagonally to make easy eating.

Love this brand!