Just A Few Of My Easy Thanksgiving Recipes

     

Let me join in on the  recipe fun!   Here are some of my family's favorites.

They are simple and simply delicious.   

The night before or Thanksgiving Eve 

I have to make this.... 

Ambrosia Salad

2 14oz cans of  Dole Pineapple Tidbits - drained

1  14oz can of  Dole crushed pineapple - drained

I save the juice for Jacob to drink later.....

1  11oz can of Geisha mandarin oranges - drained

1  package of mini marshmallows

1/2 package of angel flake coconut - more or less to taste

Maraschino cherries  sliced in half  about half the jar 

         if you use more than that it will overpower the salad

3/4 of a 16 oz container of sour cream  - you don't want it

to be too loose or too dry -   if it gets to loose add more 

coconut - too dry more sour cream - see it's easy! 

     Refrigerate Overnight. 

Sweet Potatoes with my Secret Ingredient

2 29oz cans of sweet potatoes in their own syrup - drained

1/2 cup brown sugar sprinkled over sweet potatoes

1 stick of butter cut into pats and dotted over sugar

Peeps - yes I said Peeps.   Shaped like pumpkins (face down)  

or snowman.   I did this for the kids when they were young 

and my niece and nephews would have a fit if I didn't continue this tradition (they are now 26, 24, and 22).

I used to make this in my corningware loaf pan - however the other day I opened my cupboard and found it cracked in half!

I don't know if my sweet potatoes will ever taste the same:(  

I tried making them with baked and mashed sweet potatoes

but the kids had a fit.  So back to canned - I know, so gourmet....

Robyn

Mmmm! Happy Strawberry Pink Saturday!

Sometimes, a Strawberry Pink Thick Rich Malt is what you need....

and our Snuffy's is where it's at, baby!

To see the rest of all our Saturday Pinkness, visit Beverly@ HowSweettheSound!

Have a Happy Pink Saturday!

Robyn

Let's Get Caught Up.....Again! Dogs On Thursday, Bookworms, etc.

     What  a ditz.   I tried sending Bridget my baby photo,  but I screwed up the g-mail address.  Then when I finally realized what I did - it was too late.   So here it is.  You would have guessed  me right away anyway,  I still look the same.   And this way I don't have to post my adult photo...  

Here is a picture of Mile's brushing his teeth.  What a good boy!

To check out all the other Dogs  of Dogs on Thursday visit Paula by clicking here!

Kathi from Lavender, Lace & Thyme presented me with this Bookworm  award the other day.

As you know, they always come with rules.

Pass this on to 5 blogging friends.

Open the closest book to you, not your favorite or most intellectual book, but the book closest to you at the moment, to page 56.

Write the 5th sentence, as well as two to five sentences following that...

Well, I have a few books going.  The first is a cookbook.   

Cooking For Your Style of Living 

 A Herberger's collection of tantalizing recipes from our friends and families.

Page 56  contains a recipe for:

 Lemon Zucchini Bread (or muffins)

from Charlotte Anderson, Bismarck, ND

INGREDIENTS:

3 eggs, well beaten

1 1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup oil

1 t. lemon extract

2 cup grated zucchini

3 cups flour

1/4 t. salt

1/4  t. baking powder

1 t. soda

3/4 cup golden raisins

or chopped pecans

 

DIRECTIONS:

Mix eggs, sugar, oil and lemon extract well.  Add zucchini.   Add flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and raisins or pecans.   Mix until all flour is moistened.  Put into loaf pans and bake at 350' for 45 to 50 minutes, or put into muffin pans and bake for 15 minutes.  Serve 12.

The actual book I am reading is 

Crazy Ladies

by 

Michael Lee West

The passage is as follows.....

      I hadn't been impressed by his people.   His Aunt Estelle, who'd raised him after his parents moved to Chicago, was a nasty woman.   He always called her Ain't  Estelle, like her name was sawed in half, Es telle.

So now I need to choose five blogging buddies:

French/ Lisa of British Colonial Love Affair

Buffie of Buffies World

Artie of Color Outside the Lines

Jacob of Its All Great Stuff

Sally of Smiling Sally

I can't wait to see what books you all are reading.

Have a nice Day!

Robyn

 

  

Think of This as Your Pink Saturday Public Service Anouncement

   Think of this as your  Pink Saturday Public Service Announcement!

This is Spry, a chewing gum that contains Xylitol. It's just one of several  brands that are out on the market today.  

Xylitol is a natural sweetener that is actually "tooth-friendly".  Xylitol was developed in Finland as a substitute for sugar during World War II.  It is as sweet as sugar but is 40% lower in calories.    

When xylitol gum is chewed  or mints are consumed throughout the day it actually reduces decay by 80%!  They have also discovered it may prevent middle ear infections and sinus infections, as well.

     It's best to chew the xylitol gum right after meals and snacks, and right before bedtime.  It neutralizes the acids  in the saliva  and helps to prevent  placque from adhering to the teeth, therefore it prevents cavities,  and  it stimulates remineralization of the enamel.

Found in strawberries, raspberries, and plums, xylitol is actually good for teeth and safe for diabetics.

Ask your dentist about xylitol at your next dental visit.

Click here to visit Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound  to see all of the other 

Pink Saturday sites!  

Have a Nice Weekend!

Robyn

 

Owwwy! I Have A Cold Sore:(

This is not me - just a pic from the internet....

     I woke up yesterday morning with the biggest honkin-est cold sore - front and center on my bottom lip.  Do you know how embarrassingly painful that is?   Not only do I work in a dental office so I am "front and center"   with my lips when I seat my patients - I think that it just looks gross.   

    Wouldn't you be grossed out.  Wouldn't you be afraid that you could "catch it"?   I can't wait to get that mask on my face.   Sadly, when I have the mask on my face - it gives me free reign to "play" with it.  I can't leave the sucker alone.   I'm biting at it and my tongue is poking it.   It's sickening.   I've applied  90% alcohol (that stings like a SOB!), I've applied Chlorhexidine,  and I've applied topical anesthetic which helps to numb it.  You can purchase that in the form of Anebesol or Zilactin.   

     You'd think that it would stop me from eating - 'fraid not.   I scarfed down a donut this morning (a patient brought them in for us,  pizza for lunch ( Dr. K bought us lunch today:), and an Arby's roast beef for supper (cut me some slack, I had an emergency at work and didn't get home until after 6) - I know, not a  healthy diet...

     As I am signing off for the evening, the weather man is telling me we may be in for some snow this week starting with some sleet right about supper time.  I better make sure I have my window scraper in my car.   ~ Robyn

 

     

Blue Monday and a Weekend Recap

Time to recover from a busy  weekend of festivities,

raking leaves,

and baking bread,

Anyone who has had Spanish class or children in Spanish class is familiar 

with Pan de Muerto or aka Bread of the Dead.

Please stop by Sally @ SmilingSally to visit all of the other

Blue Monday

participants.

     

It's Pink Saturday!

How Many Licks Does It Take 

To Get To The Center of a Tootsie Pop?

Click HERE to see the cute Tootsie Pop commercial

with Mr. Turtle and Mr. Owl.

I haven't figured out how to post You Tube videos on my blog yet.  Sorry.

Then click HERE to visit Beverly and the rest of the Pink Saturday gang.

Hope you have  a nice day! ~ Robyn