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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Reading a Dean Koontz Novel from His Odd Thomas Series – I Had to Know How Koontz Did This – How Could a Protagonist in a Suspense Thriller Become the Subject of a Series – I Found Out –
My relaxation station is a love-seat with a bench that I use as a coffee table and footstool. Picture that. It works. I rest my feet on the bench and read books on my Kindle. This afternoon I read a Dean Koontz novel, one from his … Continue reading
Quick Chicken Noodle Soup – Planned Broth from Drippings of Baked Chicken – Saved the Broth for Soup – Very Easy –
This chicken noodle soup was made from leftover baked chicken: We had guests over the night before, and I had baked two chickens. I sprinkled sea salt, pepper, and garlic salt on the chickens and added a cup of water … Continue reading
Homemade Egg Noodles – Made with Gluten Free or Wheat Flour – Simple to make – Noodles Added to My Chicken Soup from Savory Chicken Drippings Broth – I’m Learning to Cook with Gluten-free Flour – Good Meal Using Party Leftovers –
My carbohydrate craving took on a new form: Homemade egg noodles. I watched a video on allrecipes.com showing how to make basic egg noodles. I’ve made noodles a few times before, once with my granddaughter, when she was about twelve years. We had … Continue reading
Crepes – Gluten-free – My Recipe Perfected – These May Be the Easiest Crepes Anyone Could Make – Allergic to Wheat? Satisfy that Carb Craving with Gluten-free Crepes –
Someone served me a crepe a long time ago, before I could go online for a recipe. I really liked this simple, thin, little crepe that could be wrapped around fruit or meat or eaten all by itself. I knew I could … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple-filled Crepes, Carol Ann Hoel, Chopped Apple, Cooking, Crepes, Crepes Easy, Easy Cooking, Easy Crepes, Easy Recipe, Gluten-free crepes, Jules Gluten-free Flour, Perfected Recipe, Quick Recipe, Ratio flour to eggs and milk, Recipe
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Chopping Onion the Way My Mother Taught Me – Easy – But Best with Small to Medium Onion –
Chopping onion can be effectively accomplished in several ways. I peel the onion first, at least the part of it I want to use. If the onion is large, and I only want a small amount of chopped onion, I’ll simply cut a … Continue reading
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Tagged Attractive chopped onion, Carol Ann Hoel, Chop Onion, Chopped onion, Chopping Onion, Cooking, Cooking Techniques, Food processor, How to Chop Onion, Large Onion, Medium Onion, onion, Small Onion, Technique to chop onion, Uniformly square pieces
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Potato Soup for Two – Simple – Easy – Quick – Delicious – Start to Finish – Forty-five Minutes –
Turn a potato into potato soup in forty-five minutes: 1) Chop a small onion, a few stalks of celery, and one peeled potato. 2) Saute the onion and celery in a combination of butter and olive oil. 3) Add the cut-up potato … Continue reading
Wait for God – The Rock of Our Salvation – He Is Our Defense – The Rock of Our Strength – Our Refuge Is in God –
Psalms 62:5-7 – The Bible (KJV) – My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Expectation, God, Hope, Hope in God, Jesus, My Defense, My Rock, My Salvation, Psalms, Psalms 62, Psalms 62:5-7, Rock of my Salvation, Rock of my Strength, The Rock, Wait on God
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Go to Sleep Little Chelsea – White and Bright – Clean as Light – The Day Has Come to an End – It Is Time to Rest by your Playmate – Tomorrow Is Another Day –
Grooming day is not Chelsea’s favorite. She prefers to be full of sand and debris from the backyard. Soon she will run outside and roll in the sand. But not yet. Now it’s time to rest her head beside one of her stuffed … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashen, Bichon Frise, Charcoal, Chelsea, Dog, Dog Years, Gray, Groomer, Grooming Day, Off-white, Pet, Roll in Sand, Sleep, Stuffed Animals, White
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Morning Coffee Prepared in my Bodum Bean Ice French Press Coffeemaker Inspires Carbohydrate Search – HM Nothing – What about Gluten-Free Crepe-like Pancakes – YES – I’m Liking my Gluten-Free Flour Better than Ever –
We switched from our Keurig coffeemaker that produces wonderful, hot coffee in moments to a Bodum Cold Press that makes cold coffee in several hours. We made this change to drink less acidic coffee that is better for our health. My first encounter with … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food
Tagged Bodum Bean Iced French Press, Bodum cold press, carbohydrates, Carol Ann Hoel, cinnamon, Coffee Grinder, Cold press Coffee, Crepe-like pancakes, Gluten-free Flour, Ground Coffee, Ingredients crepe-like pancakes, Keurig Coffeemaker, Less acidic coffee, Less Acidity, Thin pancakes
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Baked Chicken for Two – Hubby and Me – Easy – Fast – Simple – Let the Oven Do the Cooking – POOF – Succulent Baked Chicken in One Hour –
We get up early and I usually do not think about what to cook for dinner for a few hours. But that’s not a problem for me, because we have cut our chickens in half and frozen each half in its own freezer … Continue reading
Who Satisfies Your Mouth with Good Things so that Your Youth Is Renewed Like the Eagle’s – Bless the LORD – Oh My Soul –
Psalms 103:1-5 – The Bible (KJV) – Bless the Lord, O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Bless the LORD, Destruction, Eagle, Food, Forgiveness, Forgives, Healing, heals diseases, Loving Kindness, Psalm 103, Redeems, Satisfaction, Satisfy Satisfied, Youth Renewed
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Roasted Beets – Beets Cleanse the Body – Are a Tonic for the Liver – Purify the Blood – Contain Potassium – Magnesium – Fiber – Phosphorus – Iron – Beta-carotene – Beta-cyanine – Folic Acid – AND Beets are DELICIOUS –
Today I am roasting beets in the oven using a roasted beet recipe on Allrecipes.com. I’ve never roasted beets before. I have always boiled them. Today I’ll find out if I prefer them roasted. I will not use the entire recipe, because … Continue reading
Freezing in Serving Sizes Allows Versatility – Today I’ll Cook Tenderloin Fillet for Hubby – Sirloin Steak for me – Sirloin Patty for Chelsea –
Notice that I am thawing three serving size pieces of meat for dinner today. Each one is different. Different cuts for each of us. There is one for Steve, one for me, and one for Chelsea, our pet Bichon Frise. … Continue reading
Good Morning from Arizona – Tall Palms and Blue Skies –
Tall Palm Trees against calming blue skies – a common sight in Arizona. Who but God could create such beauty?
Posted in Photos, Thought
Tagged Arizona, Beauty, Blue Skies, Calming Blue, Carol Ann Hoel, Created Beauty, Creator God, God, Good Morning, Morning Sky, Nature, Palm Trees, photo, Tall Palm Trees
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Remodeling Day for Steve – Not Grocery Shopping Day for His Wife – Steve Was So Sweet to Marry Me – I’ll Gladly Raid the Refrigerator to Find SOMETHING to Cook –
Okay. I can do this. Ordinarily on the day I run out of produce, eggs, or anything that would hamper my cooking, Steve takes me shopping, but today I know his heart is in remodeling. I hear his saw buzzing as … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food
Tagged Acidic, Alkaline, carrot, Catfish, Cooking, Fruits, garlic, Ginger, nutrition, onion, Parsley, red bell pepper, remodeling, Rice Pilaf, Vegetables
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LORD – Your Grace Is Sufficient –
LORD – Your grace is sufficient – We see it in every flower that grows – We live in it – We are grateful for it – Thank You, LORD, for loving us –
Posted in Photos, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Christian, Flower, God, Grace, Grace of God, Grace sufficient. Your Grace is Sufficient, grateful, Gratitude, Jesus, Landscape, Lord, love, Thank you
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Meatloaf – FUN – Never the Same Twice – Be Creative – Be Bold – Make Your Mark on a Meatloaf Recipe –
Meatloaf recipes are basically the same except as we revise them to suit our needs or whims. What’s in your refrigerator? What’s on your pantry shelf? If not an ingredient your recipe calls for, you might find something that will work as well or better. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food
Tagged basil, Buttermilk, Carol Ann Hoel, Cuisinart food processor, ingredients, Meatloaf, Meatloaf recipes, onion, oregano, Parsley, refrigerator, sage, Sirloin patties, thyme, tomato sauce, What's in your refrigerator, What's on your pantry shelf
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Walking Chelsea – Our Pet Bichon Frise – What I Learned on Our Walk –
Chelsea has her own private backyard to run in all the time. She doesn’t need to be walked, but she likes it. As I approached the door to leave, she raced ahead of me letting me know she wanted to go along. I took along a … Continue reading
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Tagged Backyard, Bichon Frise, Chelsea, dog food, Dog Walk, Healthy dog, Morning Walk, Pet, photo, private backyard, pumpkin, Pumpkin added to Dog Food, Walk, Walking the Dog
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Cooking Shortcut – Make Cooking Easy – Freeze Meat and Fish in Serving Sizes – Shorter Thawing Time – Have What You Need When You Need It –
Waiting for meat to thaw in the refrigerator makes cooking more difficult, because the cook must know a few days in advance what he or she plans to cook. I found a shortcut that reduces thawing time. I freeze meat or … Continue reading
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