 
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3054
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 12:36 pm: |    |
I promise to remember - it has organic peanut butter in it and organic apple butter and then dried cherries and the rest of it is good for you.... ( - : |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3062
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 7:09 am: | |
OK, here goes:
2/3 cup apple butter
2/3 cup natural peanut butter
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup flax meal
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup dried cherries
Oven @ 300 for 40 minutes. Mix apple butter and peanut butter. Add next two ingredients. Add oatmeal and cherries. Put into an 8 x 8 pan and push into ungreased pan with wet hands.
Cut into bars while still warm out of the oven.
I will grant you this is not a pop tart, but it is easy and good. |
Eriedearie
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Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 301
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 7:01 pm: | |
Carolcb - sounds very healthy and delish! I'm gonna try it. Now, for the flax meal - would ground flax seeds suffice? I have very finely ground ones that I use all the time. I've got all the other stuff except for the dried cherries. They are on my shopping list now. |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3094
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 7:20 am: | |
Eriedearie, gosh I don't know. I went to Wild Oats/Whole Foods for most of the stuff I am making right now - ever since I decided I would pay for Caduet no more! My cholesterol got down to 131 - which I have to say I see no point in that. Anyways - I did find that stuff at Kroger - that Bob's Red Mill stuff. |
Jams
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Username: Jams
Post Number: 7223
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 1:26 pm: | |
Usually just read here and print out the interesting recipes, but today I'm proud to say my two-day Chicken soup has made my house smell wonderful.
I just put a 6# Boston Butt, studded with cloves rubbed with a mixture from my uncle's restaurants in Dayton, then slathered with mustard into the slow-cooker atop a bed of sliced onions and a quart of apple juice.
Now, I have to wait at least 12 hours until I pull it.
The last time I made pulled pork, I used KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce, I took it into work to share. One of my co-workers complained because I didn't use Open Pit (yuck).
Eggplant Parmesan tomorrow, to use those two egglants I picked up for a buck yesterday at Eastern Market.
I love reading this thread, lots of great suggestions. |
Oldredfordette
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Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 3392
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:05 am: | |
What's in the mix? |
Jams
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Username: Jams
Post Number: 7242
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 5:10 am: | |
I wish I knew! I know paprika, garlic, salt and pepper are involved but as to the actual formula it is a secret not shared, even with family. |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3184
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:25 pm: | |
Gosh, isn't this perfect stuffed cabbage weather? |
Oldredfordette
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Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 3408
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:17 pm: | |
I need a pot roast, or a big pot of soup, or something like a warm blanket. |
Gazhekwe
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Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 1086
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:42 pm: | |
Baked beans and cornbread here. A chunk of slab bacon, peppers and onions, NO sweetening. Soak 'em overnight and bake 'em all day at 300. |
Oldredfordette
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Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 3411
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 5:16 pm: | |
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
Bigb23
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Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 105
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 6:41 pm: | |
Oldredfordette -
Stop! |
Eriedearie
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Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 355
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 9:07 pm: | |
Ok Gazhekwe...ya got me goin' now...
What about pinto beans and ham, served with a slab of fresh baked cornbread. Now that'll warm the cockles of your heart! My Virginia Grandma could make the best beans and cornbread. Hummm...I think I'll go soak some beans overnight and cook 'em tomorrow. |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3194
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 2:58 pm: | |
OK, here is a cold meal!
My husband was fired today after 22 years! I had been trying to call him - I thought he was out buying a new truck (I was NOT happy about that). I went home at lunch - the look on his face I thought someone was dead.
Merry Christmas. Actually things could be much much worse, I guess. His lemon Pontiac that I have hated since it broke down on 1-69 (the engine told itself to turn everything off as I was going 70 with 380 miles on a new car)... well that car is paid off this month.
The kids are all in school. We could sell the house for what we owe on it if we had to......
I am 51....he is 48. Party on, I don't mean to be flip, but what are you going to do?
Sorry for the thread hijack. |
Oldredfordette
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Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 3422
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:47 pm: | |
Carol. I am so sorry. |
Gazhekwe
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Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 1101
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:53 pm: | |
What a bad day! I have no idea what possesses businesses to put people out of work this time of year. Hugs to all of you, and warm wishes for a quick rebound! |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3195
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 7:13 am: | |
Thanks. He is pretty down. I figure something good has to happen, try to make it a positive somehow. OK I will shut up. |
The_ed
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Username: The_ed
Post Number: 1478
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 7:24 am: | |
You bean lovers out there....try to use a smoked turkey leg or arm to cook your beans in.
A little sprinkle of baking soda in your beans during the soak will eliminate a lot of the
fun gas that comes from them. (Yes, I said "fun gas".) |
The_ed
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Username: The_ed
Post Number: 1479
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 7:27 am: | |
Carolcb:
Sorry to hear about your husband. Things will work out.
Turn the stumbling blocks into stepping stones and move on. |
Oldredfordette
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Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 3472
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 1:34 pm: | |
My beloved is bringing me Viet subs, rice paper rolls and hot steamin' pho for lunch.
What a man. |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3253
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 2:01 pm: | |
Sounds great. |
Eriedearie
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Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 374
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 2:15 pm: | |
Carolcb - I'm really sorry about your husband losing his job. Especially at this time of year. It hurts to get let go at anytime of the year, but how heartless can an employer be to do it at this time. That was low down and rotten. Your husband will be better off to not be in the employ of such a heartless Scrooge-like place. It will take a while but he will bounce back. As they say "One door closes and another opens". Best wishes to you and yours. |
Oldredfordette
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Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 3476
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 2:17 pm: | |
This part of December is a classic time to be cut. It shows a last minute improvement to the bottom line. Last year, two guys in my workplace, both 25+ year veterans, were laid off while they were at lunch. When they returned, guards were waiting to escort them out of the building. That was their notice.
Doesn't change the fact of how sorry I am, Carol. |
Eriedearie
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Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 376
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 2:26 pm: | |
The_ed: So a sprinkle of baking soda in the bean soak will remove some of the "toot factor"? I'll try that next time we have our three sons and their families here for a hillbilly supper. Things can get pretty raunchy with those boys scarfing down that kind of a meal. Thanks for the tip! |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3254
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 2:36 pm: | |
Thanks to both of you. I think we are angrier today than we were on Wednesday. I am ready to sell the house and move anywhere. And thinking of making a big firepit in the backyard and burning everything with any association to the Co.
We have three kids in college. I still say no good deed goes unpunished. But the older I get, it really does seem that the creeps are winning. The manager - we were at his sister-in-law's funeral last Sunday. I won't say anything else, I know there are people out there worse off than we are, and we are just regular people. I will let you know when something good happens. ( - ; |
Gnome
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Username: Gnome
Post Number: 472
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 5:42 pm: | |
I am so sorry for you Carol. It sounds completely unfair. I understand this all too well, I'm sorry. |
Ccbatson
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Username: Ccbatson
Post Number: 8595
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 12:48 am: | |
Sorry to hear the bad news Carol. When you are down, the only way to go is up. Good luck. |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3255
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 17, 2007 - 7:44 am: | |
Thanks Gnome & Bats. ( - : |
Carolcb
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Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 3332
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 3:33 pm: | |
Bump |
Bigb23
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Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 118
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 7:28 pm: | |
Food - Is there a recipe for whipped mustard dressing for ham?
Carolcb -
Believe me, you have others out here in worse places
than you can imagine. (CC is not one of them), But please hang in there! |