Favorite Jello recipe!

Hi!
I just have a couple of minutes, but I wanted to post something today!

I thought perhaps some of you would like a nice spring green jello salad recipe. I love this stuff so much that I kind of hoard it, and don't offer it to friends/guests.
I want it all!! I want it all!!!

Fortunately for my greediness, neither my son or husband likes it.

More for me!
Lime Jello Cottage Cheese salad:

1 small box lime jello
1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
1 Cup hot water
3/4 Cup room temp water
1 Cup chopped pecans
2 1/2 Cup cottage cheese

Mix the jello with the hot water, stirring until dissolved.
Add the 3/4 cup cold water, stir.

Add the drained pineapple. Stir.
Add the cottage cheese. Stir.
Add the pecans. Stir.

tip: I like to use a metal whisk to mix things thoroughly.

Pour into bowl, and cover with seran wrap. Chill.
Try to let it 'set' before you start eating it (a difficult task for me).

I like this one because it does not have any added sugar, or sweet marshmallows.

Yum!

Sorry it is so short today, but perhaps today will make up for all the times I get too wordy!

Enjoy the day.

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Tomie dePaola, St. Patrick's Day countdown and a little Irish cheer

Good morning! Welcome to my Saint Patrick's Day Countdown, Day 2!



vintage clip

"Saint Patrick's Day is an enchanted time -

a day to begin transforming winter's dreams

into summer's magic!"

 - Adrenne Cook

I love the art that Tomie dePaola does. His  children's books are numerous and all just wonderful. He has earned awards many times. This book is just perfect for our Irish Theme:

Go to http://www.amazon.com/ and put into the search box at the top: Tomie dePaola

You will see many of the books he has published available.

Here are a few more titles of his with Irish Themes:

Here is another Irish Story, illustrated by a different artist:

http://www.amazon.com/Brigids-Cloak-Bryce-Milligan/dp/0802852971/ref=pd_sim_b_13 

Today the sun is struggling to shine through a sky of high white cloud cover. A bit of blue is playing hide and seek here and there, trying to find cracks to shine through.  The wind is blowing, making things a tad colder....

Time for some Irish Cheer!!!!

Grasshopper Coffee

6 ounces coffee

1 ounce creme de menthe

1 ounce white creme de cacao

1 tsp. brown sugar

1 scoop chocolate ice cream or whipping cream

> Add liqueurs and sugar to coffee. Top with a dollop of whipped cream or ice cream.  Sip and enjoy!

recipe from Colorado Cache Cookbook, 10th Anniversary Edition

My favorite however, is probably this:

  * 1 mug coffee, 10 - 12 oz.

- I enjoy using the coffee singles from Maxwell House or Folgers that make just one cup.

  * A blurb of Baileys Irish Cream.

> Taste, and add another blurb of Baileys if needed!

Cathair Dhuin Iascaigh Fortress of the Dun Abounding in Fish, Ireland

"If one could only teach the English how to talk,

and the Irish how to listen,

society here would be quite civilized."

- Oscar Wilde

 I forgot to mention that the Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe I gave you previously is from Better Homes & Gardens recipes. They have tons of recipes available online:

 http://www.bhg.com/recipes

"The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely."

- Irish Proverb

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Day 7 Irish Countdown

Cead mile failte!

(pronounce Kaid meela fawl-cha)

I have just said "a hundred thousand welcomes" to you, in Irish!

I have always wanted to know what that meant, and now both of us know!

Welcome to my Day 7 Saint Patrick's Day countdown.

We are celebrating all things green and Irish!



I have had fun this past week going through all my clips and photos to find pictures to post. Soooo many talented people out there.

I think my absolute favorites are the song sheets art. They are such a statement on the times they were printed. I think about all those Irish Tenors that traveled from town to town to make a living by singing in taverns, assembly halls and more.  I think of the women that broke with tradition (get married, have lots of kids, keep your husband happy) and also took their voice on the road, trying to make enough $$ to live with and maintain at least a sense of freedom.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you've imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

Here is sheet of very silly paperdolls

from origami bears:

see my sidebar of favorite web sites for origamibears addy!

Here is a little bit o' the green with a Creme de Menth Cake!

from my friend Nancy Serres.

Go Basement Babes!

                                                          Creme De Menth Cake

1 white cake mix(pudding in the mix)
1/3 C. green creme de menth liqueur

Topping
1 can Hershey's Hot Fudge
1 extra large Cool Whip
1/3 C. Green creme de menthe liqueur

Mix the cake as directed on the box, but substitute 1/3 c. green creme de menth liquer for 1/3 c. water.  Bake as directed.

While the cake is still hot, spread Hershey's hot fudge over the top of the cake and let it cool.

When the cake is cooled mix the remaining 1/3 c. green creme de menth liquer with the Cool Whip and spread on top of the cake.  Refrigerate.  This cake is best when made the day or night before, serve chilled

Modifications:

How about skipping the hot fudge and use a Cool Whip mixed with a few drops of green food coloring frosting?

Sprinkle with shamrock candies, found at Hobby Lobby, JoAnn Fabrics and Michaels.

Are you remembering to save your old CDs, and gum wrappers? Also you should be building a pile of washed and cleaned juice packs. We will be slicing them open, so if you want you can cut them down the side seam to wash them out better. Also continue collecting retail plastic bags, but not the grocery store bags (they are too thin). I recently went to the dentist, and came home with a great little dental plastic bag, perfect for this upcoming project!

"We have always found the Irish a bit odd.

They refuse to be English."

- Winston Churchill

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Cake, Quotes and Baking tips

Hello!

Swiss Alps town

"The atheist can't find God for the same reason a thief can't find a policeman."

Today is gray, foggy and a light scattering of snow looking out my window.

A perfect day for baking a cake!

The following is a cake recipe that my mother baked every Christmas morning.  It has a long baking time, so we would gather around our Christmas tree, and Dad would read the Christmas Story from Luke.  Then we would open our presents, one at a time so we saw what each of us received.

Then it was time for CAKE!!!!!

Neiman Marcus Cake

or

South St. Louis Ooey Gooey Cake

or

Gooey Butter Cake

(I have seen similar recipes with these different names.)

I will provide you with the recipe I grew up with:

1st Layer:

1 box yellow cake mix

1 stick melted oleo/margarine

2 eggs

> Combine these 3 ingredients with a mixer and spread into a greased 13"x9" pan.

2nd Layer:

1 box powdered sugar (3 3/4 Cup)

8 oz. cream cheese, soft

2 eggs

> Combine these with a mixer and pour over the first mixture. It's actually more like a glopping over the first layer!

> Bake at 275' for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

> Cake will become light brown and begin to fall in the center and will continue to fall as it cools.

How cool is that? A cake that is actually supposed to fall!!

Some recipes call for a sprinkling of powdered sugar over the top, but I find this unnecessary and just makes it messier.

courtesy of Dover Publications

http://store.doverpublications.com/

ENJOY!
I am sure this will become a family favorite for you, just as it has in our family.

"Peace on earth will come to stay,

When we live Christmas every day."

- Helen Steiner Rice

No, I'm really not in a Christmas mind set, but I suppose writing out the recipe for a traditional Christmas morning cake, and it being a bit snowy outside, I kinda' go with the flow!

COOKING TIP:

Do you have trouble getting your gravy to thicken? Does it always seem to turn out lumpy? Here's an easy, simple solution:

Gold Medal Wondra quick-mixing flour. It comes in a cylinder canister; easy to spot with its' bright blue label. You just sprinkle it into the hot liquid and it always works great.

Remember, when thickening anything, it will get more and more thicker after it sits for a bit. So stop trying to thicken just short of your desired consistency.

(oh, that's terrible grammar, but it says what I want it too!)
Go grab that cup of tea, and give yourself a few minutes of quiet.
Then eat cake.

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