Blueberry and Strawberry Pie: Homemade


When is pie not t a good idea? Super easy to make and great for dessert at home, for a holiday, or to share (although if sharing, using a toss-away aluminum pan would be recommended unless you know for sure the person will return your pie pan!)

Ingredients:

1 bag frozen strawberries (From Dollar Tree)

1 bag frozen blueberries (From Dollar Tree)

1 TBS Real Butter

1/4 Tsp (each) salt, clove, cinnamon, orange (or lemon) peel

1 TBS corn starch

1 box Jiffy Pie Crust mix (make accordingly to package directions for 2 pie crusts.)

2 TBS Sugar (real sugar, not substitute)

Line a 9 inch pie pan with a crust, making sure the dough overlaps the lip of the pie pan.

In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together, stir until all is mixed thoroughly. Fill the pastry lined pie pan with the entire contents of the bowl.

Top the filling with the second pastry dough, pinching the edges together over the lip of the pie plate. Mark little slots in the top crust. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 350 F.

It’s delicious served hot, cold, warm and/ or with ice-cream.

Coffee with a best friend, Celebrating the New Year


Happy New Year!! The Year has kicked off Spendidly, my very best friend in the whole word, Kevin, has flown from Colorado, to celebrate the New Year with me!! What a wonderful way to begin 2020!

Kevin and I celebrating the New Year with coffee, popcorn, and the Disney Fireworks on TV

During this visit, Kevin and I have gone to the Botanical Gardens in Clemson (free entry with a really cool visitors center, too!!).

We also drove over the state line into Georgia, not to sit on the dock of the bay but to find smashed pennies (the souvenir kinds) and, of course, we had to try out hands on a single Georgia lottery ticket.

Life wouldn’t be the same without a best friend to enjoy a fun adventure!!

Upstate South Carolina, beautiful seasons


Autumn in Upstate South Carolina is quite stunning. I have never experienced such a wide array of colors, especially in such length.

Both Videos are taken in Anderson County, South Carolina, by yours truly.

nct seasons here and it is beautiful. I have made a few videos along the way to highlight to just some of the beauty.

A bit of humor while shopping.


‘Have fun’ is my message. Be silly. You’re allowed to be silly. There’s nothing wrong with it.”

Jimmy Fallon

 

A way to Finnish the day, Finnish Musician


A special treat awaited for me in Kensal Green, London. A young man from Finland willing bestowed a lovely song up our music loving group, performed by him, sung in Finnish, entertaining the whole group. Lots of fun, a great way to enjoy the accommodations!

Portraits of those before us, and more, National Gallery, London


Culture is in the eye of the beholder and the artists of old captured the essence of all things great  in the centuries before us….and viewing them is free at the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square in downtown London.

A fabulous aspect of the National Gallery is the general entrance is free, which is great for those traveling on a budget like myself. I attended/viewed the Gallery a total of 3 times to get through all the exhibitions (not fully shown here). The exhibits are large, spacious, and overly awesome to boot. Why? The National Gallery offers era’s from classical to Renaissance to Modern, DaVinci to Rubens to Van Gogh to Monet to Post Modern Art. It is all very wonderful.

The Gallery also sets on Trafalgar Square, which in its own ways is always awesome, a full day or two of free adventures all in one wonderful location, well worth checking out and very friendly on the wallet (post cards of must of the art work is also available for those without a photographic eye or wanting to play “Where’s Waldo” postcard style).

Old High Church and Kirkyard, Inverness, Scottish Highlands


Fajita Style Stacks


Red Kidney Beans, sauted onions, sauted red adn yellow bell peppers, hatch green chilies, lettuce, sour creme, chili powder and browned ground beef all topped onto a toasted tortilla.

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Super Simple Stir Fry


 

Super Simple Stir Fry

Ingredients

2 Carrots–shredded with a vegetable peeler

1 Green Bell Pepper, cut into thin spears

1 small purple onion, coarse chopped

Leftover Chicken or Turkey, pulled from the bone

3 gloves Garlic, diced

1 Tsp Dried Red Chili Flakes

Salt, Pepper

2 Tablespoons olive or sunflower oil

2 Cups of dry, white Rice (with 4 cups of water for cooking)

Put 2 cups of dry rice and 4 cups of water into a pot, add a pinch of salt, and cook at medium, boil for 4 minutes, turn off heat and cover, allowing the rice to finish (or you can use a rice cooker)

Place vegetables, spices, and oil in a skillet, stir fry on low heat until half way cooked,

Add Leftover chicken-turkey and stir fry with vegetable mix until vegetables are tender but not soggy

Put a scoop of rice on each plate-bowl and top with a portion of the stir fry mix. Delicous!!

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Lightly stir fry vegetables in oil

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Start the rice before anything else

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Leftover baked chicken, pulled from the bone

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Saute-Stir Fry meat and vegetables together

Eggcellent Lunch


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Step 1–Peel hard boiled eggs

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Step 2 Add diced red bell peppers, green olives, mayonaise, sliced hard boiled eggs, and a pinch of salt

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Step Three, mix it all together

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Step Four: Put egg salad mixture between two slices of bread, add a leaf or two of lettuce, put sliced vegetables and fruit on the plate to make an whole meal

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Another version-option of using hard boiled eggs in a lunch-dinner