Royal Wedding

As a Wedding Coordinator, I must comment on the Royal Wedding. The simplicty was beautiful.

 

Freezing Food

Basic tips for freezing food:

1.     Freeze foods as close to purchase (or harvest if you have a garden) as possible. The fresher food is when you freeze it, the better the quality when you defrost it.

2. While most foods can be frozen, there are some foods you should keep out of the freezer. Don't freeze canned foods or egg in shells (which can crack and allow bacteria to enter). Technically you can freeze mayonnaise, cream sauce, and lettuce, but the quality takes a big hit
3. Cool cooked foods down before freezing so they freeze faster, which helps preserve quality.
4. Packaging matters and varies depending on what you're freezing. If you choose glass over plastic containers, wrap, or bags, you'll need to make sure it's tempered so it doesn't break.
5. You can freeze meat in its original packaging, but if you want to store it for long periods of time, add an additional layer of packaging, such as plastic wrap or bags.
6. It's always a good idea to label items so you know what they are and how long they've been in the freezer.
7. Resist the temptation to defrost foods on your countertop. The three safest ways to thaw foods are in your fridge, in cold water, and in the microwave.

Freezing Fresh Produce

How to freeze fresh produce:

1.     The key to freezing fresh fruit is to spread out the cleaned, dried, and prepared (cut up) pieces of fruit on cookie sheets. Once the individual pieces of fruit are frozen, you can combine and put in freezer bags.

2. Vegetables usually need to be blanched (boiled or steamed for a short time) before freezing to maintain flavor, color, and texture. Blanching times vary depending on the vegetable. The National Center for Home Food Preservation has a chart with blanching times..

Foods For Body Parts

Carrots enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

Tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

Walnuts help develop more than three dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, and Rhubarb target bone strength. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female organs.

Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries. 

Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

Beauty Tips

Dry Feet Remedy - Cover your feet with a lot of lotion, whichever kind you prefer, then cover with a pair of thick socks overnight. When you wake up your feet will be softer.

Oily hair and there’s no shampoo or powder? Grab a packet of (plain) dry oatmeal. It absorbs oil just as well as dry shampoo or powder, and it's easy to brush out.

Hair dry and brittle use mayo as a hair mask - The egg and oil in mayo make it a good Strengthener and hydrator.

Hangnail or chipped nail - Try fake nail glue. Using something small, sharp, and unlikely to flake off (like an orange stick, a toothpick, or the tip of a pin), swipe a tiny bit of glue into the crack, let it dry, and then paint over it with a base coat and polish if you have it.

If shine spray weighs down your hair too much, or you just don't have any available, rinse your hair with vinegar while you're in the shower, leave it on for three to five minutes while you're shaving, washing up, etc., and then rinse it out with cool water when you're done.

Static in your hair - Swipe a dryer sheet across the offending hairs to tamp down fly aways. It reduces static in your hair the same way it does in your towels.

 

"Happy Valentine's Day"

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