Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized

“Strawberry Mold”

Yum, yum… who wouldn’t be attracted to a recipe name whose name is “Strawberry Mold”?

If you don’t know what mold is other than that yucky stuff that accumulates in your house if adverse conditions are present…. keep reading, promise you will find the opposite of what you’re expecting.

This mold is a jiggly layered delight.

It was traditionally served along with the rest of the main course.

Checked with Gary he said his recollection was this was served at cookouts (BBQ)

I would have said this was served at elegant Sunday morning brunch.

It is always in good taste when served for dessert

Today I went to prepare the jello mold with you to share the recipe with gaps filled in and nicely typed in a PDF so you could enjoy.

As with many of the recipes you will note there are so few directions that it is impossible to create even using creative licence.

I plan on trying to figure out how this is chemically possible, there is hot water but no reference to cold water (needed to make the jello congeal), pineapple also does something to the jellos ability to congeal.

Realizing how much fun this really is… I have lots of cool vintage underutilized cookbooks to try to recreate the science of this very fussy cooking medium.

No we aren’t scientifically creating mold, I promise… this is worth the wait

Wanted to post it as I had said I would on my Podcast.. so … to be continued…

If you have any insight please let me know!

Posted in Daily Planner, Uncategorized

Daily Planner

Hello Friends!

As you know I have been touting the use of a Daily Planner… that’s saying a lot from a naturally scattered human, 🙂

In the past I have purchased a number of lovely planners by a number of name brands. None have been a comfortable fit with my daily planning style. Who knew? Seems we do actually have a preferred style to daily planning.

This year, I really can’t spend money on an expensive planner.

After much thought, I have found a perfect fit for my planning style. An inexpensive DIY or BUY (lol) 3 ring binder.

Included in this post are downloads for the two pages shown here.

Truth be told, it seems that I would have preferred a DIY Planner all along! (like the baby who enjoys the box more than the gift)

There are two daily planning pages I designed and enjoy using.. yup enjoy!

Below are links that will allow you to download and print the planner pages.

Hope, my planning pages helps you as much as they help me stay on top of my daily priorities.

Happy Planning!

Posted in Friday Fun, Uncategorized

Friday Before Election Day 2020

Where to start?

It’s Friday! (good news)

If you are anything like me and millions of others in the US, anxious about the outcome of our election on Tuesday.

I am certainly not participating in my first election… truth be told I remember Nixon in office and seeing him fly off in the helicopter after resigning.

That said I don’t believe I have lived in such tumultuous times.. certainly I couldn’t imagine the dystopian society fraught with the division of today.

I’ve always believed it isn’t party over country.. the middle is where we as humans should dwell.

It’s fine to align yourself with the party your beliefs are most similar to yours.

We can’t lose sight of how much is gained through mutual discussion. Likely by compromise the correct decision is reached, after truly listening to what each side of the discussion is actually saying.

Nough said…

Time for action!

Vote

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Get through what is likely going to be a bit of rough go, especially if you’re sensitive like me… okay an overly anxious soul.

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What to do, dig in, stay safe, binge watch a show (this will be a first for me, other than binge watching the news), have a few decadent drinks, whether you drink Diet Coke (my choice) something with a little something something or drink something just decadent sans, the something, something. Bake, goodies, make comfort food, polish your nails, do a facial, craft… do whatever makes you happy!

My overly optimistic list of things I may do:

Bake (cake or cookies or cupcakes)… a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!

Bake a Kugel, aka noodle pudding… delicious warm, better cold

Save some cherry tomatoes and leftover onion…

Make some Pom Poms. Why? Why not? Soooo relaxing … oh maybe I can use them on my festivus tree.

Put up my pink festivus tree, a comfort tree without reference to a specific holiday. Everyday is a pink party day.. okay everyday should be a pink party day!

If you listen to my podcast… thinking few if any… my fault.., likely.. people can only listen to what people record.

I’ve been talking about accountability…

Clearly I need to and can do better….

So my plan is to actually add the recipes I actually make with a review. Post pom poms.. may share the pink tree..

Watch out for a daily planner page to use in November.

Stay safe, be happy, & maybe just maybe tackle something that requires letting go of the remote, 🙂