REALITY, NO POLITICS

Fauci has got to go ... he's playing games with the demoncrats: all smiles, gestures, and anti-Trump rhetoric - no mask.

HUSTON DOCTOR CLAIMS THERE IS A CURE FOR COVID

I have posted this video 3 times ... and 3 times it has been removed on FB & here – on my Blog, by Youtube.

This doctor claims there is a cure for covid-19.

So, I will try posting it this way - it is not the original video; the original can no longer be found … but this is half of the original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zkIguitaqc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0CUkpYH3ykL8ZWcDX4QE5Zh5BYwx7w887itTn6J1fo4j2h5gI2ja_dwUk

It is eye-opening; and that is why Youtube, FB, & Twitter take it down. Youtube & Twitter is run by politically biased twits; and zuckerberg is obama's lapdog: the demoncrats pull his chain.

EXCITEMENT!

A day outside always chills me out 😁

Hopefully when my windshield gets fixed, I can get back to Sunday~Funday adventures again ... but, today, I was in my garden area and noticed my corn is starting to tassel 😊

Corn: I can just about taste the hot buttered corn now 😁

When I got inside, I heard cheeping from the bird house out front: SUPER EXCITED!

BABY BIRDS! The outside chirping was loud enough to be heard over the inside air conditioner running ...

Bob would have gotten a bang out of this. Every year, since we moved in here in 2017, there has been a nest in the birdhouse Bob built for me.

2017: The first year, there was just the nest.

2018: The second year, there was a nest and an empty egg - we all 3, watched that bird house every day; Bob & I were hoping Aza would get to see baby birds ... but that was not to be; the hatching never happened and the bird couple finally abandoned the nest altogether. Bob & I were thinking the nesting family was an inexperienced and immature bird couple.

Then, Bob went into the hospital August 30th - and Aza went to live with Alyna; in another State. Bob went to Heaven in December: he'd never build me another bird house. He'd never watch birds darting in and out of the bird house again.

2019: Another nest - another empty egg. I was beginning to wonder if the bird couple was sterile: is that even possible? Yes – it appears infertility even happens with birds (Infertile / Clear Eggs | Beauty of Birds)

2020: This year, I noticed that there was another nest in the birdhouse (the side always bulges when a nest is in residence): I prayed the bird family would try again. They did - for months I've watched as they came and went, and I knew something was up when one of them hung around ... not straying very far from the bird feeder or the birdhouse. Today, when I came back into the house from my garden area; I heard the unmistakable sound of baby birds chirping as one of the parent birds ducked inside. 

I could hear them clearly IN THE HOUSE - they were that loud 😁

EXCITEMENT! I can't wait to see the little ones’ fledging.

I wish Bob was here to see that ...

I love you, Babe.

Always ~ OX

HIDDEN TRIGGERS

All I wanted to do was browse my cookbook binder and pull some menus together ...

I had worked through January to August, and opened September's binder AND WAS BLINDSIDED by hidden triggers.

Moving on, moving forward, and rebuilding is not as easy as people seem to think it is.

Triggered by opening the cookbook binder …

Peace Health Dietitian papers: they were worthless – Bob could not eat anything they were suggesting.

I was really caught off guard; I had forgotten all about those papers – I hadn’t seen them in 19 months.

All the angry emotions were triggered. My heart is feeling the brokenness again. 

This is WHY I cannot even think about freeway driving.

Even when Bob was still here, with me, I hated freeway driving and avoided it whenever possible: I will go the extra miles and extra hour on the backroads.

But, now ... triggers randomly pop up ... and it just isn't wise to hit the freeway.

For any reason.

I know people don't "get it" - but, ((((I)))) get it.

If stumbling across hidden triggers in my cookbook binders can do me in, imagine what could happen on the freeway when I get blindsided by hidden triggers!

This "moving on, and moving forward" is going to TAKE TIME.

And I get tired of trying to explain what I don't even understand myself when it happens.

I only know that freeway driving - for me - is not going to be happening any time soon; if at all.

And no one has to understand "why?", but ME.

FAITHFULNESS

We moved from our country home 7 years ago; where I had chickens and a large garden.

We moved onto a town lot - my husband only shared the home with me for 18 months before he graduated to Heaven in December 2018. From June 2017 to August 2018, Bob designed and built me 13 garden boxes for a full-size garden area on our lot – I am faithfully using them as he intended me to.

Things are just now starting to ripen here in the PNW - my gleanings are small so far because the skies have been heavy with cloud overcast; but in a few weeks I won't have enough daylight hours to gather it all in …

I've also gleaned radishes, parsnips (overwintered), gourmet lettuces, nasturtium leaves/flowers (for salads), peas, beans, Chinese cabbage, marjoram, turnips, and rutabagas.

The vegetables and herbs I grow will see me through the year - from season to season; and friends that hunt give me a portion of their hunting gains. So, this widow is doing okay.

Elohim is faithful 😁

Radish Greens and roots chopped & frozen for winter soups.

Sunshades made for the lettuces using plate racks & clothes pins from the dollar store, and newspaper pieces clipped to the racks.

I’m happy with my little dwarf blueberry bushes.

From my hanging basket tomato plant - not a lot at a time; but enough for a widow's Supper Salad.

This little guy busy in my Onion bed cracked me up - he literally grabbed the viola petals with his front legs and pulled himself head-first into the flower.

I am severely allergic to bee stings, so I was very careful around him - he's cute, but deadly to me.

Not happy to see this - I hope I do not have a resident rat in my planter box …

A baby eggplant - this is a dwarf Patio Eggplant plant, so none of the eggplants ever get any bigger than a hen's egg.

Another busy bee gong at the Butterfly Bush - as long as the bees stay away from me, they can hang around: I value my life, and these little guys pack a wallop of a lethal dose of venom in their stings.

1 sting from this busy bee, and I'll be going into severe swelling, and respiratory distress with a heart attack picking up speed - not fun to experience.

This garden season, I planted vegetables "container size" ... but, you get what you pay for: SMALL. I think next year, I will plant regular sized veggies; so I won't feel like the season has been wasted.

Small "container sized" veggies may be 'cute' for Urban gardens; but they aren't practical for table fare. Full size vegetables will work just as well in my garden boxes.

Lesson learned the hard way …

Dinky cauliflower - hardly worth the effort and space it took to get this far.

Teeny broccoli - about the size of 1 floret of a regular sized broccoli head. I didn't expect the 'container size' veggies to be a literal 'bite size'.

I garden to EAT: not to shallowly brag about with my 'urban' neighbors. Next year I'll do full size plants instead of container sized veggies.

My Patio Apple Trees are doing great this year after the severe pruning they got last year (they had a blight that had to be cut out).

They have set nice full-size apples, as they usually do.

These trees are 15 years old ... and I can get 6 apple pies out of them.

Candy Corn is doing good too ;-) I stake my corn against the high river winds.

Beet greens on the left ... Swiss Chard on the right.

The Lutz Beets are regular sized veggies, and the leaves I harvested are the youngest leaves for maximum flavor.

The Swiss Chard is disappointing - very small and waxy looking - like plastic! WTH; this is supposed to be an 'organic' seed. It looks like plastic. I will not be buying “container sized' vegetables again >:-P

I’m still waiting on a return call from Dick Hannah on Vancouver concerning the windshield replacement I hope to have done s.o.o.n.

I got my windshield broken Friday afternoon, on my way home from a downtown trip.

The claim has been approved by AARP … but Dick Hannah is playing political games, using covid hysteria to get out of doing the work – it’s their product; they NEED TO FAITHFULLY DO THE WORK without any more BS wrangling.

In carport, at home. I hope to hear a good report this week.

Please, Yeshua.

2020 COOKATHON #3B

I started Tuesday’s cookathon with a little backbeat to set the tempo ;-)

Bob bought this boombox for me 17 years ago, to set the tempo for me while I worked in my veggie and flowers gardens … and it still works fine ;-)

Today’s menus will be using a Pot Roast (from my ‘Betty Crocker New American Cooking’ cookbook), Ground Beef  (from my Betty Crocker’s Hamburger Cookbook’ cookbook), Bay Scallops (from my Weight Watchers ‘Slim Ways With Pasta’ cookbook), Fish Fillet (from my ‘Weight Watchers Quick Start Program’ cookbook), Chicken (from my ‘Betty Crocker New American Cooking’ cookbook), Pork Chops (straight from the freezer & pantry), & Cubed Steaks (from the ‘Woman’s Day/September 1977’ magazine page): everything was chosen to work as quickly as possible in the kitchen to beat the heat before it really sets in. I really cooked a LOT of meals this time because I don’t want to be in the kitchen at all – especially around a hot stove – during August.

The Cookathon #3A (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2020/07/2020-cookathon-3a.html) & #3B Combo meals should skate me right on through the month of August.

That’s the plan anyway :-D

The first meal I got busy with is a 2-step meal, but that’s okay: kitchen time is minimal, and cooking it will be easy, as it will go into the crockpot after marinating. Easy-peasy ;-)

As usual, I adapt the recipes to fit my needs … recipes are a guide, not the gospel. If I have all the necessary ingredients, I feel I’m ‘good’ to go :-D Also, there is just 1 of me now, so I half the recipes when I make them; posting the recipes in their entirety for larger families.

So, what I turn out may not look “picture prefect”, but it suits me; and my taste buds.

==POT ROAST w-PEPPERS

I believe in eating meat – meat is healthy and necessary for a well-functioning holistic body. This recipe is a good source for protein, niacin, and iron.

POT ROAST w-PEPPERS ~ 8 servings

3- to 4-pound beef arm, blade, or cross rib Pot Roast * 2 large cloves Garlic, crushed * ½ cup dry Red Wine * ¼ cup Red Wine Vinegar * 2 Tablespoons Olive OR Vegetable Oil * 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce * 1 teaspoon dried Rosemary leaves * 1 teaspoon dry Mustard * 2 Tablespoons Olive OR Vegetable Oil * 2 large green Bell Peppers * 1 large Red Onion, cut into halves, and thinly sliced * 2 Tablespoons Olive OR Vegetable Oil * 1 Tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar * 1 teaspoon dried Oregano leaves * ¼ teaspoon Salt * dash ground Black Pepper

Roast w-Peppers; ingredients.

Pierce surface of beef with a fork. Place beef in rectangular baking dish, 13 x 9 x 2 inches, or a glass bowl. Mix garlic, wine, ¼ cup vinegar, 2 Tablespoons oil, soy sauce, rosemary, and mustard. Pour over beef; cover and refrigerate for at least 12 hours – but no longer than 24 hours.

Marinade Injector.

Pepper and Onion Side Dish Ingredients.

Peppers and Onion Side Dish Ingredients; placed in ‘fridge with roast until ready to cook the next day.

Remove beef from wine mixture; reserving wine mixture. Cook beef in a 4-quart Dutch Oven in 2 Tablespoons oil until browned; add reserved wine mixture. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until beef is tender – about 2 hours. Cook and stir green peppers and onion in 2 Tablespoons oil until crisp-tender – 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in 1 Tablespoon vinegar, the oregano, salt and pepper; serve with beef.

**If cooking in a crockpot: place beef and wine mixture in crockpot. Set temperature to High, and bring to a boil – then reduce heat to Low, and continue cooking 4 to 6 hours depending on how your crockpot cooks. Make side dish as directed**

The SPANISH RICE w-BEEF was posted to my Blog in 2017; so I just posted a link to the recipe. Of course, things have changed … I am a widow now, so I cook and portion my meals in widow servings.

==SPANISH RICE w-BEEF ~ 6 (1 cup) servings (http://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2018/02/spanish-rice-w-hamburger.html).

Spanish Rice w-Beef; ingredients.

Spanish Rice w-Beef & Black Olives & Mandarin Oranges. Ready for the freezer

==GINGER SCALLOPS w-CHINESE NOODLES

This recipe combines scallops with delicate angel hair pasta (super skinny spaghetti noodles) coated in a richly flavored sauce. Supe quick.

GINGER SCALLOPS w-CHINESE NOODLES ~4 servings

¼ cup Scallions, minced * ¼ cup low-sodium Chicken Broth * 2 Tablespoons dry White Wine * 1 teaspoon Cornstarch * ¼ teaspoon granulated Sugar * dash ground White Pepper * 2 Garlic cloves, minced * ¼ teaspoon Salt * 2-3/4 cups fresh Green Beans, cut (I used canned – it’s what I had on hand) * 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil * 2 teaspoons grated fresh Ginger * 10 ounces Sea OR Bay Scallops * 3 ounces Angel Hair Pasta, cooked and drained

Ginger Scallops w-Chinese Noodles; ingredients.

In a small bowl, combine scallions, broth, cornstarch, sugar, and pepper; set aside.

Sauce prep.

Spray a large non-stick skillet or wok with nonstick cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add garlic and salt; stir-fry 1-2 minutes, until garlic is tender. Add beans; stir-fry 3 minutes. Add 1/3 cup water and continue cooking 3-4 minutes, until tender. Remove bean mixture to medium bowl.

Garlic frying; noodles cooking in background.

Garlic & Green Beans.

Heat sesame oil in same skillet; add ginger and stir-fry 2 minutes.

Ginger frying.

Add scallops; stir-fry 5-6 minutes, until scallops turn opaque.

Ginger & Scallops.

Add beans and scallion mixture to skillet; heat 1-2 minutes, until mixture thickens and coats scallops.

Garlic, Beans, Ginger & Scallops.

Place pasta in a serving bowl; add scallop mixture, and toss to mix well. Serve.

Finished.

Ginger Scallops w-Chinese Noodles & Mandarin Oranges. Prep for freezer.

==FILLET DIABLE ~serves 2

2 teaspoons Margarine * 1 teaspoon all-purpose Flour * ¼ cup Water * 2 Tablespoons dry White Wine * 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard * 1 teaspoon drained Capers * ½ teaspoon grated lemon Rind * 1/8 teaspoon White Pepper, divided * 2 fillets of Sole (I used Tilapia), 5 ounces each * 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice

Fillet Diable; ingredients.

In a small saucepan, heat margarine until bubbly and hot. Sprinkle with flour and stir quickly to combine; cook over low heat, stirring constantly – for 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in water, wine, and mustard. Return to heat and bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer, stirring constantly, until sauce is thickened. Stir in capers, lemon rind, and dash of pepper; remove from heat and keep warm.

Sauce cooking.

Sprinkle fillets with lemon juice and remaining pepper. Spray rack of broiling pan with nonstick spray; transfer fish to rack and broil until fish flakes easily when tested with fork prongs – about 5 minutes. Sprinkle fillets with salt, then transfer to serving platter.

Fish fillets broiling.

Spoon sauce over fish.

Fillet Diable. Prep for freezer.

==CHICKEN w-VEGETABLES

Good source of protein and niacin

CHICKEN w-VEGETABLES ~7 servings

2½ to 3-pound broiler/fryer Chicken * 1 teaspoon Salt * 1 teaspoon Paprika * 2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil * 1 can (16½ ounce) whole-kernel Corn, drained * 3 medium Tomatoes, cut into wedges * 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped * 1 medium Zucchini, cut into ¼-inch slices * 1 medium Onion, chopped (about ½ cup) * 1 teaspoon dried Oregano leaves * 1 teaspoon Chili Powder * ½ teaspoon ground Cumin

Chicken w-Vegetables; ingredients.

Cut chicken into pieces; cut each breast half into halves and remove skin. Sprinkle chicken with salt and paprika. Cook chicken in oil in a 4-quart Dutch oven or 12-inch skillet over medium heat until light brown – 15 to 20 minutes; reduce heat. Cover and cook 20 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and cook until zucchini is crisp-tender and veggies are heated through – 5 to 10 minutes. Remove vegetables with a slotted spoon; serve with chicken.

Chicken & zucchini.

Chicken w-Vegetables & Corn on the cob. Prep for freezer.

==PORK CHOPS

I just browned the chops until there was no more blood draining from them; mixed the boxed potatoes, and placed the chops on top – baking the whole thing according to the boxed instructions.

Pork Chops browning; with peppers & onions cooking for the Roast w-Peppers meal.

While the chops cooked, I started cooking the peppers and onions for the pot roast meal (recipe posted above).

When the chops were cooked to my satisfaction, I set them aside while I prepared the scalloped potatoes; then I placed them on top … and slipped the casserole into the oven.

Pork Chops w-boxed scalloped potatoes.

While the pork chops and potatoes baked, I put the sliced pot roast and pepper-onion mixture in their freezer containers – leaving them unlidded until the scalloped potatoes came out of the oven; some of the potatoes would go into the roast meal.

Sliced roast & vegetable side, waiting for scalloped potatoes.

Roast Beef w-Peppers & Pork Chops w-Scalloped Potatoes. Prep for freezer.

==EASY SPANISH STEAK SKILLET DINNER ~serves 4

4 Cubed Steaks * 3 Tablespoons Oil * 3 medium Onions, sliced thin (about 2½ cups) * 2 large Garlic cloves, crushed * 1 Tablespoon Flour * 2 teaspoons Chili Powder * 1 teaspoon Sugar * ½ teaspoon Salt * 2 cans (16 ounces EA) * 1/3 cup thinly sliced Stuffed Olives * 4 ears of Corn, husked and halved crosswise

Easy Spanish Steaks; ingredients.

Heat large skillet over low heat until hot. Add steaks and brown each side quickly over medium-high heat. Remove and set aside.

Browning the steaks.

Add oil to drippings and heat. Add onions and garlic; sauté until lightly browned and tender.

Sautéing onions & garlic.

Stir in flour. Chili powder, sugar and salt; add tomatoes and olives. Cook and stir until thickened.

Sauce cooking.

Add browned steaks and corn (I omitted the corn here – and added a cob of corn to my freezer meal container). Bring to a boil; cover and simmer util corn is tender – 10 or 15 minutes; turning corn occasionally.

I serve this meal with mashed potatoes.

Steaks added to the sauce.

Boil the potatoes while the steaks finish cooking.

Easy Spanish Steaks Meal with corn & pears.

Easy Spanish Steaks Meal. Freezer Ready.