Month: November 2018

Shrimp and Pineapple Kebobs

Shrimp and Pineapple Kebabs with Lime Vinaigrette

Ingredients
8 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
2 tsp honey
1 tsp olive oil, extra-virgin
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp grainy mustard
1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
8 chunks fresh pineapple
4 medium cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cup butter lettuce leaves, torn
Instructions
Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil; add the shrimp. Reduce the heat and simmer until the shrimp are just opaque in the center, 3–4 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water.
Stir together the lime juice, honey, oil, vinegar, mustard, and crushed red pepper in a bowl until blended. Stir in the shrimp, pineapple, and tomatoes; gently toss to coat.
Push the shrimp, pineapple, and tomatoes on 4 wooden skewers.
Divide the lettuce between 2 small bowls and drizzle with the remaining vinaigrette.

 

Poem/Thanksgiving

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I am thankful that I escaped

That I left and had the courage that it would take

I am thankful that my heart started to smile

Despite all at that time in my life was senile

I am thankful that I did not fall apart

While trying to separate my heart.

I am thankful that life can be grand

Despite all the hurt that can follow a man.

I am so thankful my love never dried up

That I could forgive and such.

I am most thankful that my life started again

Regardless of all that I went through back then.

I am thankful like a deer that escapes the hunter’s bow

Like a cold frost that can destroy things and then knows when to let go.

I am much thankful for new beginnings

And  for being able to hear the songs that birds are singing.

From start to finish, onward I must go

Always striving to see thanksgiving in all I live to know.

MwsR  ❤

Hot Reuben Dip/Recipe Share

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Hot Reuben Dip

 

35 Minutes
15 Min Prep
Make this Hot Reuben Dip by combining cream cheese, Thousand Island dressing and corned beef. This Hot Reuben Dip is our take on a New York deli classic.
What You Need
20 servings
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup KRAFT Thousand Island Dressing
1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Big Slice Swiss Cheese Slice s, chopped
1/4 lb. sliced deli corned beef, chopped (about 1 cup)
3/4 cup well-drained CLAUSSEN Sauerkraut

Heat oven to 350ºF.

Mix cream cheese and dressing in medium bowl until blended.

Add remaining ingredients; mix well.

Spread onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.

Bake 20 min. or until heated through.

Kitchen Tips
Serving Suggestion
Serve with your favorite crackers, such as woven rye crackers.
Use Your Microwave
Instead of baking the prepared spread, microwave it instead. Mix ingredients as directed; spread onto bottom of shallow microwaveable dish. Microwave on HIGH 2 to 3 min. or until heated through.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Servings
20 servings, 2 Tbsp. each
* Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin and freshness of ingredients used.

Calling All Crafters: Here’s How You Can Be on ‘Making It’ Season 2 — PushUP24

Want to hang out with Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman? Of course you do. But if you also have some serious crafting cred, you can hang with them and possibly win a big wooden check for $100,000 while you’re at it. Yes, NBC is officially casting “Making It” season 2, and here’s how you can […]

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American/ Made History/Information Share

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Slide 41 of 101: In 1900, the world got a little sweeter when Milton Hershey unveiled his new milk chocolate Hershey's Bar. That same year, the hamburger was invented and would quickly rise to the top of the American food chain. Also in 1900, America entered the era of the automobile with the first major car show at New York City's Madison Square Garden—it would soon be a country on the move.

1900

Slide 42 of 101: By 1901, America had been infatuated with baseball for quite some time, but that year the American League declared itself a Major League and America's pastime entered the modern National League/American League era. Also, a major oil discovery in Texas put the Lone Star State on the map as a global energy giant, but the year closed on a dark note. Theodore Roosevelt became president in the wake of yet another presidential assassination—this time, a bullet ended William McKinley's life.

1901

 

Slide 43 of 101: In 1902, two events happened that would shape the nature of American leisure through the present day: The country's first movie theater opened in Los Angeles. The only problem is that it was hot inside, but not for long, as the first air conditioner was invented later that year.

1902

 

Slide 44 of 101: Physical and geographical boundaries came crashing down in 1903. That's the year that the first cross-country car trip was completed and the first two-way wireless communication was made across the Atlantic Ocean. However, the year will always be remembered not for what happened over the ocean or on the road, but in the air. In 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the miracle of human flight, which had escaped the human race since antiquity. The shackles of gravity had been broken.

1903

 

Slide 45 of 101: Boston Americans star Cy Young pitched history's first-ever perfect game in 1904, during a time when America was still largely an agrarian society. That year, farming changed forever when Benjamin Holt invented the first tractor, which he perfected by incorporating a caterpillar track.

1904

 

Slide 46 of 101: Eager to move forward since the close of the Civil War, America in 1905 finally paused to reflect on where it had been. That's the year that the Lewis and Clark Exposition dominated the World's Fair in Portland, Oregon, in 1905. It had been a full century since the famous explorers ventured off into the great unknown to investigate the Louisiana Purchase, which went on to become the heart of future America.

1905

Slide 47 of 101: In the Bay Area, 1906 will always be the year that the most significant earthquake in recorded American history leveled the city of San Francisco. But for lifelong hunter, sportsman, and conservationist President Theodore Roosevelt, 1906 was about preservation, not destruction. That year, Roosevelt signed a law that allowed presidents to preserve important public land, and as the country's natural beauty and bounty were being rapidly annihilated by industry, Roosevelt expanded and enshrined America's National Park system.

1906

Slide 48 of 101: On April 17, 1907, Ellis Island experienced its busiest day as ever-larger groups of immigrants continued to pour into America looking for opportunity in a newly rich nation. No fewer than 11,747 of the world's wretched refuse and huddled masses became Americans that day, which was part of a month that welcomed just shy of 200 ships to the New World. In all, 1907 saw the arrival of 1.2 million immigrants to American shores.

1907

 

Slide 49 of 101: William Howard Taft was elected president in 1908, a year dominated by giant leaps in transportation. Wilbur Wright conducted the world's first passenger flight and Henry Ford's first production Model T was built in Detroit. At the same time, workers finished the first two miles of roads in a program to test paved driving surfaces in the car-crazy United States.

1908

 

Slide 50 of 101: In 1909, the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People was formed in response to rampant violence and disenfranchisement of black Americans, particularly the horrific lynchings that by that time were regularly used to enforce white supremacy in the South and beyond. Also that year, Sigmund Freud introduced the world to his controversial brand of psychological science with his tour of psychoanalysis lectures.

1909

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Poem/Diabetes

It’s Gonna Kill Me(thoughts about Diabetes)

By MwsR

It’s going to kill me!

Was what I had in my head immediately.

I can’t afford the medicine

I don’t follow a strict regimen.
Now what will I have to give up in my life?

Will I still be a good wife?

What will people say?

Will they stay with me or walk away?
I can not donate my pancreas or blood

Sort of like a flower stem wishing for a bud.

I have a bad part inside of me,

Never thought this was how my life would be.
Maybe I wasn’t nice enough

Or too tough.

Maybe I deserve my lot

Or all that with Diabetes I’ve got.
These thoughts have entered my mind,

Especially the one that reminds me that with Diabetes you can go blind.
It’s a scary disease.

It makes you want to be able to freeze,

Freeze that good blood sugar,so you want  have one that is bad

But truth is this disease really makes me mad.

Makes me mad that I cannot choose what I want to eat or drink.

Mad, because it makes me always have to think.
Sometimes I just want to be at ease with food choices

Sometimes I want to listen to those eat sugar voices.

Mostly though I want to live happily,

Mainly because of my family.

But ultimately I want to give hope and keep hope.

I don’t want to know what it’s like to be at the end of the “survival rope”.
If in words I can share

I will also be able to show that I care.

Useful DIY Home Storage Idea

Hidden Floorboard Storage

Have a small house and need more space? Well here’s the solution. You can build a raised floor that has hidden storage compartments. More space in less space!

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321 Quote Me Challenge

Rules: 3.2.1 Quote Me!


Thank the Selector
Post 2 quotes for the dedicated Topic of the Day.
Select 3 bloggers to take part in ‘3.2.1 Quote Me!’
Note: Although this is the topic for today there is no specific deadline to it, meaning you can answer as and when.

Thank you Rory,https://aguycalledbloke.blog/2018/11/11/321-quote-me-good-health/ Healthy quotes are really a good thing to read, and I am happy to post some for others to read. Being Healthy is one of the things we should always strive to be.

 

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