Tag: #TGIF

Play With Your Food!

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There are so many amazing things that you can do with

fresh red cabbage 

For a fun weekend project – making dye: purple, pink or an intense blue!

Boil 1/2-1 head of chopped cabbage covered in water

Add 1 Tbs of salt for each 1/2 of a cabbage

Strain out cabbage (save that for dinner!) and keep liquid in pan

For Blue – add a 1 Tbs of baking soda or an ammonia

For Pink – add 2 Tbs of white vinegar

For purple – leave as is

Now soak the desired material and have FUN!

*this will wash out eventually, so try with non clothing items or just dye a shirt for temporary fun.

Experiment fabric gift bags for the holidays!

Let it dry in the sun completely.

Bravery!

From the movie Ratatouille:

“I know I’m supposed to hate humans, but there’s something about them. They don’t just survive, they discover, they create…I mean, just look at what they do with food!”

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Sometimes the bravest thing you can do in a day is to taste something new and different. One of our favorite things to do is go to the seafood counter with our 4 year old and let him choose what we have with dinner that night.  Living in Texas, seafood isn’t the most popular thing around and I love fostering the ‘odd ball’ choice.

Try something new and strange and scary this weekend with a brave friend!

A plate can have one new item and two old favorites.  The two old favorites can draw you into Mindful Eating.  Close your eyes, chew a few moments longer and see if you can put words or feelings to the taste.

 

Cheers!

For the weekend, I thought it would be fun to share my Sangria recipe.  Invite some friends over and have FUN!

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  • 1 large bottle of Red Table Wine (I use Fronterra-Cab/Merlot mix $9)
  • 1 cup of Spiced Rum
  • 2 cups of GOOD Orange Juice, no cheap imitation!
  • 2 small lemons squeezed or 7 seconds of lemon juice squeezed
  • 3 limes juiced or 10 seconds of lime juice squeezed
  • 1/2-3/4 cup of powdered sugar, start small and add to taste, using a whisk to thoroughly mix
  • 8 oz bag of frozen berries, I stick mostly with raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and small slices strawberries because the taste the best when eating at the end.
  • 3-4 dashes of nutmeg

A sliced orange can be a festive garnish.  Mix and drink right away or keep it over night!  Letting it marinate is never a bad thing.

Truly a party in a glass.  Have one for me and if you try it I’d love to see a picture on the comments!