Archives for March 2020
Some Funnies to Make Your Day Better!!!
We’re still bonkers. And people still seem to only discuss the negative. So here’s some funnies for your pleasure. So, without further ado, see below for a pick-me-up!
I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING
Posted by Londynn B on Friday, March 13, 2020
Some Good News, For a Change
Today’s world is absolutely bonkers. And what makes things worse than anything else is no one wants to discuss anything (virtually or otherwise) than the negative. So rather than going off the regular things we usually talk about here, I’ve decided today’s post needs to be good news. So, without further ado, see below for a pick-me-up!
Dip in number of deaths from coronavirus in Italy fuels hope that outbreak may have peaked
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/23/dip-number-deaths-coronavirus-italy-fuels-hope-outbreak-may/
Grandmother of 95 becomes oldest person in Italy to recover from the coronavirus
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/23/grandmother-95-becomes-oldest-person-italy-recover-coronavirus/
6-Year-Old Says No To Bullying With Sweet Back-To-School Shirt
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/6-year-old-bullying-back-to-school-shirt_l_5d483e61e4b0aca341218094
World’s first 3D-printed neighbourhood built in Mexico
Reno’s Favorite Kale Salad
As we all know, “Meatless Mondays” are sortof hard for me. And for someone who doesn’t generally like vegetables, Kale Salad seems like even more veg than a normal veggie eater might prefer. So it’s completely awesome and almost unheard of that I found a kale salad which is also a completely veggie-based meal that I like and will actually eat intentionally. This is even better when my Community Supported Agriculture box has local organic kale.
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Healthy & Delicious Pesto
I don’t know how old I was when I started my love affair with pesto. I think I must have been around 6. About that time we had a new restaurant move into our area called Skyline Cafe. They made great pizza. As a kid, though, I don’t know that I really understood that… Mostly because it wasn’t godfathers pizza, therefore it was “gross.” But there was one kind of their pizza that I would eat pretty much any day of the week. If my parents ever wanted to do something easy and close, we’d order that pizza probably once a week. That was pesto.
It was this wonderful puffy Parmesan crusted crust which was salty on the outside and fluffy and sweet on the inside. That was my first pesto experience. I’m not real sure when I realized pesto was actually a pasta sauce. But whenever I did, it was epic….
The Best St. Paddy’s Day Traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage
St. Paddy’s Day is actually pretty special to our family. My Grammy made wonderful Corned Beef and Cabbage every year. When I was almost 11, she passed away on St. Paddy’s Day, and from then on my mom took over cooking the traditional dinner in her honor. We generally have the whole family over.
To say this is a “recipe” is sortof misguided and not really fair. It’s mostly just cooking instructions seeing as corned beef is usually pre-cured. But one way or another, this is an awesome way to have family dinner and celebrate an Irish heritage (even if you don’t really have one–LOL)….
Andes Mint Chocolate Cookies
When I first started learning to cook, I had a friend who was pretty much my baking hero. She made epic sugar cookies and she was the one who regularly made me the most amazing lemon tarts for my birthday “cakes.” But it was truly an amazing day for all of us when she discovered this recipe. I want to say maybe four of us ate no less than two dozen of these cookies in a matter of two days the first time she made them. And from then on, these cookies were requested many times over….
Top 4 Green Food Recipes for March
Anyone who knows me at all knows that I’m not a good “greens” eater. I like the fact that Blossom’s BiFF (“BB” to you regulars) has us getting a weekly CSA box because it’s really the only way I’ll willingly eat greens on a regular basis.
So when I considered doing a “green food” roundup for March, I wouldn’t even have enough green recipes. But here they are! Mind you, there are only four, but I think they’ll speak for themselves. And admittedly, there will be a couple more green recipes up this month.
So cheers to St. Patrick’s Day! And hey, don’t forget to eat your green!
The Best Broccoli Salad
This recipe is from one of my cousins, and any time I have parties, my friends always request this. It’s decadent, but there is definitely some green-y goodness too.
Key Lime White Chocolate Cheesecake
This one is sortof a cheat because it isn’t ACTUALLY green. But hey, the garnish is green and the main component is green! I made this on behalf of my best friend when she got married in Key West. I hadn’t ever been, and honestly I didn’t even really know what Key Limes were all about. Well, I figured it out and boy am I glad I did! Not super “green” when it comes to “goodness,” but this cake sure is good!
Healthy and Delicious Pesto!
This Pesto, on the other hand, really is the epitome of health. I got the recipe when I was doing a cleanse about a thousand years ago. (Back when I actually did things like that…) But even though I don’t do cleansing anymore, this recipe still makes it into the weekly rounds, because if I’m going to eat pasta, I like knowing that it’s at least healthy. So here’s to some green pasta. Healthy, green, and ACTUALLY delicious. Lol. (Hey, you know if I’m eating it that MUST be true.)
Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos
Hey, anything that’s Bacon Wrapped and stuffed with cheese can go on just about ANY favorites list of mine. This is sortof a cheat like the cheesecake, but hey, Jalapenos are green! And these are delicious! And even though I usually make these in the summer on the grill, they’re actually great at this time of year because you can also make them in the oven.
So here’s to a great March! The month of green shirts, green beer, and now… GREEN FOOD! Have an absolutely epic month, and …
Happy Cooking!
The Best EVER Raspberry Lemondrop Martini
Over the years on THD, I’ve made no bones about the fact that I am a seasonal or “monthly” drinker. This means I tend to have a different cocktail every month that’s my go-to. And though March doesn’t always have a specific cocktail that’s the same every year, Vodka is usually the base and sweet is the taste. In other words, I like my March drink to be the epitome of a “Welcome to Spring” drink. This Raspberry Lemondrop absolutely fits the bill for the perfect March, welcome-to-spring, cocktail.
I really don’t remember exactly how I started drinking this. But I definitely remember drinking lots of it right after college. It’s sweet, stout, and easy-drinking. All the exact things people (or maybe, to support a really bad stereotype, girls) want in the first drinking years of their lives. Of course, in college I wasn’t drinking them like this. The raspberry usually came from syrup or raspberry vodka (i.e., something cheap). The lemon was likely lemonade. And they were generally headache-er-iffic!
But once you realize that higher quality booze is worth feeling better the next day (even if it’s at the expense of a better buzz simply because you buy less–hey, actually a win-win!); you start focusing on the quality.
That’s when I discovered that some of these martinis I was ordering had Chambord and Lemon Juice in them, and some had cheap flavored vodka and dye. I quickly realized what made the better Raspberry Lemondrop.
March is a strange month for us in Reno. Sometimes it’s a blizzard, sometimes it’s beautiful. Today it’s almost 70, they’re predicting snow for next week. And because of this unpredictability, it can be difficult to choose just ONE favorite drink. It’s not like the dead of winter where the only thing that sounds good is a toddy. (See that recipe here). Or bright summer where nothing hits the spot better than a red wine cooler. (And that one here). For March, I want something spring-y but maybe a bit heavier to make up for the winter-y potential. That way, I’m appreciating what the season is supposed to be while still admitting what is. (i.e., impending blizzards.) Hahaha.
- 2 oz. Tahoe Blue Vodka
- 1 oz. Chambord
- ½ oz. Simple Syrup
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- Shake all ingredients in a martini shaker with ice.
- Strain into glass.
- Enjoy!
30 Days of Gratitude
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Gratitude is a main component for utilizing the Law of Attraction. But I have to admit, it isn’t always easy to remember to write down everything you’re grateful for every day. Which is strange… It should be the most natural thing in the world.
As a culture we tend to get caught up in the negative. The news is full of it; we connect with people over it; and there are adages everywhere about how we need to survive it (or even take it) in order to succeed. Now, I’m not saying we shouldn’t take obstacles and surmount them… But this is seriously one of the worst ways to live. Constantly living in the negative keeps us just that: Negative….