A perfect family is what we all wish for. We see people that have families that are much different than ours. As experience their unique culture, we wish we had a family like them. But really, having a perfect family isn’t possible. We all will have problems and accomplishments that make us unique from every other family in the whole wide world. So, think hard about how different your family is. Appreciate that you have a family and never alone because they help us through tough times. It is never foolish to wish for a perfect family but is foolish to abandon your special family.
Grandma's Recipe for a Loving Family
4 cups of love
2 cups of loyalty
3 cups of forgiveness
1 cup of friendship
5 tablespoons of hope
2 tablespoons of tenderness
4 quarts of faith
1 barrel of laughter
Take love and loyalty, mix it thoroughly with faith.
Blend it with tenderness, kindness and understanding.
Add friendship and hope.
Sprinkle abundantly with laughter.
Bake it in sunshine.
Serve daily with generous helpings.
Serves one entire home forever.
-Anonymous
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
February 2013 Challenge: Share your great DESSERT recipe!
It's the month of love and we love
dessert, our group scraps of color will share one, two or three great dessert recipes.
Today I
have selective my Grandmothers 1 2 3 Cake recipe for my first great shared recipe.
The pound cake, most known as a rich cake, originally contained a
pound of each of the main ingredients, including flour, sugar, and butter.
That’s where the pound cake gets its name.
When I was a young girl,
my grandmother didn't have a mixer she would beat this cake by hand and folded
the dry ingredients in a little at a time before baking. She said it needed 300
strokes so we used to count as she mixed. She would bake it during the week for
Sunday dinner, also she would bake one for my dad's Friday Night Fish Fry.
123 CAKE
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour sifted (to day we use Swans Down Cake Flour)
4 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Glaze:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon bourbon
1 teaspoon orange zest, grated
1 - 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, thawed
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat on medium speed 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with milk and flavorings, creaming by hand until smooth after each addition. Spread batter into prepared 10-inch bundt pan. Bake until tester inserted into cake comes out clean ( I used the old one finger touch), about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool on rack.
Glaze with OLD-FASHIONED BOURBON GLAZE: Combine sugar, bourbon, zest and enough orange juice to make a thin glaze. Drizzle onto cake.
123 CAKE
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour sifted (to day we use Swans Down Cake Flour)
4 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Glaze:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon bourbon
1 teaspoon orange zest, grated
1 - 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, thawed
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat on medium speed 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with milk and flavorings, creaming by hand until smooth after each addition. Spread batter into prepared 10-inch bundt pan. Bake until tester inserted into cake comes out clean ( I used the old one finger touch), about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool on rack.
Glaze with OLD-FASHIONED BOURBON GLAZE: Combine sugar, bourbon, zest and enough orange juice to make a thin glaze. Drizzle onto cake.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
IT'S TIME FOR BUFFALO WINGS
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IS HERE
Try my quick and easy recipe when you don't have the time or not ready to spend time in the kitchen.
CROCKPOT WINGS
Ingredients:
* 3 pounds chicken wings (16 wings)
* salt and pepper to taste
* 1 1/2 cups any variety barbecue sauce
* 1/4 cup honey
* 2 teaspoons prepared mustard or spicy mustard
* 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
* Tabasco to taste, optional
Preparation:
Rinse chicken wings; pat dry. Cut off and save wing tips then cut each wing at the joint to make two sections. Sprinkle wing pieces with salt and pepper; place wings on a lightly oiled broiler pan. Broil about 4 inches from the heat for 10 minutes on each side, or until chicken wings are nicely browned. Transfer chicken wings to crockpot.
In a bowl, combine barbecue sauce, honey, spicy mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco. Pour sauce over chicken wings. Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours or on High 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Serve directly from slow cooker, keeping temperature on LOW. Makes about 30 chicken wings.
Let me know what team you want to win or give me your best guest on what team is going to win. Just enjoy your day (GAME)
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
LETS MAKE A CHANGE IN 2013
This year has big changes for us, we must take a step back and look at our future, and prepare a new plan of action, to be successful in 2013. I found if I don't worry about things I personally can not change, eliminates 3/4 of the things for me to worry about. Maybe a good game plan would be start with working toward becoming financially independence, who knows. If you have a hobby or always wanted one this will be the year to start one or put more effort and time into your old hobby. This year I plan to rewrite and add more healthy recipes to my blog, complete twice as many craft project by just putting more time and energy into my hobby. Try my hand at alter art and mixed media projects, also using my scraps and the supplies I have on hand if at all possible. Maybe my creativity will increase and take my mind away from the problems of today. I know we will make it through 2013 by taking one day at a time and with God on our side we will be all right.
Monday, December 31, 2012
FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS HAPPY NEW YEAR
It is a long-standing tradition in African
American families to indulge in a family or communal New Year's Day dinner
featuring cabbage or greens, which symbolize greenbacks (paper money), black-eyed
peas which symbolize coins and both giving good luck for the New Year. Our
family New Year tradition brings the whole family together (4 Generations) sharing the first meal of the year with a
traditional soul food dinner. No
matter how you celebrate it, we hope you have a happy new year!
This month I will only feature three recipes but they are some oldies but goodies.
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