NICOLE'S FAMOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES-Family Favorite

Everyone begs our daughter Nicole to make her famous 'Chocolate Chip Cookes'!
(Gluten Free-Use 3 Cups of your favorite GF Flour Mixture)

I am sharing her recipe...

Mix together:
1 C Granulated Sugar
1 C Brown Sugar or (1 Cup Granulated sugar and 1 TBSP Molasses)
2/3 Cup Shortening
1/3 Cup Butter (melted in microwave for 30 seconds

Add:
2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt

Mix together, then add 3 Cups Flour and 1 to 2 Cups Chocolate Chips

Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes on cookie sheets.  As you take them out of the oven they should be slightly browned.  Drop the cookie sheet on a hard surface to flatten out the cookie.

ENJOY!!!

Brown Sugar Substitute

OUT OF BROWN SUGAR...THE PERFECT SOLUTION!!!

BROWN SUGAR SUBSTITUTE:
1 CUP GRANULATED SUGAR PLUS
1 TBSP. MOLASSES OR AGAVE SYRUP

Making cookies? Add both ingredients and mix.  No hard lumps!

Save the cost of purchasing brown sugar and trying to keep it soft.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK!

I RECEIVED THIS EMAIL AND THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH GOOD INFORMATION I WOULD POST IT ON MY BLOG.  HOPEFULLY IT WILL SAVE A LIFE!

If you have seen it before, read it again - a refresher course never hurts. I hope none of you ever have to use it, but just in case, it's info we all should have.  It could save a life, especially for those who live alone.
     1.  Let's say it's 7.25 pm and you're going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. 
     2.  You're really tired, upset and frustrated.  
     3.  Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.  
     4.  Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.  
     5.  You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK?

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.  However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.  A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. 

A  breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. 


 Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.   


Telling as many other people as possible about this could save their lives!! 

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail kindly sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life.  

Bob's Red Mill & Ener-G Foods

A catalog from Bob's Red Mill came in my mail the other day containing recipes, advertisements and an article about the company.   It reminded me of my first experience with Bob's Red Mill over 30 years ago.  I was diagnosed with Celiac Sprue 3 1/2 years before this company started and was I ever so excited to have a few gluten free products.

Back in the early years of this disease there were no labeling of food, no internet just a set of encyclopedias and a Webster Dictionary.  I started researching all the ingredients in foods and began my gluten free life.   I spent a lot of money trying out recipes with only one disaster after another.  I was grinding my own rice flour and trying to make muffins, cookies, pancakes etc. so I would have a few things to eat besides the basic food groups.

I also found another gluten free company, Ener-G Foods that was really good and was able to place orders through the mail.  As the internet began to take off it became easier to find gluten free products.  The Celiac Sprue Association and Gluten Intolerance Group was started and has helped get the labeling of foods on the products.

It is so much easier to be gluten free in today's world and I am very grateful to companies like Bob's Red Mill and Ener-G Foods forging the way to provide gluten free ingredients throughout the entire process.  That means every stone-grinding mill, every mixer, every packaging machine, every forklift and every air-vent is dedicated to making delicious and healthy products that are safely free from gluten.

We now have 8 people in our family diagnosed with Celiac Sprue.  Thanks to all those who provide the "Gluten Free" foods!

Happy Healthy Eating!

brenda.bailey.1@hotmail.com



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Sunflower Wedding Cake for my Nephew & His Bride

Congratulations, Cole & Maddison!  It was really fun to make your wedding cake for you.  Thanks to my sister for helping me!  Family is awesome.  You make a very special couple and we are excited to welcome you to our family, Maddison!

The cake topper was used on my wedding cake 48 years ago and has been on every cake I have made for family members! 
A Fun Tradition!

ALUMINUM POISONING or COCONUT OIL

As I was getting ready for work today I realized I had not shared this experience with my 'online readers'. Perhaps it is because it is embarrassing to talk about.

When I was very sick many years ago and had not been diagnosed yet with "Celiac Sprue" the 'Gluten Intolerance' disease that everyone is aware of now.  My doctor told me I also had "Aluminum Poisoning" or "Toxicity".   My doctor put me on a prescription to help my body "Detox" along with drinking a lot of water.   I smelled like an aluminum can for 3 days and was so sick with some of the symptoms I listed below in this article.  It was awful!

The cookware I was using was aluminum.  The deodorant I was using had aluminum in it.  We drink out of aluminum pop cans.   I decided to throw out all my aluminum cookware and stop using any products that contained aluminum.   I try to choose fountain drinks or beverages in plastic containers.

Luckily I didn't perspire a lot so I only used deodorant when I really needed it.   I started using coconut oil to keep my skin soft and one day decided to try it the arm pits too.   I love it!  I don't sweat or stink!  My clothes aren't stained and hopefully it will help avoid alzheimers and breast cancer, too.  Taking precautions is important to avoid going through Aluminum Poisoning!

Symptoms  
If you have any of these symptoms, do not assume it is because of aluminum toxicity. These symptoms may be caused by other, less serious health conditions. If you experience any one of them, see your physician, especially if you have kidney disease or are on dialysis.

• Confusion

• Muscle weakness

• Bone pain, deformities, and fractures

• Seizures

• Speech problems

• Slow growth—in children

Complications may include:

• Lung problems

• Nervous system problems causing difficulty with voluntary and involuntary actions

• Bone diseases

• Brain diseases and disorders

• Anemia

• Impaired iron absorption

SPECIAL DAYS - APRIL - DIAMOND

 

APRIL

Birthstone: diamond

She who from April dates her years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow; this stone,
Emblem of innocence is known.  anon

4-1 APRIL FOOLS DAY - The first day of April, You may send a foo whither you will.  Thomas Fuller

SPECIAL DAYS - MARCH - AQUAMARINE OR BLOODSTONE

 MARCH - Birthstone - aquamarine or bloodstone

ARIES: MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

Who in this world of ours their eyes, 

In March first open shall be wise, 

In days of peril firm and brave, 

And wear a bloodstone to their grave.  anon

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.  English Proverb

3-10-1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call

3-13-1930 Discovery of the planet Pluto announced by American astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh

3-14-1879 Birth of Albert Einstein, German physicist

3-15-1767 Birth of Andrew Jackson, seventh US president

3-21-1685 Birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer

3-29-1886 First batch of Coca-Cola brewed

SPECIAL DAYS - FEBRUARY - AMETHYST

FEBRUARY
Birthstone - amethyst

The February born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind;
Freedom from passion and from care
If they the amethyst will wear.  anon

Aquarius is an air sign.  Air signs are mentally active, rational and communicative.  Aquarius is a fixed sign.  These signs are steadfast sustainers.

Rain in February is as good as manure.  French Proverb
If February give much snow, A fine sumer it doth foreshow.  English Rhyme

2-7-1812 Birth of Charles Dickens, British novelist
2-22-1732 Birth of George Washington, first US President
2-24-1887 Paris and Brussels became the first two cities to be linked by telephone.

SPECIAL DAYS - JANUARY - GARNET

JANUARY 
Birthstone - Garnet

By her who in this months is born,
No gems save garnets should be worn;
They will insure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.   anon

1-1-1735 Birth of Paul Revere, American patriot
1-5-1896 First demonstration of X-rays

EPIPHANY - 1-6 Twelfth night
And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him.  Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.  Matthew II, 11

1-8-1935 Birth of Elvis Presley, American singer
1-10-1918 The US House of Representatives voted in favor of women's suffrage
1-17-1706 Birth of Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and statesman