Aye I reckon: 2016

Monday

Sage

Hang a sprig of sage

by the front door

to protect the home..

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Autmn & Tea

Autumn & Tea

goes together like

Hearts & Souls..

What lovely companions they are...

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Sister to Sister

Sister to Sister, hand to hand,

In the lap of the Goddess together we stand.

One heart a beating, a thought in one mind,

The energy builds, and returns in kind.

~Galdorcraeft

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Chicken Noodle Soup & Variations of it

One of the simplest and healthiest soups 'Chicken Noodle Soup'.

It has been served up in some of the most elite restaurants and homes for generations. Yet it is also a favorite of all classes.

Soup is often referred to as one of the foods served on a cold winters night to help warm us from the inside out.

Yet for generations upon generations it has been considered to be a healing food for those with a cold or the flu. It is said to have medicinal properties which help us to heal.

What I do know is a soup with a liquid broth is suggested to be served before a meal to help assist in the digestion of the main course. The warm liquid of the broth helps to jump start our digestion so it can do its job in breaking down our food and assist in absorption of the nutrition in the food we consume at meal time.

Consuming the soup prior to our meal in as little as a cup or as large as a bowl of soup also helps us to fill up which helps us in maintaining a healthy diet. If you are trying to loose weight consider adding a broth soup like chicken noodle soup before eat meal.

Here is one of my favorite & basic homemade from scratch chicken noodle soups.

Cook time: About 25 to 45 minutes.
Servings: About 4.

Note: Some vegetables take longer to cook depending on thickness and variations of type.

Ingredients:

(broth / water)
4 Cups Chicken Broth
1 Cup Water

(seasoning)
1 Generous Dash Pepper
1 Generous Dash Salt
2 Teaspoons Parsley Flakes (dried or fresh)
2 Teaspoons Sweet Basil (dried or fresh)

(vegetables)
1 or 2 Cloves Garlic (crushed)
1 Small Onion (diced)
1 Large Carrot (cleaned and sliced diagonally - thick or thin)
1 large Stalk Celery (cleaned and sliced - thick or thin)

(meat)
1 to 1 - 1/2 Cups Precooked Chicken meat (chopped- no skin - no bones)

(pasta)
1/2 Cup to 1 & 1/2 Cups Extra Wide Egg Noodles

Prepare Vegetable and meat, wash, slice, chop or crush as needed.

Place 4 Cups Chicken Broth along with 1 Cup Water in Medium sized cooking pot on top of the stove. (2 quarts or more in size)

Add Seasonings: Pepper, Salt, Parsley, and Sweet Basil.

Place all prepared vegetables in the pot of broth & seasoning.

Cook until vegetable are tender.

Over Medium Heat, bring to a light simmering boil.
Cover the pot but Vent the lid so it does not over boil nor becomes a rolling boil.

Note:
If it becomes a rolling boil you have two choices.
1.Turn down your heat
or
2. Remove the lid.
If you turn down the heat you may need to remove the lid temporarily until the broths temperature lowers so you can return the lid to the pot without the temperature returning to a rolling boil.

When Vegetables are about done add Chopped Chicken Meat and Noodles.

Chicken is Precooked so you only need to heat the chicken, which the hot broth with do for you while your noodles/pasta cooks.

Continue to cook until all your noodles are tender and done.

Once all vegetable and noodles are fully cooked it is time to serve it up in a cup or bowl of choice.

Options:

Pasta / Noodles: Any pasta can be used in place of egg noodles.
I use what I have on hand. Just cook until fully cooked.
Tip; when I use Spaghetti noodles I break them in 3rds or half before adding them to the pot.

Meat; When I have little or no chicken available I have used a left over precooked chopped up porkchop (removed all fat, and bones of course).
I have tried many other precooked meats and found most all work well, even left over brats. It would no longer be chicken-noodle-soup but it sure does taste great and serves the purpose and I use up my left over meats.

Onions: Onions come in a large variety of shapes, colors and flavors, some are hot and some are sweet to name a couple. Several years ago I was introduced to the vidalia onion. This onion is on the sweet side. My point is that with variations you can create unique delightful soups with simple alterations.

Vegetables: I often find any vegetable I have on hand works well in soups. Mind you some vegetable I use in small quantities because they tend to over take the flavor of the broth. You may want to consider this when adding your choice of vegetables.

I'm frugal and believe in the waste not want not theory. With that said, if I have a teaspoon of vegetable leftover from a meal I will put it in the refrigerator, in a covered container to prevent it from picking up the flavor of something else in the refrigerator and use it in my soup the next day.

Have fun with your creations and if you find a favorite combination please share your pictures, recipes, experience(s), tips, hints and suggestions for all of to enjoy with you.

Happy Healthy Eating to you all.

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Saturday

Simple Test To See If You Have Tight Hip Flexors

How to Strengthen Hip Flexors

Do 20 reps of each exercise to strengthen your hip flexors.

Hip Thrust Instructional Video

Watch this ten minute video if you plan on doing hip thrusts! Trust me it will help out a ton.

Hip Mobility Exercises

Hip Flexor Stretches

Mike Cola demonstrates a basic joint mobility program for the hip joint. Help for tight hip flexors....

GIMP Portable

image editing on the go

GIMP Portable is the popular GIMP for Windows (http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/) image editor packaged as a portable app (http://portableapps.com/about/what_is_a_portable_app), so you can take your images with you and do your editing on the go.

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I have removed all links, made inactive and placed them next to the original linked text, which is now blue, bold and underlined for your reference.)

GIMP Portable works best with the PortableApps.com Platform http://portableapps.com/download

Add-Ons: GIMP Portable Photoshop Layout http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable/photoshop_layout

Features


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The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. Learn more about the GIMP... http://www.gimp.org/about/introduction.html

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Support

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Friday

Get Rid of the Belly Pooch

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj30Qun63iY)

Tips for women. I’m finding more and more that this belly fat has a few culprits that we need to be aware of.

Recently I have learned that our pelvic, and our hip-flexors seem to be a key part in our health and well being.

So women lets get those hips, flexors and pelvic in place and strengthened..

Aye I Reckon Meaning

Aye I Reckon Meaning

"AYE"

"I Reckon"

Yes...

There you have it!

I reckon... ;)