The Pope and I LOVE Sweet Leaf's Mint and Honey Green Tea. We use to bring at least 5 gallons back with us from Earth Fare when visiting family in Augusta and Raleigh. Well The Pope, being the smart guy he is, created a recipe we can make at home for a lot less than buying gallons and gallons and gallons.
We found Bigelow Mint Green Tea at Harris Teeter one day and The Pope did a little research, and lots of test batches of tea. This is what he's come up with.
12 mint green tea tea bags (6 bags per quart)
2 cups boiling water (we heat ours in the microwave)
1/4 cup clover honey (clover honey has a milder flavor so this is important)
1/4 cup sugar (we prefer to use Sugar in the Raw)
Place 12 tea bags (for a 2 quart pitcher) in boiling water and let steep 10 minutes. Remove tea bags and add honey and sugar, mix. Add cool water to tea mixture. Serve.
Honey and sugar are used to achieve the best flavor. If you use just honey the sweetness is too weak and all sugar is too sweet. Try this recipe and alter to your taste. We actually found that 12 tea bags is a little strong so we prefer to use 10.
*Remember what you learned in science class, adding hot liquid to a cold glass pitcher will crack and shatter the pitcher!
Sunday, May 31
Friday, May 29
Mexican Pizza
I have been craving mexican food for a few days now and decided to try my own version of Taco Bell's mexican pizza.
This is basically how my recipe went.....
2- 8" flour or corn tortillas
can of black beans
cilantro
lime
onion
salsa
diced tomatoes
chopped green onions
chopped red bell pepper
black olives
cheddar cheese
First I made some homemade salsa (tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice, salt) in my mini food processor and placed in a bowl. Then I toasted the tortillas in the oven for a few minutes. While they toasted I pureed the black beans, lime juice, cilantro, and onion. I took the tortillas out after a few minutes and spread one tortilla with the black bean puree. I placed that one black bean tortilla back in the oven for a few minutes. While that was heating up, I chopped my veggies and grated the cheese. After a few minutes I removed the tortilla from the oven and placed the toasted, naked tortilla on top of the black bean tortilla. Then I put lots of cheese on top of the naked tortilla and put it back in the oven. After the cheese was really melted, I took the tortilla sandwich out of the oven and topped it with my veggies, salsa, and more cilantro.
Next time I might try pepper jack cheese or add corn to the top of the pizza. Jon and I even just enjoyed the black bean puree as a dip with nacho chips.
This is basically how my recipe went.....
2- 8" flour or corn tortillas
can of black beans
cilantro
lime
onion
salsa
diced tomatoes
chopped green onions
chopped red bell pepper
black olives
cheddar cheese
First I made some homemade salsa (tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice, salt) in my mini food processor and placed in a bowl. Then I toasted the tortillas in the oven for a few minutes. While they toasted I pureed the black beans, lime juice, cilantro, and onion. I took the tortillas out after a few minutes and spread one tortilla with the black bean puree. I placed that one black bean tortilla back in the oven for a few minutes. While that was heating up, I chopped my veggies and grated the cheese. After a few minutes I removed the tortilla from the oven and placed the toasted, naked tortilla on top of the black bean tortilla. Then I put lots of cheese on top of the naked tortilla and put it back in the oven. After the cheese was really melted, I took the tortilla sandwich out of the oven and topped it with my veggies, salsa, and more cilantro.
Next time I might try pepper jack cheese or add corn to the top of the pizza. Jon and I even just enjoyed the black bean puree as a dip with nacho chips.
Rolling Stone and Lady Gaga???
I love the movie Almost Famous, about the kid that writes about a band for Rolling Stone Magazine. Well I have started receiving a mysterious subscription to Rolling Stone. I received my second issue today with Lady Gaga on the cover in very strange attire, hair and makeup. Not to mention, the photo shoot for her looks like a bubble bath orgy! (I won't even dare post the pictures I found.) I think this magazine is probably a little too liberal for me.
Pulling this month's issue out of the mailbox I asked myself...why am I receiving these issues? who is "Lady Gaga?" and why is she dressed so bubbly? Apparently, she likes to dress in very strange clothes all the time.
Side note: My first issue of Rolling Stone was a cover of Green Day with an American flag; I thought they were British.
Pulling this month's issue out of the mailbox I asked myself...why am I receiving these issues? who is "Lady Gaga?" and why is she dressed so bubbly? Apparently, she likes to dress in very strange clothes all the time.
Side note: My first issue of Rolling Stone was a cover of Green Day with an American flag; I thought they were British.
Wednesday, May 27
Monday, May 25
movie review- A Summer Place
A Summer Place is a silly late 1950s movie about an old love affair, a crazy mother, and a confused teenage girl. The whole movie is (basically) about sex and yet there are no actual sex scenes. (I wish more movies were made without explicit scenes and just implied what happened.)
This movie stars Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue, and hunky Richard Egan.
Three stars.
Thursday, May 21
Camp Food For Vegetarians
The Pope and I are going camping this weekend on an island in the ICW with some friends. We have to pack light since we are taking our canoe over to the island. We are also thinking of going up to Pilot Mountain for some more camping for our first anniversary, June 28.
You probably know that I am a vegetarian but this vegetarian likes to eat (maybe too much). So all this camping got me thinking about some convenient, easy things I could pack to eat. I found several nifty ideas online, things that I hadn't considered.
Ramen noodles, just add hot water
rice and beans
Fantastic Foods makes tons of "just add water" items (I like their hummus and sloppy joe mix!)
one of Jon's favorite camp foods (besides smores) is trailmix
instant oatmeal
pancakes (they even make just-add-water-to-a-bottle-and-shake-mix now)
single pack drink mixes (Crystal Light or others)
hot chocolate mix
REI has a whole section of vegetarian food options
The Pope also found this website for camping recipes. Don't eat the Margarita Cheesecake!
The thing to remember with processed camp foods is the high sodium content. Read your labels, folks!
You probably know that I am a vegetarian but this vegetarian likes to eat (maybe too much). So all this camping got me thinking about some convenient, easy things I could pack to eat. I found several nifty ideas online, things that I hadn't considered.
Ramen noodles, just add hot water
rice and beans
Fantastic Foods makes tons of "just add water" items (I like their hummus and sloppy joe mix!)
one of Jon's favorite camp foods (besides smores) is trailmix
instant oatmeal
pancakes (they even make just-add-water-to-a-bottle-and-shake-mix now)
single pack drink mixes (Crystal Light or others)
hot chocolate mix
REI has a whole section of vegetarian food options
The Pope also found this website for camping recipes. Don't eat the Margarita Cheesecake!
The thing to remember with processed camp foods is the high sodium content. Read your labels, folks!
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