Grouping November FOTD

This is a grouping of pictures taken over the month. My favorite is the last pic of me in my stripe sweater and surprised face, wearing my hand painted oxford shoes.

Veterans Day 2011 Celebration Pizza

This is what we did Veterans Day, stayed home, crackling fire in the living room fireplace, Christmas music from Pandora.com...My father was a military man, (army, Vietnam war) and my Grandfather, "Papaul", also served in the military.

Pizza, crust, Dukan Pancake, homemade tomato sauce, fresh raw mushrooms, low fat turkey bacon, fat free mozzarella cheese, and raw yellow onion, cooked in oven till cheese is gooey melted. Mmm

Hair

Non silicone hairspray & mason Pearson brush

Excercise nature walk on the mesquite creek property

1. this is me dressed for trekking

2 property line of the Mesquite Creek acreage

3. found big stick bug he is almost 4 inch long

4 same bug

5 deer tracks on the Mesquite Creek

6 more tracks, (think wild boar) the Mesquite Creek

7 fall in TX the Mesquite Creek this is a low area and it was crowded with bids it is best area protected from frost and my favorite spot

8 dry wood the Mesquite Creek

9 prairie long grass over 4 ft tall, the Mesquite Creek

10 the creek

11. boots are must and so are jeans, brand Justin and Levi, plus more critter tracks.

12. The orange crochet scarf I made last year for the
Petrolia, TX, football games their colors are black and orange, go pirates, and it works to show hunters that I am not a critter. It is deer season after all.

13. this is the local temperature on the walk back my ears and nose did get cold and I had to wear my scarf to cover my ears. My walk on the Mesquite Creek Property

meringue dukan recipe cookie

Meringue Cookies -Dukan

4 egg whites (Allowed to come to room temperature if necessary) 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar                                                                                                   1 cup of zero calories sugar substitute –using loose splenda in bag

1.Put the egg whites in a clean, dry, grease-free bowl with the cream of tartar and whisk until the egg whites form soft peaks that hold their shape.

2.Add the sweetener one tablespoon at a time.

3.When all the sweetener has been added, continue whisking until the egg whites become glossy and form stiff peaks that hold their shape.

4.Using a piping bag with a large star nozzle pipe your meringue on to parchment paper placed on a baking sheet.

5.Place in a preheated cool oven at 250°F, 130°C or Gas Mark 1/2 for 30 minutes when the meringues should be crisp and dry. 6.Turn the oven off and allow the meringues to cool in the oven for a further 30 minutes.

7.When completely cool, store in an air tight container until needed, for up to seven days.

Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet

Happy Sunday,Backyard gossip, & FOTD

At home
Backyard gossip
-current craft project, crocheting long black skirt for around the house
-cooked spicy mustard chicken for lunch
-made what I call vanilla cider, I mixed bigalow hot tea in vanilla caramel with celestial Christmas cookie sleigh ride herbal tea
-I like to drink my coffee (half caffeinated and half decaf) for best smooth flavor
-supper is slow cooker, tomatoes, ground lean beef, liquid smoke, lots of yellow onions
-new favorite lipstick is cover girl lip perfection shade 270 rush
-will never out grow my love for makeup, been this way since age 4
-found this scarf at wal-mart reminds of me of the over priced Kate spade new york scarf, haha love a bargain.
-need to blog vacation south Dakota

Dukan Bran Muffin Recipe

I eat one of these a day as part of my daily calorie intake following the Dukan Diet. I like this recipe, it is easy, and taste good. The only time I dont eat one of these muffins is Saturday when I make a bran pancake as the dough for homemade pizza.

Ingredients:
Dry: mix in small bowl the following
3 TBSP cinnamon (takes a lot due to bland flavor)
24 TBSP oat bran ( I could do the math to figure the 24TBSP=cup? but I don't and here is why. Oat bran settles and it would be really easy to get to much and add carbs and calories
Dash of baking powder about 1/4 tsp
1 cup splenda

Wet: Whisk together until creamy
1 cup fat free unflavored greek yogurt
8 whole large eggs, yolk is optional, I add it for flavor and it is the only yolk I eat all week.
1 tsp real vanilla extract
optional in addition for flavor
1 tsp banana extract or 1/2 tsp almond or any preferred extract flavor

Now mix dry into wet. Spray a muffin pan with non stick spray, pour and spray tops of raw muffins with spray, bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove to cool. After about 5 minutes, use a silicone rubber spatula to run along the edges and with a spinning motion remove from pan. Let cool and enjoy

Back Porch Gossip and FOTD

Back Porch Gossip
1. Survived the unusual and unpredicted Oklahoma earth quake
2. slept in an hour due to daylight savings time
3. painted some inexpensive items, made them gold, to add to living room book shelf as eye candy filler
4. Cooked lunch from scratch, chicken , and set up the slow cooker for supper, beef
5. Hubs went shopping, and later we will cover the pool for winter
6 Got a new cool app for my smart phone with netflix interface. called instantwatcher (one word) free

FOTD first weekend at home Nov 2011

FOTD: face of the day

at home, baking, laundry, cooking