Quick Sugar Doodle Cookies

I was in a hurry last night, I needed to bring some treats and knew which cookie I could rely on when I was in hurry A quick sugar doodle cookie!

Sugar Doodle
1 C. Butter, melted
1 C. Sugar
2 Large Eggs
2 1/2 C. Flour (half white/half wheat)
1/4 C. Oatmeal, grinded
1t. Cream of Tartar
1t. Baking Soda
1/4 t. Salt
TOP: 3T. Sugar/ 3T Cinnamon

As always, to start your cookie melt the butter, mix in the sugar and eggs.
In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients. Add one to the other, mix enough.
Put dough in fridge then heat up oven to 350 that way there is time for the dough to chill a bit.
Mix Sugar and Cinnamon in bowl, mix well.
Make 1in. round balls of the dough, and cover in cinnamon sugar mix.
Place on baking sheet, and bake for 10 minutes! Remove from baking sheet quickly.

Yum Yum! Chewy, Crisp, and fantastic!

Kissin' Our Homemade Rainbow Play Dough!

We made some homemade play dough today! It was super easy, and really fun!We used this recipe from Musings From A SAHM. 

In a non-stick pot

Medium Heat

MIX 

1 C. Flour

< 1/3 C. Salt 

2 t. Cream of Tartar

ADD

1 c. Water

1 T. Vegetable Oil

STIR

COLOR

STIR

until done.

 At first I used a regular metal pot and it got way too hot before I even started. When I added my dry and wets, it hardened SO FAST I didn't have time to mix in the color while it was still in the wet stage! That is SO important! The blue was our first batch, and you can clearly see the white chunks. not cool!

Reminder #1- It's easier to use a NON-Stick pot!

Reminder #2- Watch the temp, it will heat up fast while you go so make sure its a low- med temp so you can keep it on track!

Reminder #3- Once you've mixed the dry with the wet, add the color!! It comes out richer that way!

My green batch turned out the best! When I poured it out on the table where my wax paper was it was still kind of gooey. I was afraid it was under-done. It turned out to be the softest and easiest to play with!

Reminder #4- Don't over cook!

The only ick I have about this, and maybe it is all homemade play dough, is while playing my hand get covered in uncomfortable SALT! For sure next time we make this we are going to down size the salt. I know it is necessarily but I think there was so much. Maybe soaking the salt in the water before adding it to heat will help but for us it didn't work out quiet right there!

Reminder #5- Control your Salt! reduce Salt.

Finally, storage. We use these shoe boxes to store tons of your textural play, so it worked for us.. but I love the baby food jars for on the go play! If it does dry out- water should help, maybe that will help my salt problem too!!

reminder #6- Keep in tight storage, if it dries out, add water or play with wet hands!

My Fighting Green Drink

Yes, I too am loving my daily Green Drink/ Green Smoothie. Have I noticed a weight loss yet?? no. Have I noticed better health?? not really. I guess I've got some other things to work on. Have I noticed it's addictive quality, curve of appetite and added energy! YES!

Unfortunately , I don't own a BlendTec or VitaMix so I have to be careful what i put in.. like key limes leave too much rind and cashews are a no- go either..

Here are some favorites (and other ideas) I add to my green drink fresh or frozen (not everything at the same time.. but you can if you want too!) Make your breakfast a Mean Green Super Strong Fighting Machine!!

Coconut Milk

Orange Juice

Grape Juice

Fresh Spinach

fights: age-related muscular degeneration, cancer, cataracts, fibrosis, night blindness

aids: memory and vision

Kale

fights: allergies, cancer, heart disease, age-related muscular degeneration

aids: bones and vision

Cranberries

fight: allergies, colon cancer, heart disease, urinary track infections

Blackberries

fight:allergies, cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol

aid: regularity and weight control

Blueberries

fight: cancer, heart disease, urinary track infection, wrinkles

aid: memory

Raspberries

fight: allergies, cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol

aid: regularity

Strawberries

fight: birth defects, cancer, constipation, heart disease

aid: memory, regularity, wound healing

Papaya

fights:cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure

aids: immune function, vision, wound healing

Pineapple

fights: cancer, heart disease

aids: digestion, immune function

Mango

fights: cancer, heart disease

aids: digestion and vision

Banana

fights: cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney stones, premenstrual syndrome, stroke

aids: energy 

Avocado

(so yum!)

fights: cancer, dry hair, heart disease, high cholesterol

aids: weight loss

Yogurt

fights: cancer, canker sores, diarrhea, high blood pressure, yeast infection

aids: bones, digestion, immune function, and weight control

Honey

fights: allergies, stomach problems, so much more..

aids: wound healing, weight loss, athletic performance, antiseptic, antibiotic

Key Lime

Collard Greens

Flax Seed

This handout accredits the "Giant Book of Kitchen Counter Cures, by Karen Cicero and Colleen Pierre for the food information.

Add new things! Let me know your favorites!!
Mix it Up and Love it!!

xoxo

You Are What You Eat...

....so eat well!

Here are some "Whole Food Signatures" that I have a document of at my home. I'd like to post my favorite "handouts", if you will, notes I've taken and things I have lying around. I want to keep them safe but in my effort of de-cluttering I want to put my information somewhere not in my house to take up more room, but I want it to look at again. Note: in many cases I am paraphrasing the document details. This information is not my own..  and in this case and many cases down the road, I don't have any sources for. If i do, I'll mention the original source!

The idea of Whole Foods Signatures are that whole foods resemble the body organ or physiological function and it is a  benefit to that part of the body to the eater. In my effort of whole foods living (we will talk about that more as I become more successful), this was fascinating to me while I focus on improving my eating habits. These are based off the most recent scientific research on these fruits and veggies.. or that is what my paper says! Also, these foods probably benefit so much more to our body.. this is just a few of the studies benefits!

CARROT: A slice of carrot looks like the human eye.  The pupil, iris, and radiating lines look just like the human eye and carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and the function of the eye.

TOMATO:  A tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. Tomatoes are heart and blood food!

GRAPES: Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of a heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell. Grapes are also heart and blood vitalizing foods.

WALNUT: Of coarse a walnut looks just like a little brain. It has a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums, and lower cerebellums. Its wrinkles and fold resemble the neo-cortex. Walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

KIDNEY BEANS: Yes, they look exactly like a human kidney.. they also heal and help maintain kidney function.

CELERY, BOK CHOY, AND RHUBARB (and more):  These look just like bones and target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish our skeletal needs.

EGGPLANT, AVOCADOS, AND PEARS: These foods target health and function to the female womb and cervix. They also look just like them. Did you know, when a woman eats 1 avocado a week it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight (I'm waiting for this one to kick in!) and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this?.. It takes 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. P.S.There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each on of these foods, science has only studies and names 141 of them.

FIGS: Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos whent hey grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sprem as well to overcome male sterility.

OLIVES: Olives assist the health and functions of the ovaries.

GRAPEFRUITS, ORANGES, AND OTHERS: Citrus fruits look just like the female mammary glands.  They assist health of the breast and the movement of lymph in and out of the breast.

ONIONS: Onions look like body cells. Onions help clear waste materials from all the body cells. they produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.