Please Squeeze!!!!

 DON’T WASTE THAT LEMON PEEL

Many professionals in restaurants and eateries are using or consuming the
entire lemon and nothing is wasted. How can you use the whole lemon without
waste? Simply place the lemon in the freezer section of your refrigerator.
Once the lemon is frozen, get your grater, and shred the whole lemon (no
need to peel it) and sprinkle it on top of your foods. Sprinkle it to your
whisky, wine, vegetable salad, ice cream, soup, noodles, spaghetti sauce,
rice, sushi, fish dishes. All of the foods will unexpectedly have a
wonderful taste, something that you may have never tasted before. Most
likely, you only think of lemon juice and vitamin C. Not anymore. Now that
you’ve learned this lemon secret, you can use lemon even in instant cup
noodles.

What’s the major advantage of using the whole lemon other than preventing
waste and adding new taste to your dishes? Well, you see lemon peels contain
as much as 5 to 10 times more vitamins than the lemon juice itself. And yes,
that’s what you’ve been wasting. But from now on, by following this simple
procedure of freezing the whole lemon, then grating it on top of your
dishes, you can consume all of those nutrients and get even healthier. It’s
also good that lemon peels are health rejuvenators in eradicating toxic
elements in the body. So place your lemon in your freezer, and then grate it
on your meal every day. It is a key to make your foods tastier and you get
to live healthier and longer! That’s the lemon secret! Better late than
NEVER!

The surprising benefits of lemon! Lemon (Citrus) is a miraculous product to
kill cancer cells. It is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy. Why do we
not know about that? Because there are laboratories interested in making a
synthetic version that will bring them huge profits. You can now help a
friend in need by letting him/her know that lemon juice is beneficial in
preventing the disease. Its taste is pleasant and it does not produce the
horrific effects of chemotherapy.

How many people will die while this closely guarded secret is kept, so as
not to jeopardize the beneficial multimillionaires large corporations? As
you know, the lemon tree is known for its varieties of lemons and limes. You
can eat the fruit in different ways: you can eat the pulp, juice press,
prepare drinks, sorbets, pastries, etc. It is credited with many virtues,
but the most interesting is the effect it produces on cysts and tumors. This
plant is a proven remedy against cancers of all types. Some say it is very
useful in all variants of cancer. It is considered also as an antimicrobial
spectrum against bacterial infections and fungi, effective against internal
parasites and worms, it regulates blood pressure which is too high and an
antidepressant, combats stress and nervous disorders.

The source of this information is fascinating: it comes from one of the
largest drug manufacturers in the world, says that after more than 20
laboratory tests since 1970, the extracts revealed that: It destroys the
malignant cells in 12 cancers, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and
pancreas …The compounds of this tree showed 10,000 times better than the
product Adriamycin, a drug normally used chemotherapeutic in the world,
slowing the growth of cancer cells. And what is even more astonishing: this
type of therapy with lemon extract only destroys malignant cancer cells and
it does not affect healthy cells.

 

I’ll try it!

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and stronger flavored. Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking. To make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up. Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if you want a stronger taste of garlic. Reheat leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, on med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. Easy Deviled Eggs: Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag, seal, mash, add remainder of ingredients, keep mashing, mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw the bag away! Expanding Frosting: When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes for the same price. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving. Reheating refrigerated bread: To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster. Newspaper weeds away: Plant your plants in the ground; work the nutrients in your soil. Then wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go, cover with mulch, and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers. To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant: squirrels won’t come near it. Flexible vacuum: To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings. Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip or slacks to eliminate static cling. It works; you will not have a clingy skirt or dress, or slacks when wearing panty hose; … Ta D A ! … Static is gone. Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out. De-fog your windshield: Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth! Re-opening envelopes: If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily. Only for old- fashioned “lick-type “mucilage envelopes! Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. Goodbye Fruit Flies: To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2″ with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! Get Rid of Ants: Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it ‘home,’ can’t digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! Drop a small object on the carpet and can’t find it. Place panty hose over the end of the vacuum hose and start vacuuming. The panty hose will keep it from getting sucked into the vacuum. Need to cut some corn off the cob. Use your Bundt pan. Place the ear on the opening in the center of the pan, and as you slide the knife down the ear, all the kernels will collect in the main part of the pan

Got Weeds…use Vinegar!

Got Weeds? Use Vinegar, Not Roundup

NEED PROOF THAT VINEGAR IS A WEED-TERMINATOR? Just look at the weeds growing along a pea-stone path in my Herb Garden. These were photographed yesterday afternoon, just moments before I sprayed them with cheap, undiluted, store-brand white vinegar. Here’s what all that greenery looked like this morning:

I’d say those weeds are deader than dead. And that’s why I use vinegar on the gravel paths, brick walk-ways, and blue-stone patio here at A Garden for the House. For me it has proven an effective, eco-friendly answer to Roundup.

And speaking of Roundup, this year Monsanto, the product’s evil manufacturer, agreed with the New York Attorney General’s office to discontinue their use of the terms “biodegradable” and “environmentally friendly” in ads promoting Roundup. Why? Because these terms were bald-faced lies. Roundup is neither biodegradable nor environmentally friendly.

The next time you want to murder your weeds, why douse them with something that will remain in the soil for who knows how long? Maybe you should reach for vinegar instead. Vinegar is cheap. It’s easy to use. I keep gallons of it in my garden shed.

How to Apply: You can use a watering can, a spray bottle or a pump-sprayer to apply vinegar. I use a pump-sprayer, because it is more efficient. Be sure to rinse your sprayer after use, or metal parts (if any) can corrode.

Make your application on a warm, sunny, calm (not windy) day. Vinegar is not selective; it can potentially harm plants you wish to keep, should you accidentally spray them. As I said earlier, I use vinegar on walkways, where grass and ornamental plants are not an issue.

Will vinegar kill every weed in every garden? That I can not say. I only know that it has kept my pathways free of unwanted growth.

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I love my juicer….

I got a Jack La Lanne Juicer, and I’m in love with it….it is a simple juicer , not too expensive, and does the trick. I got it at Costco for under a 100$. Daily I put in a whole cucumber, 5 stalks of celery ( I grow my own) half a lemon, 3 small oranges, few leaves of bok choy or other green leafy veggie.

Here is one such recipe…..

 

Written by Claire Georgiou on Wednesday, 22 February 2012. Posted in Weekly Recipes

This smoothie is very high in electrolytes and minerals, the coconut water, banana and cucumber are all high in magnesium and potassium.  This is a great post work-out smoothie while Rebooting. These specific nutrients may also help normalise blood pressure.

Red Grapes contain a very special polyphenol called resveratrol. Resveratrol, which is an anti-oxidant, may help prevent many forms of cancer. Resveratrol has also been shown to scavenge free radicals in the body thus reducing oxidative cellular damage such as aging.
This smoothie has 4 serves of fruit and vegetables, you can easily add more if you wish. Use any of the below substitutions if desired.

Red Grape & Spinach Smoothie
- ¾ cup Coconut water
- ¾ cup Red Grapes
- 1 banana
- 1 cup of spinach or any other leafy greens
- 1 small cucumber
- ½ cup of ice (optional)

Directions:
Wash all produce well
Chop cucumber and banana
Place in a blender or Vitamix
Blend
Pour over ice and Enjoy!

Juicin’ it!

 

I cucumber, 3 stalks of celery, 1 apple, 3 small oranges, it takes all of that to turn into this one big yummy glass of goodness! I am in love with my juicer! I got a Jack La Lanne one at Costco…a great deal at under $100. I had NO idea that juicers took so much fruit or greens. Look at the amount that’s on the plate to make that one big glass, it is amazing how much you have to put into that machine….wow it is pretty expensive, so I have to go for the week to the farmers markets where you can get some deals. I absolutely depend on my garden also, am waiting for the celery now any day I will be able to harvest that.

the art of gardening….

Here’s my winter garden. Yep, in California we’re lucky when we live near the ocean there is no frost. Well, now and again we do have a bit of frost on the grass in the morning, but generally you can garden year round. I’ve got Broccoli, Cauliflower, onions, celery, and string beans. The beans aren’t doing to well.

My garden is all organic. The only problem I have is ground squirrels. Today I went out to find the roots of one plant just all nibbled off ( last photo) so my friend who is a fireman that lives across the way lit a few 15 min. flares ….we lit them and popped them down their holes, to try and drive them out of the field. It’s suppose to make them leave their underground tunnels. I don’t want to use any traps or poisons as the garden is organic….I figure a little smoke underground won’t do that much damage. If anyone has any brilliant ideas for gophers or ground squirrels please let me know. No, I cannot put chicken wire under boxes to keep them out….The side field that my garden is in is really big, I’d say a quarter acre. My garden is only 25 x 35, but impossible to put wire around and under all of it.

Someone told me I could buy deer blood to sprinkle around the parameters of the garden…..making the critters think there is death nearby and dangerous here.

THAT is just gross to me. UGH! So I am open to suggestions of all kinds, just don’t tell me to buy deer blood or urine. arrgghhhhhhh

So heeelllllppppp! all Y’all gardeners, WHAT do I do????

Tomato’s!

Step 1….washing and cutting off the ugly parts.

step 2 drop into boiling water for 5 seconds

"shock" the tomato skin in ice water for 10 seconds and then peel off easily

Peel and take the seeds out, I used a nylon bag then squeezed the extra juice back into the tomato pot

15 lbs of home grown tomato goodness

So to my pot of tomatos I added….

2 whole diced onions, 3 chopped and sliced bell peppers, yellow crook neck squash, zucchini, 14 cloves of garlic sliced very thinly, lots of fresh basil leaves, italian seasoning, pepper, 1/4 cup olive oil, salt, 1/3 cup parmesan romano dry cheese, large can of tomato paste to thicken, along with 3 teaspoons of sugar….to handle acid.

Let simmer on very LOW heat for a LONG time….

This you can pour into Ball quart glass canning  jars for later use.

So yummy!

P.S. JUST NOW READ THAT IF YOU USE OIL IN THE RECIPE YOU SHOULD FREEZE INSTEAD OF USING JARS! I will use freezer bags, on the majority, but want to give some in jars. I guess it’s suppose to cut down on the chance of botulism.

15 lbs…marinara anyone?

Well the last of the tomatos and the summer garden is done now. I am planning my winter garden, and have made an offering of split tomatos to the ground squirrels. It looks as though there was a bit of a fiesta last night holes surround my garden. I’ll just take my car and drive around my garden to hopefully flatten their holes and tunnels forcing them elsewhere. Pics to follow…..

Late garden….

 

I didn’t plant my garden until late this year, so we will see. The ground squirrels and gophers, rabbits have wondered if there will be any goodies this year. I’ve planted…cantalope, zucchini, straight squash, crook neck squash, honey dew melons, big boy tomato, roma tomato, and celebrity tomato, red, yellow, green, and orange peppers, anaheim chilis, cilantro, watermelons, strawberries, and cucumbers. So far so good!

Springs fresh bounty……