Laura loves applesauce and I love apple pies. We have a real division of labor… I have the pleasure of pealing, coring , adding the cinnamon sticks, seas salt and lemon juice… with Laura adding the final seasoning and brown sugar to her taste … after all, she’s the one who will enjoy it!
I wonder if you can have too many apples? We’ve been makingLaura’s apple sauce recipeconstantly! I think Laura has enough apple sauce until the next season… however, I have seen new blossoms blooming again!
Seems like I will get an entire freezer for apple pies after all!
I am not a health nut… I enjoy butter, cane sugar, prefer cream in my coffee and I enjoy cooking yummy things designed to bring a smile. However, on occasion, I use a few already prepared products as a short cut and I was astonished to discover that high fructose corn syrup was an ingredient in my Rice Krispies! When did all of this happen? The fact is… I like to avoid ‘high fructose corn syrup’ and I will leave it to the scientists to explain why.
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that if two rats given equal calories and the only difference is that the rat getting ‘high fructose corn syrup’ becomes obese… well, maybe that is what is really happening to us!
It’s becoming harder and harder to shop in the grocery store… time for ordinary folks to learn that cooking requires more than a microwave… unless you like those larger sizes.
Stumbleupon.com is a great site for directing folks to interesting topics and sites that will inform, educate, enlighten or amuse. I think my posting of the apparent dissatisfaction John Madden has for Cal Poly’s President the vacuous Warren Baker is worth a laugh or two. I especially like the story of John Madden sending him a one way ticket to go back where he came from… funny.
Somehow, the ascended beings of the internet found my blog worthy of passing along and directed folks to read the on-going battle between John Madden & Cal Poly’s Warren Baker.
Here’s the original post. (Don’t forget to check out the link in the article byKaren Vale covering some of the reasons why John Madden is so justifiably unhappy.)
By the way, it seems that others have been noticing the growth of college administrations and the mysterious and varied university foundations of which Cal Poly is no stranger. Here are a couple of articles I found amusing…
So what have we learned here? It doesn’t take an ax to reduce the budget… just the ability to look at any problem honestly, ask the hard questions, admit a mistake, change directions firmly…and move on.
Almost everyone remembers making some sort of snack bars growing up. Either it was a ‘Rice Krispie treats’, Smoores or a more exotic fruit bar that made everyone smile. Remembering those days, we started thinking about making a better bar.
Many folks today enjoy a snack bar of some sort, but be careful to read the label as some contain ingredients which are not always the best for you in the long run. Personally, I like to avoid high fructose corn syrup which is appealing to many in that it is cheaper than regular cane sugar and 70% sweeter…. but it has drawn some serious questions. Now it is only a correlation, but obesity in America took off just about the same time as high fructose corn syrup became the mainstream sugar of choice for manufacturers. However, by making stuff yourself , you can avoid a lot of this ( although — admittedly — some items in this recipe contain questionable ingredients … but I am working on substitutes for them as well).
I also want to keep the eventual snack portions about 130 calories each and add nuts and chocolate when I am done. I am even toying with a sweet Coffee snack… we’ll see where this adventure takes us!
That’s a great line from the movie ‘Holiday’(2006) with Cameron Dias, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and my favorite funny guy Jack Black. Iris ( Kate Winslet) says,” I am looking for a little corny in my life.”
So as the critics try to tilt our entertainment back to the melancholy 1970’s of double digit inflation and no jobs… it’s fun to see a few movies that bring hope, aspiration, inspiration,and romance back into our lives… even if it is a little corny at times and in the comics.
As the great American Psychologist & Philosopher William James said,
“Be not afraid of life.
Believe that life is
worth living, and
your belief will help
create the fact.”
