Sunday, June 21, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Teacher's Gifts
I have been really busy with school and Tanner, but here are a few things I made for teacher's gifts. I am still doing the tumblers on request. And I've created some cool keychains with my cousin Angela. Contact me if you are interested in creating your own.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
More items to check out!
Here are some more items. These are just examples. She can do just about anything in any color. It is the neatest thing. Contact me for details. :)
Thursday, April 23, 2015
My New Side Business
I have partnered up with my cousin Angela who has Logo Express in Commerce. I am her Blairsville connection for sublimation items. Sublimation is the neatest thing! It allows Angela and her partners to create unique items that are truly customizable. She can put anything on a keychain, bag tag, car tag, cell phone cover, and all kinds of other things. Here are a few examples:
Contact me for pricing. We can come up with a unique design just for you!
Elderberry Syrup
I've had a few requests on my recipe for elderberry syrup. This is something we actually do take daily in our house. As soon as school starts, Tanner gets a dose in a shot glass every morning. It's about a fourth of a shot glass or maybe a little more. I don't measure and you can't really get too much. If I start getting a cold or something, I will start taking it as well. Sambucol is the brand name of elderberry syrup you can get at the store. It has been proven in trials to be effective against several strains of the flu. You can read the article here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11399518.
Our experience has shown it to work pretty good. A few years ago, 2 days before Christmas, we were down at Daddy's. That night Tanner came down with a fever and I knew it didn't look good. I was worried about him being sick during Christmas. I ran to CVS and got some vitamin C and Tylenol. The next morning he was right as rain with no ill effects. Meanwhile, by the time we got home, I had full blown flu and was in the bed for 3 days. It was a miserable Christmas for me. I took what little Sambucol I had on hand and did the best I could. So I know it protected Tanner, even though he hadn't had a dose in a few days.
This summer, I took a medicinal herbalism class as part of my master's program in Nutrition. I study online through New York Chiropractic College. I learned to make all sorts of yummy and some not so yummy concoctions like syrups, tinctures, and salves. I have this year made our own elderberry syrup out of dried elderberries and other ingredients. I must say it tastes much better than the store bought kind and I can customize it if I need to. I buy my herbs at Mountain Rose Herbs. They have a good selection and the prices are reasonable. They have yummy spice and tea blends as well. Click the links to see the products at Mountain Rose Herbs.
Elderberry Syrup
2 cups of water
1/2 cup of dried Elderberries
1 tsp of Cinnamon
1/2 tsp of Cloves
1 TB of fresh grated Ginger
1-2 pods of Star Anise (optional)
1 cup of raw local Honey
Combine water, elderberries, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and star anise pods (if using) in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer gently until the syrup is reduced. Cool until just slightly warm and then strain through cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer. Carefully press all the goodness out of the berries. Pour into a pint jar and add the honey, stirring to combine. It makes about a pint of syrup. Store in the refrigerator. Take a spoonful a day for immune support. At the onset of a cold or the flu, take a spoonful 3 times a day for immune support.
This is not a cure for the flu and should not replace seeing a doctor. I do not intend to diagnose or treat any disease. I hope this is enough legal nonsense to cover myself. :)
To see another post on Elderberry syrup, check out Wellness Mama: http://wellnessmama.com/1888/elderberry-syrup/. She has lots of other articles about natural living.
Our experience has shown it to work pretty good. A few years ago, 2 days before Christmas, we were down at Daddy's. That night Tanner came down with a fever and I knew it didn't look good. I was worried about him being sick during Christmas. I ran to CVS and got some vitamin C and Tylenol. The next morning he was right as rain with no ill effects. Meanwhile, by the time we got home, I had full blown flu and was in the bed for 3 days. It was a miserable Christmas for me. I took what little Sambucol I had on hand and did the best I could. So I know it protected Tanner, even though he hadn't had a dose in a few days.
This summer, I took a medicinal herbalism class as part of my master's program in Nutrition. I study online through New York Chiropractic College. I learned to make all sorts of yummy and some not so yummy concoctions like syrups, tinctures, and salves. I have this year made our own elderberry syrup out of dried elderberries and other ingredients. I must say it tastes much better than the store bought kind and I can customize it if I need to. I buy my herbs at Mountain Rose Herbs. They have a good selection and the prices are reasonable. They have yummy spice and tea blends as well. Click the links to see the products at Mountain Rose Herbs.
Elderberry Syrup
2 cups of water
1/2 cup of dried Elderberries
1 tsp of Cinnamon
1/2 tsp of Cloves
1 TB of fresh grated Ginger
1-2 pods of Star Anise (optional)
1 cup of raw local Honey
Combine water, elderberries, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and star anise pods (if using) in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer gently until the syrup is reduced. Cool until just slightly warm and then strain through cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer. Carefully press all the goodness out of the berries. Pour into a pint jar and add the honey, stirring to combine. It makes about a pint of syrup. Store in the refrigerator. Take a spoonful a day for immune support. At the onset of a cold or the flu, take a spoonful 3 times a day for immune support.
This is not a cure for the flu and should not replace seeing a doctor. I do not intend to diagnose or treat any disease. I hope this is enough legal nonsense to cover myself. :)
To see another post on Elderberry syrup, check out Wellness Mama: http://wellnessmama.com/1888/elderberry-syrup/. She has lots of other articles about natural living.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Chocolate Cobbler
By popular demand (well mostly for my friend Leigh Ann) I am writing out my recipe for Chocolate Cobbler. Totally not on my eating plan...although I did have a small small serving and I will say it's fabulous...even if I made up the recipe myself. I had pinned several recipes on Pinterest...but I didn't like any of them. I've been making cobbler for years in dutch ovens over campfires and those recipes just didn't sound right. So I made my own. And it worked out great. I'm sorry there's no wonderful pictures of the process. I guess I could take a picture of what's left! But anyway, here's how you do it.
Here's what you need:
For the cobbler part:
1 cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of self rising flour
1 stick of butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla
For the chocolate part:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
In an 8 inch iron skillet, melt the stick of butter. Combine the rest of ingredients and pour over the melted butter. DO NOT STIR!
In a separate bowl, stir together the chocolate ingredients. Sprinkle the mixture over the cobbler mixture. DO NOT STIR!
Pour 1 cup of boiling/very hot water over the top. DO NOT STIR!
I know it sounds weird but that's the cool thing about cobblers...the crust always rises to the top!
Bake at 350 for about 30 to 45 minutes. I really don't know how long I cooked it because I checked it at 30 minutes and it wasn't done. Just make sure the crust is brown.
Let it get mostly cool so the chocolate will kinda set up. When it's hot, the fudge is all runny.
Serve with vanilla ice cream! YUM YUM.
Here's what you need:
For the cobbler part:
1 cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of self rising flour
1 stick of butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla
For the chocolate part:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
In an 8 inch iron skillet, melt the stick of butter. Combine the rest of ingredients and pour over the melted butter. DO NOT STIR!
In a separate bowl, stir together the chocolate ingredients. Sprinkle the mixture over the cobbler mixture. DO NOT STIR!
Pour 1 cup of boiling/very hot water over the top. DO NOT STIR!
I know it sounds weird but that's the cool thing about cobblers...the crust always rises to the top!
Bake at 350 for about 30 to 45 minutes. I really don't know how long I cooked it because I checked it at 30 minutes and it wasn't done. Just make sure the crust is brown.
Let it get mostly cool so the chocolate will kinda set up. When it's hot, the fudge is all runny.
Serve with vanilla ice cream! YUM YUM.
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