Here's another Fill 'n' Slim Soup, courtesy of my friend Carole ...
[not distressed at the moment but as soon as I hear of anything ...]
Chop: Onion / Carrots / Celery / Turnip
[Add Garlic only if you want to taste Garlic and not the vegetables - and if you don't intend kissing anyone for a couple of days ... Sorry about Garlic rant - I'ts my pet hate - sure Garlic's not always needed in as many recipes as it occurs ... it seems to have become a habit - Yes, I know it's supposed to be good for you - they'll be putting it in cup cakes next. That reminds me, where is my daughter with her cup-cake recipes .... ??? hint hint ...]
Soften vegetables in Butter [yes, that's right, butter]
Add Chicken Stock Cube, Water
Cook till nearly soft
Add Tin Chopped Tomatoes / Tomato Puree
Cook a bit more
Add a handful of pasta [any kinda pasta that's lying around in your kitchen]
Cook 5 mins, till pasta cooked
Season to taste
Eat !!! Enjoy !!!
Jill and Carole
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Stay Full, Get Thin ...
Hi Daughters and everyone else reading this,
Courtesy of my friend Caroline, Mother of two beautiful daughters [possibly in distress - the mother - not the daughters - will find out and let you know] :
In this lovely rainy weather we're having ... try this Heartwarming Yummy soup with a possible minus 30 calories per spoonful ...
Peel and Chop a couple of Carrots, quite a few Parsnips and an Onion.
Fry Onion in some oil.
Add Carrots, Parsnips, Stock Cube, Water, Pepper [maybe Salt?]
Boil, Cook, Simmer.
Liquidise.
Eat ...
If you feel you must add a few calories ... Just add Cream ...
Jill - and Caroline
Courtesy of my friend Caroline, Mother of two beautiful daughters [possibly in distress - the mother - not the daughters - will find out and let you know] :
In this lovely rainy weather we're having ... try this Heartwarming Yummy soup with a possible minus 30 calories per spoonful ...
Peel and Chop a couple of Carrots, quite a few Parsnips and an Onion.
Fry Onion in some oil.
Add Carrots, Parsnips, Stock Cube, Water, Pepper [maybe Salt?]
Boil, Cook, Simmer.
Liquidise.
Eat ...
If you feel you must add a few calories ... Just add Cream ...
Jill - and Caroline
Monday, 9 August 2010
Mother in Distress ...
What do you do if you have successfully grown three large tubs full of strong tomato plants with a prolific yield of good shaped green tomatoes and then ... the sun disappears ?
They do look fab but they are all greeeeen !
PS ~ At the moment, my crop stands me at around £17.50 ...
If / when the tomatoes finally turn red, maybe I'll count them and work out the cost.
Can't wait for delicious tomato and orange soup with cream and black pepper ...
Recipe to follow.
Jill
They do look fab but they are all greeeeen !
PS ~ At the moment, my crop stands me at around £17.50 ...
If / when the tomatoes finally turn red, maybe I'll count them and work out the cost.
Can't wait for delicious tomato and orange soup with cream and black pepper ...
Recipe to follow.
Jill
Just for Fun ...
Take a look at this lovely picture story ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADuSnt6PFn8&feature=related
So Sweet ahhh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADuSnt6PFn8&feature=related
So Sweet ahhh
Sunday, 8 August 2010
The Book I'll be Reading this week is ...
Hi daughters and everyone else checking out this blog ~ you are all very welcome of course.
Just thought I would share this with you …
The book I’ll be reading this week, suggested to me by my daughter, is:
‘The secret lives of people in love’ by Simon Van Booy.
[note: actual book title is in lower case – would hate you to think I made a typing error].
It's a collection of short stories set in present day New York City, Wales, Cornwall, Paris, Rome and Greece [something for everyone]. ‘Simon Van Booy explores love’s labour and love’s loss with masterful simplicity and in touching detail.’
Quotes from the big guys: poets and critics:
‘Van Booy’s stories … stay with you like a significant memory.’ Roger Rosenblatt.
‘These stories take on the benign quality of fairytales …’ Daily Telegraph.
‘Intense, deliberate and calmly beautiful stories’ Irish Times.
So therefore, ‘The secret lives of people in love’ must be all of those things. I’ll let you know. It’s looking cool so far, the jacket; arty, mystic, elegant and tactile … not too heavy to read when lying on a sun-lounger or in bed, page number failry low [useful for train or flight reading]. So far, so good …
Looking forward to it ...
Jill
Just thought I would share this with you …
The book I’ll be reading this week, suggested to me by my daughter, is:
‘The secret lives of people in love’ by Simon Van Booy.
[note: actual book title is in lower case – would hate you to think I made a typing error].
It's a collection of short stories set in present day New York City, Wales, Cornwall, Paris, Rome and Greece [something for everyone]. ‘Simon Van Booy explores love’s labour and love’s loss with masterful simplicity and in touching detail.’
Quotes from the big guys: poets and critics:
‘Van Booy’s stories … stay with you like a significant memory.’ Roger Rosenblatt.
‘These stories take on the benign quality of fairytales …’ Daily Telegraph.
‘Intense, deliberate and calmly beautiful stories’ Irish Times.
So therefore, ‘The secret lives of people in love’ must be all of those things. I’ll let you know. It’s looking cool so far, the jacket; arty, mystic, elegant and tactile … not too heavy to read when lying on a sun-lounger or in bed, page number failry low [useful for train or flight reading]. So far, so good …
Looking forward to it ...
Jill
Thursday, 5 August 2010
What was I saying ? ? ? `Lethologica`
You know that moment, when you can't remember someone's name - but deep down, you know it ... ?
What about the word that won't come to the tip of your tongue ...
Well, apparently, there's a word for it ... Now what was it? ...
Dictionary.com: Lethologica
Definition: inability to remember a word or put your finger on the right word.
Wikipedia:
Lethologica is a psychological disorder that inhibits an individual's ability to articulate his or her thoughts by temporarily forgetting key words, phrases or names in conversation.
Lethologica was first identified as a serious, debilitating disorder by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in 1913 in his Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (The Psychology of the Unconscious).
Lethologica's severity amongst sufferers is dependent upon a variety of factors including stress, physical fitness, social interaction and base memory capacity. As such it can be classified as a lifestyle disease which is also affected by individual personality traits. These factors have been shown to affect the temporal lobe which in turn causes the sporadic functioning of episodic and semantic memory capacities.
What about the word that won't come to the tip of your tongue ...
Well, apparently, there's a word for it ... Now what was it? ...
Dictionary.com: Lethologica
Definition: inability to remember a word or put your finger on the right word.
Wikipedia:
Lethologica is a psychological disorder that inhibits an individual's ability to articulate his or her thoughts by temporarily forgetting key words, phrases or names in conversation.
Lethologica was first identified as a serious, debilitating disorder by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in 1913 in his Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (The Psychology of the Unconscious).
Lethologica's severity amongst sufferers is dependent upon a variety of factors including stress, physical fitness, social interaction and base memory capacity. As such it can be classified as a lifestyle disease which is also affected by individual personality traits. These factors have been shown to affect the temporal lobe which in turn causes the sporadic functioning of episodic and semantic memory capacities.
Hmm ... Interesting ...
Sorry but no effective treatments for the disorder exist !
Jill
Onions
Peeling onions makes me cry
I think of you
Layer after layer
Lie after lie
Wet
Stinging
Acid
Tears
Huge
Heart felt drops.
I think of you
Layer after layer
Lie after lie
Wet
Stinging
Acid
Tears
Huge
Heart felt drops.
Chicken in Soy Sauce
Fry pieces of chicken in drop of oil, little salt, pepper.
Squeeze lemon juice over and cook.
Just before finished, add soy sauce.
That's it !!
Set on top of salad.
Simple. Quick. Cheap. Yummy. Makes you look like a good cook !!
Squeeze lemon juice over and cook.
Just before finished, add soy sauce.
That's it !!
Set on top of salad.
Simple. Quick. Cheap. Yummy. Makes you look like a good cook !!
Monday, 2 August 2010
Stressss ...
Stress ~ Thought I would share this with you ...
Stress is one of the greatest creators of energy that we have. Stress not only creates energy, but also creates urgency. The secret of its managment is not avoidance, but the balancing of internal and external stress. Stress generally comes from the outside. A situation develops creating internal pressure but the cause is external. If you balance the internal pressure with the external pressure, you can withstand tremendous loads. It is the imbalance that hurts you. For example, the farther a submarine descents, the higher the pressure is increased on the inside to keep it from collapsing externally. If you over-pressurise internally, then the submarine explodes. Under pressurising creates an implosion. Our lives are the same way. The first step toward healthy stress is defining the problem. One of the best definitions of 'problem' that I know is: something I can do something about. If I can't do anything about it, its not my problem. It doesn't become a problem until I can do something about it. If I can't do anything, it is a fact of life. Many people call problems things that aren't problems at all -- they are facts of life. They can do nothing about them. I have to constantly be able to recognise facts of life, accept them, live with them, and not consider them problems. Healthy stress results from the definition of the problem.
[Author: Fred Smith]
Jill
Stress is one of the greatest creators of energy that we have. Stress not only creates energy, but also creates urgency. The secret of its managment is not avoidance, but the balancing of internal and external stress. Stress generally comes from the outside. A situation develops creating internal pressure but the cause is external. If you balance the internal pressure with the external pressure, you can withstand tremendous loads. It is the imbalance that hurts you. For example, the farther a submarine descents, the higher the pressure is increased on the inside to keep it from collapsing externally. If you over-pressurise internally, then the submarine explodes. Under pressurising creates an implosion. Our lives are the same way. The first step toward healthy stress is defining the problem. One of the best definitions of 'problem' that I know is: something I can do something about. If I can't do anything about it, its not my problem. It doesn't become a problem until I can do something about it. If I can't do anything, it is a fact of life. Many people call problems things that aren't problems at all -- they are facts of life. They can do nothing about them. I have to constantly be able to recognise facts of life, accept them, live with them, and not consider them problems. Healthy stress results from the definition of the problem.
[Author: Fred Smith]
Jill
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Sons ! oka Mothers in Distress
Socks in the Laundry
Odd Socks in the laundry
Teaspoons in the bin
Teenagers with headphones
Listening to that din
Lights left on, doors unlocked
Shoes on stairs, parents mocked
Half empty juice cartons
And where’s the gin?
Sons!
You just can’t win.
Jill
Odd Socks in the laundry
Teaspoons in the bin
Teenagers with headphones
Listening to that din
Lights left on, doors unlocked
Shoes on stairs, parents mocked
Half empty juice cartons
And where’s the gin?
Sons!
You just can’t win.
Jill
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