Jalapeno JellyWritten by Joyce Moseley Pierce
Jalapeno Jelly by Joyce Moseley Pierce 468 wordsNeed a quick treat for those upcoming holiday office gatherings? A few years ago I was introduced to combination of Wheat Thins(TM), cream cheese and jalapeno jelly! Don't let jalapeno scare you. There are two ways to combat "fire" you feel on your tongue caused by these hot peppers, and that's with milk or bread. Whoever created this Southwest delicacy knew what they were doing. The cream cheese and cracker are there to calm nerve endings in your tongue so you can enjoy blend of flavors. The kick in this jelly is a delicious way to open eyes, as well as taste buds, of your friends and co-workers. Just place a block of cream cheese on a festive holiday plate and pour jelly over it. Put crackers within reaching range, but not close enough that they get soggy from jelly. You can buy crackers and cream cheese at any grocery store, but you may have to search specialty shops for jelly. Sometimes you can find it at Cost Plus or Marshalls in their food section. However, if you really want to impress your friends, try making your own. If you've never handled raw jalapenos before, let me offer a word of warning. The skin of pepper is safe to touch - it's seeds that produce burning sensation. Use plastic gloves if you're worried about handling them. If you choose to brave it without gloves, keep your hands away from your eyes while working with peppers - even slightest bit on your fingers will send you screaming if you get it in your eyes.
| | Helping Our Children Feel Good About Themselves and Create Positive Memories for LaterWritten by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
We have so much influence over next generation! Lots of times we forget how much influence, as our children or grandchildren can appear to ignore us, forget us or even worse--run from us in one way or another. Sometimes, we must just accept fact that lots of times positive actions happen without positive recognition! Therefore, it behooves us as 'grownups' in our personal worlds to keep looking for ways to help young ones experience good times, feel nurtured and loved and to walk away from situations just a little more one road to developing as a whole person with a good sense of self. I can assure you that insistence on creating a meaningful world for our children does eventually pay off!I'd like to share with you how Lorna did just that with her daughter Sabrina. Here is some of what she wrote to me: ‘Yesterday afternoon Sabrina, my six year old daughter, was helping me make Chinese sesame cookies for our church's girls' club. Sabrina attends weekly club meetings and is always happy to help me out with snacks for club. These cookies needed to be rolled into little balls and then rolled into sesame seeds. The ‘seeding' of cookies was Sabrina's job. We were halfway through dough. She was rolling away. Suddenly she said to me without looking up, "This is great! I get to spend quality time with Daddy and now more time with you!" She was referring to her Sunday evenings alone with her daddy. Sunday evenings at 5:30 pm, I leave and take my 9 year-old son to boys club at church where I also help with snacks. During time we are gone, Sabrina and her daddy have a tea party almost every Sunday evening. They turn lights off, light candles that I have usually in center of table, then boil water, and set table. There is usually some kind of ‘tea cookie' (like shortbread) in pantry. They take those and then serve each other tea and cookies. Sometimes they act silly. e.g. Acting very aloof with flowery language or just simply talking about this and that.
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