Here's how I cook Sugar Snap Peas

 

Friends, yesterday I posted a "Munch for Lunch" video with sugar snap peas as the vegetable for the meal. In the post I put a link to the video I made that showed how I cooked the sugar snap peas. Well.... after thinking it over I decided to go ahead and post the video on my blog here as well. So here it is.

😆Let's Cook Sugar Snap Peas: This Video

The video starts out like this... "Ahhh guys I just picked... a bowllll fullll.... of sweet sugar snap peas.... right from my patio garden.... so..... "Let's Get Cookin" "

Snicker~ I had a lot of fun making this video and I had a lot of happy taste buds eating all those sugar snaps too. Ha!

😏Now I didn't waste all that bacon and butter fat you see in that pan. 

That was a lot of bacon fat! In fact, I had enough fat to cook a few more things for sure. I cooked those peas in it yes, but I drained the peas then reserved the rest for the meat I was cooking as well. Plus... I saved some to brush on some homemade bread I made. I loveeee doing that. Anyway the video doesn't show that part. No wasting for me. But I do have to say I ate an over load of bacon for the day. 

In Closing

I hope you all enjoy this little cooking video of beans. lol~ Not very exciting I know but the music on the video is so fun. hehehe! You guys know my motto ~

"Live Everyday like a Holiday" Love Pam

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📅 July / National Bean Month

📆 January 6 / National Bean Day

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My Fresh Green Beans are Cooking

 Ohhhh ya'll! 

There's nothing like fresh green beans from green bean plants I promise you. Now this year I planted Blue Lake Bush type green beans and not the vine type. Doesn't matter which one you plant they are both very tasty. Anyway... what you see simmering in the pot is green and yellow bush beans both. You also see fresh herbs, onions and seasoning. Tomorrow I will post more pictures of the 1 pot meal that I cooked with these beans. So keep an eye out for my "Munch for Lunch" tomorrow.

Now what your looking at is the bush type blue lake green beans. 

These are the plants that I picked my beans from that you see simmering in the pot. I could of planted these in the ground but I hate to pick beans from the ground. LOL~ I like them planted in a tall flower pot so I don't have to kill my back when I'm picking beans. If you've ever picked beans you will know what I mean. With green beans you just about have to use both hands to pop them off so you don't break the limbs. You can also plant the vine variety. 

Here's the mess of beans I picked for the meal.

 It was plenty for a big pan full. I snapped off the ends, washed them, then added to the pan.

That's my post for today

❤  I hope you enjoyed watching my simmering beans today. I loved the sound of the simmering water didn't you. LOL~ I just want to encourage everyone to be thankful for the little things in life. Something as simple as a small green bean bush is special. Especially when it provides you enough of beans for a full bowl and a full meal. So thankful! Remember, something as simple as watching simmering beans cook is relaxing. That's a blessing too ya know.  Don't take anything for granted. 

❤  Remember to watch my "Munch for Lunch". I will have it ready for you by tomorrow. Love Pam

How to cook Pesto Pasta

This video shows how to cook easy homemade pesto pasta with a list of ingredients. After it's cooked and mixed together you top with grated cheese. 

A perfect recipe to remember for Pasta Month, Pasta Day, Noodle Day, and herb week!! Ya-gotta-love those food holidays!
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Potato Gruel

This video is of my beautiful mother making potato gruel. A potato recipe that I grew up eating. I soooo love it! Especially if I have homemade cornbread or some type of crusty bread to sop it in.
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Skillet Bread Four Cheese Spinach Dip

Mark your calendars! My video pick to honor: 

• National Bread Month / celebrated in November
• National Bread Day / November 17th
• National Spinach Lover's Month / celebrated in October
• National Spinach Day / March 26th

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Winter Cake / Home Cooking Adventure

As you know my blog talks about Holidays, Celebrations and the 4 Seasons.... and I love to share the beautiful work that others do in celebration of the holidays. So today I have picked this beautiful "Winter Cake" from Home Cooking Adventure. A beautiful representation of winter. I hope you all try the recipe because I know I sure am. And please share and pass on this winter time beauty.

She says....
"This Winter Cake is an impressive dessert that everybody will love, perfect for winter holidays, a great twist to the classic recipes. Almond biscuit crust at the bottom with two layers of moist white cake, filled with raspberry and red currants filling and topped with a delicious sweetened condensed milk buttercream." To print the recipe / check the full recipe on her blog:
https://www.homecookingadventure.com/recipes/winter-cake
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Tea Eggs for every Holiday

Tea eggs for every holiday? You bet! 

So for all you holiday loving people who are always looking for a fun way to serve your food.... here's a great one for you! 

I eat boiled eggs or deviled eggs all the time and I have found a great way to incorporate boiled eggs into every holiday with some colorful style. How you ask.... by making tea eggs instead of plain boiled eggs. Why would I want to do that? So I can fix them in all the colors of the holidays. Yessss! pretty idea! Or spooky idea, I don't know which. lol! But I do know that they always grace my Halloween table and Easter table every year.

You know.... 
Black: for Halloween
Orange: Halloween or Thanksgiving
Red: for Valentines or Christmas
Tan tea eggs: for Thanksgiving
Pastels: for Easter
Green: for Saint Patties Day
Blue, Red: 4th of July

They are also known as Marble Eggs:
Tea egg is a typical Chinese savory food commonly sold as a snack, in which a boiled egg is cracked slightly and then boiled again in tea, sauce and/or spices. It is also known as marble egg because cracks in the egg shell create darkened lines with marble-like patterns.

Here's how to make them
Fragrant and flavorful tea eggs are a traditional Chinese food. The original recipe uses various spices, soy sauce, and black tea leaves. A commonly used spice for flavoring tea eggs is Chinese five-spice powder, which contains ground cinnamon, star anise, fennel seeds, cloves and Szechuan peppercorns. Some recipes  do not use tea leaves, but they are still called "tea eggs". In the traditional method of preparation, eggs are boiled until they reach a hardened, cooked state. The boiled eggs are removed from the water, and the entire shell of each egg is gently cracked all around. Smaller cracks produce more marbling, visible when the egg is peeled for eating. The extra water from the boiling should be allowed to seep out of the eggs on its own. After about ten minutes, the cracked eggs are ready to be put into the prepared spiced-tea liquid and simmered over medium heat. This simmering allows the spiced fluid to seep into the cracks and marinate the eggs inside their shells. After about twenty minutes, the eggs and liquid are transferred to a glass or ceramic container for further steeping in a refrigerator. For best results, the eggs should be allowed to steep for at least several hours. The dark color of the spiced tea gives the egg a marbled effect when it is peeled to be eaten.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_egg
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You have to give this a try guys! 
It's so much fun!
Now I love how they look using tea in the water and I love how they taste using soy sauce in the water. But I have also made them using colored icing paste or food coloring when I was needing the egg to be a pastel color. They are always a hit at my house for Halloween and Easter. I also make a youtube video about it. Watch it here. https://youtu.be/cuP_-pu-okw
Pam
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Kitchen Cheat Sheet

All the bits of interesting info you need when cooking such as metric conversions, cooking times, freezer storage etc. It also has very handy A4 download and print sheets which can be stuck to the fridge and are great for teaching kids too. You can download those here: Source: http://www.e...eat-sheet/http://www.everest.co.uk/products/kitchens/kitchen-cheat-sheet/

Holidays To Remember: National Country Cooking Month is June / National Cooking Day is September 25 / (food holiday directory)

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Healthy Baking Substitutions

Got a major sweet tooth? Try these easy ingredient swaps on some of your favorite dessert recipes for healthier treats that won't disappoint in the taste department!

Holiday To Remember: World Baking Day... May 17

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Culinary Use of 9 Herbs

Herbs are any plants used for food, flavoring, medicine, or perfume. Culinary use typically distinguishes herbs as referring to the leafy green parts of a plant Source: http://imyourflavour.com/

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Spice Chart for Traditional Ethnic Meals

Spices are what truly give ethnic cuisines those traditional flavors we love. This handy infographic will have you whipping up dishes from all over the world!

by ShannonLattin.

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Send this to someone on National Herb and Spice Day... June 10