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Family Recipes: Milk Dud Cookies

Don’t expect to stay on a diet when you make these cookies. They are addictive. One of the best peanut butter cookie recipes I ever made….and it has a surprise in the middle.  Form the dough around a milk dud that melts inside the cookie as it bakes.

It makes up to 8 dozen cookies—but I make my cookies a little bigger so usually get around 5 – 6 dozen. The house smells so good as they bake and my husband cannot wait to test them for me!! He says he wouldn’t want me to give anyone cookies that were not good. What a guy!!

Keep in mind that they dough needs to chill at least 1 hour before you form and bake the cookies.

 

 

1 ½ cups butter flavored shortening

1 ½ cups peanut butter (do not use reduced fat peanut butter)

2 cups sugar (DIVIDED)

1 ½ cups brown sugar, packed

4 eggs

3 ¾ cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

¾ teaspoon salt

1 package milk duds (10 ounces)

Cream shortening, peanut butter, 1 ½ cups sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Combine all dry ingredients and gradually add to creamed mixture. Chill for at least one hour.

Shape 4 teaspoons of dough around a milk dud (I just use a heaping tablespoon). Be sure milk dud is completely covered. Roll balls in remaining ½ cup sugar.

 

Place 2 inches a part on ungreased baking sheets (even better—line with parchment paper and cleanup of pans will be easy). Bake at 350 for 10 – 12  minutes or until set. Cool for 5 minutes and then remove to wire racks.

 

I think you can see how yummy these cookies look—now you just have to smell them baking and taste them!

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Family Recipes: Two Corn Casseroles

I love corn casseroles and these are totally different! I have made the Jiffy Corn Casserole several times for potluck dinners and there is never a crumb left—and this one is super easy to make. It is more like a spoon bread.

The Corn Pudding is my favorite way to make something special with corn. It is easy and my husband says it is good enough for dessert (not really, but he enjoys it that much). I got this recipe from the newspaper July 31, 1997

Try them both for Thanksgiving, Christmas or anytime.

 

 

Jiffy Corn Casserole

  • 1 pkg. ” JIFFY” Corn Muffin Mix.
  • 1/2 cup margarine or butter, melted.
  • 1 can whole kernel corn, drained.
  • 1 can cream style corn.
  • 1 cup sour cream.
  • 2 eggs
  • Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a 1-1/2 quart casserole dish.

Pour margarine or butter and corn into dish. Blend in sour cream. In separate bowl, beat eggs and stir into casserole. Add muffin mix. Blend thoroughly. Bake 35 – 40 minutes or until center is firm

 

 

Corn Pudding

  • 4 Tablespoons sugar (1/4 cup)
  • 4 Tablespoons all-purpose flour (1/4 cup)
  • 2 Tablespoons butter, softened
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 can whole kernel corn, drained.
  • 1 can cream style corn.
  • 1 ¼ cup milk
  • salt and pepper to taste

Mix sugar and flour. Add softened butter and eggs; beat well. Add corn and milk. Season to taste and pout into buttered baking dish. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until set-up. Stir 4-5 times until it begins to set up.


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Baked Potato-A Comfort Food

Potatoes are wholesome, inexpensive and delicious! They are rich in Vitamin C, Potassium and Fiber (eat the skin too!).

Potatoes have gotten a bad rap because of all the unhealthy toppings we have loaded on them. So let’s re-think the baked potato. Can we enjoy them with healthier toppings? I have personally found ways I ‘love’ a baked potato and have researched and found other ideas.

Ready to get started? First, scrub the potato (remember you want to eat that skin). Pierce the potato several times with a fork. You can rub the potato with olive oil and sprinkle with a little salt. Then bake at 300 degrees for 90 minutes—or at a higher temperature for less time if you are baking other foods  (425 degrees for 45-60 minutes).  Bake directly on the oven rack or on a baking sheet, or for a softer skin, follow above directions and wrap each potato in foil. You can also microwave your potato. When done, slice into the potato and fluff with a fork—add salt and pepper.

Ready for some topping ideas that are not too high in calories?

  1. Salsa
  2. Watching your cholesterol? Try one of the margarines like Benecol or Smart Balance and a small sprinkle of grated cheese
  3. Low fat ranch dressing and scallions
  4. Reduced fat sour cream—add a little horseradish or chives
  5. 2 T chopped ham and 2 T Brie
  6. Grill or saute some fresh veggies in a small amount of olive oil. Top potato with veggies and sprinkle on some feta cheese
  7. Steam broccoli cuts in a small amount of water (add one chicken bouillon cube to water for extra flavor). Drain and top potato with broccoli and shredded cheese. Put in microwave a few seconds to melt cheese.
  8. Topping your potato with Ground Beef Stroganoff will turn a baked potato into a whole meal. Just add a veggie or salad and you are all set. See recipe for Ground Beef Stroganoff.

Ground Beef Stroganoff

Brown 1 pound lean ground beef with chopped onion, salt and pepper. Drain in colander to remove all grease. Put back in skillet and add one can cream of mushroom or golden mushroom soup. Add ¼ c water and simmer for 15 minutes. Just before serving, add sour cream. You can use up to 1 cup (I I use about ½ that amount). Server won top of a baked potato, on rice or mashed potatoes.

Try some of our suggestions and I believe you will be coming up with your own healthy baked potato toppings!!

 

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Family Recipes: Molasses Cookies

 

Here is a cookie to make now and often!! When I had only been married a few years, the local postmaster’s wife told me one day I should never buy packaged cookies at the grocery store. She shared her Molasses Cookie recipe with me and I have been making these yummy cookies for over 35 years.

The dough is super easy to mix up—then refrigerate until you are ready to bake. When baking these cookies, the sweet, spicy aroma will fill your home. My husband cannot wait for the first batch to be done so he can taste them (with a glass of milk) to be sure they are good!!

MOLASSES COOKIES

  3/4 cup oil

1 cup sugar

1/4  cup molasses (gold label)

  1 egg

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 cups all purpose flour

½ teaspoon cloves (ground)

½ teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

Combine oil, sugar, molasses and egg. Beat well. In a separate bowl mix together all dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to oil/sugar/molasses/egg mixture and mix well. Refrigerate overnight.

When ready to bake, form into 1 inch balls and roll in granulated sugar (during the holidays you can roll in colored sugar, if desired). Place on greased cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

(Hint: A few years ago I discovered parchment paper and never make cookies without it. You don’t have to grease the pans and the cookies never stick. Clean up is a breeze)

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Simple Ways To Get Healthy

When we think about getting healthy, we encounter so many rules, restrictions and guidelines that we give up before we even get started. Getting healthy does not have to be such a big deal. Did you know that small tweaks and changes can bring about big results?

Here are a few things to consider. Pick one or two and begin today.

  1. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Look for the good in situations and be thankful for the good things in your life.
  2. Exercise daily. It does not have to be an hour—just do something. The fitness trackers are great because they are motivational. Many cell phones have apps that track steps and activity too.
  3. Get your sleep. Turn down the volume on your phone at night so that incoming messages do not wake you.
  4. Aim for 5 servings of fruit and vegetables daily.
  5. Limit trans and saturated fats—eat more of the healthy fats (see https://ultalife.co/blog/there-are-good-fats/)
  6. Learn to recognize REAL hunger—not head hunger. Eat only when you are truly stomach hungry and quit as soon as you feel satisfied—not stuffed!
  7. Make a list of all your meds and list any allergies. Keep a copy in your wallet and post one on your refrigerator.
  8. Consider adding natural supplements.

There are many reasons you might need to add a quality, natural supplement to your diet. The FDA says that nutrient levels have fallen 81% in the last 30 years. We can eat the exact foods our grandparents ate and be far below in nutritional value.

Meats—the meats we buy in our grocery stores come from animals fed a diet of grain and soy. They have been fattened quickly and unnaturally by hormones and are full of antibiotics.

How about our vegetables and fruits? Surely they are the same!! No, Michael Wald, MD says the soil itself has been over-harvested, meaning that over years of use and turnover of soil, it becomes depleted in nutrition. That means crops growing in depleted soil are also depleted in nutritional value. Vegetables and fruits grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals

Processed foods. For many of us, processed foods are the bulk of our diets. Think about how your grandmother used to serve meals. Chances are there was not one processed food on the table. Even the richer foods and desserts were made with quality ingredients and contained no fillers, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, synthetic trans fats, MSG or  artificial colors. ALWAYS read the food labels and for the most part, avoid processed foods.

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How Important Are The Kidneys?

Do you ever consider how important your kidneys are to your overall health? Most of us don’t think about our kidneys as long as they are functioning correctly. They are vital organs!! Did you know the kidneys process about 2.2 pints of blood per minute? They filter wastes (up to two quarts) from the blood and send it to the bladder. Their function also helps to regulate your blood pressure and balance acidity and electrolyte levels.

There will be World Kidney Day in March 2018. The purpose of this day to  make people more aware of the importance of their kidneys and what they can do to protect them.  Let’s start now to make simple changes to protect these vital organs. Hypertension and Diabetes can cause many problems in the body—they are key risk factors for chronic kidney disease. Don’t ignore high blood pressure or diabetes! Stay active, eat healthy, watch your weight and drink plenty of water! Do not smoke—smoking slows the blood flow to the kidneys…AND can increase the risk of kidney cancer by 50%.

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Sweet Potatoes Are For More Than Holidays!

I love sweet potatoes!!  I know some people want a baked sweet potato drenched in butter…or a sweet potato casserole loaded with butter, brown sugar and marshmallows! And I agree—those are YUMMY!

Personally, I love a sweet potato baked—just like it is. It is full of nutrition and one food we should have in our diets more frequently. This edible tuberous root is long and tapered and the flesh can range in colors. The sweeter ones have red, pink or orange flesh.

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Need Some Help With Your Hair?

Do you wish you had the silky, shiny hair you had as a child? Think about all the things we do to our hair—chemical processing (color, highlights, lowlights, permanents, straighteners) –styling tools (hair dryers, flat irons, curling irons)—the way we style our hair (ponytails, braiding, weaves and extensions). And what about sun? All of these can cause damage to our hair.

These processes can result in damage such as split ends, dull, lackluster, frizzy hair. What can we do? We want the latest styles, but we do not want to wind up with damaged hair.

One important thing is to regularly have your hair trimmed—even if you are in the process of growing it out!! Get rid of those split ends and your hair will automatically look better. Don’t over-do the chemical processes and remember not to pull your hair tightly into braids or ponytails—this causes breakage.

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There Are Good Fats?

You want me to eat FATS? Really? In all my years of dieting, I thought I was to avoid fats in order to lose weight? I thought I had to avoid fats to protect my heart and keep my cholesterol down. And now you want me to eat fats?

From my research, the key is knowing which fats are good for us. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2005 Dietary Guidelines tell us to get around 10% of our daily calories from fats.  The HEALTHY FATS- unsaturated fats which include polyunsaturated fatty acids and monounsaturated fats. Both mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Healthy fats are not packaged processed foods, fried foods, cakes, cookies, etc.  which contain saturated or trans fats

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What Are Additives and Pesticides Doing To Your Body?

We live in a TOXIC WORLD!  Have you checked ingredients on your favorite foods in the grocery store to see how many additives are in them? What about the pesticides used on our crops? Additives, pesticides and pollution can take their toll on your colon and cause problems Your whole body can become sluggish.

Constipation can cause waste products to stay in your body and result in a lack of energy and decreased immune function. Bowels can hold 5-10 lbs of undigested food and toxins at any time.

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