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Mexican Street Corn

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Throwback Thursday!  This was originally published on July 19, 2012 but I am bringin’ it back, baby!  This is one of my favorite street corn recipes–well, it’s the only one I have, actually, but it is really good. Getcha some!

Do you get Runner’s World magazine?  We get it.  We don’t run.  Well one of us did at one time.  That was not me, but you know…Anyway, I don’t usually look past the cover, but one day I was bored and started looking through the magazine and actually found about 3 recipes that I wanted to try.  This is one of them.  It was so good that I am going to start checking out all of the issues.  I made this corn at the beach last week, and had it with fish tacos with watermelon salsa that my sister made–que rico!
 
 
 
 
 
Ingredients:
4 ears fresh corn, shucked
1/4 cup mayonnaise (I used low fat with olive oil)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon chili powder
  grated zest and juice of 1 lime
 Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 cup crushed tortilla chips
1 ounce queso fresco
 
1.  Heat a grill to medium-high heat and put the rack 4 inches from the fire, or preheat oven to 500 degrees.  Grill or roast the corn, turning occasionally, until some kernels char and others are lightly brown, 15-20 minutes.  
 
2.  In a bowl combine mayonnaise, oil, chili, lime zest, juice, salt and pepper.  
 
3.  Pulse remaining ingredients in a food processor until crumbly and spread on a plate.  When the corn is done, remove ears from the heat and smear evenly with the mayonnaise mixture.  Roll them in the crumb mixture and serve.  Serves four.
 
 
 
 
Source:  Mark Bittman, Runner’s World Magazine
 
 
 
 

Nuggets

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This past weekend I attended Time Out For Women–a two-day conference sponsored by Deseret Book Company.  It was wonderful!  Beautiful, uplifting, powerful inspiration and music.  The following are some of the “nuggets” I picked up.  I hope you can be strengthened from these:

 

  • Every answer is in the scriptures.

  • If you saw the size of the blessing coming, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you’re fighting. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).

  • Be centered in Christ

  • Look to the WORD, instead of the WORLD.

  • Your trial will turn you to the scriptures and to Christ.

  • What God doesn’t PROTECT you from, He will PERFECT you through.

  • Choose PROGRESS over PERFECTION.

  • The Lord will meet you where you are, but He doesn’t intend to leave you there.

 

 

Pancakes with Apple Brown Sugar Topping

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Who doesn’t like pancakes?  And what if you add apples, brown sugar, and butter?  Exactly.  I needed a quick breakfast because I had just finished a phone meeting with my new Power of Moms content editor–training her on how I publish the articles for the site–and I was hungry.  Checked the fridge and saw two leftover pancakes and some cut up apples I had left over from a pie I had made. Hmmm, I thought, those could be good together.  So I grabbed those, along with some butter and brown sugar.

Pancakes with Apple Brown Sugar Topping
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Ingredients
  1. Pancakes (use a recipe of your choice)
  2. Cut up Fuji and Granny Smith apples
  3. Brown Sugar
  4. Butter
Instructions
  1. Melt a tablespoon of butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat.
  2. Add brown sugar and apples and stir to combine.
  3. If using leftover pancakes for a single serving, add the pancakes and heat them up along with the topping.
Notes
  1. There are many plain pancake recipes out there. This should work well with any of them. Check out some of our recipes here on the blog.
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The Voice of Truth

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I was editing some old posts the other day and came across this draft that my sister, Amy, had written up.  She was one of our original Mavens when we started this blog about 8 years ago.  It was a really good post, so she gave me permission to publish it today.  We can all use this.  Her words are below:

“I don’t normally go for popular christian music but my daughter, Logan, has a song on a CD that she listens to over and over and over (the autism factor) while traveling in the car to and from school. One beautiful autumn day, amidst the fall foliage of the southwest Virginia mountains, we were driving along and the lyrics to this song spoke volumes to me. I’d obviously heard it many times before but my spirit was not yet to the place it needed to be for the message to get through to me.

The lyrics touched me on so many levels. There are many gospel lessons to be learned therein. I especially love the references to the waves and to the story of “the giant”. Those waves and that “giant” are things we confront daily as we struggle to conquer our own Goliaths. Satan wreaks havoc with us as he tries to persuade us that we’ll never win. But, the voice of truth tells me a different story. The voice of truth says do not be afraid.”  This is beautiful and we all deal with our own Goliaths.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaVg0cWkgAw

 

Crashing Waves Photo by Jordan Donaldson | @jordi.d on Unsplash

 

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

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strawberry rhubarb pie
 
Well, I was going through doing some edits on posts and found this in Drafts.  I don’t know how it got there, but it was supposed to have been published in July 2015.  This is obviously not the season for rhubarb but I am releasing it for your future enjoyment!
 
I have collected so many recipes over the years, but the ones I have kept the longest were from college–from  roommates or classes or church homemaking activities.  This is a favorite every time I make it–which isn’t often enough.  Everyone raves about it.  I had never even heard of rhubarb until Mom Metzger made it for Sunday dessert when I went home with my roommate, Cindy, over break.  I was like, “That looks like celery, but it’s red.  Is it a fruit or a vegetable?” (that’s probably not what I actually said.  It was 1980.  Who remembers?)  Whatever…it was amazing.  I made the pie a few days ago and decided I needed to know what kind of food this was.  Check out the collage below for the answer.
 
 
 
 
strawberry rhubarb collage
 
Source: Cindy Wilson’s Mom in Buhl, Idaho, 1980.
 
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
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Ingredients
  1. 1 qt. rhubarb, cut up into 1/2″ little chunks
  2. 3/4 – 1 cup sugar
  3. 1/2 t. cinnamon
  4. 1/4 cup tapioca
  5. 3-oz. strawberry Jell-O
  6. about 1/4 – 1/2 cup of water
Instructions
  1. Mix everything but the Jell-O together in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
  2. Add the Jell-O and stir to evenly combine.
  3. Pour into prepared pie crust. Dot with butter, if desired.
  4. Place top crust over pie and flute the edges to seal.
  5. Cut slits in top crust to vent.
  6. Bake 40 minutes at 425 F.
  7. Cool in refrigerator.
Notes
  1. The filling may boil over a bit so be sure to have something under your pie to catch any drippings.
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How Strong is Your Magnet?

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 I posted this in 2015.  Somehow the topic keeps coming up to me–just had a conversation about this a couple of days ago with my daughter.  Looks like a still have some work to do on my magnet.  What are your thoughts?
 
 
Do you have women that you look up to, that have qualities and traits that you would like to emulate?  Is there one in particular that you would really like to hang out with, spend time with, hoping that some of what she has will rub off on you?   These could be qualities like humility, the ability to light up a room when they walk in, someone who is well-versed in the scriptures, or who knows just the right kind of service to give.  Maybe it’s someone who knows how to perfectly put a room together, knows just the right style and colors to wear to enhance her already natural beauty.  Whatever it is, temporal or spiritual, you might feel you lack that and want some of what she’s got.
 
Well, this is pretty typical for me.  I often observe women that I know that have something about them that I wish I had about me.  Maybe I do have it deep down inside, you know, but it just hasn’t emerged yet. As I sat in church one Sunday, pondering over this issue because I had just seen one of those women in the congregation, I likened the pull I had toward this person to a magnet.  Why am I pulled to her?  Why is this someone who doesn’t naturally gravitate towards a friendship with me, beyond just an occasional chat in the hall?  And then it occurred to me.  How strong is MY magnet?  My pull must not be strong enough to bring someone like that in.  Do you understand what I mean?
 
As I thought about this whole magnet analogy, I realized that at some point this woman had paid the price, prepared herself, and had done what she needed to be the kind of person the Lord wanted her to be–and I am sure she has more to accomplish.  The more temporal traits were just something she developed, as well.  
 
Have I paid the price?  Have I prepared myself and put in the time and prayer to develop traits within myself that are there for the taking?  Probably not to the degree that I should.  So instead of comparing myself to others and coming up short, I just need to do what I need to do to bring out the traits and qualities the Lord instilled in me and hoped I would recognize and strengthen.  Then my magnet will pull others to me–those with whom I can associate and we can strengthen each other.
 
Just some Sunday morning musings for you to consider, if you’d like.  Thanks for listening.
 
Image from FreeDigitalPhotos/Danilo Rizzuti.
 
 

Because of Him

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I hope you are enjoying this beautiful Easter Sunday.  We have been watching the sessions of our faith’s General Worldwide Conference from Salt Lake City.  How appropriate to also be celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ during this time.

Please enjoy this short video with your family as we all remember our Savior, Jesus Christ, and all that He did for us.

Scotch Eggs

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Originally published on May 9, 2013. 

Do people still do “Throw-back Thursday” on Facebook?  It’s kind of a fun thing to do and so I thought I would do that today by bringing back an oldie but a goodie.  Seriously, if you have never tried Scotch Eggs before, you should.  The first time I had one was at Disney World…

 

My daughter ordered Scotch Eggs at an English Pub at Epcot.  She went bonkers over them so, of course, I had to have a taste.  I was gobsmacked!  Could not believe how yummy they were!  She asked our waitress for the recipe and she was happy to share how she, personally, makes them at home in England.  Did we find the napkin she wrote the recipe down on?  I don’t think so.  So, the other day I was looking through a magazine and I found a recipe!  Yahoo!   Chasity LeGrand shared this recipe via allrecipes.com.  I have made my variations to her recipe, below:

Ingredients:
1 quart oil for frying
4 hard-boiled eggs, cooled and peeled
1 pound pork sausage
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 eggs, beaten (did not take that much so I scrambled the rest for someone else to eat while I was making this)
2 cups dried bread crumbs, seasoned



1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees.

2.  Flatten the sausage and make a patty to completely cover each egg and gently shape into a ball.  Very lightly flour the sausage and coat with beaten egg.  Roll in bread crumbs to cover evenly.

 

3.  Deep-fry until golden brown, then bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

4.  Cut eggs in half to serve.  I served mine with spring mix salad and coarse ground mustard.

Source:  Chasity LeGrand via www.allrecipes.com

Frittata in a Flash

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Well this just happened–Frittata in a Flash!  I am visiting in my sister’s home for a few days and today I was put in charge of throwing together some lunch.  We were trying for something kind of Keto and kind of Abs Diet-y and I thought this would do well.  I think it is totally Keto, by the way.  Keto aficionados, please let me know if I am wrong.

So, I just kind of threw this together.  Someone wanted omelettes and this was just quicker since there were 5 of us eating and it was a busy day of errands, odd jobs around the house, and homeschooling.  A huge time-saver was using Thrive freeze-dried vegetables. 

This was a big hit!  And super easy.

Frittata in a Flash
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Ingredients
  1. 10 eggs,
  2. Turkey sausage (about 1/4 or so of a bulk package)
  3. 2 Roma Tomatoes, chopped
  4. 1/2 cup Thrive freeze-dried asparagus
  5. 1/4 cup Thrive freeze-dried green onions
  6. 2 T. sour cream
  7. 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (shred your own from a brick of cheese)
  8. Salt and pepper to taste
  9. Olive oil or spray
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Refresh the asparagus and onions in a little bit of water in a container with a lid. Shake a few times while you prepare the rest of the ingredients. Drain off excess water before adding to the sausage.
  3. Spray a large oven-proof skillet with olive oil spray and heat on medium-high heat.
  4. Add the turkey sausage and brown it as you chop it into small pieces.
  5. Add the tomatoes, onions, and asparagus and saute for a few minutes to bring out the flavor. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  6. Whisk the eggs to blend well, adding sour cream and cheese. Pour egg mixture into skillet and stir to incorporate the vegetables and sausage.
  7. Cook for a few minutes and then reduce to medium and cook until almost firm. Check the bottom of the frittata to make sure you aren't over browning it, since you will be putting it in the oven.
  8. Put the skillet in the oven for about 8 minutes to complete the cooking.
  9. You're done! Eat it!
Notes
  1. An afterthought: mushrooms would have been a great addition!
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Mexican Hot Chocolate Oatmeal

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You haven’t tried Mexican Hot Chocolate Oatmeal?  Never thought about it?  I needed breakfast this morning and I have been wanting to try this idea since I bought some Abuelita Hot Chocolate Mix–not the tablets.  That’s for making it the non-instant way.  

So the original idea for chocolate oatmeal came from my Grandma Brew.  She would put Hershey’s chocolate syrup or Nestle’s Quik in my Uncle Reggie’s oatmeal–not when he was a kid.  He was a teenager.  The first time I saw that on a summertime visit I was a little shocked, but then I tried it and I was an immediate fan–try it yourself sometime when you need some chocolate in your most important meal of the day.

Back to this post.  Mexican Hot Chocolate is an acquired taste–I think mainly because it is like dark chocolate and the amount of sugar is not up to par with your usual hot chocolate recipe.  Also, there is cinnamon in the mix–or canela if you are serving it to your abuela (grandmother).

Feel free to adjust the amount of mix and maybe add a little sugar.  I added Truvia this morning and served it up in a Mexican pewter molcajete just to keep with the theme.

Here’s a fun tip: get yourself some of these cute measuring spoons so that you have the right measurement for dash/smidgeon/pinch and oh my goodness this set has a tad and a drop.  Be still my heart.

Mexican Hot Chocolate Oatmeal
Serves 1
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Prep Time
5 min
Ingredients
  1. 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
  2. 1 cup water
  3. Dash of salt
  4. 1 T. Abuelita Hot Chocolate Instant Mix
  5. sugar to taste
Instructions
  1. Bring the water and salt to a boil in a small to medium saucepan.
  2. Add the oats and cook on medium for 1-2 minutes.
  3. Add the hot chocolate mix and stir.
Notes
  1. Adjust the amount of mix depending on how chocolate-y you want it.
  2. You will probably need to sweeten this.
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