Rice and Noodles

An easy way to warm up your rice or noodles is to put them in a colander, put them in the sink and run really hot water over them. The hottest that the sink in the water can get. It will warm them up quickly and you don't have to take a lot of time to do it.

Great Taste To Plain Noodles

This is a great thing that my son-in-law taught me about plain noodles. A lot of the time I have left over noodles in the refrigerator with nothing to pour over them. My son-in-law put some butter on the burner in a pan and scorched it. To that he added a lot of pepper and a little salt, then he warmed the noodles and dumped the fried butter over the noodles. It was incredible.

CHILDREN WIILL EAT CARROTS

This is a simple thing that my son-in-law has taught me. When he cooks carrots he adds a little honey to them. In the water he cooks the carrots he adds a couple of Tbsp. of honey. Honey is extremely good for you. Try it you will like it. It will make your children eat them, and both ingredients are very nutritious for them.

Substitute for Unsweetened Chocolate

When a recipe calls for unsweetend chocolate. This is an easy substitute. Melt 3 Tbsp. of butter on your oven burner on a low temperature so it does not scorch. To this add 1 Tbsp. of cocoa. Each Tbsp. of cocoa with butter added will make one square of your Unsweeted chocolate.

Apricot Jam

I know that you already know how fun apricot jam is and how good it tastes, but try it will some pineapple juice in it. It makes a fantastic flavor. I know that people use pineapple in it, but I prefer pineapple juice. To the ground fruit that was needed I added about 1/6 the amount in pineapple juice. Makes a new a exciting jam.

Jams

I have been making jam lately. I found out something that I didn't know before and I am sure you will appreciate this information. I've been traveling a little this last month and have been to St. George on several occasions. I and my daughter were looking around the graveyard there and my daughter showed me some plum trees in the graveyard. She said, "These are flowering plum trees and everyone thinks that the plums are poisonous. They are not, you can use them for jam. Just pull the steams off and cook them on the stove until they are soft. then dump the juice off and smash the rest of the fruit, then strain this part. It makes excellent tart jam." She said, "No one knows about it, all people do is curse them because they fall and make a mess. "It takes a few years for the flowering plum trees to become mature enough to produce fruit, but they do. They look like a Bing Cherries, they even have a stem like a Bing Cherries. Now you can steam them, if you have a steamer, but this jam will become your favorite. I make syrup out of it as well.

Making A Great Summer Drink

We have created the greatest summer drink, you will become addicted. You take two lemons and peel them with a knife. You can leave all the white on the lemon, you don't have to make it perfect. Throw the 2 lemons in your blender and blend them up a little water about 1/2 cup and add 1/3 to 1/2 cup of sugar depended on how sweet you like it. Then fill your blender with ice. Put water up to about 1 inch away from the top of the ice. Now make sure your blender is full to about 2 inches from the top of the blender because it needs space to blend. Blend this really good just like a good smoothie. After it is blender add 10 fresh mint leaves. I use peppermint. You can find it growing wild everywhere. Blend. The greatest refreshing drink, you will thoroughly enjoy.