Hot and dry Saturday…

It is to be another warm humid day with only a meager hope for some rain.  I  talked with my sis in WV this morning.  They had severe thunderstorms yesterday evening and had some damage to their roof.  They did however get some much needed rain.

This is the kind of weather where I become lethargic.  I don’t have the energy or want to accomplish anything.  Yesterday I did force myself to clean the bathroom. 

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le·thar·gic/ləˈTHärjik/

Adjective:

Affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic: "I felt tired and a little lethargic".

Synonyms:

sleepy - drowsy – torpid

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And another recipe for a hot day.

Layered 24 Hour Lettuce Salad

I love this salad but I hate to make it. Whenever we would have a family get together I would always ask my daughter to bring it.

• 1/2 head of lettuce, rinsed and patted dry then shredded
• whole green pepper (seeded and diced)
• 2 stalks celery (diced)
• 1 small onion (diced)
• frozen green peas about 1 cup
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 8 ounce package shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup crumbled cooked bacon (cooked crisp)
• Seasoned croutons

Use 13X9 glass dish. Put the lettuce in first. Layer the next ingredients in order given. Top with the shredded cheese and the crumbled bacon. Mix the sour cream and mayo and spread over the ingredients in the dish. Top with the seasoned croutons. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

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Keep cool!  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Heavenly Orange Fluff Recipe…

Heavenly Orange Fluff

"Our Daily Bread" cookbook with recipes from the ladies of the First United Methodist Church, Champaign IL. 1982

• 2  small packages orange Jell-O
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup juice from pineapple and mandarin oranges, heated to boiling
• 1 small can frozen orange juice
• 1 20 oz.  can crushed pineapple
• 2 cans mandarin oranges

Use 13X9 pan.

 

In large bowl, mix Jell-O, boiling water and juice from pineapple and mandarin oranges that you have heated to boiling. Add pineapple, mandarin oranges and the frozen undiluted orange juice. Put in the 13X9 pan. Chill until thick, then add topping.

Topping:

1 small package lemon instant pudding mixed with 1 cup of cold milk. Fold in 2 cups of Cool Whip. Spread on top of Jell-O salad.

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I am sharing another recipe from my recipe site as it its so hot here my brain isn’t functioning properly.

I did go out for just a little while this morning and went to 3 yard sales where I found a few books and another old cook booklet,

Have a wonderful weekend, be cool and stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Too Hot to Trot…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Hot_ta_Trot
 
Since it is going to be a blazing hot day I decided to share a recipe with you all from the recipe blog that I have on wordpress.  http://bethmariesrecipes.wordpress.com/
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Drop Biscuits

This recipe is from the Betty Crocker cookbook that I received as a wedding shower gift over 50 years ago. I have mentioned before how it is held together now with duct tape. I made these biscuits when Jim and I were just starting out with nothing but each other.

• 2 cups of flour
• 2 and 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of salt

Mix together and cut in finely 6 tablespoons of shortening.
Stir in 1 cup of milk. Drop from spoon onto greased pan or into greased muffin cups.
Have oven preheated to 450 degrees. Bake about 10 minutes.

This is exactly how the recipe reads in the cookbook.

This recipe consistently gets the most hits each day of any recipe I have posted on my blog.

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Stay cool you all!  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Preparing…

for the heat wave that is headed our way.  Actual temperatures today to reach mid 90s, actual temps to reach 102 tomorrow with heat indices to reach 110 degrees tomorrow.  I am thinking of my Australian friend who wrote in her blog yesterday that they had snow.  I am OK with snow so long as it doesn’t impair the driving conditions in any way.  Ice is even worse.

My nephew Dan standing in the snow behind his house in northern Illinois February 2011.

SO! I am well equipped with food and entertainment and saying thanks every minute that the AC keeps running.

I have a roast with carrots, potatoes and onions going in the crockpot right now.  I think when it is done I will fix some cornbread to go with it.  I had one errand to run this morning and I zipped right through that.

I hope you all have a great day!  Stay safe, be happy, and keep cool, except for my Australian friend, to her I say keep warm.

Beth