Freshly ground sea salt and pepper – Andrew

I taught my 7 year old nephew how to make salt and pepper and how to make this post. It seemed easy for us, but it meant a lot to him.

Ingredients
1 portion of peppercorns
1 portion of sea salt

Methods
In a small plate
Grind the salt and pepper
Mix well
Served with your favorite food
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Balsamic Vinaigrette – Jennifer

My 9 year old niece made this dish and this post with my help. We really enjoyed cooking and posting together. :)

Ingredients
2 portions of Balsamic Vinegar   
1 portion of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

3 dashes of salt
3 dashes of pepper

Methods
In a small bowl
Measure Olive Oil, pour in the bowl
Measure Balsamic Vinegar, pour in the bowl
Sprinkle salt and pepper
Mix well
Served with bread or pretzel

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^-^

Top-Ten List of Funny Quotations about Friends and Friendship

First Top-Ten List

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

— Plautus

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

— Sicilian Proverb

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

On the road between homes of friends, grass does not grow.

— Norwegian proverb

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

— Billie Holiday

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

— Samuel Butler 

To be rich in friends — is to be poor in nothing.

— Anon

A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

— Russian Proverb

Make new friends but cherish the old ones.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

A loyal best friend is someone who sticks up for you even when you're not there.

— Anon

Second Top-Ten List

Two people are never such good friends as when they are share a mutual dislike of a third person.

- Unknown Wise Person

Having friends you like who are like you is a form of narcissism.

- Laurence J. Peters

Heaven must be an awfully dull place if your best friends end up elsewhere.

- Author Unknown

Everyone should have at least two friends - one to talk to and one to talk about.

- Unknown Wise Person

A true friend is somebody who you call at 3 a.m. and say "I'm in a prison in Mexico" and he replies "No worries, I'll be there in seconds."

- Unknown Wise Person

If you really want your friends to remember you, give them something cheap.

- Unknown Wise Person

A good friend is someone who you will help you move, a really good friend will help you move a dead body.

- Unknown Wise Person

A lifelong friend is someone you haven't borrowed money from yet.

- Unknown Wise Person

Laughing at our friends, we avenge the disappointment they have caused.

- Mason Cooley

A fool and his money are my best friends.

- Unknown Wise Person

http://www.the-friendship-cafe.com/Funny-Friendship-Quotes.html

Veggie Barbecue stick

This is a quick and very easy way to barbecue indoor or outdoor.

Ingredients:

• 3 vegetarian hotdogs, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 carrot, sliced about 1/2 inch thick
• 1/4 pound (125 grams) oyster mushrooms, cut into small pieces
• 2 teaspoons of Chinese barbecue sauce (Char Siu Sauce, available at Asian supermarket)

• 2 teaspoons maple syrup (or sugar)
• 3 barbecue sticks

Methods:

1. Mix sauce with sugar

2. Marinate sauce with hotdogs, carrots and mushrooms

3. Stick hotdogs, mushrooms and carrot on the stick, toast

4. Liquid from the stick will release to the tray, transfer it to a bowl

5. Brush the liquid to the surface of each stick

6. Keep toasting until sauce gets thicken

Have fun cooking!

Vegetarian Thai hot pot soup

Make 2 servings

2 cups vegetable both
3 thin slices galangal root
2 stalks lemongrass, cut in 2-inch pieces
4 or 5 Kaffir lime leaves
2 tbls soy sauce
Juice of 1 lime
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp fresh hot pepper
5 shiitake mushrooms, quartered
2 ounces crimini mushrooms, quartered
2 ounces tofu, sliced
1/4 cup diced (1/2-inch) red and green bell peppers
5 or 6 fresh basil leaves
1 tablespoon minced cilantro

1. In a saucepot, combine the both, galangal, lemongrass, lime leaves, soy sauce, lime juice, sugar and chile pepper; bring to a boil.
2. Add the shiitake mushrooms and simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Add the crimini mushrooms and bell peppers and tofu.
4. Bring to boil, remove the pot from the stove, transfer to the hot pot, add the basil and cilantro.

Sugar can make you dumb, US scientists warn

Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution containing high-fructose corn syrup -- a common ingredient in processed foods -- as drinking water for six weeks. One group of rats was supplemented with brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids in the form of flaxseed oil and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), while the other group was not. Before the sugar drinks began, the rats were enrolled in a five-day training session in a complicated maze. After six weeks on the sweet solution, the rats were then placed back in the maze to see how they fared. "The DHA-deprived animals were slower, and their brains showed a decline in synaptic activity," said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "Their brain cells had trouble signaling each other, disrupting the rats' ability to think clearly and recall the route they'd learned six weeks earlier." A closer look at the rat brains revealed that those who were not fed DHA supplements had also developed signs of resistance to insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar and regulates brain function. "Because insulin can penetrate the blood-brain barrier, the hormone may signal neurons to trigger reactions that disrupt learning and cause memory loss," Gomez-Pinilla said. In other words, eating too much fructose could interfere with insulin's ability to regulate how cells use and store sugar, which is necessary for processing thoughts and emotions. "Insulin is important in the body for controlling blood sugar, but it may play a different role in the brain, where insulin appears to disturb memory and learning," Gomez-Pinilla said. "Our study shows that a high-fructose diet harms the brain as well as the body. This is something new." High-fructose corn syrup is commonly found in soda, condiments, applesauce, baby food and other processed snacks. The average American consumes more than 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of high-fructose corn syrup per year, according to the US Department of Agriculture. While the study did not say what the equivalent might be for a human to consume as much high-fructose corn syrup as the rats did, researchers said it provides some evidence that metabolic syndrome can affect the mind as well as the body. "Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think," said Gomez-Pinilla. "Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain's ability to learn and remember information. But adding omega-3 fatty acids to your meals can help minimize the damage." The study appeared in the Journal of Physiology.

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Be Open to Receive by Andrew Jobling

07 Mar 2012 12:49 am
Tags: Newsletter Featured, The Moment of Peace, andrew jobling, authors, giving

While promoting The Moment of Peace last year I was fortunate enough to meet a lovely man and author by the name of Andrew Jobling.  Here is an inspiring article by him.  You can read more about him here and subscribe to his weekly newsletter if you like. http://www.andrewjobling.com.au/

Keep on giving but …

Be Open to ReceiveWow! I am learning some amazing stuff every single day, and I am loving what it is doing for me in my life. I can’t wait to share this week’s article with you! I have just finishing reading this book and, in fact, as it is so amazing I have started reading it again. It is called ‘The Go-Giver’ (as you can plainly see) and is a parable or story with the message highlighting and re-inforcing a concept we already know … the power of giving. It is an engaging story which highlights ‘The Five Laws of Stratospheric Success’. All five of the laws are invaluable and the book had me all the way through – but it wasn’t until the last law, in the last few pages of the book, that the penny really dropped for me. The last law is; the key to effective giving is to stay open to receive…I think we all know why giving is so important, don’t we? Nevertheless, my strongest recommendation is to get and read this book – because from what I have just read and after some self reflection & observation of others I now understand why many people don’t get the full value from their giving. What most people don’t do is … be open to receive.‘Open to receive’ or ‘only to receive’?This is subtle and there is a big difference between being open to receive and only giving in order that you will receive. The mistake I have made, and that many people may have made, is when the only reason I have given something whether it be; time, a compliment, money, a gift or something else is to get something in return. I remember as teenager helping my grandmother move boxes simply so that she would give me some of her amazing chocolate cake – by the way, she did! More recently, I have offered my time, help or services with the intention of getting something in return.

This strategy may work short term and people may be embarrassed into giving what it is you are after, but according to ‘The Go-Giver’, long term stratospheric success will only come when you give without the expectation of receiving, yet staying open to receive. It is confusing isn’t it? It just means give, give, give because you care about people and you want to see them happy and successful – NOT because you want something in return. But also know that when you give, someone else receives and so when others give you will also receive! This is how the universe works – everything is in balance. I hope this makes sense.

There is another thing that holds people back from ‘stratospheric’ success and it is certainly not that they don’t give. In fact many people give far and beyond what others would think necessary, yet they are not open to receive because they don’t feel they deserve to receive. My mum is a perfect example of this …Deserving to receive …

In my book Dance Until It Rains I talk about my mum’s life and her 15 year battle with cancer that ultimately took her life. As a child she was raised in trying times and had to help out with the family & business duties. From a young age she developed the belief that she was not loved unconditionally and had to work to earn her parents love. She was conditioned to just keep giving and to not expect anything in return – she never felt worthy of receiving, until much later in her life. She would often not accept kindness, gestures or help from others as she didn’t feel that she was deserving of it.

Let me tell what I now know. If this is you, and you have a hard time opening yourself to receive from others, understand that you are denying those people the joy that comes from giving! Remember this is how the universe works and stays in balance. If you give then you deserve to receive – make no mistake about it! You must be open to receive.

Enjoy giving and the receiving will take care of itself …

I actually saw a simple example of this in my life just this week. I have a client who buys organic vitamins from me and she makes one small order every month or two. I know she doesn’t have heaps of money and I really like her and so I sell them to her at my cost price, in fact a bit below my cost price. They cost me $51, but I say to her $50 because it is a round number. I pick up the vitamins, I drop them off to her in the city and so it is neither a profitable nor a smart business activity – but I have never really stopped to think about this, because I like helping her out.

During the week I had an appointment in the city and so I stopped to drop the vitamins off on the way. I went to put money in the meter and fortunately it already had enough time on it, so it saved me a massive $1! I then had to drive to get to my next appointment, parked and again there was money and time already on the meter – I saved another $2!! “Big deal” I here you saying … It is a big deal, a huge deal in fact, if you understand and believe what is happening!  I wasn’t giving to my client expecting to receive, but I was open to receive free parking. Perhaps I wasn’t open enough or I would have received more than $3!

Are you ready to receive?

Start giving more than you have ever given before. Give from your heart, with a heart for people and with no ulterior motive – do it because it is a great thing to do and really enjoy the feeling you get as a result. Then open your heart and your mind to receive in abundance and receive you will. Have an amazing week!

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