This satisfies my craving for chocolate everytime and it's very filling!
1/4 cup of oats
1TBSP of Natural Peanut Butter
1-2 TBSP of cocoa
1/2 Cup of Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 Scoop of Vanilla Protein Powder
6 oz water
Honey or Agave to taste
Ice
Put oats in blender first to turn into oat flour for a smoother consistency. Add everything else and blend!
About 280 calories
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Banana Nut Smoothie
1/2 Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 Small Banana
1 Scoop of your favorite Protein Powder (I use Beyond Organic Raw Vegan Vanilla)
.33 oz of Natural Pecans
1/2 Tsp of Cinnamon
7 oz of Water
Ice
1 Small Banana
1 Scoop of your favorite Protein Powder (I use Beyond Organic Raw Vegan Vanilla)
.33 oz of Natural Pecans
1/2 Tsp of Cinnamon
7 oz of Water
Ice
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Philly Cheeseburger Nachos
I actually came up with this using our leftovers for lunch that I made the night before (Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes) We had used a roll and had sandwiches. But we were out of rolls so I grabbed some chips and viola! Different spin on my fav food!
Philly Cheeseburger Nachos
Adapted from Rachael Ray
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound ground beef
1 softball-sized onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons steak sauce, such as A-1
1 cup beef stock
Salt and ground black pepper
Tortilla chips
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk
1 cup Monterey Jack shredded
Pickled jalapeños
In large skillet over medium-high heat add the oil and then brown the ground beef, about 5-6 minutes. Add the onion and green pepper and cook another 3-4 minutes, until the vegetables start to get tender. Stir in the steak sauce and beef stock, season with salt and pepper, bring up to a bubble and cook about 2 minutes.
While the meat is cooking, melt the butter in a medium-size pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour and cook about 1 minute. Whisk in milk, bring up to a bubble and let thicken, about 2 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in the cheese.
Layer your chips, spread the meat mixture and douse with cheese and top with jalapeños if you like! Yum!!
Philly Cheeseburger Nachos
Adapted from Rachael Ray
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound ground beef
1 softball-sized onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons steak sauce, such as A-1
1 cup beef stock
Salt and ground black pepper
Tortilla chips
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk
1 cup Monterey Jack shredded
Pickled jalapeños
In large skillet over medium-high heat add the oil and then brown the ground beef, about 5-6 minutes. Add the onion and green pepper and cook another 3-4 minutes, until the vegetables start to get tender. Stir in the steak sauce and beef stock, season with salt and pepper, bring up to a bubble and cook about 2 minutes.
While the meat is cooking, melt the butter in a medium-size pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour and cook about 1 minute. Whisk in milk, bring up to a bubble and let thicken, about 2 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in the cheese.
Layer your chips, spread the meat mixture and douse with cheese and top with jalapeños if you like! Yum!!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Pallet Dog House
Our farm is expanding rapidly. Lately, every few days a new baby (or babies) is born. We are moving animals around, erecting temporary pens and getting everyone adjusted to the newbies. Shepherd, our Anatolian Shepherd Dog, is still basically a giant pup full of raging hormones so he has been sorta banned. Annie, with her still helpless pups, swears she will tear his head off if he comes near her brood. The chickens are still a temptation far to great to oversee. The goat kids are too bouncy not to play with, so he is getting some alone time.
I put up a welded panel fence across the chicken yard to section a large piece of it off for him. He is situated in between the chicken coop and the goat pen. He's kind of a baby when it comes to the rain, so he needed a roof over his head. We are always striving to recycle or upcycle whenever we can, and this proved to be the perfect project to utilize some materials that we had collected. We had several pallets, salvaged metal sheets and some insulation left over from another project. Alas, the Pallet Dog House was born! We (mostly Mike) managed to build a very sturdy, large enough and weatherproof enough dog house for absolutely nothing!
He took 5 pallets that were roughly the same size and in good condition, stuck insulation in between the slats, nailed them together, and screwed corrugated metal on for the roof and siding. On the inside he screwed some leftover plywood to keep Shepherd from tearing out the insulation. It's pretty cozy in there! Mike, Jadon and the 150 pound dog could all get in there!
He used some leftover end pieces of treated 4x4 posts to lift it off the ground. It's sitting on an incline in order to shed water off the roof towards the back of the house.
Throw in some straw and WOW, what an awesome crib for the Shepherd dog! This was relatively easy to construct so I'm thinking we will make more of these, only making them 2 or 3 pallets wide for a couple goats to hang out in.
Blessings to all!
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10 NIV)
Carie
I put up a welded panel fence across the chicken yard to section a large piece of it off for him. He is situated in between the chicken coop and the goat pen. He's kind of a baby when it comes to the rain, so he needed a roof over his head. We are always striving to recycle or upcycle whenever we can, and this proved to be the perfect project to utilize some materials that we had collected. We had several pallets, salvaged metal sheets and some insulation left over from another project. Alas, the Pallet Dog House was born! We (mostly Mike) managed to build a very sturdy, large enough and weatherproof enough dog house for absolutely nothing!
He took 5 pallets that were roughly the same size and in good condition, stuck insulation in between the slats, nailed them together, and screwed corrugated metal on for the roof and siding. On the inside he screwed some leftover plywood to keep Shepherd from tearing out the insulation. It's pretty cozy in there! Mike, Jadon and the 150 pound dog could all get in there!
He used some leftover end pieces of treated 4x4 posts to lift it off the ground. It's sitting on an incline in order to shed water off the roof towards the back of the house.
Throw in some straw and WOW, what an awesome crib for the Shepherd dog! This was relatively easy to construct so I'm thinking we will make more of these, only making them 2 or 3 pallets wide for a couple goats to hang out in.
Blessings to all!
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10 NIV)
Carie
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
"No Rain, No Pasture, No Hay"- part 2
Did I leave you in the grips of anticipation? Have you been clinging to the arms on your easy-chair eagerly waiting? Well, here's the answer: The course that made a huge impression on me was Therapeutic Riding. In the program, we as students, bomb-proofed the horses to use for the disabled children in their physical therapy through the use of horseback riding. About a dozen kids or so signed up to come in once a week on Saturday mornings. They exercised their muscles; increased their flexibility and balance; and in the process added to their overall well-being by helping achieve a sense of freedom, overcoming obstacles, and accomplishing goals. Some of these kids were wheelchair bound and for them to be able to ride and control a horse was nothing less than magical for them.
In the beginning of the semester, this class was very difficult for me because I was required to spend Saturday mornings (8-12) leading horses and spotting the children. Me getting up early on a Saturday morning was pretty much torture. But, as the semester progressed, I got to know the children and their families. As I watched these children transform through this process, I became aware of their progress not only physically, but mentally. It touched my heart and for the first time ever I think, my Saturday morning sacrifice became something more than me. There was a particular mare in the program that I became very attached to. She was a black Quarter Horse mare and she was basically mine. I trained her, I rode her, I lead her for those beautiful children. We were a good team and she was a very special horse.
By the end of the semester, we were ALL were changed. The students, the children, the teacher, the horses, the families, and even the physical therapist were all different coming out of this class. It was an amazing experience to say the least.
After college I trained Missouri Foxtrotter horses...yes horses are just a part of me. So, when my family decided to buy a farm in 2004, I had a dream of a therapeutic riding facility. I immediately found a horse (a big, stout, coal black Missouri Foxtrotter mare), paid too much for her, and then found out she had breathing problems. Oh well...I think it makes her even better for the program as you don't have to worry about her running or bucking. Plus, she's kinda disabled herself. But, as things turned out, financially it just wasn't going to be possible. My dream got put on hold. Then I met and married my wonderful husband and we started a family. LIFE CHANGING EVENT. But, horses will always be in my heart, so we bought and traded for a couple of yearlings in 2007: a black quarter horse filly and a red roan blanketed Appaloosa gelding. I really wanted to start these two myself, and do it the way I wanted to. But, it's very hard (impossible really) to train horses when you're pregnant or carrying an infant on your hip. So the horses and my dream got put off again.
Ok, back to the subject of the title...
-To be continued
In the beginning of the semester, this class was very difficult for me because I was required to spend Saturday mornings (8-12) leading horses and spotting the children. Me getting up early on a Saturday morning was pretty much torture. But, as the semester progressed, I got to know the children and their families. As I watched these children transform through this process, I became aware of their progress not only physically, but mentally. It touched my heart and for the first time ever I think, my Saturday morning sacrifice became something more than me. There was a particular mare in the program that I became very attached to. She was a black Quarter Horse mare and she was basically mine. I trained her, I rode her, I lead her for those beautiful children. We were a good team and she was a very special horse.
By the end of the semester, we were ALL were changed. The students, the children, the teacher, the horses, the families, and even the physical therapist were all different coming out of this class. It was an amazing experience to say the least.
After college I trained Missouri Foxtrotter horses...yes horses are just a part of me. So, when my family decided to buy a farm in 2004, I had a dream of a therapeutic riding facility. I immediately found a horse (a big, stout, coal black Missouri Foxtrotter mare), paid too much for her, and then found out she had breathing problems. Oh well...I think it makes her even better for the program as you don't have to worry about her running or bucking. Plus, she's kinda disabled herself. But, as things turned out, financially it just wasn't going to be possible. My dream got put on hold. Then I met and married my wonderful husband and we started a family. LIFE CHANGING EVENT. But, horses will always be in my heart, so we bought and traded for a couple of yearlings in 2007: a black quarter horse filly and a red roan blanketed Appaloosa gelding. I really wanted to start these two myself, and do it the way I wanted to. But, it's very hard (impossible really) to train horses when you're pregnant or carrying an infant on your hip. So the horses and my dream got put off again.
Ok, back to the subject of the title...
-To be continued
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
"No Rain, No Pasture, No Hay" part 1
August 2012
Hello! I just want to let anyone reading this that it was written a little while ago and I'm just now getting around to posting it. Thanks!
Due to the drought, our cattle and horses are out of food. If you can find hay, it is very expensive.
Through God's provision, we found 18 large square bales of Prairie Grass from Kansas. I won't tell you what we paid for it... We really need this hay to last the rest of the summer and fall if need be. Downsizing the number of animals is really the only logical choice. We have 7 cows, 2 bulls, 2 steers, 6 calves and 3 horses. Obviously the horses eat the most per head and they do not generate any income. I really need to sell at least one. This thought is really hard for me though. My lifelong passion has always been horses. When I was little, our neighbor had horses and had me in the saddle as soon as I was big enough to hold on. I was 10 when I got my first horse, an American Quarter Horse filly named April. I have many fond memories of our rides together. We were best friends. In college, I took all the horse classes and ended up with a B.S. in Animal Science with emphasis in Equine Science. There was one particular class that made a huge impression on me...
-To Be Continued
Hello! I just want to let anyone reading this that it was written a little while ago and I'm just now getting around to posting it. Thanks!
Due to the drought, our cattle and horses are out of food. If you can find hay, it is very expensive.
Through God's provision, we found 18 large square bales of Prairie Grass from Kansas. I won't tell you what we paid for it... We really need this hay to last the rest of the summer and fall if need be. Downsizing the number of animals is really the only logical choice. We have 7 cows, 2 bulls, 2 steers, 6 calves and 3 horses. Obviously the horses eat the most per head and they do not generate any income. I really need to sell at least one. This thought is really hard for me though. My lifelong passion has always been horses. When I was little, our neighbor had horses and had me in the saddle as soon as I was big enough to hold on. I was 10 when I got my first horse, an American Quarter Horse filly named April. I have many fond memories of our rides together. We were best friends. In college, I took all the horse classes and ended up with a B.S. in Animal Science with emphasis in Equine Science. There was one particular class that made a huge impression on me...
-To Be Continued
Friday, August 31, 2012
Dolly, the Dun Dexter
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| Dolly |
The day was Sunday, August 26, 2012.
I just sold one of my first Dexter cows: "Jubilee Farms Dolly" and her 2012 dun heifer. We bought Dolly from a Irish Dexter Show and Sale put on by the American Dexter Cattle Association in May 2004. It seems like she may have even won a ribbon in her class. She was halter broken and lead well. She was also pregnant, very pregnant. That July, she had a dun bull which we promptly named T-Bone. Dolly was a good 'ole cow, she always bred back, never had any health issues or calving problems, always did a wonderful job raising her calf and other than the stillborn twin heifers, gave us a healthy calf every year. You really can't ask more from a cow... Thank you Dolly and we will miss your orneriness!!! Good luck in your new home in Sandy Hook, Mississippi.
p.s. sorry about the hurricane..
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| Dolly and Diana, her 2012 heifer |
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| Dolly and Delilah, her 2011 heifer |
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| Dolly and Dinah, her 2008 heifer |
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| Dolly and her 2010 steer |
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