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Friday, July 3, 2015

Easy and Delicious Desserts You Can Make On Your Grill


You can think of your grill as your outdoor kitchen. You can cook a main course, a side dish, a snack and even dessert on it! So don't limit your menu to heavy meat and sauces the next time you host a barbecue - get your creative juices flowing and satisfy any sweet tooth out there by preparing mouth-watering grilled desserts.

Here are some easy-to-follow grilled dessert recipes you absolutely must try:

Marshmallow Banana Boats

What you need:
  • 4 medium ripe bananas, unpeeled
  • 4 tsps. miniature marshmallows
  • 4 tsps. miniature chocolate chips
Carefully cut the peel of the banana about half an inch deep, leaving half an inch at both ends. Open the peel wider before filling with 1 tsp. marshmallows and 1 tsp. chocolate chips. Do the same with the rest of the bananas. Wrap the bananas with heavy-duty foil before cooking on a covered grill over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes or until marshmallows are melted.

Fruity Campfire Cobbler

What you need:
  • 1 regular package yellow cake mix
  • 5 1/4 cups raspberry pie filling
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1 1/4 cups water
Combine cake mix, oil and water thoroughly in a large bowl. Set aside. Line a large grill pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Add pie filling then top with cake mixture. Cook on a covered grill over low heat for 20-30 minutes. To ensure doneness, toothpick inserted should come out clean. Serve warm topped with vanilla ice cream if desired.

S'more Sweetstuff

What you need:
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 cups crushed graham crackers
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 2 cups miniature marshmallows
  • 1 cup butterscotch chips
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
In a small bowl, mix together graham crackers and butter to make the crust. Set aside. Line a large grill pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Press the graham cracker and butter mixture on to the bottom of the pan, pour milk over it, sprinkle with chocolate and butterscotch chips then top with marshmallows. Cook on a pre-heated grill over low heat for 12-15 minutes or until chips have melted.

Pineapple and Butterscotch Delight

What you need:
  • 2 small pineapples, peeled, cored and cut into 6 spears
  • 3 cups vanilla ice cream
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup whipped cream
  • 1/2 cup plus 6 tbsps. butter
  • 2 tbsps. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • A dash of salt
Melt 6 tbsps. butter in a small saucepan then add sugar and nutmeg. Brush the pineapples with this mixture before cooking in a covered grill over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until pineapples are lightly browned. To make the sauce, melt the remaining butter in a small saucepan before adding brown sugar and whipped cream. Stir constantly and bring to a boil. Remove from heat before adding salt and vanilla extract. Pour sauce over grilled pineapples and serve with vanilla ice cream.

Make these deliciously sweet grilled desserts and you won't be baking in your kitchen for a while!
Adrian T. Cheng is a food blogger and a BBQ expert. Through years of grilling experience, reviewing various top quality grill accessories and trying delicious and unique recipes, he is sharing his knowledge with everyone through his blog. For more grilling secrets, tips, recipes and more, head over to Adrian's page.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

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EMP Survival

EMP Survival: 30 Useful Tips And Tricks You Should Learn To Survive an EMP (emp survival, survival, survival books) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

30 Useful Tips And Tricks You Should Learn To Survive an EMP



The world as we know it runs on power. We need power for everything from heating and cooling our homes to running the car to cooking our food. If we didn’t have power many of us just wouldn’t know what to do. So let me ask you a question. What do you think will happen if all the power in your area or even on the entire planet were to suddenly stop working?

A crazy thought right? Well this is more of a reality than something made up in a fiction book or on a late night television program. The likelihood of us loosing all of our power and being sent back into the Stone Age is very likely and our governments have been warned about tis threat and danger since the early 1960’s and have done nothing about it.

In this book we will be talking about this threat and why it is so real. We will talk to you about ways to protect yourselves as much as possible as well as what to do if such an attack did happen.

So if you are ready to learn about EMP and the dangers it poses to everyone on this planet don’t delay! Download this book today.

Contents of the book:

  • Chapter 1 – What Is EMP And Why Should You Be Concerned?
  • Chapter 2 – Building an EMP Survival Kit
  • Chapter 3 – 30 Useful Tips and Tricks

Monday, June 29, 2015

Food Storage Recipe - Homemade Energy Bars

We make these to take with us hiking and kayaking. They are really good.

NEED:

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

2 cup oats

1 1/2 cup flour

1 cup raisins

1 cup peanuts

1 cup coconut

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a 11"x17" pan.

Mix together the brown sugar, oil, and eggs until smooth.

Add the remaining ingredients.

Spread into the pan and press down until even.

Bake until the center is set, but not firm. about 16- 22 minutes.

Remove from oven and let it cool for about 15 minutes.

Drizzle them with a honey glaze. Honey Glaze - Place 1/4 cup of honey and 2 tablespoon butter in a sauce pan and heat , stirring until well blended.

Cut into squares and store covered for a couple of weeks. You can freeze them, too. For up to 6 months. 

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Food Storage and Survival – Make Your Own Homemade Survival Bars –Improved Recipe!

Food Storage and Survival – Make Your Own Homemade Survival Bars –Improved Recipe!



Has anyone tried making these?  I want to try making some soon.

Food Storage Recipes - Homemade Butterballs

This is something that you can do in a pinch. Have your kids do it for you. Fun way for them to learn how butter is made.

NEED:

Whipping cream

Small empty food jar

Pour 1 tablespoon of the cream into your jar. Screw the lid on tight.

Shake this very vigorously!!

Soon you will see a small lump of solid butter forming inside the jar.

Remove the butterball and spread onto crackers or bread.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Saving Money This Summer: How to Enjoy Frugal Family-Friendly Fun

Saving Money This Summer: How to Enjoy Frugal Family-Friendly Fun (More for Less Guides Book 18) was a free kindle book when this was written.

 Summer can be one of the most expensive times of the year if parents are not careful. With the children home from school and the temperatures soaring, the price of food, electricity, and gas can start to skyrocket out of control.

With the children home for so many weeks, childcare costs can also break the budget if you are not careful. Fun activities to keep the children entertained, parties, day camp, vacations, can all cost a great deal. Where is an ordinary family to find the money for all these things in these tough economic times?

In this guide, discover a range of solutions on how to create a budget for summer to cover the costs of all the essentials you and your family feel are most important. A realistic budget and teaching your children about money and budgeting can be your first steps.

Saving money on groceries, electricity, keeping your house cool and making the most of your air-conditioning, can all help you stay within budget to stretch your salary further. Learn the best ways to save money on gas and take your children on great excursions without spending a small fortune.

Discover a range of ways to save money on child care-related expenses in the summer. Learn how to plan a great staycation with interesting, inexpensive or free activities. If you do decide to go on vacation, get top tips on how to enjoy inexpensive, child-friendly options the whole family will love.

If you're already worried about how to make ends meet each month without the added expenses of summer, use this guide to help you and your family make the most of your time off work and school, and pack your days with fun activities while still stashing away savings in your bank account.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: BUDGETING TO SAVE MONEY IN THE SUMMER
CHAPTER 2: FINANCIAL LESSONS FOR YOUR CHILDREN THIS SUMMER
CHAPTER 3: HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON GROCERIES THIS SUMMER
CHAPTER 4: GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD THIS SUMMER
CHAPTER 5: HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR ELECTRIC BILLS THIS SUMMER
CHAPTER 6: HOW TO REDUCE YOUR SUMMER DRIVING COSTS
CHAPTER 7: HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON SUMMER CLOTHING
CHAPTER 8: CHILD-RELATED EXPENSES FOR THE SUMMER
CHAPTER 9: INEXPENSIVE SUMMER VACATION IDEAS
CHAPTER 10: INEXPENSIVE SUMMER PARTY IDEAS
CONCLUSION
FURTHER READING
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Jacinta Carey is the author of more than a dozen healthy living and personal development guides. Annabelle Stevens is a life coach and popular writer on financial and business matters, with more than 20 books designed to help readers and their families live better for less.

Herbal Remedies

Herbal Remedies (Pocket Healing Books) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

The healing properties of herbs and plants have been known to man since prehistoric times. Many ancient cultures actually documented their uses. The Bible, in fact, contains numerous references to herbal remedies.

While the image of the “witchdoctor” or medicine man or woman has been held up to ridicule during the industrial and technological age, and the medical establishment tends to frown upon “natural” healing, there is a growing tendency to return to more natural forms of therapy in order to avoid the harmful and sometimes addictive side-effects of chemical and synthetic drugs. Herbal medicine is a leading branch of what is called “alternative medicine,” and - in the ideal world - should work hand in hand with conventional medicine to conquer disease.

It is sobering to think that many tragedies involving bleeding to death, insect bites, various injuries, and so on, might have been averted had there been a basic knowledge of herbal remedies.

This book is an introduction to a few of the major herbal remedies - there are many more - so that you can become familiar with their properties, and come to realize that there are many simple ways of treating all kinds of symptoms and ailments without resorting to antibiotics and other drugs, which have so many negative side-effects. The aim of the book is to familiarize you with the endless potential of the herbs and plants that grow all around us, and to whet your appetite for a greater and more profound knowledge of the subject.

Slingshot! How to Use One!

The last couple of times that I have went to either a thrift store or a yard sale I have gotten some cool useful items, like a bow , and now I got a slingshot! I got it at a yard sale for $1.00. It was new in the pack , but I had to open it the second I got home. Pretty cool item to have. I had to go to Youtube to see how to use one. Just some cool to have for "just in case"! I am still trying to figure out what kind of arrows to get for the bamboo bow that I got a couple of weeks ago , so I can then learn how to use it.


Friday, June 12, 2015

Natural Hair Care

Few people would deny that going "natural" is the better way to go for wholesome, health-inducing products. Whether they are health foods, water filtration systems or even a line of skin/hair care products, choosing items that are made from the least amount of chemical ingredients and commercial intervention is a growing trend for countless of millions of people world-wide.

Yes, there are many fine web sites that offer nature-based products and natural hair care, but they do take a considerable amount of time to browse from site-to-site.

However, with company sites, such as Wholefoods, web visitors can easily view weekly specials, revert back to the official web site and now read the latest launch of hair care products, for instance, by visiting a new trend-setting online magazine.

Nature-Based Skin Care/Hair Care

Among the latest additions to the natural hair care industry are nutricosmetics. Nutricosmetics, health producing and beauty-enriching products, are the latest entries to the nature-based health care product industry.

Since it has long been known that customers often hesitate to buy something without trying it out first, such as is the case with perfumes and edibles, the promotion of nutricosmetics is primarily accomplished by giving out free samples during a customer's shopping experience.

However, it remains to be seen as to whether the public catches on to items that are both healthy and beautifying at the same time. People are funny, you know.

Informational/Interesting Articles

One major feature of an online magazine is giving access to the magazine's archive of interesting, engaging and educational back issue articles on a range of topics.

As a further source of information, official online white papers are published dealing with a variety of subjects such as the safety factor of Wasabi products and the advice, or lack of advice, of consuming calcium supplementation.

There is no doubt that these newest additions to the dynamic Internet experience, online magazines, add a new dimension to what we now know consists mostly of newsletters, blogs and web sites. What remains to be seen is how well the public follows suit and willingly subscribes to a paid edition of an online magazine.







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