Healthy Honey/Cinnamon Tea - Pinterest Hit!

So Many Health Benefits

It's Hard to Belief It's Delicious Too

On a cold winter's day, there is nothing like the taste of a delicious warm drink.  Sometimes our family is looking for an alternative to hot chocolate, and since we do not drink coffee of tea, I have searched for alternative drinks.  I like hot cider but my kids don't care for it.  I found a new solution that is not only delicious, it is made with every day ingredients and there are a number of health benefits that go along with it.

The ingredients are simple:
1 cup of hot water
2 teaspoons of honey
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

Stir and enjoy.

Warm Cup of Honey, Cinnamon, and Water

Now for the health benefits.  Here is a list of symptoms that can be benefited from drinking a cup of tea every day:  arthritis, bladder infections, cholesterol, colds, heart disease, upset stomach, gas, indigestion, influenza, longevity, pimples, weight loss, skin infections, fatigue, cancer, hearing loss.  https://healthunlocked.com/healthyeating/posts/1153312/17-reasons-to-use-honey-and-cinnamon.

Honey can also be used in place of cough medicine.  According to a health study it can be an effective way to substantially reduce the effects of a cough and help you sleep at night.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/08/01/peds.2011-3075.

Do you ever have these questions?  How to get rid of a cough?  How to sleep through the night when you have a cough?  Drink a cup of this tea before bed.

So Drink UP

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The Best Caramel Corn Ever!

On a Sunday afternoon, when you are hungry for a treat that is quick, easy, and yummy, this is the answer to all that ails you.  It is very sticky so we put it in a bowl and eat with a spoon, but oh, it is worth it!

Caramel Corn Made in 5 Minutes

Ingredients

2 ¼ cup brown sugar

½ cube butter

1 cup Karo syrup

1 can sweetened condensed milk

14 cups of popped popcorn

Directions

Melt butter in medium size sauce pan on medium heat.  Add sugar and syrup.  Bring to a boil.  Boil one minute.  Take off heat and add condensed milk.  Pour over popped popcorn.

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Chocolate Humor

Come on, Admit it, it's funny!

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Chicken and Dumplings Like Cracker Barrel

Chicken and Dumplings Like Cracker Barrel

Ingredients

6 Chicken Breasts cut into bite size pieces

2 quarts of chicken stalk
2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons chicken bouillon (I use the chicken flavoring packets from Ramon Noodles)
1/2 teaspoon pepper

¼ cup of chopped onions

3 teaspoons of parsley

Dumpling

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons shortening (I use margarine)
3/4 cup buttermilk (I add 1 tbsp. vinegar to 1 cup milk let sit 5 minutes, then measure 3/4 cup)

Add everything except the dumpling ingredients to a pot or pressure cooker

Place chicken in a pressure cooker. Add chicken, stalk, salt, bouillon, pepper, onions, and parsley. Bring to a boil.  Cook on high until the pressure is up then reduce to low.  Pressure cook for ½ hour.  Reduce pressure and take off lid.  Bring to boil on Medium heat.

Dumplings

While the broth is cooking combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Cut in the shortening. Add the buttermilk, stirring with a fork until moistened.  Knead the dough 4 to 5 times (do not over knead).

Roll out on floured surface to ¼ inch thick.  Cut into small squares.   Drop into boiling broth.  Cook on medium for about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

The dumplings float to the top at first

 If it is not as thick as you would like you can add ½ cup of cold water and 3 tablespoons of cornstarch, stirred in a cup and then added to the soup.   Salt and pepper to taste.

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My Favorite Broccoli Salad Recipe

Cranberry Broccoli Salad Recipe

Cut into 1/2 inch pieces

Combine all salad ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well.

Combine dressing ingredients in a small mixing bowl.

Mix until thoroughly combined using a fork or wire whisk.

Add dressing to salad and mix well.

Refrigerate 1 hour.

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Sugar Cookies!

Sugar Cookies!

There is only one thing that makes me cry like a baby and that is when the doorbell rings and a surprise visitor is at the door with this plate of cookies delivered by a very dear friend who happens to also be a caterer.  My very most favorite treat in the entire world is sugar cookies and I have never had a better one than these.  I will hopefully be able to talk Danae out of the recipe so I can post it here on my blog, but for now, happy days are here again!  If the plate looks lopsided that is because I have already feasted on one of the cookies:)

I can still remember 3 major events in my life that have to do with sugar cookies.  The first one was about 10 years ago.  I was suffering from neck pain and feeling down and out.  The doorbell rang and it was my good friend Crystal with a plate of sugar cookies.  The first awesome happening.  The second one was about 5 years later.  I was visiting my family in Idaho and my sister gave me some really fancy decorated cookies with my name spelled out all on sticks and looking like a flour arrangement, but rather than flowers, they were sugar cookies.  That was the 2nd big event regarding cookies and the third was today when my good friend Danae brought these.  Oh yes, I never forget a good sugar cookie.  I make them a lot, but for some reason they taste better when someone else makes them:)

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Sugar Cookie Recipe

Wheat Bread Recipe

There is nothing better than Homemade Bread

Whole Wheat Bread