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Monday, May 31, 2010
Roasted Vegetable and Black Bean Quesadillas Recipe
Roasted Vegetable Quesadillas | WholeFoodsMarket
Ingredients
1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 cups sliced red, green or yellow bell peppers
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
6 flour tortillas
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
3 tablespoons butter
Chopped lettuce
1/2 to 1 cup salsa
1/3 cup sour cream
1/2 cup guacamole
Try layering shredded roasted chicken, pulled pork, or sliced skirt steak with the onions and peppers in these quick and easy stovetop quesadillas. For vegetarians, sautéed mushrooms are a great addition, too.
Preheat oven to 425°F. Toss onions and peppers with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in oven, tossing occasionally, 6 to 8 minutes, or until golden brown. Sprinkle 2 to 3 tablespoons cheese on each of 3 tortillas. Top with roasted onions and peppers, beans and remaining cheese. Arrange remaining tortillas on top. Heat butter in a large skillet over medium high heat and, working in batches, brown both sides of each quesadilla until cheese is melted. Cut into quarters and transfer quesadillas to plates. Serve with lettuce, salsa, sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Serves 3 to 4.
Nice alternative to hot dogs and hamburgers for your holiday cookout. You can probably do all the grilling outside. I would skip the butter and use olive oil instead if I were cooking these inside. Or brush lightly with olive oil if using outdoor grill. Yum.
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1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 cups sliced red, green or yellow bell peppers
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
6 flour tortillas
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
3 tablespoons butter
Chopped lettuce
1/2 to 1 cup salsa
1/3 cup sour cream
1/2 cup guacamole
Try layering shredded roasted chicken, pulled pork, or sliced skirt steak with the onions and peppers in these quick and easy stovetop quesadillas. For vegetarians, sautéed mushrooms are a great addition, too.
Preheat oven to 425°F. Toss onions and peppers with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in oven, tossing occasionally, 6 to 8 minutes, or until golden brown. Sprinkle 2 to 3 tablespoons cheese on each of 3 tortillas. Top with roasted onions and peppers, beans and remaining cheese. Arrange remaining tortillas on top. Heat butter in a large skillet over medium high heat and, working in batches, brown both sides of each quesadilla until cheese is melted. Cut into quarters and transfer quesadillas to plates. Serve with lettuce, salsa, sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Serves 3 to 4.
Nice alternative to hot dogs and hamburgers for your holiday cookout. You can probably do all the grilling outside. I would skip the butter and use olive oil instead if I were cooking these inside. Or brush lightly with olive oil if using outdoor grill. Yum.
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Be Patriotic Today Inside and Out
This would be nice to see when you first walk in a house, wouldn't it? Don't forget to honor our veterans and soldiers today and go to a parade if you can. Have a great Memorial Day.Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Pink Columbine Flower (Aquilegia)
Simply stunning, agreed? Columbine (Aquilegia)Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
The Poppies of Flander’s Field
In Flander's Field by John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
"In Flander's Field" is a memorable poem that was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in a cemetery in the Flanders region of Belgium on May 3, 1915, the day after the death of his young friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer.
Perhaps the most famous poem written during World War I, these simple but powerful fifteen lines, and the poppies they immortalize, have come to symbolize fallen soldiers. Learn more. I thought this was a perfect remembrance for Memorial Day.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
"In Flander's Field" is a memorable poem that was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in a cemetery in the Flanders region of Belgium on May 3, 1915, the day after the death of his young friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer.
Perhaps the most famous poem written during World War I, these simple but powerful fifteen lines, and the poppies they immortalize, have come to symbolize fallen soldiers. Learn more. I thought this was a perfect remembrance for Memorial Day.
Image: Painting by Willy Werner
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Webster in the Tall Grass
Webster likes that I am leaving lots more natural areas this year so he can hide and hunt in the tall grass for snakes. It is dark now and raining. That is fine with me as long as it stops by morning. Fingers crossed. Goodnight. See you tomorrow.Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
Wild Yellow Honeysuckle
Life is good. My wild honeysuckle is blooming and I saw a Baltimore Oriole today. I was able to photograph the honeysuckle but the bird was gone by the time I grabbed my camera. Hopefully I'll get another chance. I love the way the sun was shining through these fragrant yellow blossoms. Have a great Memorial Day weekend, Rosemary.Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
Albert Einstein | Illustrated Quote
"Intellectuals solve problems,
geniuses prevent them."
Albert Einstein
geniuses prevent them."
Albert Einstein
Photographer: Johan Hagemeyer
(American, born Netherlands, 1884-1962)
Title: Albert Einstein
Date: 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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(American, born Netherlands, 1884-1962)
Title: Albert Einstein
Date: 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Abraham Lincoln | Photograph | 1860
"Whatever you are, be a good one. "
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Smell The Flower
This is a picture of me when I was a baby holding up a flower for the photographer to smell. I think my grandmother probably made the romper and embroidered the dog on the front. I miss those wavy edges on old pictures, don't you? Someone should make a paper cutter that replicates that edge. I wish I had an old one. Notice I tagged my photo under antiques.Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
EWG's 2010 Sunscreen Guide
EWG's 2010 Sunscreen Guide: "EWG’s fourth annual Sunscreen Guide gives low marks to the current crop of sunscreen products, with a few notable exceptions. EWG researchers recommend only 39 – 8 percent – of 500 beach and sport sunscreens for this season.The reason? A surge in exaggerated SPF claims above 50 and new disclosures about potentially hazardous ingredients, in particular recently developed government data linking vitamin A to accelerated growth of skin tumors and lesions. Learn more."
I found this thanks to my friend Lynn and wouldn't you know the stuff I've been using (Neutrogena) is BAD. We just have to educate ourselves as best we can. Please read everything and be prepared for the sun this summer. Another friend of mine is at the hospital right this very minute with a first-grade blonde son who is having his second surgery this spring for sun-related damage on his head and face.
The Huffington Post first reported this on May 24th. Throw out all your bad sunscreen and get something good before you go out in the sun again.
Have a great Memorial Day weekend armed with one of the 39 good sunscreens on the list.
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Prince William's $40 Million Wedding to Kate Middleton
Prince William’s $40 Million Wedding Of The Century
"Prince William and Kate Middleton are planning a monstrous $40 million wedding, complete with Kate wearing Princess Diana’s ring, veil and tiara"
I'll be watching. Will you?
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Goodnight From My Island Bedroom
I love this island bedroom, don't you? It was cool today and now it's almost dark and raining. I had to put on a sweater so I'm nice and cozy still enjoying my book.Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
Love Your Imagination
Great illustrated quote: love your imagination.Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
Diane Keaton, Ellen Page to Star in HBO Series About Blogging
Diane Keaton, Ellen Page to Star in HBO's Tilda"Diane Keaton and Ellen Page have been cast in HBO's new Hollywood blogger pilot called TILDA.
Keaton, 64, will play the title character, a powerful and greatly feared Hollywood blogger, in the half-hour comedy. Ellen Page, 23, will costar as a creative assistant named Carolyn who's torn between following the corporate culture of her studio and following Tilda, who has a great interest in her.
Page will next be seen in this summer's Inception and Keaton will appear on the big screen in Morning Glory, due out this fall."
This sounds good. You know I love Diane Keaton and I just happen to like Ellen Page too. Sounds like a winner! Wonder when the series starts? I can't believe this news breaks just as I look at a note to myself on my desk to cancel HBO. I might have to rethink this action.
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Wyze Guy Wins American Idol
I'm happy with the results of the 2010 American Idol contest. How about you? I liked Lee DeWyze from the beginning!
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Cottage for Sale, Must be Moved | Currently Reading
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Sometimes I think I definitely have a fairy god mother who puts books I might like in the free book bin at the Post Office. I actually pounced on this one like a hen on a June bug as they say in the south. I just started it and love it already. Perfect reading for a hot almost summer day. It is sizzling outside at 92 degrees. I have a fan blowing directly at my face so I'm fine.
Cottage For Sale, Must Be Moved
A Woman Moves a House to Make a Home
by Kate Whouley
"A pitch-perfect description of both small-town life (Cape Cod) and personal anticipation . . . I loved Cottage For Sale." ~ Anna Quindlen
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