Criminals are at it again. Impersonating Door Dash, Amazon and Repair services employees. You name it and the criminals have obtained the uniforms.
Do not open your door to anyone. Police departments across the states are reporting more criminal activity in home invasions. Now with a twist to the story we add impersonating delivery drivers.
#amazoninpersonator #FOX
If you are expecting a delivery you can call the company and ask if you have a delivery and if their driver is at your home.
Stay safe and look before you jump to open the door.
Thought you had gone the healthy route and cut almost all sugar out of your diet.
Sugar related obesity can lead to hidden health risks
Did you switch to a substitute sweetener?
BEWARE: warning heart risk and strokes
Everyone likes a sugary snack now and then. But if you often have foods and drinks with sugar substitutes you might be headed for the cardiologist sooner than later.
Added sugar can play a part in weight gain. But sugar substitutes may raise your risk of serious health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.
You can use less table sugar by using less processed sweeteners such as honey and molasses.
After the new research has opened the door to new health risks with substitute sweeteners my mind no longer fears sugar.
According to Mayo Clinic’s research staff.
Safety of sugar substitutes
Government health agencies oversee ingredients that product-makers add to food. These agencies check ingredients, such as sugar substitutes, before foods or drinks that contain them can go on sale. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows the following sugar substitutes to be used:
Other countries, such as those in the European Union, have more sugar substitute options than does the United States.
The FDA allows product-makers to use sugar alcohols, such as sorbitol and xylitol, too. The agency doesn’t consider sugar alcohols to be food additives.
The FDA and food safety agencies in other countries also suggest how much of a sugar substitute you can safely have each day. This amount is called the acceptable daily intake (ADI). It varies by a person’s weight and the type of sugar substitute used. Acceptable daily intakes aren’t the same everywhere. They’re different in the United States and Europe, for example.
In general, artificial sweeteners are safe in limited amounts for healthy people, including pregnant people. But limit or cut out sugar substitutes:
• If you’re living with a rare genetic disease called phenylketonuria. Foods and drinks with aspartame can lead to serious health problems.
• If you have a bowel disease. Using sugar substitutes might make your symptoms flare up.
Dietary guidelines for Americans say adults shouldn’t give sugar substitutes to children under 2 years old. In general, experts need to do more studies to learn what long-term health effects sugar substitutes might have on children. Most studies have looked at the effects in adults.
Health benefits linked to sugar substitutes
If you replace added sugar with sugar substitutes, it could lower your risk of getting tooth decay and cavities.
Sugar substitutes also don’t raise the level of sugar in the blood.
For adults and children with overweight or obesity, sugar substitutes also might help manage weight in the short term. That’s because sugar substitutes often are low in calories or have no calories. But it’s not clear whether sugar substitutes can help people manage their weight over the long term.
Over time, it’s most important to eat a healthy diet and get exercise.
Health concerns linked to sugar substitutes
Health agencies have clarified that sugar substitutes do not cause serious health problems.
Sugar substitutes also are not linked to a higher risk of cancer in people. Studies dating back to the 1970s linked the artificial sweetener saccharin to bladder cancer in rats. Since then, research has shown that those findings don’t apply to people.
Some research on long-term, daily use of artificial sweeteners suggests a link to a higher risk of stroke, heart disease and death overall. But other things people do, or healthy habits that people don’t do, may be the cause of the higher risk.
Other research is looking at long-term use of sugar substitutes and the gut. Many focus on how the gut and brain communicate. Researchers are checking to see if sugar substitutes affect cravings for sweets, the way people feel hunger and how the body manages blood sugar.
Sugar alcohols, stevia and luo han guo can cause bloating, gas and diarrhea. The amount of sugar alcohol that causes these symptoms varies from person to person.
In general, it is safest to take in small amounts of sugar substitutes. And it’s best to use sugar substitutes for a short time, or just every once in a while. So try to cut back if you use them a few times a day.
Sugary snacks
The bottom line
Artificial sweeteners can be a short-term way to help some people lessen their use of sugar and lose or manage weight. In general, sugar substitutes are safe for healthy adults.
But be aware of how sugar substitutes affect your food and drink choices. These ingredients may get your tastebuds used to sweetness. And that can make drinking enough water a challenge.
Products made with sugar substitutes also may give you the wrong message about processed foods. A snack labeled low sugar or no sugar may not be the most nutritious choice. Whole foods, such as fruits and vegetables, usually have the best mix of nutrients for the body.
But artificial sweeteners can help some people enjoy sweetness without excess calories. And if used in moderation, artificial sweeteners can be part of a healthy diet.
Well I wanted to see if storing fruit in mason jars really worked. It does and better than I thought.
Started on Monday March 6th today is the 11th. Almost 6 days and the mason jar of bananas are still green. Just starting to ripen.
#banana #masonjarfruitexperiment
Do not do bananas. They look green and you take them out within an hour they start to sweat and turn black. Within 4 hours total glossed over black.
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Im also trying the strawberries. 3 weeks ago I bought 16 ounce strawberries. Left them in the refrigerator for about a week or so. They were a little wilted and so I put them in the jar and it actually revived them for another week.
#MasonJarFruitExperiment #Strawberries
Today I bought 3 lbs of strawberries and I put them into the mason jars right away. Storing them in the refrigerator.
Another great treat recipe the doggies ordered. It’s healthy and nutritious.
Blueberry Peanut Butter Oatmeal Doggie Treats
Blueberry Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies
INGREDIENTS
2 cups Oatmeal (soaked)
1/2” inch Water cover above oats
2 cups Blueberries (whole or smashed)
1/2 cup Peanut butter
2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 Tablespoon Olive oil
DIRECTIONS
Place 2 cups oatmeal in container and cover 1/2 inch water over the top. Leave that set until almost all the water has been absorbed. About 1.5 hour
2 cups Oatmeal 1/2” inch water to cover oatmeal 1/2 “ inch water over oatmeal soaking 1 to 1.5 hours or until most if not all the water has been soaked up.
Heat oven to 350’ degree F. Grease 1” x 15”x 21” cookie sheet with the olive oil
Place the blueberries, peanut butter and oatmeal into the bowl.
Stir / Cream the ingredients together. Make sure all the blueberries are mixed in good. You might want to mix the blueberries prior to adding to the mix depends on your dogs. I have a smaller older dog so I smash them up.
After getting those ingredients mixed time to add the flour.
Place the dough onto the cookie sheet and smooth out to thin layer.
Sorry I forgot to take the photo!!!! Oops so we will use this as an example… LOL
Place in oven on center rack for 30 minutes. take out of oven. The sides should be pulled away from pan. Get the pizza cutter and cut your squares.
Pretending again .. but great example
Turn oven off and put the pan back into the oven and let bake until cool. You can make the size of the cookie fit your dog. I have 4 dogs in various sizes. From 85 to 15 pounds. So my cookies are various sizes.
Ahh finally I remembered to take the picture.
Cut your squares and put them back into the oven until completely cool.
Remove from oven after completely cool. Put into an airtight container and refrigerator. I have 4 dogs and this last one week. You can also freeze them and just take out what you need.
Your dogs will love them until the last cookie…
You can adjust this recipe to your dogs taste or yours. I ate one and i could barely taste the peanut butter. I did a second recipe with 1 cup of peanut butter. I can taste the peanut butter and my dogs could really smell their treats baking and waited by the kitchen door.
If you would like to make these human consumable just add 1 teaspoon Baking Powder, 1/2 cup Sugar, 1/2 teaspoon Salt and one egg. Baking powder is not good for your dogs so please don’t feed the human recipe to the dogs.
The approximate cost for the cookies is very low. So if you can spare about an hour of time your pups will have a tasty treat.
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INGREDIENTS
5 cups Oatmeal (regular old fashion)
4 cups Water
2 cups Carrots diced
1 cup Beets (16 ounce) diced
3 Eggs
3 tablespoons Honey
3 tablespoons Turmeric Powder
1 tablespoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1/4 cup Virgin Olive Oil
4 cups All Purpose Flour
Read the ingredients on all food you give to your dog. Real sugar only if you have to. Do not use any LOW calorie products ever. They contain ingredients that can KILL your dog.
Dangerous food and their ingredients that will kill your dog.
Directions
Grease a 1” x 15” x 21” sheet / cookie pan
Cover oatmeal in water. Soak the oats until almost all the water is absorbed. Approximately 1 to 2 hours.
Clean and cook the carrots for 15 minutes, let cool and dice. You can do these the day ahead of time.
Cook the carrotsDiced carrots
Rinse the beets well with cold water this will get a lot of sugar out. A 16 ounce can or jar of beets equals 1 cup diced. If you have all natural or cooked fresh beets are even better.
Store bought beets must be rinsed in cold water
Put the ingredients into bowl except flour and mix.
Mix the ingredients together Mix the ingredients
Slowly add the flour while mixing.
Pour your dough onto the 1” x 15” x 21” sheet / cookie pan and smooth out completely from edge to edge equally. It might be a little sticky, so wet your spoon or spatula with water. Make sure you shake off excess water from the spatula.
Heat oven to 350’ degrees
Bake at 350’ degrees for 45 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees
Remove from oven and cut into squares quickly with a pizza cutter. They will still be a little wet inside.
Return cookies to oven for 10 minutes. Check and see if they are drier. If not return to oven for 5 min.
Remove from oven if you would like a softer cookie. Have to remember our senior family members.
OR
If you want a super crispy cookie. Turn off the oven and leave it to cool inside. Approximately 3 hours in my oven. Then they are like rocks. But you actually cook the goodness out. Softer cookies retain more nutrients.
I make small cookies. I have various sized dogs. Choose the size that fits your needs.
2” x 2” inch cookies
Place cookies into containers. Your choice of sizes. If you only have one dog you might want to put them in several containers or baggies to freeze and take out as needed.
This is 60 cookies at 2” x 2” inch size
Keep a container of cookies in the refrigerator and take out what you’ll use daily.
My favorite pudding recipe. It’s rich and creamy texture deserves a special mention.
Ingredients
1/2 cup White Sugar
3 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/4 cup Cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon Salt
2 3/4 cup Milk
2 tablespoons Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Directions
Place dry ingredients in pan and mix together
Add milk, stir and leave it for 5 mins
Place pan on stove and turn heat to medium high and constantly stir until pudding is bubbling, turn heat to medium and continue stirring until pudding thickens
Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla and stir until ingredients are combined well
Add orange juice, banana, frozen strawberries and frozen blueberries to the blender in that order. Turn it to smoothie setting if you have. If not pulsate the blender on and off. After a few minutes turn on medium and stop it. Turn on to high until smooth.
Just trying out some new recipes for the fur babes. They love these cookies. So this week changing the fruit to apples. It’s healthy and nutritious.
Apple Peanut Butter Cookies
Apples, Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies
INGREDIENTS
2 cups Oatmeal (soaked)
1/2” inch Water cover above oats
1 medium Green Apple
1 cup Peanut butter
2 cups All Purpose Flour
2 Tablespoon Turmeric Powder
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
1/4 to 1/2 cup Water (add slowly to thin mix batter out if needed)
DIRECTIONS
Place 2 cups oatmeal in container and cover 1/2 inch water over the top. Leave that set until almost all the water has been absorbed. About 1.5 hour
2 cups Oatmeal 1/2” inch water to cover oatmeal 1/2 “ inch or middle of the thumb of water over the oatmeal, leave soaking for 1 to 1.5 hours
Heat oven to 400 degree F. Grease 1” x 15”x 21” cookie sheet with the olive oil
Slice apples into small 1/2” inch pieces
Stir / Cream the ingredients together. Make sure everything is mixed together.
Add 1 cup Peanut Butter to the Oatmeal
Place the sliced apples in the bowl
Add 1 1/2 cups Sliced Apples
After getting those ingredients mixed time to add the flour.
Add 2 cups FlourAdd extra water as needed to thin out batter
Place the dough onto the cookie sheet and smooth out to thin layer.
Smooth out evenly
Place in oven on center rack for 30 minutes
After 30 minutes remove the pan from the oven. The sides should be slightly pulled away from the pans edge and golden brown in color.
Get the pizza cutter and cut your squares. Wait until cookies are cool to touch.
Take the pizza cutter wheel and cut into squares
You can make the size of the cookie fit your dog.
Cut into 1” to 2” inch pieces
Remove from pan after completely cool.
Cookies can be removed from the pan after completely cooled
Put into an airtight container and place in the refrigerator or freezer. I have 4 dogs and this last 3 weeks. I also just take out what I need.
Place cookies in the air tight container
You can adjust this recipe to your dogs taste or yours. I ate one and I could taste the apples and peanut butter. My dogs on the other hand could really smell their treats baking and waited by the kitchen door in utter excitement. They smell something new.
Wow who knew that very few people have green eyes. I thought it would have been much higher. Here are some fun facts about green eyes.
Green eyes are the most rare eye color in the world. Only about 2 percent of people in the world have naturally green eyes.
Green eyes are a genetic mutation that results in low levels of melanin, though more melanin than in blue eyes.
Green eyes don’t actually have any color. While green eyes appear to observer as green, the irises themselves have no actual pigment.
86 percent is the highest concentration of people with green eyes and they are found in Ireland, Scotland, and northern Europe.
Sixteen separate genes have been identified as contributing to eye color. So, no matter what eye color your parents have, yours could end up being just about any color. Green eyes naturally occur in all races of people.
There is a village in China called Liqian, in which two-thirds of all inhabitants today have green eyes and blonde hair.
Green eyes and blonde hair are a rare combination.
Every baby is born with either brown or blue eyes. It can take between six months and three years for children to develop green eyes.
Because green eyes have less melanin than brown eyes, people with green eyes are more likely to be extra sensitive to UV rays. The more melanin, the better protection from the sun.
Doughnut or Donut either way you spell it, you get delicious. I can remember when a donut was .25 cents for fancy ones and .10 cents for glazed or sugar. How about you. Today I pay $1.69 per donut for glazed. Inflation has struck my round little treat.
Doughnut or Donut either way you spell it, you get delicious.
Now that everyone is blindly making treats for their pets. Sadly we must check human ingredients to make sure there are not any things that will harm them.
We are not checking the ingredients that companies are using.
Please educate yourself so your dog stays alive!!!
Please, it’s just not chocolate that can harm and possible cause death. There is a long list of ingredients you need to be aware of. Some you would never think would. I was shocked myself the first time I read it.
You could be creating other injuries to their organs by using these ingredients.
Xylitol
Avocado seed, skin, leaves
Grapes and raisins
Garlic?
Macadamia nut
Chocolate
Cooked bones
Caffeine
Leeks and onions
Alcohol
Salt
Baking soda
Baking powder
Citrus oil cold pressed
Essential oils
Dairy – like whip cream in a can
Cat Food
Bacon
Tobacco – Cigarettes – Cigars
Gelatin
Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA)
Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Ethoxyquin (“Fish Meal”)
Propylene Glycol
Food Dyes
Rendered Fat
Pam / Vegetable sprays aerosols
Wheat Gluten
Meat By-products
Nutmeg
Peaches pits
Mustard
Raw dough
Unsweetened organic applesauce
If your going to use store bought applesauce please read the ingredients. The are 3 ingredients in this brand. Apples, water and ascorbic acid. This is perfect. No unknown hard to pronounce words.
Store bought ingredients sometimes have harmful ingredients. Most times not good ingredients for your dog.
If you don’t know if it’s ok for your dog as google or the internet. “Is it ok to give my dog Xylitol”.
Why do celebrities and pros use LimeLight makeup? LimeLife by Alcone reviews. Are LimeLife foundation and natural skin care products the best?
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As we all know by now Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii has erupted.
A woman had reported 2 weeks prior to the eruption of Mauna Loa volcano she had been having earaches. She said she hadn’t had an earache in years. She reported not having had one since the day of the eruption.
Atmospheric pressure waves are a notable phenomenon associated with explosive volcanic eruptions.
Dr. Pradip Jamnadas talks about bread and the over use of non essential ingredients.
Dr. Pradip Jamnadas
Basic bread should have 5 ingredients. Flour, sugar, salt, water and yeast. Very little sugar equals 1 tablespoon maximum for 2 lbs of bread dough. Add all the butter and animal fat you want.
It’s what you buy that is adding the weight gain. Not what you are eating.
Have you forgotten to read labels. I know I sure did. Something we should be not be relaxed on. Now more than ever you need to read the ingredients list and ask yourself if all those extra ingredients really necessary. Seriously, some ingredients you can’t even pronounce. Why do you want that in your food?
So this is just what you need to listen to. Change your eating habits and see the difference. Feel the change in energy.
Each year, one woman dies every 12 hours from pregnancy related causes, and 1 in 10 babies is born preterm.
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Take your leftover strawberry compote and turn it into something new.
Homemade Fresh Strawberry Shortcake Compote
You’ll find just how easy it is to make your own strawberry jam without all the extra sugar and junk your body does not need.
Yes trust me when I say less sugar and no preservatives does a body good.
I had some leftover frozen strawberries from this past season. So I added the frozen strawberries to my compote and 1” inch of water above the strawberries and turn on the heat under my pan to high.
Bring to a full boil and reduce the heat to a slow simmer. It’s more about the flavors you are bringing out with the slower simmer.
At this point the house is smelling like a strawberry field at picking time. The sweet undeniable smells of hot summer days come rushing through my senses. I just want to throw open the windows and let the world have a whiff.
Once your strawberries puff up (15 to 20 minutes) you can remove the lid and smash the strawberries with a fork or potato masher. Depending on how chunky you want your jam.
Make sure you continuously stir and watch the pot as they say. Jams are hard to clean up. Plus at this point you shouldn’t be using any heat that is going to make a boil. Simmer is tiny bubbles. Just like you see in champagne.
Tiny bubbles like champagne
Continue cooking without the lid on low heat to reduce the fluid. This might take up to an hour.
Still to much fluid. Keep reducing
During this time you need to taste it for sweetness. You can add sugar or vanilla at this time if needed. Depending on how sweet your strawberry short cake compote was.
Once it is semi thick and sticks to your spoon with just a little bit of slide to it. It’s ready, you can turn the heat off and let it rest. It will continue to thicken on its own.
Strawberry jam is sticking to the spoon. Remove from heat.
Believe it or not strawberries have a natural pectin. So it will thicken all by its self.
Strawberry Jam is cooling down
Add the cooled jam to your containers.
I put all my jams in 3 ounce containers with lids and I freeze them. That way I can have fresh strawberry jam or any other flavor anytime I want.
Shred tuna fine, add egg and mix well. Add tuna water and mix well. Add cornmeal and mix till. If balls are not forming, add a small amount of water to get the balls to stick together if not sticking.
Spoon out ½ Teaspoon roll into a ball, Place pieces on greased baking sheet smash with fork to 1/4-inch thick
Bake at 350’F oven for 15-20 minutes or until light brown
Cool to room temperature, place in an air-tight container, and store in the refrigerator or the freezer. They will keep well in the fridge for up to 1 week and in the freezer for up to 3 months. Serve at room temperature.
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