On a Whim Crafting

Now that Fall is here upon us, it is time for us to pull out our stew and soup recipes. Some of our cultural staples here in The Borderland, are caldo de rez (beef soup), Chile Verde (Pork green chile stew), pozole ( hominy) and menudo ( hominy and tripe stew). Today I'm going to share with you my Hatch Green Chile Stew or Chile Verde. What you will need: 1 1/2 lbs. pork stew meat (already pre-cut for you, you may need to cut some of the larger chucks), or pork shoulder cut into small chunks. 1/4 cup of cilantro chopped roughly 3 cloves of garlic 1/2 of a white onion 3 russet potatoes, peeled and cubed. 4 cups chicken stock . 1/2 cup of Hatch Green Chile prepared. salt and pepper to taste 1teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon oregano If you can't find it prepared:  measurements are approximate , they can be adjusted to taste. 4 hatch green chiles 1/4 white onion 2 cloves of garlic 1 lime juiced 1 tomato  salt and pepper to taste 1/4 ...

I did not finish the Slim in 6. The final phase was too intense for me and I was dealing with a neck injury. I am currently going to a chiropractor 2 times a week to help with my degenerative disc disease. He has given me the OK to begin exercising again while under his watchful eye. So first thing after he gave me the OK I went to my family doctor and got the OK from him as well with the caution to start with low impact and only 3 days a week to begin with. One late night I saw an infomercial for this exercise program and went ahead and ordered it, but I didn't use it until today. I will begin. It is low impact has different levels of intensity and mommy friendly. The part that got me was that it helps strengthen the back. Moms tend to carry children, heavy groceries and laundry baskets among other things. On my off days I will still do 20 minutes of walking on the treadmill. my starting weight surprisingly is where I left off with Slim in 6, 181lbs. Although I haven't worke...

My little one is infatuated with the ninja turtles so I have decided to make her a beanie. To get a good fit you do need to measure around the head take the measurement and divide it by pi 3.14. The beanie I'm working on is for a 3-5yr. old with a head of 20" circumference. So the radius of my crown will be 6.36 or rounded off to 6. Here is the pattern. Materials needed. Worsted weight yarn main color and accent color J/10- 6.00mm hook (for hat) G/6-4.25mm (for eyes) Yarn needle Ruler R1: with main color, form magic ring. 10 dc into the magic ring; sl st to the 1st dc of the round to join [10] R2: ch 2 counts as first dc. 2 dc in each st around, sl st to the 1st dc of the round to join [20] R3: ch 2 and dc same stitch (1 dc in the first st, 2 dc in the next st) 10 x, sl st to the 1st dc of the round to join [30] R4: ch 2,dc into same stitch ( 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts,1 dc in the next ) 10 x, sl st to the 1st dc of the round to join [40] R5: ch ...

I did take pictures this time. Here is the update with pictures. It was so quick and semi-homemade I was impressed by me, lol. Ingredients Ragu home-style alfredo sauce 2 teaspoons of finely chopped garlic olive oil 1 tablespoon butter any size shrimp 1lb peeled ready to eat linguini pasta 1/2 cup grape tomatoes halved 1 bunch baby spinach ( add more if you like) pepper to taste. 1. cook pasta according to directions and serving you will need. I used the whole box since I made this for 5! 2. in a sauté pan add your butter with just a little olive oil. The olive oil keeps the butter from browning too quickly have your heat on med-high. To your heated butter/oil add your garlic and then your shrimp. cook for about 5 minutes just long enough for the garlic and butter flavor the shrimp. Now add your tomatoes and spinach. cook until wilted. 3. add your jar of alfredo sauce and stir until the butter and olive oil blend in. 4. as it warms through add pepper to taste. 5. on...

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