It’s always nice when the neighbors give you a hand.
What’s Fall Without Vegetable Carving?
What would Fall be without fruit and vegetable carving? I know you’re thinking Jack-O-Lanterns, but what about carved watermelons or pineapples? I doubt you’ve seen anything like these. Please follow the links to see some beautiful pictures (there are a few magnificent Jack-O-Lanterns included) and don’t forget to bookmark us before you go.
I just found one more I had to share. If you’re not into carving check out these beautifully decorated pumpkins. All you need is a pumpkin and a permanent marker. http://rainbowelephant.com/pumpkins-for-non-trick-or-treaters/
Now it’s your turn. Have you ever experimented with fruit or vegetable carving? Or maybe you are quite accomplished in the art form. Perhaps you have been inspired by a fruit or vegetable carving demonstration or display. Do you have another way of decorating pumpkins? Tell us about it.
Thought for Today
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” ~Charles H. Spurgeon
Thought for Today
“The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.” — Eudora Welty
The First Pot of Chili
One of our favorite ways to welcome Fall is with the first pot of Chili of the year. This is one of my favorites. I call it Genie’s Slow Cooker Veggie Chilli. Enjoy!
Photo copyright 2011 by R.A. Robbins
Ingredients:
1 onion chopped
1 onion chopped
2 carrots peeled and sliced thin
1/2 cup lentils
1/2 cup dry garbanzo beans (chick peas) soaked overnight and cooked
1/2 cup dry black beans soaked overnight and cooked
1/2 cup dry navy beans soaked overnight and cooked
1 cup corn kernels fresh or frozen
2 cans chopped tomatoes
1 small can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 bay leaf (discard before serving)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 cups water — more if needed.
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cook on low all day — no less than 6 hours. Chili is better the longer it cooks. Discard bay leaf before serving.
Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cook on low all day — no less than 6 hours. Chili is better the longer it cooks. Discard bay leaf before serving.
Thought for Today
“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” ~Jesse Jackson
Thought for Today
“If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”~Bob Hope
A Great Halloween Alternative
Do you remember Trick or Treat for UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)? Perhaps you went door to door with your orange box on Halloween when you were a child. While trying to come up with some new ideas for alternative celebrations I found myself thinking, “do kids still Trick or Treat for UNICEF?” The answer I discovered was yes, they do.
The Halloween fundraising effort of the United National International Children’s Emergency Fund is alive and well with new ideas that don’t involve going door to door. For more information visit the resource center at the UNICEF website.
Thought for Today
Copyright 2005 by R.O. & R.A. Robbins
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” — Jack Layton
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“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse
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