Good evening! It is late but I had a couple of things to share so I decided it was now or about 2 weeks later! I just volunteered - without absolutely no pressure - to be in charge of the snack foods for Shiloh's VBS. Now you might think - so what is the big deal - cool-ade and cookies. Not so - we are trying to duplicate a Nazareth village during Jesus' time on earth -- so for snacks - it will be olives, grapes, dates (one time and 1 each), raisins, apples, nuts, seeds, bread, cheese, corn (popcorn) and water. So I desparately need lots of help and lots of donated food!! Only trick - I will be gone all of next week - so I have lots of work - this week _ VBS is July 10 - 13 - and hopefully it will be awesome! Have a child - bring them over and I promise they will know about how Jesus lived than before they came!
Ok - ladies - I've waited to make sure - but after testing for about a month - I have to share these wonderful products with you! The Olive oil soap and the loofah
I have been using. It is made by a local artist and it is Body by LouAnn. First, I used the soap to bath with and then I happened to run out of face cleanser - (something I've been doing since I was 28) so I used the soap to cleanse my face. IT washed off so clean and felt so good until I kept using it and all the "Old age" acne went away! I also used the loofa on my heels and balls of my feet - and they stay soft. I wash feet, scrubbing with Loofah, then dry off, rub LuAnn's Heel stick onto them, put on socks for about 30 minutes - and that is it! Amazing! My sister had more acne than I -- and it cleared up too! LouAnn sold me mine at one of the Farmer's markets, but I've bought more at Fresh!!Believe me -- it is wonderful.
Have you ever shopped at a store and when you left - thought - "I can't wait until I can come back and shop again?" WELL - I have numerous times - there are several stores in Tyler that are "my favorites" - but one of the new ones is one of those. Kitchen Drawer is that new one. The owners are friendly, helpful, and become friends immediately. I keep finding myself thinking about the store and what I want to buy next. Something that MIchelle bought me that might seem like a useless seem "not really needed" was a spatula that on one end is the color of peanut butter (matched my kitchen paint exactly) and the other end is grape color - one end is for peanut butter and the other is for jelly. Well whether you use jelly with peanut butter or not, it is wonderful spreading peanut butter. IT spreads better than any knife and washes clean faster than any metal spoon or knife! Buy one - you will love it!!!!
Fresh peaches are abundant -but some of the very best - and oh so delicious is from Clifton's Peach Farm on Hwy 19 near Canton. A good friend, Cathy Shipp, brought me peaches from there and they are so delicious! Wish I had a bushel! Also the blackberries are delicious. I bought a quart from Farmer's Market Saturday and they are o so good. They are so good - fighting the seed is worth it!!
Speaking of berries - here is an easy, delicious Berry Cobbler recipe:
BLACKBERRY COBBLER
(Makes 6 to 8 Servings)
1-1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 to 3 cups fresh blackberries (can use frozen)
1/2 pkg. refrigerated pie crusts
1 tablespoons sugar
Ice Cream, optional
Sugared Piecrust sticks (optional)
STIR together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Gently stir in blackberries until sugar mixture is crumbly. Spoon fruit mixture into lightly greased 11X 17 inch baking dish (or 11 X 13)
CUT 1 piecrust into 1/2 inch-wide strips, and arrange strips diagonally over blackberry mixture. Sprinkle top with 1 tablespoon sugar (over all of it).
BAKE at 425 degrees for 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and center is bubbly. Serve with ice cream and Sugared Piecrust Sticks, if desired.
SUGARED PIECRUST STICKS:
Cut 1 refrigerated piecrust into 1/2 inch thick strips. Sprinkle strips with 1 tablespoon sugar; place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes or until golden brown. Serve stuck in bowls of delicious blackberry cobbler!!!!
The sugared piecrust sticks remind me of when I was a little girl when we visited my grandmother in Logansport, Louisana. We would go visit her sister, Aunt Annie, and she always had a pie going on or a cobbler -- but more important - she had pie crust left over and she would always make us what she called "do-dads!" It was simply pie crust cut into small pieces and baked. Take about delicious -- I still love cook pie crust and love it when a piece of crust falls off a pie I made - that is my treat!!!
Well - not many words of wisdom tonight - but lots of info I really wanted to share - plus a great easy cobbler recipe! Have a great night - look for good to do for others and - check out this site often - I will try to keep you updated on the quest for food for VBS and our girl's vacation next week! May God bless each of you!!!
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