Breaking Out The Bookmarks

Who doesn't live asparagus? And when we talk about it, the weirdest conversation comes up about it. I know you know what I'm talking about. I could eat it fresh and washed right out of the garden providing it's thin.  I'm always looking for new ways to prepare it and the bookmarked links below have some of those ways. Thanks for looking and let me know what you think about these recipes I found. https://www.marthastewart.com/1143345/asparagus-casserole https://www.marthastewart.com/1517003/pea-and-asparagus-salad?utm_source=mslo-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=everydayfood_070817&did=158480-20170708 https://food52.com/blog/22083-river-cafe-london-cookbook-ruth-rogers-tagliarini-with-asparagus-and-herbs For now have a great day,  and a better one tomorrow.

well I was doing really good getting rid of bookmarks but I saw this one today and instead of bookmarking it I'm just going to use it as my entry for today.  So you bought a place and don't have a lot of cabinet space but still want somewhere to store all of your liquor and glasses and accessories all the while keeping them together. Here's a great idea although I did something different but I plan to do this in the future somewhere else in the house. Maybe not as a liquor cabinet with somewhere to store other things because you can never have too much storage. So...... check this out. https://www.marthastewart.com/1506931/style-swanky-home-bar Let me know what you think, or do you have a cool cabinet to share? For now have a great day and a better one tomorrow.

Here's another bookmark involving a cheesey side dish. I'm not a big cheese fan but I do like a good recipe that incorporates cheese.   Take funeral potatoes for example. It's one of my go-to potluck, family gathering side dishes. But when I saw this macaroni and cheese recipe and who doesn't love the music from John legend in a Martha Stewart recipe,  well come on it's a no-brainer. It's a good thing, right? One reviewer said that it would be better with his seasoning salt so I'm going to search for that recipe too and put it in here if I can find it also I pasted a couple different places where this recipe was being made. After watching the video John puts some seasoning into his milk base and they talk about him liking Lawry's seasoning salt so I am assuming that's what it is. And while I'm at it, at the bottom of the recipe links I threw in the fried macaroni and cheese from Martha Stewart. https://www.tfrecipes.com/john-legend-seasoning-salt...

Kale sometimes gets a bad rap because of it's texture, but prepare it correctly and you will have a hearty, green leafy salad that will be sure to please the pickiest salad eaters. And Brussels sprouts, well, they have haters too. It's a required taste I guess. Shaved into this salad, they shine on their own. I served this to a local Lions club years ago along with a chicken salad croissant and they loved it.  Try it. You'll like it.  https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/kale-and-brussels-sprout-salad?intcid=inline_amp For now, have a great day and a better one tomorrow.

Quote a few years back I decided to ask my doctor about the home test kit Cologuard since I had previous good outcomes with my colonoscopies. He agreed that I could definitely do this since there were no instances of colon cancer in my family. I ordered the test and followed the instructions. My test came back with good results.  Not long after that, my sister was diagnosed with colon cancer. After removal of part of her colon she was told she was clear of cancer and would not need radiation or chemo. She has been cancer free for many years now. I talked to my doctor about it and so to play it safe I went under anesthesia for a colonoscopy. My exam was good. I truly believe diet and exercise play a key role in keeping your colon healthy. Cologuard was good for me but the scary outcome of what happened to my sister changed my exam routine. I believe I can go back to using the Cologuard because I have a different lifestyle than she does. I think I eat a lot more healthier and get mor...

So sorry about the delay, but my husband wanted to switch services and put us both as users of GoogleFi. I have been with Straight Talk for many years. For a few days now we have been trying to transfer my number. The headache began when the first transfer didn't take. I was putting in all the right information. Then after a couple days I found out that I was putting in some of the information wrong.  I had no idea I had been entering wrong information all along to try and Port my information from Straight Talk to GoogleFi. After many attempts of trying myself, talking to tech support from Straight Talk, GoogleFi, and Verizon, my husband took over. Here is what transpired. He got a hold of Straight Talk port tech support and they said that we're putting in the zip code wrong. There's no way.  My bill is under my current address since I auto pay with my credit card, so I thought. Well then we thought okay we moved here a couple years ago so maybe it was from our previous add...

It's a warmer day here in Illinois, a balmy spring day of 83 degrees F. I enjoy lemonade once in a while but I hate the work of juicing lemons, so I have 2 bookmarks with juicing quantities and an easy lemonade recipe that tells you just how much juice you need from lemons.  I just buy Great Value lemon juice. There you go. My go to secret for these two links. Enjoy. Juice In A Lemon Guide https://loseweightbyeating.com/how-much-juice-is-in-a-lemon/#recipe  Best Lemonade Ever https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/32385/best-lemonade-ever/ For now have a great day and a better one tomorrow.

Small bathroom information is always a hit with me. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with our master bath. This next link is one that first caught my eye. They have a recipe for toilet fizzies. It's short but good information. https://hometips.cooktopcove.com/2017/11/27/9-hacks-for-that-bathroom-that-will-change-your-life/?src=fbfan_62615&t=fbad&up=20180911&k=lgrs1ksaus00059 I'm going to take a quick one day break. I'll be back Monday.  For now have a great day and a better on tomorrow.

Who doesn't love coming up ideas for a home bar? Although I didnt end up with this idea, it put me on the path to find my own unique set up. Glasses of all shapes for it, cork screws, coasters, the sky's the limit. And...who doesn't love Martha Stewart? It's a good thing.  http://www.marthastewart.com/1506931/style-swanky-home-bar

Today I fly home to Illinois after helping with a 20 day move across the country to California. Being a travel day, I thought that I would look for a yummy meal time bookmark that reminds me of a recipe I love to make and that recipe would be goulash. https://www.gonnawantseconds.com/american-goulash/ .  Granted, the recipe I speak about is my own, and is not the recipe below, but is still down to earth yumminess and very close to mine. I for one don't add cheese due to personal reasons but others do. My recipe calls for browning a pound of hamburger and dicing up one small onion and throwing in there while the hamburger is cooking, (do not discard the grease in the hamburger, it adds flavor) add a tablespoon of minced garlic. Jar or fresh, your choice and then in a separate pot,  boil about a pound of elbow noodles until the required time. Drain and add to the hamburger mixture, adding a 15 oz can of Italian stewed tomatoes. Serve with some garlic toast and a side salad if yo...

This next link is a recipe that I tried as an after dinner dessert. I have tried the hasselback potatoes and my friend are amazed and say how did you make those spiral potatoes? I just smile. You know if you made them you actually know that they're not spiraled but they're pretty, and I'll just take the compliment. h ttps://tiphero.com/easy-hasselback-baked-applesn Anyway, give these apples a try. I just love making new things.   Speaking of apples, my great-niece came to Easter one year and said to her mother OMG I think she made homemade applesauce look at that big bowl. And her mother said why do you think it's homemade she said there are peels in it. They were very fine but they were in there. She came to me and asked and I just smiled and told her I'd love to teach her how to make it and now she loves to make applesauce. Every time she comes to my house it's about the only thing she'll eat and I'm sure to have at least a dozen apples. And she comes ...

Summers coming and I'm sharing a link I looked at a while back that has hair hacks for styling your hair.  When you work in the corporate world, you want to look your best.   Style tip number 3 in the link below was a good one for me. Having straight shoulder length hair that I rarely wanted to use product in, wasn't  easy to keep curls in check. By using the tug the end of your curls method while still warm, it will help relax the curl.  I know, I know, you have your favorite go tos and I do too but remember, I'm trying to clean up my bookmarks on my phone and who knows, I bet you'll try it just to try it. Let me know if you do. https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/advice/a6514/life-changing-hair-hacks/ For now, have a great day and a better one tomorrow.

Good evening. Today we are going to talk about one of my most favorite thing in the world. Bread. That's right. Good old fashioned bread. Toasted sourdough is my favorite but today I'm going to kick it up just a notch and talk about Red Lobsters Cheddar Bay biscuits. I love them with a bowl of their clam chowder. So soft and well, just yummy. You can surely buy the box mix in the store now but why. Use the recipe and make your own. Go on now and try it. Oh, and go steam some mussels with this other recipe  that Is added. They compliment each other. I will be flying back home on the 20th of April and plan to serve this on the 21st. I can't wait. https://www.food.com/recipe/red-lobster-cheddar-bay-biscuits-89684 and  https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/247841/steamed-mussels-in-tomato-broth/ For now, have a great day and a better one tomorrow.

During my career at the company I worked for, there were days that I would think about how I could get the the best bang for my buck when it comes time to retire. I know we all have thought about this from time to time. As a younger woman I knew that there were many years ahead of me to even start thinking about retirement and that the time would come to start preparing, but never the less, I thought about it. Thats when I ran across this next link. It's just one of many out there,  but at the time, this one caught my eye. Have a look at it. I'm not sure if statistics may have changed a bit in these links, but it's good to know that there are places out there to support different incomes.  https://www3.forbes.com/leadership/25-cities-where-your-paycheck-stretches-the-farthest/?utm_campaign=paycheck-stretches-mbl-reboot&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=townhallmedia-townhall&utm_term=25+U.S.+Cities+Where+You+Can+Live+Rich+on+Any+Salary Here ...

So looking back a few years ago when my grandchildren were younger, we created this next project. It was so fun. We would hang a string of lights around the outside and a lantern inside along with some sheets and pillows for each tent. Here is the link we used. h ttp://www.thriftyandchic.com/2014/01/diy-3-sided-teepee-tutorial.html?m=1 It sure feels good to start eliminating these bookmarks my phone is awful full.  Thanks for listening today. These are short but I like keeping these short so not to bore you and you can get on with your own day. For now, have a great day and a better one tomorrow.

Well I checked and cleaned up a few bookmarks and currently have 1887 bookmarks left. Being that I am still out of town, it will be hard for me to try some of my bookmarks since we are many miles from a store and we must use the groceries we obtained once we got here. Granted we spent several hundreds of dollars but I don't want to intrude by asking to make many things I have bookmarked. On another hand,  I love to make crafts, and with this link, I created neck pillows for a bus trip that my husband and I took to New York City and a couple more for our grandchildren when we all flew to Florida on vacation. Here's the link. https://craftygeminicreates.com/travel-neck-pillow/ Well, it's getting late as it's been a long day of unpacking with my good friend and we watched a little water volleyball at the pool and now we have come home to her house to eat some fried cabbage, potatoes, and polish sausage before heading to bed. For now, have a great day and a better one tomor...

____________ So today I'm just going to talk about cleaning up a few bookmarks. There's many things that are bookmarked like things that I was interested in from eBay. Now, much time has passed and going back to them to look at them to talk about them, I see that the site that I have bookmarked is no longer valid,so I'm just going to go through some of them today and clean a few of them up. You know how you save things and get busy doing other things and just save it so you can look at it later but you never go back to it and then items you intended to keep an eye on just ends up being sold and the listing is no longer valid. Okay, I'm going to take a look through them and start again tomorrow. For now, have a great day and a better one tomorrow

Hello.  Today we're going to take a look at a site that I bookmarked for grilled lobster tails. Remember, I'm trying as many of these grilled things while I'm visiting my friend in California because I don't own a grill and they're willing to let me make the mess. The only problem I'm having is it's an older grill and there's a lot of flare up on this gas grill and even on low I can't seem to control it unless I put everything to the sides. I tried throwing a little water on it but it put the whole flame out. Oops. All I had to do was push the igniter again and it started back up. I was worried though because the steaks would not have been done and I would have had to scramble to find another way to finish them.  https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/grilled-lobster-tails/ I pretty much followed the directions to the tea except for I didn't really cut them like they did I took a pair of shoes and cut them straight down the middle pulled the meat ou...

I love a good steak. What I don't like is the mess of a grill. I just can't see paying outrageous money for a piece of metal with grates on it in a propane tank. And to make matters worse to clean up that mess after you use it. Everyone says well you just wait till the next meal and burn it off okay well that's all fine and dandy but it's the greasy mess that you have to clean up that turns me away. I would just assume you say cast iron pan on the stove but the smoke in the house sets off the alarm. We kid around saying that they know I'm cooking when that happens. When it's nice out I take a new wave cooktop outside and put a cast iron pan on it after sous viding the steaks. But since I'm in California visiting a friend and they have a grill, they allowed me to try a recipe that I had bookmarked. Thanks you guys for letting me create the mess at your place.  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rib-eye-steak-recipe-1942582 I created my own steak rub of brown...

  Hello and Welcome. Today is the day. April 10th, 2022. Today I turn 62, have officially retired, and filed for social security.  It's that somewhat last chapter in my life and I'm going to make the most of it.  I have never kept a journal, but I thought that this would be a good time to start doing something different to keep my life busy. Well, I am keeping busy and have much to share with you regarding everything that interests me and I hope it interests you too. You never know, it may just jog a thought you may have had a while back about some of the things I talk about here.  I have not been compensated for anything in my blog, in any way at this time, as these are my own findings. The purpose of this blog, Breaking Out The Bookmarks, is to take a look at everything I've saved to my phone or computer over time. And it's not just those bookmarks,  I have them copied and pasted all over the place. I know we all have them. Go ahead, go look at your bookmarks....