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TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - For today’s Christmas recipe, we’ve got a 10-ingredient wassail that is so cinnamon-y and delicious that you might just want to make it every year. Not only is it delicious, it makes your house smell incredible.
10-ingredient hot wassail by Mama Steph
In a large saucepan, combine all of the ingredients. Bring to a boil, and gently stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Serve hot in mugs.
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Quantum Detroit’s Wally Cross reminds us not to forget the reason we sail:
There are so many ingredients for a working system, yet the most important one is Fun.
System Sailing outlines all the specific areas to give yourself and your team the best chance of winning. I have never put fun in any of the categories. The result of winning is fun, yet that experience should not be dependent on the result. It is clear to me that if the fun stops, so does the sailing. I think there is room for both.
Racing in the TP52 class or some of the “high profile classes” is fun yet also serious work. The challenge is fun as the quest to beat the best. The real fun only comes to the winner, and every other boat looks at the event as a steppingstone to the next. The opposite of fun was the long debriefs when the goals were not met.
Your system must start with fun. As you put the pieces together for your system, keeping it fun makes the process enjoyable. The goals you set before each regatta or race must come from your team’s ability to achieve the result while having fun the entire time.
One of my favorite boats is the J/111. This well-balanced boat is an owner driver class with only one pro allowed to work with a crew of eight. Approximately ninety percent of the team is there because they want to have fun during their time away from home.
I race on Shamrock owned by Jeff Davis. His rule is first fun, and second to compete with the best. The crew on the boat is mostly Jeff’s friends. He likes to have one or two women on board to keep the guys on their toes. We race with two couples, and I often jokingly refer to Shamrock as the “Love Boat.”
Jeff also likes to rent a house that is large enough for the team so we can eat together and discuss the racing in a causal atmosphere. Not only does this bond the crew off the water, it builds trust on the water.
Attending the 2021 J/111 World Championship in Virginia was a perfect contrast between the super serious and serious with a dash of fun. The regatta was a fleet of seven boats. Five had coach boats and shore teams to make sure everything was perfect.
Our team showed up in time to sail the practice race one day prior while the other teams were preparing for days. All the boats got measured and floated for weight and inspected every day. This was not setting up to be another fun event on Shamrock.
It was clear to me this fleet of seven was out for blood, and it would be well advised not to get in a compromising position with another boat. Just walking down the dock you could feel tension and a level of seriousness that I had only seen racing in the TP52 fleet. I kept asking if this was a J/111 class that put fun first. Obviously not.
After the first day, six of the seven boats were in a protest. Fortunately, we were not and did not get in an altercation the entire event. Yet as the event went on, there was a protest every day. Even when the regatta was over, and we were so excited to finish in second place, to our demise there was another protest from the day prior.
This was the first time in my sailing life I saw a jury not only allow a protest after the last race for a foul a day earlier but disallow the protest from that race and award that boat the championship. Outside the winning boat the other teams walked away from this experience either mad or confused.
Team Shamrock enjoyed not only sailing together but racing against such a serious group of boats that seemed to forget the reason we sail. Sailing is fun and sailing with friends makes it even better. Fun must be part of any system for winning.
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Florence Knight’s secret ingredient: bicarbonate of soda The GuardianMISSION, Kan., Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- (Family Features) While winter rushes in with brisk breezes and chilly temperatures, staying indoors to avoid the weather shouldn't mean forgoing healthy habits. One step toward wellness is maintaining nutritional value in meals from morning to night, even when comfort foods call your name.
As a key source of nutrients that supports a healthy lifestyle year-round, especially during cold and flu season, one 8-ounce serving of Florida Orange Juice provides more than 100% of your daily value of vitamin C and is a good source of potassium, folate and thiamin. Fortified juice also contains 15% of the daily value of vitamin D, which plays an important role in regulating immune response and helps cells fight off bacteria and viruses that enter the body.
Additionally, 100% orange juice is virtually the only dietary source of a unique, powerful phytonutrient (naturally occurring plant compound) called hesperidin, which may also help support a healthy immune system. According to the USDA, the flavonoid hesperidin is highly concentrated in citrus and rarely found in other foods.
"Maintaining a well-balanced diet is one way to help support your immune system in the colder months," said Dr. Rosa Walsh, scientific research director at the Florida Department of Citrus. "For example, 100% orange juice contains vitamin C, vitamin D (in fortified juice) and phytonutrients like flavonoids and colorful carotenoids, making it a nutritional powerhouse."
This Orange Honey Glazed Carrots recipe offers a warming yet nutritional, naturally sweet way to incorporate orange juice into your winter menu. Orange juice is also a go-to ingredient for popular non-alcoholic drinks like this Orange Juice Mint Mocktail, a perfect pairing for winter meals.
Orange Honey Glazed Carrots
2 cups sliced carrots
1/4 cup Florida Orange Juice
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
fresh parsley, for garnish
fresh chives, for garnish
Steam carrots until tender.
In saucepan over medium heat, whisk orange juice, honey, cornstarch, salt and ginger.
Cover, whisking constantly until sauce thickens.
Pour sauce over steamed carrots. Top with parsley and chives.
Orange Juice Mint Mocktail
2 cups Florida Orange Juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup water
ice cubes
1/2 cup carbonated water
2-3 mint leaves
In pitcher, stir orange juice, lemon juice and water.
Divide mocktail evenly among ice-filled glasses and top with carbonated water.
Garnish with mint leaves.
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“I’m not sure what happened,” she added.
After we talked a while, I figured out the rest of the story.
She was making a muffin recipe, but she was missing a few ingredients in her cupboard. She began substituting the recipe ingredients with other items she had on hand.
I counted five swaps as she described what she made. She had invented a new recipe.
She said the end product was “edible.” She laughed as we visited about her kitchen experimentation.
She said she would give the recipe another try after she picked up the actual ingredients.
Cooking allows more latitude for creativity than baking. Most of us add “this and that” as we cook. We all have different taste preferences. However, when you bake, you are a scientist with less room for experimenting.
As we move toward the holiday season, many people find their family-favorite cookie, muffin and bread recipes. Keeping holiday traditions is an excellent way to bind generations to each other.
If you want the family recipe to be the “same” as your memory of it, take some steps. Before you begin food preparation, check your ingredient supply.
I usually line up the dry ingredients with the recipe on my counter. I doublecheck the perishable ingredients in the refrigerator.
Keeping a grocery list is particularly beneficial. However, sometimes we need extra reminders in my home. For critical ingredients for an upcoming meal, we put the empty package on the counter where it serves as a visual reminder. We recycle the empty package when we replace the ingredient.
Even with planning, you may run low on items. Making a trip to the grocery store may be inconvenient.
Most recipes are a bit “forgiving” of one substitution. However, the final recipe probably won’t have exactly the same texture or taste as the original.
From allspice to yogurt, we have a comprehensive guide available by searching online for “NDSU Extension Ingredient Substitutions.”
These are a few scenarios with swaps from the Ingredient Substitutions guide:
This week’s recipe can become a gift mix in a jar, or it can be baked right away. For a version with printable recipe cards and photos, see bit.ly/quickbreadmix. The guide also features herb quick bread, peanut butter bread and cherry-chocolate scone mixes that can be assembled as gift mixes.
1 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups all-purpose white flour
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
Muffin topping: 5 teaspoons additional sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon mixed together to sprinkle on top of muffins (1/2 teaspoon per muffin); place in a snack-size zip-top bag in jar.
In a clean quart-sized jar, layer all ingredients except the 5 teaspoons additional sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Place additional sugar cinnamon mixture in a small plastic bag and place on top of other ingredients. Cover the jar tightly with a lid, decorate if desired and attach a copy of the recipe card.
1 recipe Snickerdoodle Muffin mix
Add additional ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
11/4 cup Greek yogurt (plain, nonfat)
Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine wet ingredients (margarine or butter, Greek yogurt, eggs and vanilla) in one bowl. Combine dry ingredients (sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, all-purpose white flour and whole-wheat flour) in a separate bowl. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until dry ingredients are well mixed. Make sure not to overmix muffins. The batter may be lumpy. Scoop muffin batter into muffin tins until the batter fills roughly three-fourths of the muffin tin. Stir together additional sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon on each muffin. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Makes approximately 12 servings (one muffin each). Each serving has 180 calories, 9 grams fat, 3 grams protein, 23 grams carbohydrate, 1 gram fiber and 130 milligrams sodium.
To read more of Julie Garden-Robinson's Prairie Fare, click here.
(Julie Garden-Robinson is a North Dakota State University Extension food and nutrition specialist and professor in the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences. Follow her on Twitter @jgardenrobinson.)
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