GIVEAWAYS

Oak Lawn Images - Giveaway 

Kathy and her husband have been married for over 40 years. Their beautiful daughters are all grown and have children of their own. Though most of them live near and they get to see them often, the children are busy with their lives and they have time on their hands. Kathy is a retired Registered Nurse, her husband is a retired Stationary Engineer. So, they decided opening a small business selling her photographed greeting cards and prints worked well with their time and passions. They also love gardening and spending evenings watching the moon rise over the lake. Hiking and camping are activities they also love to do.  Kathy's work is amazing and hangs in many homes and businesses throughout the country.

WIN IT -

 One lucky reader will win a beautiful  8X10 matted photo courtesy of  Kathy at Oak Lawn Images!

GIVEAWAY RULES -

All entries must be received by 11:59pm AST on June 30, 2011. A winner will be chosen at random. The winner will be notified July 1, 2011 via facebook (please respond within 48 hours) I will also announce the winner on this blog. If you do not respond within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen. Open to Can/US.

MANDATORY ENTRY -

To be eligible to win you must "Like" Oak Lawn Images - New Page on -  Facebook

EXTRA ENTRIES -


1) If you invite a friend and they 'like' Oak lawn Images, your name will be entered twice and theirs once. Just ask them to say who invited them in the comment section of Oak Lawn Images  Facebook page.

2) Follow Older Mommy, Still Yummy with GFC (leave me a comment telling me you are following)

3) Follow Oak Lawn Images with  GFC  (leave me a comment here telling me you are following) 

4) Follow Oak lawn Lady on  Twitter  and Tweet this giveaway. (leave me a comment here, with your twitter name, to let me know you are a follower)

5) Follow me on  Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. (leave me a comment here, with your twitter name, to let me know you are a follower)

Tweet phrase -
RT#Win a beautiful 8X10 matted photo from http://tinyurl.com/3wfbxeb #giveaway http://twitter.com/OlderMommyStill Can/US Ends 6/30

(One tweet/day and be sure to leave me a comment here, with the link, to let me know you tweeted)

6) "Like" Older Mommy, Still Yummy on - Facebook (leave me a comment here with your facebook name)

Good-luck everyone!!

Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

I'm going to change it up a little from the last few weeks.

Living Green, One Tip at a Time -  

Tip #  9 - "Blackle"

Next time you need to "Google" something, use "Blackle"...it saves energy!!  

 Blackle is a website powered by Google Custom Search  and aims to save energy by displaying a black background and using grayish-white font color for search results. 

The concept behind Blackle is that computer monitors can be made to use less energy by displaying much darker colors. This idea was first brought to the attention of Efap Media by a blog post, which estimated that Google could save 750 megawatt hours a year by utilizing it for CRT screens. 

The homepage of Blackle provides a count of the number of watt hours claimed to have been saved.  Check it out at http://www.blackle.com/

Monica

Taking "Ten Amazing Foods" one step further!!

I'm on a bit of a recipe kick right now, so for ten Wednesdays I'll give you a healthy recipe, one for each of the "10 Amazing Foods" from the March 30th post -

http://oldermommystillyummy.blogspot.com/2011/03/ten-amazing-foods.html

The eighth on my list of amazing foods is multigrains and the recipe to go with it is -

Multigrain Bread

3/4 cup scalded milk

1/4 cup honey

1 tablespoons salt

1/4 cup oil

1 1/2 cups lukewarm water

1 tablespoon instant yeast  

1 cup bran

1/4 cup wheat germ

1/2 cup ground flaxseed

2 cups whole wheat flour

2 cups multigrain flour 

(Robin Hood makes one or check your bulk or health food store)

1 cup white flour

Scald milk, add honey, salt, oil and water and mix till honey is melted. Add bran, wheat germ, ground flaxseed and stir until mixed. Add in multigrain, whole wheat flours and and yeast, stirring as you add each flour. Add the white flour 1/2 cup at a time, add a little more if you need it to make a slightly firm dough. Knead approx 10 minutes. (I use a stand mixwe with the dough hook attachment).  Place dough in a greased bowl and let rise in a warm place till doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch down and cut into 2 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a loaf and put into greased 9 1/2" x 5 1/2" loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled.

  Bake at 400ºF for 28 minutes.

Makes 2 loaves

Monica

Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Living Green, One Tip at a Time - 

#8 - Your Food (part 3)

· Healthy School Lunches: Support efforts to increase healthy food choices in school lunches.

· Green Calculator: Learn about the effect your diet is having on the environment with the Eating Green Calculator.

· Score Your Diet: Learn how your diet scores on nutrition, the environment and animal welfare with Score Your Diet.

· Non-GMO: There are many organizations that are working to protect our food supply from genetically engineered produce. Please get involved in any way you can. Whenever possible, buy products containing non-GMO soy, cotton, and corn. Ask your local supermarket to carry non-GMO products and ask your friends to also make this request - have faith that your requests will get back to the growers and store headquarters. This trend will only turn around when customer demand non-GMO products. Your pocketbook is your most effective voice.

· Unprocessed Food: Eat unprocessed/unpackaged food whenever possible.

· Smart Seafood: If you purchase seafood, consult a seafood choices chart to select environmentally smart seafood. Also, learn more about avoiding mercury in your seafood at NRDC

· “Dolphin Safe" Tuna: Only purchase tuna labeled "dolphin safe".

· Shade-Grown Coffee: Buy shade-grown coffee to protect desperately needed migratory bird habitats. Many "fair trade certified" coffees are shade-grown.

· Free-Range: If you eat meat, buy "free-range" raised animals. According to the EPA, "there are approximately 450,000 AFOs (Animal feeding operations - livestock-raising operations, such as hog, cattle and poultry farms, that confine and concentrate animal populations) in the United States. About 6,600 of these operations fall into the largest category and are referred to as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

· Books:  Books on organic food and switching to a vegan diet 

The information contained in this post was obtained, with permission, from the following site -

http://www.globalstewards.org/ecotips.htm#reduce

Monica

Taking "Ten Amazing Foods" one step further!!

I'm on a bit of a recipe kick right now, so for ten Wednesdays I'll give you a healthy recipe, one for each of the "10 Amazing Foods" from the March 30th post -

http://oldermommystillyummy.blogspot.com/2011/03/ten-amazing-foods.html

The seventh on my list of amazing foods is salmon and the recipe to go with it is -

 Maple Salmon

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

2 Tbsp. soy sauce

    1 clove garlic, minced

   1/4 tsp. salt

 1/8 tsp. pepper

1 pound salmon fillet  

      

     

In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic,salt and pepper.   Place salmon in a shallow glass baking dish, and coat with the maple syrup mixture. Cover the dish, and marinate salmon in the refrigerator 30 minutes, turning once.               

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Place the baking dish in the preheated oven and bake uncovered for 20 minutes or until the fish easily flakes with a fork.  

 

Monica

            

Have you read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls?

The book club I belong to is reading this book for May.  I just finished it and would like to know if any of you have read it?   If so, what did you think?

I found it to be one of the most remarkable memoirs I have ever read.  This is a beautifully rendered, poignant account of a totally dysfunctional family.  I found I could not put this book down,  the author had me enthralled with her story of growing up in such an unusual family.

If you're looking for an interesting and different book, I would highly recommend The Glass Castle.

Monica

Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Living Green, One Tip at a Time -

#8 - Your Food (part 2)

• Organic: The What is Organic? page explains what organic produce is and how it is certified.
• Local: Buy food (and drink - ideally tap - water) from local companies whenever possible. Each pound of local food you purchase prevents a quarter pound of climate change (C02) emissions. Support your area's Farmer's Market. If possible, grow your own fruits and vegetables using organic gardening practices. You can find local farmer's markets, community supported agriculture, restaurants that cook with regional cuisine, and food cooperatives through Local Harvest.
• Vegetarian/Vegan Diet: Consider becoming a vegetarian or vegan (no animal products). Informational sites:  
• Vegetarian and Vegan Resources
• Why Vegan
• Vegan Action
• Vegetarianism: A Few Facts
• 101 Reasons I'm a Vegetarian
• Diet Bio
• Notmilk!
• Vegetarian/Vegan Resturants: Restuarant locators: 

HappyCow
VegGuide 

The information contained in this post was obtained, with permission, from the following site -

http://www.globalstewards.org/ecotips.htm#reduce

Monica

Taking "Ten Amazing Foods" one step further!!

I'm on a bit of a recipe kick right now, so for ten Wednesdays I'll give you a healthy recipe, one for each of the "10 Amazing Foods" from the March 30th post -

http://oldermommystillyummy.blogspot.com/2011/03/ten-amazing-foods.html

The sixth on my list of amazing foods is olive oil and the recipe to go with it is -

Olive Oil Dip

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

7 gloves garlic, finely grated

3 tablespoons good quality balsamic vinegar

3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons crushed dried oregano

fresh ground black pepper, to taste

 

Pour the olive oil onto a salad plate. Spoon the grated garlic onto five or six different spots on the plate. Drizzle the balsamic vinegar over the oil and garlic. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and oregano. Season with black pepper.

 

Serve with torn pieces of Italian bread for dipping.

Monica

Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Living Green, One Tip at a Time -

#8 - Your Food  (part 1)

Switching to a vegetarian diet is a powerful way to help protect our environment and help ensure everyone has enough to eat. The United Nations recently released Livestock's Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and Options, which concludes that the livestock sector (primarily cows, chickens, and pigs) emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to our most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. It is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases - responsible for 18% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalents. By comparison, all transportation emits 13.5% of the CO2. It produces 65% of human-related nitrous oxide (which has 296 times the climate change potential of CO2) and 37% of all human-induced methane (which is 23 times as warming as CO2). It also generates 64% of the ammonia, which contributes to acid rain and acidification of ecosystems. In addition, the enormous amounts of grain required to feed livestock reduces the amount of food available for the world's hungry. Buying organic, locally grown food also reduces climate change emissions and helps protect the environment.

The information contained in this post was obtained, with permission, from the following site -

http://www.globalstewards.org/ecotips.htm#reduce

Monica

Taking "Ten Amazing Foods" one step further!!



I'm on a bit of a recipe kick right now, so for ten Wednesdays I'll give you a healthy recipe,  one for each of the "10 Amazing Foods" from the March 30th post -

http://oldermommystillyummy.blogspot.com/2011/03/ten-amazing-foods.html

The fifth on my list of amazing foods is almonds and the recipe to go with it is - 

Almond Chicken 

2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

4 skinless chicken breasts

1 (14 oz) can of whole cranberry sauce

1/3 cup Dijon mustard

2/3 cup slivered almonds

3 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken to heated oil and sauté for about 10 minutes, or until lightly browned on all sides. While chicken is browning, lightly coat a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Remove chicken breasts from skillet and place in baking dish. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In the same skillet where the chicken was sautéed, add whole cranberry sauce, mustard, almonds, sugar, and lemon juice. Cook ingredients together over low-medium heat, stirring constantly, for about five minutes. Pour mixture over chicken. Cover dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes.

Monica