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5 Bean Salad

2008-02-21T00:28:00.005-05:00

5 Bean Salad
1 (15 ounce) can Garbanzo (chickpeas), drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can Kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can Black beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can Red beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can Pinto beans or Black-eyed Peas, drained and rinsed
(Most of the time, I make sure I get the organic brand of beans.)

Put all beans in a bowl. I don't rinse them, but you can if you wish to. Then, make dressing:

1 small white onion, sliced into thin rings (yellow onion is too strong)
3/4 cup white sugar (I used raw sugar)
2/3 cup distilled white vinegar (I used apple cider vinegar)
1/3 cup vegetable oil (I used extra virgin olive oil)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Shake in bottle, then pour on the 5 beans in bowl. Stir until all is coated and well mixed. Best made the day before and served cold.

cake: Hamburgers!

2007-12-25T12:36:00.001-05:00

Hamburgers!,
originally uploaded by BornToBeADANCER.

This is cute!! I think this is great for a birthday party with a picnic theme.

Plain Spoken Quilt

2007-12-23T04:34:00.001-05:00

Plain Spoken,
originally uploaded by Hillary Lang.

I really like this quilt's pattern and color coordination. Flickr has some great photos of quilted pieces! Thanks to Hillary Lang ( http://flickr.com/photos/hillarylang/ ) for uploading this one!

$5 gift certificate.

2007-08-31T03:42:00.000-05:00

Want to get an easy $5 gift certificate for fabrics?? Go take an eQuilter survey here!

But you'll need to do the survey before September 14, 2007, but use the gift certificate by October 1, 2007!

Better go and hurry! ;)

chocolate chip banana oatmeal cookies

2007-04-29T11:26:00.001-05:00

I modified a recipe for Banana Oatmeal Cookies into Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies. It's so good if you love banana with chocolate!!

Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies
(original recipe by Lois, modified by Philip)
This cookie recipe takes about 10 minutes to prepare, approximately 15 minutes cooking time per batch, and about 36 servings ready in about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease cookie sheets. It will be easier to clean the cookie sheets later if you use parchment paper instead of greasing the sheets.

Whip and fluff:
3/4 cup butter at room tempurature
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup Turbinado (raw cane) sugar

Add to sugar mixture:
1 large egg
2/3 cup mashed, very ripe banana
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

In a separate bowl, sift together:
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
one big pinch of ground nutmeg

Pour flour mixture into the banana batter and mix well. Measure and add:
3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup crushed almond slices
1/2 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup semi-sweet regular chocolate chips

Mix until even. The batter should be thick and chunky. Drop one inch spoonfuls of batter onto the cookie sheets and leave room for spreading. Prepare them in rows and ready for baking.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in a preheated oven. Depending on your oven, cooking times might vary. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then place the cookies on racks. I tend to watch the cookies at the end of 8 minutes and make a guess if it needs more baking time or just pull them out to cool.

ENJOY!

a doggy quilt

2007-04-12T23:17:00.001-05:00

I made a small, dog-sized quilt for Pepper. It took me about a couple
of days to make. I also made a small pillow out of velvet and
duvatyn.

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for the Deaf chefs

2007-04-08T10:27:00.000-05:00

I also run another blog at Deaf258.com. I made a vlog for the Deaf viewers. Since the topic is about a kitchen timer, I've decided to repost the vlog on this blog as well.

Enjoy! :)

Here's the link as noted in my vlog above. Enjoy!
Polder 212-00 Digital Timer with Vibrating Alarm, Audible Alarm, and Alarm Light

thanks for the water.

2007-03-25T03:58:00.000-05:00

You can get a free sample of dehydrated water here! I've already submitted my info and will review the sample once it arrives at my location.

colorful set.

2007-03-17T06:33:00.000-05:00

While I was chatting with a Canadian friend, he was sending me Flickr links to some well known spots near his home. I was clicking a lot of Flickr links, profiles and sets. Then one click led to another, this is what I found:

Now I am SO in love with the colorful delights! I think Flickr allows you to print business cards or postage stamps from certain sets on their site.

chai bomb.

2007-03-13T13:43:00.000-05:00

chai bomb

cake!

2007-03-11T08:32:00.001-05:00

Duff's a stud! Glad I met him at a cake show in Westminster, MD!

hmm.

2007-03-01T01:39:00.001-05:00

I'm trying to figure out why my tea strainers blog entry haven't posted
yet.

Test.

strainers for tea.

2007-02-28T20:15:00.000-05:00

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Crock Pot Lemon Chicken

2007-02-27T03:26:00.000-05:00

6 chicken breasts
Salt
Ground black pepper
1/2 can (21 oz.) lemon pie filling (1 cup)
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. lemon zest
1/2 tsp. instant chicken bouillon granules
1/8 tsp. ground mace
Fresh parsley, chopped
1 Tbsp. olive oil

In a fry pan, pour a small ammount of olive oil and heat. Sear chicken
breasts in the hot olive oil. Sprinkle each breast with salt and
pepper. Add to a crock pot, lemon pie filling, lemon juice, zest,
chicken bouillon granules, and grand mace; mix well. Place the browned
chicken breasts atop lemon mixture. Cover and cook on LOW heat setting
for 4 to 5 hours. Place chicken breasts on a warm serving platter.
Pour some of the lemon sauce over; pass the remaining sauce. Garnish
with parsley, if desired. Serves 6 people.

**I'm not sure if this would taste good or not. My roommate doesn't eat
pork chops, so I'm going to try lemon chicken instead. I'll post the
results as soon as I make some!**

Recipes - Famous Recipes - Recipes Recipe - Famous Recipes: Crock Pot Cherry Pork Chops - cooking recipes

2007-02-27T01:44:00.000-05:00

Recipes - Famous Recipes - Recipes Recipe - Famous Recipes: Crock Pot Cherry Pork Chops - cooking recipes: "Crock Pot Cherry Pork Chops Crock Pot Cherry Pork Chops 6 pork chops, cut 3/4' thick Salt Ground black pepper 1/2 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling (1 cup) 2 tsp. lemon juice 1/2 tsp. instant chicken bouillon granules 1/8 tsp. ground mace Fresh parsley, chopped Trim excess fat from pork chops. In a large skillet, sauté trimmings until about 1 tablespoons of fat accumulates. Discard the remaining trimmings. Brown pork chops in the not fat. Sprinkle each chop with salt and pepper. Add to a crock pot, cherry pie filling, lemon juice, chicken bouillon granules, and grand mace; mix well. Place the browned chops atop cherry mixture. Cover and cook on LOW heat setting for 4 to 5 hours. Place chops on a warm serving platter. Pour some of the cherry sauce over; pass the remaining sauce. Garnish with parsley, if desired. Serves: 6."

testing bleezer

2007-02-12T16:24:00.001-05:00

testing

tea.

2007-01-30T11:52:00.001-05:00

Really good tea from Teavana:

- Pistachio Apple Pie with Honeybush Vanilla tea.
- Raspberry Sangria and Rooibos Lemon Twist

thrilled.

2007-01-26T23:42:00.001-05:00

thrilled.,
originally uploaded by mr.martha.knows.

an oreo dessert.

2007-01-16T10:10:00.001-05:00

I was at the mall last Saturday with Neal and his daughter. After we ate lunch in the food court, I saw a dessert that I haven't seen before. So, I bought a piece.

It was good, it was okay.. It felt a little cakey, but I expected a more of a brownie texture and flavor for that type of chocolate. This dessert is almost like an Oreo® cookie, with crushed Oreo® cookies on top and drizzled with chocolate syrup. The level of chocolate was satisfactory, though.

I'm sure when I make my version, it's gonna taste better than this one!

backing up my blog.

2007-01-13T16:57:00.000-05:00

I am backing up my old posts and saving pictures for the new webhost.

new webhost.

2007-01-13T11:42:00.000-05:00

Yup, I would like to thank Free Hostia for being the new webhost! MrMartha.com really needed a better webhost than BlogSpot. More freedom to use certain things like scripts and photos. Here's what Free Hostia have to offer:

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I intend to use Freehostia until I exceed my bandwidth and storage limits. Thanks again, Freehostia!

hell riesen sauce.

2007-01-07T23:38:00.001-05:00

Now, I came up with a great chocolate caramel sauce recipe by chance!
I'd like to share it with you. It is perfect and great on warm
chocolate cake or vanilla bean ice cream. Enjoy!

Hell Riesen Sauce

1 cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy Dark Chocolate Frosting
10 oz. (32 pieces) Stork® Riesen® Chewy Chocolate Caramel covered in
Rich European Chocolate

Unwrap all the 32 pieces (usually just the 10 oz. bag) of Stork®
Riesen® Chewy Chocolate Caramel covered in Rich European Chocolate. In
a small glass or ceramic bowl that is microwave safe¹, put in 1 cup
Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy Dark Chocolate Frosting. Stir in the
Riesen® pieces. Set the bowl in the microwave and heat for 30
seconds². Stir immediately. Then heat in the microwave for another 30
seconds. Let it sit for a minute or so. Stir again. Repeat with the
microwaving and stirring until you are satisfied with the consistency of
the dark chocolate sauce.

Serve hot on cake, brownies or/and vanilla bean ice cream.

Makes about 16 to 18 oz. Serves about 7 people, depending on how much
was portioned. I haven't weighed it to be sure of the ounces because I
don't have a food scale for that. It would be safe to say the serving
size would be 2 Tablespoons. Ohhh, the Hell with it!! Please be a
little devil and go overboard with the Hell Riesen sauce!

note ¹ - the caramels would be too hot to microwave in plastic bowls,
so be extra careful making it.

note ² - do not go over 30 seconds everytime you heat the sauce. If
you do, you run into the risk of burning it! 30 seconds at a time, ok?

a favorite donut.

2007-01-01T06:43:00.001-05:00

You're looking at a bunch of photos of my favorite donut with chocolate
glaze with vanilla pudding inside. *sigh* I fear that I don't know how
to stop eating *THAT* kind of donut!

Anyway, I am gonna review 3 brands of the same kind of donut.

1. Shoppers Food brand - bavarian cream donut (

http://www.shoppersfood.com/ )
2. Krispy Kreme brand - chocolate iced custard filled (

http://krispykreme.com/varieties.html )
3. Dunkin' Donuts brand - boston kreme donut (

https://dunkindonuts.com/aboutus/nutrition/Product.aspx?Category=Donuts&id=DD-511

)

What have I found in those 3 donuts??

¨'°ºO philip Oº°'¨

"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

the end and the beginning.

2007-01-01T00:00:00.000-05:00

10.. 9.. 8.. 7.. 6.. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..

Yappy Hew Near 7002!

More to be added later!

quilt show in sedona.

2006-12-31T03:15:00.001-05:00

I went to this quilt show in January 2005. Lots of beautiful works!