I had mentioned a few months ago about time management and how I had planned to put piano practicing back into my time schedule. I managed to get a little practicing in this morning. Literally the FIRST TIME that I've practiced the piano in probably half a year! My piano keys were shocked to see me! Granted this is a HORRIBLE Practice session. Practicing the piano is like metal left out in the rain....if you don't keep it up you get rusty and rusty I was, horrible playing, but have a laugh at me hitting my keys for the first time in months! The song called Hopak is a Hoe Down...you know yee-haw!...being the Texan gal I am, I'm really excited to dig into this song and perfect it. Previous semi mastered songs, to redeem myself ha, ha, are still available for viewing on my piano blog at the site address of: http://www.webshots.com/user/ccladybug5
Monday, May 14, 2012
Fun Dress Alteration
Yesterday I almost finished majorly altering a dress for a friend to wear this coming weekend. At first it was going to be simple, but then my artistic mind kicked in and I started adding a bit of white embellishment on the bottom....fancy lace and a cute little bow, and added a piece of white fabric to the top of the dress to tie everything in and raise the neckline a bit. I only hoped it's owner would like it, she has seen it and says she does. I have to rip the seam out up top and take it in a bit, but that will be easy b/c I altered the top anyway, so I know where my extra seams are, and the bottom is how she wants it. So hopefully I can do that this evening. Glad she asked me to alter the dress it's been fun!
Sirloin Steak Vegetable Rolls & Rice Crisps!
GREAT NEWS FIRST OFF!...Small delay on the publishing of the two shown cookbooks below due to fact that my dad, the chef himself, has agreed to chip in a chapter of his own in the cookbook! Exciting delay. SECONDLY, last week I came up with another tasty and healthy recipe to add to the cookbook of healthy eating. Sirloin Steak Vegetable Rolls. A quick dinner on the go.....sirloin steak for meat lovers with the vegetables for nutrition cooked right inside the meat!
In the Raw
Cooked!
I've been into baking my own rice crisps lately which are soooo yummy and crunchy just like store bought chips. The recipe for these will be in my cookbook, but if you want to try it out right now, the recipe by itself can be found in my culinary elegance shop link of: https://www.etsy.com/listing/99303713/crunchy-brown-rice-snack-chips
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Preview Debut of "The Book of Culinary Elegance" in "Raw Format"
The Book of Culinary Elegance!
Cooking Made Simple With Elegance
Recipe’s By: Carolyn A. Coats
A Professional Chef’s Daughter
I grew up with a father who was a certified chef and have lived a lifestyle of being involved in many formal and casual dinner settings , and have come to have a special love for the culinary arts. We are all Royalty each having our own Kingdom of family and friends. How we eat & dress each day upholds how much regard we have for our Kingdom. This cookbook is about making delicious dishes with culinary elegance, bringing out the gourmet chef in you!
HERBS & GOOD HEALTH
Health benefits of herbs:
Ginger: stomach ache relief, menstrual cramp relief, morning sickness relief, helps with motion sickness relief, heartburn relief, cold and flu relief, migraine relief, may help slow down growth of ovarian & colon cancer cells, chills as ginger is a natural body warmer, inflammation relief
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Natural Weight Loss
Eggs: high in protein and speed up metabolism
Cayenne Pepper: have properties that heat up the body causing the body to work hard in cooling itself down burning calories in doing so.
Lentils: high in...........................
Creamy Potato Soup
Ingredients:
4 Medium Potatoes, diced
Garlic Herbal Spread
7 Baked Garlic Cloves
4oz Cream Cheese
Gluten/Dairy Free Southern Fried Chicken
Ingredients
1 (3 lb) whole all natural chicken, cut into 6 pieces
2 brown cage free eggs, beaten
Zesty Italian Chicken
Ingredients:
6 Chicken Breasts
2 tbl Oregano
Sneek Peek of My Non Gluten Cookbook
The Book of Healthy Cooking!
Cooking The Way It Was Meant To Be
Recipe Compilation By: Carolyn A. Coats
Just this past year I’ve had to change my cooking habits to where everything that I eat is made from scratch & non gluten meaning no sugar & wheat flour even. It has proved to be easier than I thought & the food is delicious! No more ready made broth from a can or box…no more tortilla shells in a box, no more spaghetti sauce ready made in a can, no more cakes from a box, etc…everything that I eat is made from scratch with whole real foods! My good health, and even my waistline are showing and telling me Thank You!
Brown Rice Flour Snack Chips
Ingredients:
1 cup brown rice flour...........
Yeast & Gluten Free Doughnuts
Ingredients:
1 c. rice or almond milk
1 tsp pure powered stevia extract..........
White Wine Lentil Soup
Ingredients:
2 cups lentils................................
Dehydrated Ginger!
The finished dehydrated ginger
Fresh Raw Ginger
Cut Skin Off
Boiled in Water On Stovetop Until Water Evaporated
Added Stevia to the Water to naturally Sweeten Ginger
Transferred Cooked Ginger to Food Dehydrator
Dehydrated in For 8 Hours and Vahlah!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Blessing of A New Gift
Ms Elaine Armstrong flew into town today from Canada to visit her daughter who lives here, and when she first arrived she handed me an envelope with a note and gift in it. I opened it up, and it was a swarovski crystal bracelet from a great friend of mine who lives in Canada! Thanks Julie...as you can see from the photos I put it on right away and am wearing it at the Hall of Ad front desk. It's beautiful, and what an unexpected blessing!
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