Oh, What a Relief It Is!

The days are warmer, the nights are still chilly. Winter tends to stay around much longer than I, or anyone, can  be content with... I had  run- in with black ice just a few days over a month ago now.

Are you trying to get your skin back to normal after being dried out in the cold? Do chilly nights still leave you itchy and looking like you attempted to put a  dog in a dress, or with suspicious-looking wounds? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, I have an answer for you!

The simple answer is, "olive oil", but at the risk of looking like an oil slick, or smelling like a finely dressed salad, I present you with this mixture:

1) Measure out 1/4 cup of plain colloidal oatmeal or grind up plain "Irish oats". To this, add,
2)a tablespoon of heavy cream, and
3)A teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
4)Mix together into a rather disgusting looking mess.
5)Pour mess into two large coffee filters.
Oats should feel, at most, slightly... damp. (I really hate the word, "moist").
6)Tie with rubber band, securely.
7)Toss this into a hot bath and relax. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh, what a relief it is! (Eww, gross Alka-Seltzer® jingle!)
8)Get your mind out of the gutter, drain tub, and rinse to get any gunk off of you and to avoid smelling like spoiled cream.
Repeat as necessary.

A Very Special Thanksgiving Taste Test

She is a little beauty.

This week, not only am I taste-testing (remember: nothing gets served, to anyone, unless it passes MY inspection first) but I am breaking in a new crockpot that is not dollhouse sized! And I've craved turkey noodle soup for a while now!

• Ingredients: 
• First up: about a container and a half of turkey stock. Buy extra. 
• To this, add: 
• Baby carrots, 1/2 package to a package
• 3 celery stalks

• Pepper, salt, and oregano to taste. I am a "By feel" cook, but about 1/2 tsp of each ought to do it.
• 1/2 an onion
• A turkey breast. Whichever turkey sported this had about a D cup!
• 1 small onion
• Package of noodles...add last, about 3-4 hours in. 
• 
  
• Cut turkey into edible chunks.
• Chop onion and celery, just toss in baby carrots.
• Place all in crockpot. Except the noodles.
• Cook on low for 4 hours. 
• Add noodles
• Cook for half hour on high
• Or Until Noodles are Soft
• Eat!