Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 11th November 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Easy listening music and chat, Friday 11th November 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

Tea For Two – Tatiana Eva-Marie & Vinny Raniolo

Belfast Polka  - Celtic Thunder Band

Autumn Leaves · Steve Conway

I've got a Gal in Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller Band

Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move - lyrics

The Archies performing Sugar, Sugar 1969

You're Still The One · Shania Twain

André Rieu - You Raise me Up

The Platters - Only You

The Ronettes - Be My Baby 

Sixteen Tons - Southern Raised 

Billy Joel - New York State of Mind 

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Beef, bean and pumpkin stew

 

Pascale’s Kitchen: Beef, bean and pumpkin stew  (‘Tabichat luvya bikara safra’)

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN, Jerusalem Post, OCTOBER 29, 2022

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-720794

                 Beef, bean and pumpkin stew  (‘Tabichat luvya bikara safra’)

                                                       (photo credit: CHAGIT GOREN)

Makes 6-8 servings.

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. oil
• 3 medium onions, finely chopped
• 1 tomato, cut into pieces
• 2 bell peppers, cut into small pieces
• 5 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 600 gr. beef (shoulder, head or brisket), cut into medium chunks, rinsed and drained
• 4 Tbsp. tomato paste
• ½ Tbsp. spicy paprika
• 1 level tsp. cumin
• ½ tsp. salt
• 5-6 cups water
• 3 cups dry white beans, soaked overnight in water, then rinsed and drained, or frozen
• ½ kg. pumpkin, cut into pieces
• 4 large red potatoes, peeled and cut into medium chunks

Directions 

Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the chopped onion, tomato, peppers and garlic, and mix well. Add the beef, tomato paste, paprika, cumin and salt, and mix well. Pour 4 cups of water on top and bring to a boil.

Add the beans, pumpkin and potatoes, then pour the remaining water on top. The water should cover the beans and vegetables. Stir the pot and then cover and cook over medium heat for 2 hours, or until half of the water has been absorbed and the beans have softened. If needed, you can add another ½ to ¾ cup of water. 

Serve with boiled rice

Level of difficulty: Easy-medium  Time: 2.5 hours   Status: Meat

Enjoy

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 4th November 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 4th November 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - Camino Sonoro Jazz band

Sway by Joyce Partise

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

Andrea Bocelli - Love In Portofino 

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah 

Lee Marvin Wandering Star 

Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary-Lou

The Troggs - Wild Thing

The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964) 

Dusty Springfield - You don't have to say you love me

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Ring in November! Open thread

 

Welcome November! One of the most beautiful Autumns in a while. All at once, branches are brushed with  royal purples, raspberry reds, lemony yellows to delight in our walks or travels.  A calling to drive or walk through the woods and admire all of nature's glory.

Enjoy coffee or tea to start your day!

Gaze upward from the base of a tree with a change of perspective in Nature's beauty. Nature's brush of colors, textures in a glorious unity.

Coffee or tea on the house today, what will it be?

Turkey or ham or both?

Snuggle and being closer to family and
gatherings once again

Binge on trilogies as it gets colder with first snows and frosts.

Try something new such as journaling. Free the mind and unlock the creativity within.  Some might say it's freewriting or daily affirmations. Some are working on projects

continuously, burning the creativity oil to make that deadline or goal. Finish it strong!  

Don't forget to enjoy the little things when 

life seems to go too fast, keep the wonder and the splendor. Smile more, laugh more.

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Magic Mushroom Oven Baked Rice

 Magic Mushroom Oven Baked Rice

By Lisa Starr, Meatland

https://www.meatland.net/

Slicing fresh mushrooms is the only effort required and your trusty oven does the rest.

Superb served alongside chicken or fish or enjoyed on its own as a light and flavorful meal.

Ingredients

2 to 3 baskets mushrooms, quartered
50 - 70 grams butter, melted and hot
2 to 3 teaspoons crushed garlic
Salt and coarse pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil

RICE
1 1/2 cups uncooked Basmati rice
1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetarian stock 
1 1/4 cups water
1 teaspoon dried thyme OR 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1 teaspoon garlic powder/granulated garlic
Salt and pepper
Finely sliced spring onion to garnish

Directions

1: Preheat oven to 180 C.
2: Place mushrooms in a large bowl, pour over hot, melted butter, add crushed garlic, salt and pepper and toss well.
3: Place all rice ingredients in a medium-sized baking dish - the standard foil tray is perfect - and shake to spread out evenly.
4: Spread the buttery mushrooms over the uncooked rice to cover the surface, drizzle over oil, and bake open at 35-40 minutes till mushrooms are golden.
5: Remove from the oven, allow to rest for 5 minutes, then fork through chopped spring onions.

COOK'S NOTES: Obviously this is best made with butter but using margarine is possible. May be made ahead and reheated. Can be made with white or brown mushrooms or a mix of the two. The mushrooms give off a wonderful broth that infuses the rice with delicious flavor. You can add cooked cubed chicken to make a full meal or enjoy as a wonderful side dish with absolutely no effort!

Enjoy

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