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: MULTICOLORED STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

 MULTICOLORED STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Pascale's Kitchen: Comfort food for difficult days

When I think of what brings me the most comfort, I picture stuffed vegetables in tomato sauce from my childhood. 

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN Jerusalem Post OCTOBER 27, 2023 

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-770337

                  Multicolored stuffed bell peppers (photo credit: PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN)

Makes 6-8 servings.

Ingredients

• 6-8 bell peppers of different colors (yellow, red, orange, and green)

Filling:

• 2 ¼ cups rice
• 300 gr. ground beef
• 2-3 Tbsp. breadcrumbs, matzah meal, or oats
• 1 medium onion, chopped 
• 2 eggs
• 8 sprigs of parsley, finely chopped 
• 1 medium tomato, cut into small pieces
• 1 spicy red pepper, finely chopped
• ¼ tsp. fresh ginger, chopped
• 1 Tbsp. pomegranate concentrate
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Sauce:

• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• 3 medium tomatoes
• 2 Tbsp. tomato paste
• 1 spicy red pepper
• 1 medium onion
• 1 ½ – 2 cups water
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• ½ tsp. sweet paprika
• ¼ tsp. harissa
• 2 fennels, quartered

Method

Rinse the peppers, then cut off the tops. Remove the pith and seeds and rinse well.  

To prepare the filling: 

Add all the filling ingredients to a bowl and mix well. Stuff the peppers with the filling, leaving them open on top.

To prepare the sauce: 

Chop all the sauce vegetables. Heat oil in a large, flat pot, then sauté the vegetables. Add the spices and water, stir, and bring to a boil. Add the fennel quarters. Cover the pot and simmer for 10 minutes. 

Arrange the filled bell peppers inside the pot and cover with the sauce. Add more water as needed. Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Place the pot inside an oven that has been preheated to 180° and cook for 40 minutes or until the beef and vegetables are well cooked.

• Level of difficulty: Medium
• Time: 2 hours
• Status: Meat

ENJOY!

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 27th October 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Easy listening music and chat, Friday 27th October 2023, 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!

Keep on the Sunny Side

The Carpenters - Help!

The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden

Donovan "Colours" 1966

Sissel - Going Home

Nobody Cares If I’m Blue - Annette Hanshaw 

Molly Tuttle - Helpless (Neil Young) The Influences

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers“Islands In The Stream”

Taylor Swift - Love Story

Harry Belafonte, Jamaica Farewell

🎤🔊🎼🎹🎷🎺🎸🎻

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Savoury Cheese Scones

 

Savoury Cheese Scones

How to make delicious savoury cheese scones, quick, simple, and delicious, easy step by step instructions, from start to finish.

By John Kirkwood, ProFoodHomemade . com, Oct 23, 2023

https://profoodhomemade.com/savoury-cheese-scones/

Ingredients

• 300g / 11oz Self raising flour
• Note: If using Plain or All-purpose flour, add an extra 2tsp of baking powder to the recipe, making a total of 3½tsp
• 80g / 2.8oz Cold Butter
• 130g / 4½ Mature Cheddar Cheese (Grated)
• 120g / 120mls Milk (full or half fat)
• 6g / 1½tsp Baking powder
• 3g / 1tsp Mustard powder
• 2g / ½tsp Turmeric
• 2g / ¼tsp Salt
• Extra cheese for topping
• Milk for glazing

Method

• Before starting the recipe preheat your oven to 200°C / 392°F or gas mark 6.
• Sift all of the dry ingredients to a large bowl.
• Note: If you’re using plain or all-purpose flour, you need to add an extra 2 tsp of baking powder to the recipe.
• Add the cold butter to the bowl, and rub together until it resembles fine bread crumbs.
• Fold in the grated cheese with your fingers until it is evenly incorporated.
• Add the milk, and cut it in using a dinner knife.
• Gently fold the mixture together into a dough by hand, taking care not to over handle the dough.
• Handling the rolling pin lightly, gently roll the dough out into a rectangle approximately 2.5cm / 1in thick.

• Cut the dough into approximately 8 scones with a 6cm / 2½in scone cutter or knife.
• Place the scones on a greased baking tray, brush the tops with milk and add a little finely grated cheese on top, and underneath each one.
• Place the tray into the preheated oven and set your timer for 14 minutes, times may vary between 13 and 17 minutes due to varying temperatures of different ovens.
• When the time is up, remove from the oven when golden brown and allow them to cool on a wire rack.
• Serve warm, with lashings of butter.
• Enjoy.

For more directions watch the video

ENJOY!

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 20th October 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Easy listening music and chat, Friday 20th October 2023, 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!

Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael (Ft. Josh Turner)

Molly Tuttle "White Rabbit" 

SUZI QUATRO - STUMBLIN' IN

La Bamba (Ritchie Valens); by Shut Up & Kiss Me!

Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

Patti Smith Because the Night

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles; Cover by Beatrice Florea

Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville Don't Know Much

The Band Perry - Gentle On My Mind 

Dionne Warwick I Say A Little Prayer

🎤🔊🎼🎹🎷🎺🎸🎻

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: One Pot Pasta Bolognaise Convenience

One Pot Pasta Bolognaise Convenience

By Lisa Starr, Meatland

https://www.meatland.net/

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 large onion, finely chopped
500g ground beef 
400g can crushed tomatoes
3 tablespoons tomato paste
2 teaspoons Italian herbs *
3 cups beef or chicken stock
1 teaspoon each salt and pepper
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
350g spaghetti/pasta of choice

* A mix of dried basil, thyme and parsley or whatever you have of each to total the required quantity. 

Directions:

1: Heat oil and fry onion and garlic till translucent then add ground beef and cook till browned.

2: Add remaining ingredients apart from pasta, stir well and bring to the boil.

3: Add pasta and press down under the liquid so that it's completely submerged, cook on medium heat for 12 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the pasta doesn't stick to the bottom. 

4: Remove from heat when pasta is just al dente as it will continue cooking in the residual heat.  

ENJOY!

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