Saturday, October 23, 2021

Words & Brush Weekender : Easy listening music and chat, Saturday 23rd October 2021 this week its Crooners !

Easy listening music and chat Saturday 23rd October 2021, this week its Crooners!




Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush,  please post music from your favorite Crooners & chat with friends. 


True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly





Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night





Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco




Billy Joel - New York State Of Mind



Barbra Streisand - Memory





Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World




Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love 




Frankie Vaughan - Give Me The Moonlight





Perry Como Live - And I Love You So




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Monday, October 18, 2021

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: BEEF, CHICKPEAS AND PUMPKIN STEW

 BEEF, CHICKPEAS AND PUMPKIN STEW


 , the Jerusalem Post, OCTOBER 14, 2021

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/pascales-kitchen-unique-meals-for-post-holiday-routine-682036


 Beef, chicken and pumpkin stew. (credit: PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN)   

Beef, chicken and pumpkin stew. (credit: PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN)


Level of difficulty: Easy.
Time: 2 hours.
Status: Meat.

Makes 6-8 servings. 


INGREDIENTS

4 Tbsp. canola oil

1 large onion, chopped

600 gr. beef shoulder, cut into medium pieces

2 carrots, cut into small pieces

1 large tomato, cubed

5-6 Tbsp. tomato paste

5 cloves garlic, crushed

1 stick cinnamon

1 Tbsp. sweet paprika

½ tsp. spicy paprika

1 tsp. cumin

1 Tbsp. chicken soup powder

Salt and pepper, to taste

4 cups water

1 cup chickpeas, soaked in water overnight and then drained (or frozen)

300 gr. pumpkin, cubed

6 potatoes, cubed (or 8 small potatoes, whole)

TiPascale: You can add roasted hazelnuts or pistachios for a richer flavor. 


DIRECTIONS

Heat the oil in a large pan and sauté the onion until it becomes translucent. Add the meat and sauté, stirring around constantly, until the meat turns gray. Add the carrots and sauté another 3 minutes. 

Add the tomato, tomato paste, garlic, cinnamon, spices and water. Mix and cook covered for 30 minutes. 

Add the chickpeas and cook for another 25 minutes. Add the pumpkin and potatoes and cook over a low flame for another 35-45 minutes or until the sauce has thickened. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Serve with couscous or rice. 

Enjoy

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Weekly Open Thread, October 18, 2021


          Along the leafy path enjoy the scents and sounds of Autumn, see the brush of nature's colors of the season.  Orangy orange, raspberry reds, lemony yellows and royal purples with sunlight through the archway of the forest.







 

      Sit down by the covered bridge where pressed coffee is served on the table under the maples shedding their golden foilage.  Enjoy the moment with us as a new week begins.




            Fall brings out the storyteller in me of a character like this one.  A daughter of a captain in my story.  She has the stamina and the wit and the bravery. Her uncle is a sharp archer. I wrote down her name somewhere. 




There's no one like Mr. Bean and his Halloween skits.







  And then there's that Halloween party up the street at the neighbors.  No one ever visits them except for Halloween.  Outside in their garage was their own haunted house with props and things to send warm shivers through you for their delight. 












Friday, October 15, 2021

Words & Brush Weekender : Easy listening music and chat, Friday 15th October 2021 this week its Country & Western music !

 Easy listening music and chat Friday 15th October 2021

This week its Country & Western music !


Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush,  please post music from your favorite Country & Western music & chat with friends!

Roger Miller - "Trailers for Sale or Rent"




Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John [Live]




Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind



Dolly Parton - Jolene 1988



Kenny Rogers "You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille"




Doris Day - The Deadwood Stage from Calamity Jane (1953)



Marty Robbins... (Long Version) "El Paso" 1959 with Lyrics




Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - Live at San Quentin 



John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads






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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: How to make the perfect salsa at home

 

How to make the perfect salsa at home


No need for the store-bought version. This recipe is authentic, packed with flavor and easily customized.

When it comes to salsa, there's nothing better than homemade. (Photo: Sarah F. Berkowitz)

  • YIELD: 4 CUPS
  • PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES

Culinarily speaking, we are a seriously blended family. Our level of tolerance for spicy foods and dips also ranges from mild to hot, making it a challenge to buy just the right salsa to please everyone. But when we make homemade salsa, we can split the recipe in two, and one half gets the spicy stuff while the other half is perfect for the crybaby (yours truly).

Although born in Israel, I have almost zero tolerance for what we traditionally call "charif" – spicy ingredients. I’ll have to prove my Sabra genes some other way!

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 28-ounce can diced or whole tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup packed curly parsley
  • 1 small onion, quartered
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded (reserve seeds if you like it hot)
  • 1-2 cloves garlic, sliced
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cumin

DIRECTIONS

Drain juice from tomato can into a cup, and reserve for later use.

Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Pulse a few times until ingredients are coarsely chopped.

Add back desired amount of tomato juices (mine was liquidy enough, so I didn’t add any).

Taste, and add more seasoning if needed. You can add corn and black beans for Southwest style salsa, or add a splash of your preferred hot sauce to up the heat factor.

Serve with pita wedges, tortilla chips, or as a topping for taco night.

Keep refrigerated in a tightly sealed container for up to one week.

Enjoy!

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Monday, October 11, 2021

Weekly Open Thread October 6, 2021

 

            A new week beacons.  Ready to get the day started, but first coffee is the only luxury to a parent of two small children.  At least the coffee grinder back up works. Just hammer the beans in a bag.




 


        As we go through walks and drives to see fruity pebbles of fall on trees, their branches growing ever barren, it is a nice change to the hot summer here in the South. Sometimes we get snow, other winters it is just cold with rain.   A great hush settles over the land as the forest animals take note and start their storage.   They know more than we take notice.    






                                
















                          Van Gogh Art GIF by CBBC




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         Fall gets us around to the local fair that comes by. Seeing everyone have fun, children's laughter and seeing their sense of wonder brings on a nostalgia when we were kids.  County fair food from funnel cakes, hot dogs, slushies to frozen fried icecream to accompany the fun with our sweethearts and families. Try out one of the many games to win that stuffed unicorn or bear.  They look way too easy is deceiving.



                                Sydney Sweeney Dancing GIF by Halsey




                                       okstatefair ok oklahoma fair okc GIF



       Don't forget to walk through the forest in its change of colors to gaze at the splendor and hear the forest speak to us in its language with the wind.







        Thank you for visiting and passing on the word to follow. Have a fantastic and safe week.  Take a break. We're getting more coffee from the stockroom after this incident below.














Friday, October 8, 2021

Words & Brush Weekender : Easy listening music and chat, Friday 8th October 2021 this week its Romantic music !

 Easy listening music and chat Friday 8th October 2021

This week its Romantic music !


Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush,  please post music from your favorite Romantic music & chat with friends!

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizas, Quizas, Quizas) Sarah Krauss,  Jacob Fjeldheim - Piano, Georgia Webber - Bass, Josh Davis - Drums




"That's Amore" is a 1953 song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Jack Brooks. It became a major hit and signature song for Dean Martin in 1953. Amore means "love" in Italian.



'Some Enchanted Evening' from SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)




You're The One That I Want (From “Grease”) by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John



The Blues Brothers (1980) - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love 




Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey get up close and personal while dancing to "Love is Strange" in this scene from "Dirty Dancing."



Doris Day sings "Secret Love" 









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