This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! Let me explain everything in the order that it happened. I received a citrus juicer as a wedding gift almost 44 years ago. It was great to use whenever I was gifted an over abundance of citrus. Last year, the motor of this beloved gift finally gave out. My dear friend Anita, who happens to be my sons mother-in-law has a lemon tree and she gave my son's family a bunch of lemons from her tree. My son and daughter-in-law passed a large bag of these huge lemons on to me. There I was with no citrus juicer. I was not going to juice all of these lemons by hand, so I got on Amazon and ordered myself a new juicer. Not just a citrus juicer, but a centrifugal juicer that will juice all fruit and separate out the pulp, which you can use for other recipes as well. Here it is: I began juicing the lemons with my new juicer and started to fill ice cube trays to freeze for whenever I needed lemon juice. Unfortunately, I do not own enough ice cube trays to hold all of the juice that these lemons were giving me. So, I broke out my Hot Cocoa Bomb molds and also smaller candy molds such as my owls and my mustaches (similar here). I had to find space for all of this lemon juice to freeze between my freezers. There was a lot. Here are some of the shapes I ended up with: So, I got to thinking about how we only make and drink Hot Cocoa Bombs in the winter months. Wouldn't it be great to have some kind of a summer drink like that? This lemon juice can be the answer, and a little more fun than mere ice cubes. I know that my grandkids will get a big kick out of them. Not only that, the bomb shapes will go much farther than one bomb per person. I can make a gallon of lemonade with just a couple of bombs and some sugar! If you only need one glass of lemonade, here is the fun part that the kids will love! In a 12 oz glass of water, put in 2-3 of the little owls or mustaches plus 2 Tbs. of sugar. Add cold water and stir to dissolve the sugar and lemon juice. Add ice and whatever other ingredients you would like. You can add cherries or strawberries if you like! Every kids could make their own flavor of lemonade! Cool, fun and refreshing! Since this worked out so great with lemons, I can't wait to try other fruits and vegetables in my juicer! I'm getting lots of strawberries, I could add that to lemonade and it would probably be the best Strawberry Lemonade ever! And lets not forget my beets! I haven't even started to try what I can do with the fruit and vegetable pulp. I'm thinking of dehydrating it into flour? Breads and cakes? I can't wait to experiment. If you have any ideas, please let me know in the comments! I always like to try new ideas. If you liked this post, here are more that you may enjoy!
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Here at 3 Winks Design, we have published some E-Cookbooks that we are pretty proud of. They are a labor of love as we publish recipes that we have developed or that have been long time family favorites.
Back in August, we introduced and published our Jam in 3 Winks book with a bunch of delicious, tried and true recipes for jams and marmalades. It took us awhile, but we have recently published it in Kindle form on Facebook. Amazon makes it possible and very easy to purchase a Kindle version of books to give as gifts to others. Doing so can be a quick and easy last minute gift during a busy holiday season. But, sometimes you want to be able to give a gift wrapped and under the tree. E-books can fit the bill for that as well! Using our books as examples, here are some ideas for gift printing and giving printed e-books. Or, if you would prefer not to print the e-book, you can always gift it electronically and add the extra items to go with it as you announce your gift This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. Here is a true story, when I was a kid, probably around 12 or 13 years old, I had a job picking figs.
I grew up in the central valley of California, and there were many people who had fig trees. One family that we knew needed to hire help to pick their figs, so my brother and I got jobs. If you don't know, figs are picked by harvesting them off of the ground. A tractor with a grabbing mechanism would go to the trees and grab them and shake them. The figs would fall to the ground and the pickers go and start throwing figs into their buckets. Well, at least that was how it was done when I was a kid back in the day. You had to crouch down and fill your bucket as fast as you could because you were paid by the bucket load of figs. About 10 cents per bucket back then, as a matter of fact! It was hard dusty work and by the end of my first day, I was sick. So, my employment didn't last very long. The funny thing about that story is, I don't remember eating a lot of figs as a kid. Sometimes we had Fig Newtons, and I think that once in awhile we had some dried figs, but they weren't a major part of our diet. That is why when I was able to order some figs from our local wholesale produce distributor, I was anxious to get some and see what I could do with this funny looking fruit, the fig!
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Amazon Prime Day officially begins tomorrow, but there are early deals already going on! I have to admit that I have been doing a little window shopping. This is a great time to get some smokin' deals on things that you have been wanting but may have been a little to pricey to splurge on. Here are some items that I've been looking at. I can't buy them all, and the decision making is on. What do you think I should go for? Hurry! There is no time to lose!
A choice of 2 tablets-
My tablet is a few years old now and it won't work without being plugged in, even though it says it is 100% charged. My tablet is an important tool for me when I work on the blog, so I am in the market for a new one. I currently have a Samsung, but here are the choices I am looking at on Prime:
Fire HD 8 tablet, 8" HD display, 64 GB, latest model (2020 release), designed for portable entertainment, Twilight Blue
Which one would you choose?
There are also great deals on Echo Products right now. I am toying with the video version because I think it would be awesome to be able to talk to my grandkids on it face to face. Plus, when you play music, the words can come up like karaoke! This one: Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021 release) | Smart display with Alexa and 2 MP camera is $34.99 through tomorrow!
I'm also really tempted by this Air Fryer/Toaster Oven Combo. Lindsey has an air fryer that she uses a lot, and I think it would be perfect for my home life now as well. Plus, I think the combination with the toaster oven is awesome!
Here is a true story, we had a cheap little side table that sat next to my husbands chair in the living room. I've been wanting to replace it. Then, my grandson was at our house last week. When I came out of my room in the morning, he was in the living room. He immediately confessed to me that he had broken something. He showed me that the little table was broken all to pieces. (Kudos to him for telling me right away!) I wondered how it had become so broken and asked him if he had sat on it. No, he had not he assured me. He whispered to his mother that he had stood on it! LOL What luck that he wasn't hurt! So now, I am looking for a better replacement side table! AND LOOK, Amazon has one on sale that will go so well with my bookcases in that room!
Finally, neither Alicia nor I can pass up a good deal on office/school supplies! There are a lot of deals on Amazon right now. My two favorites are these sets of pens! How can anyone live without these?
Those Sharpies are 71% off!
So, those are my choices! What do you think? Have you found anything that is tempting you? Let me know in the comments, because it may tempt me as well! |
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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