June Elaine's Nuggets

   Recipe idea-----Beer Beef

This is so easy and so good.

Crock pot

Three to five pound chuck roast

Package of dry onion soup mix

1 can or bottle of beer

Salt and pepper if desired 

Put in crock pot on high for 1 hour and then turn down to low for 6 to 8 hours or longer if desired.  Shred and eat on buns or by itself.  Yum (good with barbecue sauce or hot sauce) 

  "Love never gives up, never looses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."

   (First Corinthians 13:7) 

Think about this-----The trash of the past, is the treasure of the future. 

Reading a book, just might open a new chapter in your life! 

I discovered a new dipping sauce, by accident, that I really like.  I like it for chicken nuggets, but you could try it for anything.   It is equal amounts of mustard and Cholula Hot Sauce.  Give it a try.

I like this riddle--

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears.  I have nobody, but come alive with the wind.  What am I?

An Echo

I have two recipes that I would like to share with you.  I will admit that I don't like to cook, so any recipe that I share will be easy, but GOOD.

1.  BLT Dip

1 cup of real mayo

1 med tomato chopped

1 cup sour cream

1 small bottle of real bacon bits

2 to 3 cups of chopped lettuce (I use 3)

Mix all together and serve with crackers or party bread.

2.  Microwave Pie Desert (Thank you Paula)

1 can of Apple Pie filling

1 single layer yellow cake mix (I use Jiffy)

1 stick of butter,  melted

In a glass pie dish or dish comparable in size, put the pie filling,  you can use any kind of pie filling, then dry cake mix on top and sprinkle with the melted butter.  Loosely cover with wax paper and microwave for 14 min exactly.  Serve hot with ice cream.  Yum!

Have you been watching the flight of Falcon Heavy?  Go SpaceX and Elon Musk.  Very exciting.

Someone told me to light my fire, sore to my limits and to fly to worlds unknown.  I want to be a Pegasus.

Someone's resistance should make us fly higher, harder and faster.

Great Key Lime Pie  (and so easy)

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup key lime juice

1 cup cool whip

1 graham cracker crust

Combine condensed milk, juice and cool whip in a large bowl.

Pour into crust and refrigerate.  Enjoy

I have a tip that you may or may not know about.  When you are eating out and your glass is sticking to the napkin or coaster, sprinkle some salt on the napkin or coaster and it shouldn't stick again.

     Foolishness has it's rewards------DISASTER.

     "Gentleness"  is confidence of wisdom. 

     No great person ever emerged by blending in with the crowd. 

     Hint--Panko Italian crumbs can be used on any kind of meat, fried or baked, and is delicious.

    FORGIVENESS--- You cannot receive what you are not willing to give.

   Start small---- dream big.

   "NO" is just the first step to a bigger "YES."

   "It doesn't matter how slow YOU go, just don't stop."

     If you like strawberries, try this recipe----

1/2 gallon strawberry ice cream

1 package strawberry Jell-o

1 10oz package frozen strawberries thawed

1 angel food cake

Soften ice cream.  Make Jell-o and chill until partially set.

Break cake up into pieces.  Pour Jell-o, ice cream and strawberries over broken cake.

Stir. Put into a tube pan and freeze.  Very good and so easy

       "You can't conquer the world-- until you conquer yourself."

       "You can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice that thorn bushes have roses.'' --  Abraham Lincoln

     "Before you react, think.  Before you spend, earn.  Before you criticize, wait.  Before you quit, try." -  Ernest Hemmingway

    "When you're brought into this life, you're given certain gifts, and you have to use them."  -  Jane Goodall

    If you don't stand for something --  you will fall for anything.

Another one of my favorite recipes

  CHICKEN LASAGNA 

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

2 tbs butter

1  10 & 3/4 oz can condensed cream of mushroom soup.

2  10 & 3/4 oz cans cream of chicken soup   

2/3 cup milk

8 oz pkg lasagna noodles cooked

16 oz carton small curd cottage cheese

8 oz pkg cream cheese cut into 1/2 inch cubes

2 & 1/2 cups cooked shredded chicken

12 oz shredded cheddar cheese

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (I use more to cover the top.)

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender.  Stir in soup and milk.  Spread enough sauce to lightly cover bottom of a 9x13x2 inch pan.  Layer 1/3 of noodles, cottage cheese, cream cheese, chicken, sauce and cheddar cheese, in that order.  Repeat twice more.  Sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese.  Bake 50 to 60 minutes.

"I walk slowly,  but I never walk backward" - Abraham Lincoln

"It's okay to make mistakes.  Mistakes are our teachers...they help us to learn." - Abraham Lincoln

Life is too short to be anything but HAPPY.

"A drop of encouragement can wipe out a mountain of doubt." - Robert B. Cronkhite

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity.  The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." 

 -- Sir Winston Churchill

" It doesn't take much of a wind to blow down a tree when the roots aren't too deep." -- Robert b. Cronkhite 

A quick and yummy dessert

Crème De Mint Cake

1 box white cake mix

1 can chocolate frosting

Crème De Mint

8 oz. cool whip

Bake cake in a sheet cake pan according to directions--subtracting 6 Tbs. water and adding 6 Tbs. crème de mint.

Cool cake.  Top with chocolate frosting.  Mix cool whip with 6 Tbs.  of crème de mint and spread over the top.

Freeze.  Serve frozen.  Very good and very refreshing. 

"Meow-meow.  Just love." -- Taffy 

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." --- Eleanor Roosevelt

The golden rule--"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."   Matthew 7:12

Hmmmmmm--easy, no.  Necessary--yes.  Our pride gets in the way at times.

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" -- Sir Winston Churchill

"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice" --- Wm Shakespeare

"Relax, breathe-----then react" ---June Elaine

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." --- Eleanor Roosevelt

                    HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM !!!            

"Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done." --- Amelia Earhart           

Thank you, T. from Moscow for the kind words, and to all of the others who have written from around the world. You are encouraging to me also.  Thank you again.  June Elaine         

​​"Rain may dampen your life, but rain will dry up and go away."--- June Elaine

​​"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well." --- Abraham Lincoln

​​"Good friends are forever. " --- June Elaine

​​"Don't let your emotions drive your train, they will always derail you." --- Danny Gorkey

What we went through brought us to where we are now.​​

Another great "stand by" recipe

     Tater Tot Bake

Melt 1 stick of butter or margarine in a 9 x 12 glass dish.

Add 2 pounds of frozen Tater Tots.  (you can also use Frozen Hash Browns.

Mix well until potatoes are covered with butter.

Mix together 2 cans Cream of Chicken soup and one 8 oz carton of sour cream. 

Pour over the top of potatoes.

Top with 4 oz grated sharp cheese.

In a saucepan melt 1 stick margarine or butter and add 3 cups of Rice Krispies cereal. Mix

Spread over mixture and top with 4 oz grated cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes.  This will serve 12.

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"Logic will get you from  A  to  B.  Imagination will take you everywhere." --- Albert Einstein 

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.  The important thing is not to stop questioning."  ---   Albert Einstein

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Everyday can't be honey.  Some days are sour.  How we handle the sour makes the honey even better.​

"And if you're ever feeling lonely, just look at the moon.  Someone, somewhere, is looking right at it too." --- Anonymous​

"Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, dream?  Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen, but felt only by the heart." --- Anonymous​

"(You) cannot stay in the cradle forever." --- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky​

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.." --- Henry Ford

"Decide.   Commit.   Succeed."  --- Anonymous ​

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.    An Irish Proverb ​

"When purchasing gifts becomes the focal point of the season, we lose focus on what's truly important." 

--- Joshua Fields Millburn​

"Being positive won't guarantee you'll succeed.  But being negative will guarantee you won't." --- J. Gordon​

"Courage is being afraid, but going on anyhow." --- Dan Rather

"All bridges can be crossed so do not give up." --- Unknown

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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it a present." --- Bill Keane​

   Do any of you have a suggestion for natural help with hot flashes?  This is something that has bothered me for years.

   Also, I am wondering about something natural that will help with high blood pressure.  If you have any suggestions, please let me know on my Contact Page.​

  "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassion with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong.  Sometime in life you have been all of these." --- George Washington Carver

  "Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive." --- Matt Cameron

  "Self-care is not selfish.  You cannot serve from an empty vessel." --- Eleanor Brownn

  "Start writing, no matter what.  The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on." --- Louis L'Amour

  "Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted." --- Jules Renard

  "Nobody is in charge of your happiness except you." --- Anonymous

  "Happiness is like jam.  You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself." --- Anonymous