Janice Marie Foote's Musings

Ginger Brew

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Ingredients:

1)Measure water out in pitcher/storing bottle minus room for lemon juice&ginger/sediment

2) Fresh Chopped Ginger

3) Cinnamon Stick

4) Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice

5) Honey (of your choice) 

Heating Instructions:

1) Brew all ingredients in order 1-4 on stove top at low heat

2) Boil in (5) honey last 3-5 minutes

3) Let cool on stove top

4) Bottle/pitcher all and refrigerate (all = including ginger/natural sediment)

5) Pour whole or strain each serving to get pure Ginger Brew w/without ginger/sediment

6) Reheat serving for colder weather or straight cold serving for warmer weather 

...it's refreshingly tasty...

Oatmeal Chewies

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Ingredients:

5 cups oatmeal (moistened with water)

3 cups chopped cashews (or buy crushed)

3 cups organic raisins (I prefer Thompson) or unsweetened craisins

8 oz jar of sorghum or honey of your choice (I prefer sorghum)

1 large or 2 small bananas 

Pre-heat/Mixing Instructions:

1) Pre-heat oven at 300-350 (depending on your oven)

2) Pour oatmeal into bowl and moisten

3) Blend banana and sorghum (or honey) and mix thoroughly into oatmeal

4) Chop cashews/add crushed and mix raisins/craisins and cashews into oatmeal mix

5) Mix only as needed to have a nice even mix 

Baking Instructions:

1) Spoon out onto lightly oiled or buttered pan into sized Oatmeal Chewies

2) Bake 5-10 minutes, turning pan if needed

3) Cool and serve to your liking

4) Eat and enjoy

5) They keep well in the refrigerator for at least two weeks

...they're clusters of goodness...

~ Enjoy - Janice Marie Foote ~