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Senin, 30 Agustus 2010

Slow Cooker Marmalade Curry Chicken Recipe


It's the first day of school. The baby is at my feet playing with computer cords and chewing on my slippers. She's crawled in and out of her sisters' room a few times, and seems genuinely surprised that they aren't there to shove her back out. The American Girl dolls smell faintly like spit-up.

I don't know anything about this.

nothing at all.

Here's a super simple chicken dish you can throw into the pot before you head out the door to conquer the world. Or the PTA.
same thing.

The Ingredients.
serves 4

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves or thighs
1 (18-ounce) jar orange marmalade (it can be sugar-free organic if that's the kind of thing that makes you happy. it's all good.)
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I didn't find this hot. if you've got a wussy palate, don't use so much.)
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup chicken broth

The Directions.

Use a 4 quart slow cooker. Put the chicken into the bottom of your slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the marmalade with the dry spices and chicken broth. You'll end up with a slimy orange gel that smells like ginger. Pour this on top of the chicken. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours, or on high for about 4. If when fully cooked the chicken isn't quite as moist as you'd like, you can cut it into strips, then return it to the pot to soak in even more of the yummy sauce. Serve over brown basmati rice.

The Verdict.

The chicken gets a neat brown shiny glaze when it's cooked in this sauce. We all really liked the flavor, and there was hardly any left for my lunch the next day. Danielle, who's an EMT in New Jersey sent me this recipe. She really likes how she can rely on the crockpot to deliver a healthy, hot meal with very little time invested on her end. There's no chopping in this meal, but if you'd like to throw in some carrots, onion, or celery---go for it!

Thank you, Danielle!!

other quick and easy chicken dishes:
margarita chicken
brown sugar chicken
apricot chicken
bacon and cheese chicken
balsamic chicken w/ veggies
chicken parmesan
chicken cordon bleu
cream cheese chicken
salsa chicken


Rabu, 25 Agustus 2010

robocop






robocop pernah menjadi film faforite...
berikut contoh gambar robocop...

Senin, 16 Agustus 2010

Hawaiian Ribs Slow Cooker Recipe


I've been on a real rib kick lately. Our family has been taking mini roadtrip vacations during the weekends, and have been tasting ribs. I try really hard to order non kid-menu food for my kids when we travel, and also try to steer clear of chain restaurants (sometimes easier said than done). The two favorites of the summer are (both on the CA coast, I'm sorry!) Aptos Street Barbecue and McClintock's (we went to the one in Pismo Beach).

or you can make ribs at home. in the crockpot. because the barbecue is scary, and my friend Georgia just needed to get a hair cut because she CAUGHT HER HAIR ON FIRE while testing the grill.
ugh.
When she told me what happened, I asked: did you stop, drop and roll? she replied: No. I patted and screamed.

bwhahahaha!!!

but not really.

The Ingredients.
serves 4

2 pounds boneless beef short ribs, or about 4 pounds babyback ribs
1/3 cup gluten free soy sauce (LaChoy or Tamari Wheat Free)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon Chinese 5-Spice powder (I'll put a recipe to make your own down below)
6 cloves minced garlic

Chinese 5 Spice Powder recipe:
(mix spices well, and store in an air-tight container for up to 6 months)

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon crushed anise seed
1/4 teaspoon ground fennel
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

The Directions.

If you're using boneless ribs, they will probably fit nicely in a 4 quart slow cooker. If you've got bones, you'll most likely need a 6-quart.
Put the ribs into the cooker, and top with the sauce mixture. If you really want to, you can combine all the sauce stuff in a little bowl and then paint it onto the ribs, but that seems like a lot of work. They'll be fine if you just dump everything on top. They'll be fine if the meat is frozen solid, too. Mine was!
Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or on high for about 4 to 5. Flip the ribs over a few times before serving to cover evenly in the sauce. The longer and slower you cook the ribs, the more tender the meat.

The Verdict.

These ribs are fantastic. I served them in the backyard (far away from the bbq!) with corn on the cob (you can do corn in the crock, too!) and a big salad. They were sticky and sweet, and the normally tough meat fell apart nicely. The kids ate their ribs in the wading pool, making clean up super easy. :-)

more slow cooker rib recipes:
barbecue ribs
korean ribs
greek ribs
lemon pepper ribs
orange chipotle ribs
red ribs
use your slow cooker as a smoker!


Minggu, 15 Agustus 2010

Wireless Laptop Tidak Befungsi


Sebelumnya mohon maaf kepada pengunjung setia blog Belajar Ilmu Komputer karena sudah cukup lama saya tidak update artikel berhubung ada kegiatan yang sangat penting yaitu pembuatan skripsi sehingga semua kegiatan yang berhubungan dengan blogging sedikit terganggu, sehingga baru kali ini saya sempat menulis kembali. Tulisan ini juga terinspirasi dari salah seorang sobat yang mengalami masalah

Senin, 09 Agustus 2010

Can You Make (real) Money Blogging?



Yes. Yes you can.

WARNING: there isn't a recipe here. I'm sorry. I've been getting lots of questions about making money through blogging, and figure the easiest way to get the info out there is to write a post. We'll be back to your regularly scheduled (well, sporadically scheduled--it's summer, after all--who are we kidding?!) slow cooker recipe in a day or two.


I do make money from my blogs, and I started making this money without spending *any* of my own money. Except for buying the food. I had to buy the food.

In 2007, I wasn't working. I quit my (super low-paying and ridiculously mind-numbing) job because the kids needed me home. I don't regret that decision at all, but there were a few very panic-stricken moments when I didn't know how we were going to make ends meet.

My friend Jenny offered me a job working from home for BlogHerads.com. I knew that in order to understand my job better, I should start a blog of my own. I wasn't interested in spilling too much of our family info out into the Internet, and only wanted to do this thing if it was going to make money for the family (this may be offensive to some, but it was honestly how I viewed it at the time). 
{PS: I no longer work for BlogHerads. I worked for them for a little over a year, and quit when I began working on the first cookbook}

I chose to not buy a domain name. The crockpot365.blospot url still has the "oh no, you're using a BLOGGER blog?!?" stamp of disapproval. I also didn't buy a fancy camera or lighting--- at first.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't buy these things. I just didn't. Because I wanted to prove to myself (and my husband) that I could do this blogging thing without spending any of the family's money.

It did not take long to make money from this blog. I was PROMing the files this weekend and found a pay stub from April of 2008. That was only 4 months into the year, and the stub was for $211. I know that there are bloggers out there who have blogged for years who haven't seen that kind of money.

Was I/am I lucky? Yes. Absolutely. I have been tremendously lucky and I am so very grateful for the opportunity to make money at home in my pajamas while caring for my children.

But I also view this site as a job, and as a source of information and inspiration to those who 1) like crockpotting, 2) eat gluten free, 3) need help planning meals for their families.

I like helping people. I truly believe if you find a tightly-focused niche where you are providing quality content that people search for (through google) that is both helpful and interesting, you will do well.

I also have an entrepreneurial side to my personality. I like to create things, and I like thinking of ways to build content/businesses. If you question any of my friends, they'll tell you that I am the happiest when in the midst of a huge project. If I'm not busy, I get frustrated and start making up stuff to do. That's just who I am.

I'm going to link to some posts I wrote on my other blog last year that might be of some help.

The Business of Blogging (part 1)
Figuring Out Your Internet Voice
Writing for Search Engines Doesn't Mean Selling Your Soul
Is Self-Esteem Tied Into Site-Meter?
Social Media and Time-Management (an oxymoron?)


Full listing of my "can you make money blogging?" series (the above links are linked again with others)

I don't know it all. I am not going to even remotely pretend I know it all. This site has led to three book deals in two years, and through the ad revenue and affiliate links (Amazon is the only one I use thus far) I'm pretty confident that I'll no longer need to look for a "real" job once the kids are fully in school.

That said, there's a lot more that I could be doing with my sites to make them more profitable. I need to better organize the food categories, I know. I need to add a gluten free/casein free tag. I need to get the archives on TotallyTogetherJournal.com updated. I need to work on stephanieodea.com and find a way to wade through the mountainous piles of email I get so my buddy Bob doesn't send me icky emails (Hi, Bob! Sorry for the delay in getting back to you!). I'm not a good facebook or twitter person, and am looking into launching a messageboard so you can write back and forth to each other with recipe questions since I'm not able to be on the computer 24/7.

But these things take time, and the kids are only kids once. There is plenty of time to have a career, but there is only a limited amount of time when the kids are still drooly and goofy and like having me around.

Senin, 02 Agustus 2010

Slow Cooker Mulligatawny Soup Recipe

According to CNN, the real life "soup nazi" featured in the famous Seinfeld episode is reopening his soup stand. I read that he had closed it because of possible franchise opportunities.

There's no need to wait in line for hours and risk getting yelled at. You can make Kramer's favorite soup at home, in your pajamas, in your very own slow cooker. And it's easy. I assumed there would be a ton of ingredients, be difficult to assemble, and too much work to want to make often.

I love it when I'm wrong.

The Ingredients.
serves 6
2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (frozen is okay)
1 cup peeled and chopped apple (mine were fuji)
1 cup chopped carrots
1 (15-ounce) can fire roasted tomatoes
1 tablespoon dried minced onion flake
1/4 cup raisins
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons curry
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 cups chicken broth
1/3 cup long grain white rice (to add later)

The Directions.

Use a 6-quart slow cooker. Put the chicken thighs into the bottom of your cooker, and add apple, carrots, the whole can of tomatoes, onion flakes, and raisins. Then add the lemon juice, spices, and broth. Stir to mix the spices.
Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours. If you'd like, shred the chicken with two big forks, and stir in the uncooked rice. Flip to high for 30 minutes, or until the rice is tender. If you live in a high altitude, the rice will take longer and you might want to consider using instant or already cooked rice---it's up to you.

Ladle into soup bowls.

The Verdict.

Gosh this is good. The curry and nutmeg pairs so nicely with the sweetness of the raisins and the apple. The end result is sweet but still savory, and my kids LICKED THEIR BOWLS. My dad loves this soup, and I'm so happy to be able to make it now whenever he'd like. The ingredients are pretty much pantry staples in our house, which is a total bonus.
I'm not a good counting calories or points person, but this has got to be pretty light. If you'd like the nutrition breakdown, many of my readers love the free counter at sparkspeople.com.


Good choice, Kramer! I can see why this soup is your favorite.

more yummy soups:

African Peanut Soup
Albondigas (meatball) Soup
Coconut Curry Soup
Restaurant Tomato Soup
Pho
Tortilla Soup
Jamaican Pumpkin Soup
Salsa Chicken and Black Bean Soup







Minggu, 01 Agustus 2010

penampakan hantu yang tidak di ketahui kedatangannya


HANTU?!..untuk sebagian orang memang menakutkan,tapi
sebagian orang juga ada yg biasa aja.,bahkan berani.yah...kedatangannya memang gak pernah di harapkan,tapi mereka adalah makhluk allah yg mungkin sama-sama punya keinginan,sama seperti manusia,..hantu dan manusia memang berbeda alam,.tp kenyataanya masing2 mahkluk dapat keluar dari alamnya..di saat manusia keluar dari alamnya,dan memasuki alam lain,makhluk lain pun bisa keluar dan memasuki alam manusia.....
HANTU!!...adalah makhluk allah yang mungkin wujud aslinya gk ada yg banyak tau,.ketika makhluk itu memasuki alam manusia,kebannyakan akan bebentuk manusia jg,tp dengan wujud yg aneh bahkan mengerikan....lihatlah gambar2 itu,menandakan bahwa hantu keluar tanpa di sadari.....
heee...itu cuma karangan saya aja.boleh pecaya boleh tidak,dalam arti percaya bukan menyekutukan ALLAH.....
awas!!!..di sekitar anda mungkin ada mahluk lain yang tidak anda sadari.....hhaaaa..haaa...