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Yeesterday I wrote about January being National Hot Tea Month.

Wouldn’t you know it, I went home to find an issue of Tea Time Magazine in my mail. Somehow I completely forgot I recently subscribed to the magazine.

Sitting down for a few minutes, I flipped through the magazine and I have to tell you, from what I’ve seen, it is a true little gem.

In addition to beautiful photography and interesting articles, there are also some mouth-watering recipes. They even have a menu with “tea pairings” by the “tea sommelier.” How snooty and uptown does that sound?

If you love tea, you definitely want to take a look at the magazine. Start by checking out the website.

Enjoy!

She Who Needs Her Morning Cup of Tea

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I just read that January is National Hot Tea Month.

Oh, yeah. I can totally get on board celebrating that.

Since I consume at least one cup of tea per day, I am somewhat of a tea fan.

I must confess upfront, though, that I can’t drink tea unless it is sweet. I’ve tried. Honest!

Choose any type of tea – black, green, spice, hot, cold. I can’t drink it unless it is sweetened. And yes, I sweeten it with sugar. Real sugar.

Right now, my favorite tea is Pumpkin Spice from Bigelow.

My favorite nephew’s beautiful bride gave it to me and I love it. It is spicy and rich with just a hint of pumpkin. Yesterday, I sat in front of the fire holding a cup in both hands inhaling the wonderful scent before sipping away.

Another of my all-time year-round favorites is Plantation Mint tea. It is delicious hot and unbelievably refreshing served cold on ice with a mint sprig floating in the glass.

I am also a bit of a pomegranate/raspberry junkie. It’s true!

So in honor of National Tea Month, I think I’ll go home and make a nice cup of hot tea, sit by the fire and have Captain Cavedweller wait on me hand and foot this evening.

Right. That will happen when pigs sprout wings.

Happy Tea Drinking!

She Who Needs to Get Real

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Beef Bundles

A few weeks ago, I had a gathering of people at our house and wanted to make something filling that would also fall into a finger food category. With a roast on hand, I decided to just make up a recipe.

It was a pretty good decision, based on the fact there weren’t many of these left after the party.

You could use this as an appetizer or as a main course, depending on how big you make the bundles.

 

Ingredients for Beef Bundles

 

Cook the beef in your slow cooker on low for six to eight hours.

 

When cooked, shred meat with two forks and let cool slightly. Mix with one can of cream of mushroom soup and 1/2 cup grated colby-jack cheese.

Separate a roll of crescent dough then add a heaping spoon of filling to each crescent. Bundle the dough around the filling and press edges to seal.

 

Place on cookie sheet and bake until golden brown.

 

Beef Bundles

1 3-4 pound roast

1 can chicken broth

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. seasoning

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 cup shredded colby-jack cheese

2 tubes of crescent rolls

Put roast in a slow cooker with salt, seasoning and chicken broth for six to eight hours on low, depending on the size of your roast. I like to stab mine with the thermometer at about five hours to see if we are close to done. If not, I turn the temperature up a bit and let it finish cooking.

Once the meat is cooked, remove from the slow cooker and shred using two forks. (You can do this right before making the bundles of the day before.) Let the meat cool slightly, then mix in one can of cream of mushroom soup and the shredded cheese.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Unroll crescents and separate into individual triangles. Place a heaping spoon of filling into each triangle then fold dough around filling, making a bundle. Pinch to seal edges.

Place on a baking sheet and bake until dough is a golden brown.

Serve and enjoy!

(If you wanted, you could serve with barbecue sauce for dipping.)

She Who Liked These a Lot

 

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I’ve heard a lot of buzz in my circle of friends lately about decluttering, cleaning things up and getting rid of junk.
I’m all for cleaning out what is unused and unwanted. A good rule to follow is that if a thing is not beautiful, does not bring you joy or serve a purpose, get rid of it!

How many of us have things cluttering up our homes and lives that don’t have a purpose, are no longer beautiful or does not bring us joy? I know I can think of a few right off the top of my head.

Do you have things that are broken and not repairable that you keep around. Do you have items that make you frown when you look at them? Things that have less than happy memories attached to them? Get rid of them!

Start with one drawer or cupboard and then keep going until you have gone through every storage tub, closet and hidden nook and cranny.

When you clear out all that extra stuff, it’s like dumping a bunch of unwanted, unneeded baggage that just weighs you down. Once all that clutter is gone, take a deep breath and look around at all the room you have to welcome new things into your home or life that do bring you joy, that have a purpose, or bring you beauty!

You’ll also find without all the clutter, you’ll have more room for the most important things in your life: the relationships!

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