Dusti"s Dis & Dat

Dis & Dast for October 13, 2009

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:01:29 GMT

October 13, 2009

Recipe

Five Layer Bars

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter
1 cup gramb cracker crumb mix
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
3/4 cup coconut or toffee chips
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk

Directions

Melt 1/3 cup butter in Rock ‘N Serve Large Container for 45 sec. Add 1 cup graham cracker crumb; mix, flatten and microwave 1 ½ minutes.

Then add the following:
¾ cups milk chocolate chips or whatever
¾ cups coconut or toffee chips or whatever
2/3 cups sweetened Condensed milk (about ½ of the can)
Cover and microwave for 4-5 minutes. Cool completely, cut and serve.

Green Tip

Disposable Diapers

What is better for the environment: Cloth diapers or disposble diapers?

Some will say that the water used to wash cloth diapers takes away any environmental savings that come from using cloth rather than disposable. However, here are some important facts to consider.

1. It has been estimated that roughly 5 million tons of untreated waste and a total of 2 billion tons of urine, feces, plastic and paper are added to landfills each year.

2. It takes around 80,000 pounds of plastic and over 200,000 trees a year to manufacture the disposable diapers used in the United States alone.

3. So-called biodegradable disposable diapers need to be exposed to the air and sun to biodegrade. Since this is unlikely to happen with a 'dirty' diaper, it can take hundreds of years for them to decompose.

4. The waste from these diapers are in our landfills that are not designed to treat this type of waste. This can cause possible contanmination to our water supply.

5. Some suggest diapers can be burned. However, incineration causes other problems such as the clorin bleach being converted to dioxin.

The decision to use cloth or disposable is totally up to you, the consumer. Hopefully, the above points will help you decide to use diapers that would help preserve our environment for future generations.

Today's Quote

“Law of Window Cleaning: It's on the other side”

Dis & Das for October 12, 2009

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:51:56 GMT

October 12, 2009

Today's Quote

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
Phyllis Diller

Today's Recipe

Old Fashioned Apple Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

2 9-inch pie crusts (one for the top crust, one for the bottom crust)

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Dash of salt

2 tablespoons butter

6 cups thinly sliced and cored apple

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425F.

2. Mix sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, and salt. Stir in the apples.

3. Place into pie crust, dot with butter. Cover with top crust, and slit evenly to let steam escape. Seal the top crust to the bottom by pinching the edges together.

3. Cover edge of the crust with a three inch strip of aluminum foil.

4. Bake 40-50 minutes, until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through top.

Tip and Recipe for October 8, 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:00:49 GMT

Good Morning!

Today is:

October 8, 2009

Today's Tip

Dissolve one teaspoon of baking soda in one cup of water in a spray bottle and spray the air of a room that reeks from the smell of paint or any other odor you wish to banish

Today's Recipe

Chocolate Thriller

1 1/2 cups crushed chocolate wafers

1/2 cup melted margarine

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 egg yolks, beaten

1 cup chocolate pieces, melted

2 egg whites

1/4 cup sugar

1 cup whipped cream

3/4 cup chopped pecans

Combine crushed chocolate wafers and melted margarine. Press into bottom of spring form pan and bake at 325 degrees F for 10 minutes. Combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, mixing until well blended. Stir in beaten egg yolks. Melt chocolate pieces; cool. Beat egg whites and after soft peaks form, add 1/4 cup sugar. Fold into chocolate mixture. Fold in 1 cup whipped cream and pecans. Freeze. Decorate any way you wish.

Hmmmm....

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:34:02 GMT

Hi!

I'm Lisa a.k.a. DustiRose, WildFire or Sccntrybumpkin to my friends. I thought I would just create a blog where I can post recipes, tips, hints or little tidbits of "Dis & Dat".

You don't have to read my blog but ya never know I'm gonna post. please feel free to post any comments you may have about my post.

Thanks Bunches,

Dusti