My Forecast... Cloudy, with a Chance of Meatballs

I know it's been a while since my last post, but I wanted to start things off again with a trailer to the sequel to my favourite movie! I am just so excited that I had to share it with the world.

 

Coming to theatres September 27. The wait is on!

Inside out Caramel Apples

A great snack and easy to do!
 
INGREDIENTS:
3 large Granny Smith apples
1 large lemon
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tbs butter
2 tbs light corn syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

ACTION:Cut your apples in half and use a melon baller to scoop out the insides, leaving the walls intact at about 1/2 inch thickness.(NOTE: the more you apple you remove, the more caramel you will end up with)

Squeeze the juice from the lemon onto the apples and allow to set. This will keep them from turning brown right away.

In a sauce pan over high heat, add the brown sugar, butter, heavy cream and corn syrup. Stir until the brown sugar has dissolved. Allow to boil, stirring occasionally, until it reaches 230 degrees, about 7-10 minutes. Remove from heat and add the vanilla, stir continually until it stops bubbling. Allow to cool for about 10-15 minutes.

Using a paper towel, wipe your apples down, removing the lemon juice as much as possible. If the inside of your apple is too wet, the caramel wont stick.

Pour the caramel into the hollowed out apples until just below the top.

Sprinkle with pecans. (if desired)

Chill in the refrigerator until the caramel has set, about 20 minutes.

Cut into serving slices.

Enjoy my little herbivores.

caramel recipe courtesy of  domesticfits

 

Fruit Popsicle

With summer at our door its time to enjoy the heat and cool off with a nice treat. What better snack than a healthy popsicle made entirely of fruit!

Ingredients:
3 cups watermelon puree (seedless if possible)
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries
1 kiwi, peeled and sliced
1 peach or nectarine, diced small
handful fresh cherries, pitted and chopped

Cut the watermelon into chunks and then puree it in a blender until smooth. Set aside.

Set out about 1 dozen popsicle molds (amount needed will vary depending on size of molds). Fill each one with the chopped fresh fruit. Then pour in the watermelon puree until each mold is full to the top. Place a popsicle stick into each one. Place into your freezer and freeze for about 6 to 8 hours.

When ready to serve, run the popsicle molds under warm water for a few seconds and then pull each one out.

A Bear, a Lion and a Tiger

Here is a truly inspirational story of three unlikely best friends that reside at Noah’s Ark, a wild-animal rescue center in Georgia. Together they make an nontraditional “BLT.”

 

In a small pen, Baloo (an American black bear), Leo (the lion) and Shere Kahn (a Bengal tiger) cuddle, play ball, chase each other around, eat cookies daily and seem to have forged a friendship for life.

The three predators were rescued as cubs 12 years ago from drug dealers who’d abused and neglected them. 

“All of them had issues,” Hedgecoth said. “Leo, the lion, had a big raw spot on his nose. Baloo, the bear, had an ingrown harness where his owners hadn’t lengthened it as he grew, so it actually grew into the skin and it had to be surgically removed. … They have recovered more than 100 percent.”

 

Trainers tried separating them at first but they acted out. They waited for fights to break out between them but there was nothing.

There are 3 main reasons as to why there is no aggression between them:

1.They have all been neutered.
2.They have never had to compete for food.
3.They have never had to compete for females.

 

Check out this video to see more about their story and to watch them interact together. This is definitely a very special and unique situation that is extraordinary to see.

 

Make Food Fun

It’s time to make food fun and enjoyable for kids and yourself. Fruits and veggies are colorful but it’s all in how you arrange them that create the interest to get people, particularly kids, to actually enjoy them. Here are some great inspirational pictures to get you enthused to make healthy food fun!

 

 

 

Did You Know...?

There are certain types of beer that contain isinglass (which is made from a fish’s bladder.) Guinness, Red Stripe, Fosters and Newcastle are some of the brands to stay away from if you are living a vegetarian lifestyle.