tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81068589757387449322024-02-07T19:42:41.370-07:00Renaissance SoulShelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-7986800869485333382012-07-07T19:23:00.000-06:002012-07-07T19:23:09.709-06:00Heart with wings!!When I started making wings I already loved the heart with wings symbol, I buy them whenever I come across them.....found lots in Mexico. But then a friend opened a store and used this as her logo, Twisted Hearts..........and I just couldn't resist figuring out a way to make her some!! And here are the results!! :O<br />
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Before, the vintage buffet......</div>
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The inspiration piece......</div>
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During............yes, this was very SCAREY and my kids kept walking by it and saying not very nice things!!</div>
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And wha-la, the finished product!! I love it and so does my client!! ;)</div>
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<br /></div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-5167272007401779212012-04-23T08:29:00.001-06:002012-04-23T08:29:22.658-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We have someone new in our family, and her name is Tavie. A carrin terrier who has stolen our hearts!! My sister has her sister, Frankie and we are having so much fun with their lively, lovely spirits!! :)<br />Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-38935858634938961452012-02-19T09:29:00.000-07:002012-02-19T09:29:25.644-07:00The Gifts of ImperfectionStumbled across this life changing book when I needed it the most!! Funny how life works that way!! <br />
<a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/books/2010/8/8/the-gifts-of-imperfection.html">http://www.brenebrown.com/books/2010/8/8/the-gifts-of-imperfection.html</a><br />
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<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span>I hope you read it, I hope you download it, I hope it changes your life as it has mine! </span></span><br />
<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span>Cheers, to Imperfection!!</span></span>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-78803866223240481862012-01-01T09:01:00.000-07:002012-01-01T09:01:31.427-07:00Happy New Year!! Welcome 2012<div style="text-align: center;">I spent a very quiet New Years Eve by myself as I do every year. Don't be sad, it is just as I desire. When my girls were little, I told my Soulmate to choose something (anything) to do once or twice a year with his daughters (without me) that would last a lifetime. He chose skiing. Perfect, because I don't ski and had no desire to learn, lug all of that equipment around, be cold, have a snotty nose, go up and down a hill for no reason. So every year, he packs those two up and heads for Big Sky, Montana for 4 or 5 days of skiing. I'll admit the years when they were little were tough, lots of crying, lost mittens, frustration, but he persevered and now they pack their own bags, get their own gear on and look forward to that time with just their Dad. I don't go and look forward to the solitude of those days to recharge, regroup, rearrange and realize. I don't do much, read, rest, sleep (alot), take baths, eat snacks for dinner, answer the phone only if I feel like it. Lot's of people are appaled that I would be ALONE on New Years, but for me it is perfectly symbolic, we come into this world alone, we leave alone, and for me saying goodbye to the last year alone and welcoming the new year alone is just as it should be. As for the rest of my days, they are filled to the brim with so many great people, positive energy, lots of laughter, tons of love, and bright, bright lights!! I'm so excited for 2012 and will always look back very fondly on all of my blessings from 2011. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-69238857003048965232011-12-11T10:21:00.000-07:002011-12-11T10:21:40.985-07:00From our snowglobe to yours!! Merry Christmas!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3o0q3IMoUlHM3VdtffotZQyeP3imNCaxRt3WeUr5XpfJigehrbZtPuCe_XveeagFMF-kobfh4ZfzCaJS3apaUnNOmC2hdkDCvK7Qk9xjHM_4uwOEr2zWMBjiIlg1Zcx_wR30ZO6DboA/s1600/Bike+in+the+snow2+copy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3o0q3IMoUlHM3VdtffotZQyeP3imNCaxRt3WeUr5XpfJigehrbZtPuCe_XveeagFMF-kobfh4ZfzCaJS3apaUnNOmC2hdkDCvK7Qk9xjHM_4uwOEr2zWMBjiIlg1Zcx_wR30ZO6DboA/s320/Bike+in+the+snow2+copy1.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just in case I don't get back here before Christmas! Which is entirely possible!!</div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-73806568295152524342011-11-20T13:53:00.000-07:002011-11-20T13:53:53.277-07:00Just when you think you don't do enough.........<div style="text-align: center;">Here's a challenge for you! For some reason this morning I decided to go in and clean up my photo files. When I load my pics to my editing program they automatically go in by date. If I'm in a hurry, I grab the one I want and post it to facebook, my blog, or send it to a client. So at the end of each year I'm left with lots of files that just have dates on them..............come to find out 2011 was a pretty epic year for me!! It started out with me floundering for direction, ambition and ispiration.................then I took Soul Restoration 1 and 2, from Brave Girls Club, found this photo of my vision board which I LOVE!! </div><br />
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</div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-21894777428959634142011-11-15T13:36:00.000-07:002011-11-15T13:36:47.451-07:00Buffalo Chicken Salad<div align="center">I have a few weaknesses...............okay, alot of weaknesses!! But one in particular is for the Buffalo Chicken Salad at the Rib and Chop House here in good old Sheridan, Wyoming. They take an innocent fat free chicken breast, cut it up in pieces, deep fry it, coat it in hot sauce, then into a bed of greens (the healthy part), sprinkle with blue cheese crumbles and bacon (cause, why not?) and two big fat sides of creamy blue cheese dressing. And oh ya, my girlfriend and I like to order a side of fries and toss those into the salad! In my quest to lose some pounds, (by the way I weigh and measure this Friday, so we'll see if this helped), I had to find an alternative to my weakness. After much trial and error......I have succeeded!! And here you go!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Buffalo Chicken Salad</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 pound chicken breast, pounded and cut into pieces</div>2/3 c flour<br />
6 T cornstarch<br />
¼ t cayenne pepper<br />
1 t garlic powder<br />
2/3 c Franks hot sauce<br />
1 T olive oil<br />
Heat pan to medium-high, combine flour, cornstarch, cayenne, and garlic powder in a Ziploc bag. Toss in the chicken and shake it up to coat. <br />
Add olive oil to pan and once hot, add chicken and cook on both sides. <br />
Once chicken is cooked put it in a bowl and cover and toss with the hot sauce. <br />
Serve 6.4 ounces of chicken (180 calories) on a bed of greens with lowfat blue cheese dressing.<br />
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<strong>Lowfat Blue Cheese dressing</strong> (best to make day before, tastes just like the really fattening kind)<br />
½ c crumbled blue cheese<br />
6 oz greek yogurt fat free<br />
1 T lemon juice<br />
1 T white wine vinegar<br />
Combine all in a bowl and wah-lah!! Only 85 calories in ¼ cup!! <br />
Total salad calories 265!! <br />
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There are just some battles I can't win and craving this is one of them, so why not figure it out!! <br />
I don't have a photo but I'll take one of the real one and my reduced version so you can see it for real!!<br />
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Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-68334842296839074452011-11-08T16:21:00.000-07:002011-11-08T16:21:27.116-07:00Wings for MinnieA real sweetheart named Rach Rogers wrote to me on my blog about getting a pair of wings for her daughter, Minnie. I tried to e-mail her back but I'm pretty sure I've got something wrong with my blog settings because I can never e-mail back....this of course makes me all the more determined to find this person. I found her, and her sweet blog and her story about Minnie. Minnie has had many surgeries and her Mom, Rach, tell her that the scars on her back are her angel wings. I asked Rach why so many surgeries and her reply was, <br />
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"She was born with cancer, when they took her tumor out it caused her to get sever scoliosis.<br />
I have almost everything blogged...<br />
blog.rachelrogers.com<br />
she had her first surgery when she was one day old.<br />
her last big one one was last February, she has had a rough ride since this last surgery...",<br />
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I don't know if it is because I am nosy, or what, but I always have to know who I am making my wings for, so I can think about them while I am making them, and I like to write a personal note on the back. <br />
These wings are for a very special little girl, and I'm pretty sure this is why they have so much spirit! I hope she likes them and she can fly with no more surgeries. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Chicken Taquitos:</div><div style="text-align: left;">300 grams shredded chicken breast</div><div style="text-align: left;">8 T La Victoria green chili salsa</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/3 c. Greek yogurt</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 c. fat free cheddar cheese<br />
1 t chili powder<br />
1/2 t onion powder<br />
1/2 t cumin<br />
1/4 t garlic powder</div><div style="text-align: left;">6 La Tortilla Factory low fat/low carb tortillas</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mix first 4 ingrediants together and spices, divide evenly between the 6 tortillas, bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes until edges start to brown. These are off the hook good. 187 calories each, 15 carbs, 6 grams of fat, 29 grams of protien. And then a little dish of greek yogurt to dip in or salsa. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And progress: I've been eating clean and doing cardio on my off days, the weight is coming off!! </div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-83999970263532878122011-10-18T15:39:00.001-06:002011-10-18T15:39:55.331-06:00My guitar and new soul sister!!<div style="text-align: center;">I posted on September 25th about "There are no coincidences" and there truly aren't. We are all meant to come into each others orbits for a reason, a season, a lifetime........so.........the day before my very first Born in a Barn sale a mysteriously shaped box arrives for me, from Shelly in Texas.........of course I know what is in it but refuse to open it because I am so busy and I want to enjoy it, love it, welcome it to my world!! So I wait until Sunday, I am deliriously tired, exhausted, messed up......but I take lovely box into my room and open it...........just like the picture!! Yea!! And here she is, on my mantel in my bedroom!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">I know I should be posting Born in a Barn info but I have to get all of the photos from my sister and then I can share my big fat successful 2 day sale!! </div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-54105074805785039762011-10-07T13:53:00.001-06:002011-10-20T09:07:52.354-06:00Born to be Brave!!<div style="text-align: center;">Lady Gaga sings a song called "Born this Way" and if you listen really closely at the very end she sings, "Born to be Brave", that song went through Soul Restoration 1, Soul Restoration 2, the long drive to Idaho for Brave Girls Camp with 30 + women I had never met before and now when I start doubting myself with the Born in a Barn concept.....I play it too! Then my sister did this wonderful poster to sell at Born in a Barn.....think I'm on the right road??? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: red;">This print is available for sale, high quality suitable for framing, 24x24, $44 includes shipping. Contact Mindy @ mindywilsonphotography.com or e-mail her @ <a href="mailto:mindywilson97@msn.com">mindywilson97@msn.com</a> Get your Brave on my friends!!</span></div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-36605499333331034832011-10-05T17:45:00.000-06:002011-10-05T17:45:37.634-06:00Born in a Barn......WHERE ARE YOU???<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">It has come to my attention that I have not posted the exact location of the first Born in a Barn sale on my blog. So this is for Anonymous who asked where is this sale! I couldn't respond to you via e-mail so I hope this will do!!</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Born in a Barn was created by Shelley Kinnison, Jill Chase and Mindy Wilson to support our serious addiction to repurposing, refurbishing and refreshing all kinds of junk. Luckily, we have found some others with similar issues. Even when your house is full these behaviors don’t go away, so we are having a sale and inviting the public to come and take it away! Friday, October 14<sup>th</sup> and Saturday, October 15<sup>th</sup> we will open the gates at <time hour="10" minute="0">10:00</time>; there is plenty of parking in the field and Barn Boys to help cart your treasures away. Join us at 415 Highway 14 for our very first Born in a Barn Sale!!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ciWjsynu5JrlzkPWs_X0a1C7KlJBXup5XZJQZwz9BOktXh2Mz18UHj3sYW7g0ZhSPtNlu9nPAlJDMMr5WvxWdAyqKo06UVPoSv6LDS9Ax-M_eDquPJA4xxySL-PFuSKRoLUEUnMFkhc/s1600/IMG_2470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213px" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ciWjsynu5JrlzkPWs_X0a1C7KlJBXup5XZJQZwz9BOktXh2Mz18UHj3sYW7g0ZhSPtNlu9nPAlJDMMr5WvxWdAyqKo06UVPoSv6LDS9Ax-M_eDquPJA4xxySL-PFuSKRoLUEUnMFkhc/s320/IMG_2470.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div>Lot's of pumpkins from Jill Chase!! <br />
</div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-23165085264226876022011-10-04T13:27:00.000-06:002011-10-04T13:27:15.233-06:00Wings............<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqAstMZ3wpHG_cavVRLrRdl6wtUfjtDdP7dncMKY155BLBDFJBUUTf87tRrfOq9bWxCNw6u8B9d8lwm68hR6wMITPbkzIgMMGHt6dvnYL-FvywJWQemLTpLEKSyOAtOst2Dr0GZikih0/s1600/shred+float.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296px" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqAstMZ3wpHG_cavVRLrRdl6wtUfjtDdP7dncMKY155BLBDFJBUUTf87tRrfOq9bWxCNw6u8B9d8lwm68hR6wMITPbkzIgMMGHt6dvnYL-FvywJWQemLTpLEKSyOAtOst2Dr0GZikih0/s320/shred+float.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The law of attraction is off the ricter scale in my little orbit right now! First, the guitar two weeks ago.....and it turns out she is also a big fan of Brave Girls, and was going to quit doing her beautiful guitars, and her name is Shelly (oh ya, I already said that part) and......ooops, off the train tracks. This post is about another connection that was AMAZING!! Last winter my friend and I did a makeover on another friends clothing store, she wanted more of an Anthropology look... so we drug in all kinds of stuff and I had been making angel wings ever since Brave Girls for all of my friends. So I thought, here's your chance to see if anyone will actually pay for your art. I made three big sets of wings......no one bought them....crap, everyone said they loved them, so maybe I over priced them? Oh well, alot of time and energy went into making them, I'm not going to pay people to have them. Then the store sold to a new owner and she is going for a totally different look so we need to go get our stuff. WoW, one pair of the wings sold....so I gather up the other two and bring them home. Then I have a baby shower for a friend and one of the guests asks if she can buy a set of wings..........WoW, a little more validation. So I gather my little artistic ego up off the floor and think I'll make some for the barn sale. One afternoon I'm sitting and folding to make wings and the phone rings, "Hi, this is Barbara from the Chamber of Commerce and I'm looking for an artist by the last name of Kinnison and just thought you might be able to help me?", I say, "My mother in-law does water color paintings, her name is Sharon, is that who you are looking for?", "No, this is a paper artist, she does things, with old books.", I actually laugh out loud.....there are quite a few people I consider artists, but I have never put myself in that category....."That's me!", "Great, there is a woman in town who is dying to find you and buy some of your wings, can I give her your number?", I say "Sure", still thinking this is so bizarre! Phone rings, "Shelley?", "Yes", some squealing and sounds of joy, "I can't believe I found you, I'm so excited, I need wings, don't think I'm a stalker, but I kinda of am, it was so hard to find you, I love your art...." , by now my head is so big I have to open double doors and go sideways to fit it outside.....but hey, you bet I'll meet you for coffee and let you adore me a little bit more! Next morning I get my butt up and out to meet for coffee and there is the sweetest soul I've met in a very long time and yes, she does need wings, because her name is Angela!! </div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-12163802548214812112011-09-29T14:37:00.000-06:002011-09-29T14:37:23.859-06:00Queen of a whole freakin lot!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My yummy friend Dana, who often puts lovely little suprises in my mail box, seems to be under the mistaken impression that I am going over and beyond when it comes to her boys, who by the way are AMAZING, so on her return trip from San Fran she brought me these two great prints that pretty much describe me to a tee!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This is the reply from my purchase:<br />
<span style="color: #c88039; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You sent a payment of $XXX.XX USD to Shelly Boles</span><span style="color: #c88039; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> (<a href="mailto:shelboles@att.net">shelboles@att.net</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c88039; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Are you freaking kidding?? Her name is Shelly.........my name is Shelley!!! I KNOW!! </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #c88039; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Of course, I can't stand it one second and quickly send her another e-mail (this kind of harassment might cost me the guitar but I have to let her know!!):</span></span><br />
<div id="INCREDI_TEXT_AREA" style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;">"And then I get the confirmation and we are both named Shelley!! Sometimes stuff is just too freaky!! Can't wait to hear from you and see if you think this is amazing?? Shelley"</div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;"> </div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;">But she is a kindred spirit and replies:</div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;">Hi Shelly!</div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;"></div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;">Im about to head out of town tomorrow or I might write a book here, but YES I think its amazing too. Love it in every way!! Can't wait to ship the guitar out to you! Of course I would love to do some wholesale for you...Ill email when I return home on Tuesday. Thanks so much for the emails. It just made my weekend fabulous!</div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">WOW! WOW! I can't wait till I can really find out the whole story behind my guitar and tell her about being a renaissance soul and we have the same name and.........................................</span></div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 2px;"><br />
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This delicious, healthy recipe can be served as a family-style meal, an appetizer, or a party buffet. It makes a big batch - enough to eat now, freeze more for later, or feed a crowd. <br />
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• 2 tablespoon canola oil <br />
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• 3 pounds ground turkey breast <br />
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• 1-1/2 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled (1 tablespoon minced) <br />
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• 3 garlic cloves (1 tablespoon minced) <br />
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• 4 medium carrots <br />
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• 10 green onions (white and green parts); <br />
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• 1 cup hoisin sauce <br />
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• 1/2 cup soy sauce <br />
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• 1/3 cup dry sherry <br />
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• 1 tablespoon sesame oil <br />
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• Boston Bibb lettuce (for a meal, allow 3-4 leaves per person); may substitute other lettuce with small, cup-shaped leaves <br />
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• Brown rice, cooked (optional) <br />
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• Asian Peanut sauce (recipe at www.theyummylife.com/recipes/16) <br />
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• Asian Spicy Lime & Ginger Sauce (recipe at www.theyummylife.com/recipes/138)<br />
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MINCE THE VEGGIES: Vegetables may all be minced by hand; however it's easier to use a food processor (FP) if you have one. Process in this order: 1. mince the garlic and ginger together in FP; 2. chop the carrots into 1" chunks and add them to FP and process until minced; 3. remove garlic/ginger/carrots to separate bowl; 4. chop green onions into 2" pieces and add with bamboo shoots and water chestnuts to FP; process until minced.<br />
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COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: Add canola oil to skillet and heat on stove-top on med-high heat. Add turkey, cook until browned with no pink remaining; break apart chunks with spatula as turkey browns. Add minced veggies (garlic, ginger, carrots, onions, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts) and cook 5-10 min., until tender. In separate bowl, whisk together hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sherry, sesame oil, and chili sauce; add to turkey mixture. Stir and cook until heated through, approx. 5 minutes.<br />
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TO SERVE: Spoon rice and turkey mixture into a lettuce leaf. Add toppings, if desired. Roll the lettuce leaf and eat.<br />
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TO FREEZE: Add turkey mixture to ziploc freezer bags - 2 cups of turkey mix per quart size bag. Flatten the bag, press out as much air as possible, and seal. Put in the freezer on a tray to keep it flat. Once frozen, remove from tray and stack bags in your freezer. May be frozen for several months. Reheats quickly in microwave.<br />
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FOR APPETIZERS: Use endive instead of lettuce. Fill leaves with turkey mixture and arrange on platter.<br />
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Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-71744570880293162562011-08-30T09:47:00.000-06:002011-08-30T09:47:14.865-06:00Egg cups and eating clean!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJwLlvWOcgSvLmipe8QAVmuhi5jC6HYTiQQzqzySWe1YZU_VacLw3ZLPeyagmCVsAapXTOgkPiwbdcd08o_FDF1cnzOkJJuKcr3OpxAIx1PSX_ZR8GfjUsG1L5ToD_CVbaNu2A6SvpGc/s1600/eggs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJwLlvWOcgSvLmipe8QAVmuhi5jC6HYTiQQzqzySWe1YZU_VacLw3ZLPeyagmCVsAapXTOgkPiwbdcd08o_FDF1cnzOkJJuKcr3OpxAIx1PSX_ZR8GfjUsG1L5ToD_CVbaNu2A6SvpGc/s320/eggs.JPG" width="213px" xaa="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eating clean, here is a great idea for breakfast! Packed with protein, quick to prepare an you are off to a great start!! Get a quart of Lucerne Best of the Egg, (15-1/4 cup servings) mix in 2 teaspoons seasoning salt, onion, green pepper, mushroom and 1 cup mozzerella or any lowfat cheese. Pour mix into muffin tins sprayed liberally with Pam, about 1/3 c. per muffin. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.....they will come out puffy but then deflate (ha ha just like about everything!). Have two with salsa and 1 cup of milk for a really filling 200 calorie breakfast! One egg muffin has 54 calories, 2 g carb, 2 g fat and 8 grams of protien! Fed it to my sidekick in crime and fitness, Jilly, and she loved it!! Now back to work!! And oh ya, don't forget, water, water, water to flush the FAT!!</div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-25312836574174815512011-08-29T14:16:00.000-06:002011-08-29T14:16:18.581-06:00Losing weight.....it's time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5nSGeuDSBkJVGEvRvpl-r7l-p_ZyisYmm-1mwaC-kggDNl8jtvfVlIITmsvLjHF6Gj_mj6BKEoW0mKMPw5a3PqM8OozbDdE8C854u6H4nzwQBHRCKZL-IY355fwzMrvol1RWP_xbE7k/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5nSGeuDSBkJVGEvRvpl-r7l-p_ZyisYmm-1mwaC-kggDNl8jtvfVlIITmsvLjHF6Gj_mj6BKEoW0mKMPw5a3PqM8OozbDdE8C854u6H4nzwQBHRCKZL-IY355fwzMrvol1RWP_xbE7k/s320/1.jpg" width="240px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a picture of me, cutting my nephews hair, 4 years ago when we moved out to our ranch. I lifted weights or did cardio, 6 days a week, I was eating good clean food and it showed! I kept at it sporadically that year after moving, then I had surgery, then I got this really bad cold that lasted a whole summer, and then I never got back to it. Well, that hasn't worked out so well for me. Because I went through menopause very early (at 38, the year after I had Sammie) and chose not to take hormone replacement. I'm am a walking magnet for pounds and have managed to attract 30 extra's!! Holy smokes!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The picture below taken at Brave Girls camp was a real eye opener!! I'm not someone who gets dressed and looks in the mirror at all angles.....not much of my summer stuff fit, but I was okay with that , went up a size, and I must have my jeans really STRETCHED out or they are making those size 8's awfully big!! This is me now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK85cG0skr6pSgVgI5FYxGjxrI_CvS_jdCpBgt5kqyE4JUTAdX_UTjv1XTcVtwrc8ME9Vlg6bVLba30USqEaBegcTRttEYt2nyYQc4ZbPquZmiQW0aaqMdipEiaOgC0IDu93fzXvjYsWo/s1600/270381_2197071651992_1403257499_32536736_3996325_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK85cG0skr6pSgVgI5FYxGjxrI_CvS_jdCpBgt5kqyE4JUTAdX_UTjv1XTcVtwrc8ME9Vlg6bVLba30USqEaBegcTRttEYt2nyYQc4ZbPquZmiQW0aaqMdipEiaOgC0IDu93fzXvjYsWo/s320/270381_2197071651992_1403257499_32536736_3996325_n.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the "L" sign we are showing is for "Lock it Up", that can mean pretty much anything, but for me it means I'm lockin it up and losing this flippen weight! And that little gem started today! Got me a new trainer, I know exactly what I need to eat to shed it. 30 pounds is my goal so lets go, lock it up!! </div>Shelley @ Born in a Barnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943666500936665880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8106858975738744932.post-80191439910537784812011-08-28T18:48:00.000-06:002011-08-28T18:48:21.953-06:00Barn Cleaning..........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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