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Archives for June 2010

Kindle 2 price cut

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Kindle 2I admit, when I discovered that TODAY Amazon lowered the price of the Kindle2 to $189, I squealed with delight. I have been saving up for one slowly over the past couple months, partly supplied through SwagBucks. In fact, I just got enough SwagBucks to get another $5 gift card. Anyway, since getting a Kindle is not exactly a priority in my home, the lower price means that I will be getting it sooner, as I only need to save up another $100, well, now $95….View More

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Books, Free0

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood from Sense and SensibilityI have been pretty interested in obtaining a Kindle for the past few months, nay, since the Kindle 2 came out last year. Alas, I still do not own one but am currently borrowing one from a friend, and saving up my money in the interim (and doing a bunch of sweepstakes and contests). Finding free books has become a little hobby of mine now, so by the time I do have a Kindle there is no shortage of things to read. I will probably download more books that I will actually read, because that’s just the way I am unfortunately.
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Stuffed Mushrooms

Food0

I made these up for some house guests on a whim and they were a big hit! I thought I would share my recipe with you all.

Ingredients

  • 2 packages baby bella mushrooms
  • 1 package Alouette garlic & herbs cheese (or cream cheese)
  • 2tsp light mayo
  • 1tsp heavy cream
  • garlic powder, sea salt & parsley (to taste)
  • 3tsp breadcrumbs
  • 1-2 tsp spicy mustard
  • chopped onion
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • red cooking wine
  • olive oil
  • swiss cheese slices
  • two slices of bacon, chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Rinse mushrooms and remove stems. Discard stems, or use for something else — I cut some of them up and sauteed them for a brown rice dish I was making.
  3. Brush oil on your backing dish of choice, and brush mushrooms front and back with oil. Set aside.
  4. Prepare bacon slices in the microwave, chop when cool.
  5. Saute chopped onions in olive oil, Worcestershire and red wine, to taste.
  6. Mix Alouette or cream cheese, heavy cream, mayo, mustard, breadcrumbs, sauteed onions, bacon, garlic powder, sea salt and parsley.
  7. Stuff mushrooms with filling, top with pieces of swiss cheese, and parsley.
  8. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the mushrooms are soft and the cheese is lightly browned. Allow to cool a few minutes before serving.