MONKEY MUSINGS DAILY OPEN DISCUSSION #53 11/24/09 - 1/21/10

[SunnyinTX]

HAPPY NEW YEAR MONKEYS!   

She is adorable!!  And the other dogs are too!!

[SunnyinTX]

U2 - New Years Day               Rock on....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0IRY_eWuIw

I have step by step instructions to do the embedded thingy and I still can't do it right 

thanks Nut!  this is neat!!  I like U2!  I can't do the embedded thingy either...or any of the other thingys!   

[Bearlyhere]

Sunny asked me to post this cool video:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BGODurRfVv4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/BGODurRfVv4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1</a>

This is such a great story.   

How many "Patrick's" are there out there that will never get the therapy they need because they will never get the funds they need to cover it? 

 

[Bearlyhere]

Sunny asked me to post this cool video:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BGODurRfVv4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/BGODurRfVv4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1</a>

Thanks Klaas...I promise that SOMEDAY I will learn to post the videos myself   This is one I had to share!!

I see you up there, Sunny!   

Put on your big girl panties and learn to post your own videos!

 

[SunnyinTX]

OK...here we go....I need Monkey help!!  I never make New Years Resolution casue I never keep them.....but this year I did make one....and with your help and hat of my family and friends I will keep it.

I vowed to lose 10lbs. in the next 2 months...without starving....

So I need some good low cal, low carb, low sugar recipes....with FLAVOR!!! And something besides salads.

I will start a new thread in  recipes but thought I'd go ahead and share one here that I have reworked..


Red Beans and Rice
Mama knows best! This New Orleans-style one pot meal is hearty, tasty, and healthy!

T = tablespoon
t= teaspoon

INGREDIENTS
2 T canola oil (I spray a non stick w/Pam and use 1 T oil)
1 large onion, diced
1 yellow or red pepper, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch green onions, sliced, green part reserved for garnish
1 lb. turkey smoked sausage
3 (15 oz) cans of kidney beans - I use the small kidney beans
1 ( 14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes with basil and garlic
1/2 t red pepper flakes or more to taste...I do more
1 T oregano, dried flakes
1 t thyme, fresh or a pinch dried
1 bay leaf, whole
1 pinch salt
1 t black pepper
1 c brown rice
1 c water

DIRECTIONS
Slice sausage in half lengthwise and then in half again. Cut crosswise to dice. Heat oil in a large dutch oven or heavy saucepan. Once hot, add onions, diced pepper, garlic, and white parts of green onion. Cook until tender. Add sausage. Cook just until browned. Add spices, beans, and tomatoes. Stir to combine. Add rice, stir to combine and cook for 1 minute to coat the rice. Add water. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce to a simmer. Cover and continue to cook for 25 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove bay leaf before serving. Finish with  sliced green onions and hot sauce on the side

[Bearlyhere]

Monken's been at it again    She's created a new Sponge Bob Cake:

http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=4894.msg1045772#msg1045772

Muffy's been at it again     I see her wing prints all over Sponge Bob!

 

[Bearlyhere]

Can't beat Sunny's video. I cried also. But this one is cute and has monkeys  in it. Happy New Year



<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/yZpoyuVP98A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/yZpoyuVP98A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>

So this is what they do with all that green Jello nobody eats!

 


Is that what they do with the fruit cakes, also?

 

[Bearlyhere]

Happy New Year to you too, Petey, and your Mom and all the other Monkeys!

 

[Bearlyhere]

Just stopping in to wish everyone A Happy New Year!
 
34 minutes to go here My two little sidekicks didn't make it they knocked out on the couch about 11
.

Klaas Petey is just the cutest thing. His personality just shines through the pics.

Happy New Year!

My sidekick made it, but he had to wake me up to ring in the new year!

 

[MuffyBee]

Monken's been at it again    She's created a new Sponge Bob Cake:

http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=4894.msg1045772#msg1045772

Muffy's been at it again     I see her wing prints all over Sponge Bob!

 


     Mmmmmmm....caaaakkeee! 

[Bearlyhere]

Klaas,
I asked the kids but they don't know for sure how old she is...I'm guessing 6-8 weeks.

She has been named snowball.  (They didn't ask my opinion.)

She went home a little while ago.  I think I miss her!  But I'm sure I'll get to babysit occasionally!
And like Sunny said, then I can spoil her and send her home.

All the puppies there are cute!  So glad she got home before she became a Scooby Snack!

 

[Bearlyhere]

Hi Bearly    Hope you and your bear cub are ready to start the new year 

Always!  (Well, one of us was)!

Happy New Year to you and your family, Muffy!

 

[Bearlyhere]

OK...here we go....I need Monkey help!!  I never make New Years Resolution casue I never keep them.....but this year I did make one....and with your help and hat of my family and friends I will keep it.

I vowed to lose 10lbs. in the next 2 months...without starving....

So I need some good low cal, low carb, low sugar recipes....with FLAVOR!!! And something besides salads.

I will start a new thread in  recipes but thought I'd go ahead and share one here that I have reworked..


Red Beans and Rice
Mama knows best! This New Orleans-style one pot meal is hearty, tasty, and healthy!

T = tablespoon
t= teaspoon

INGREDIENTS
2 T canola oil (I spray a non stick w/Pam and use 1 T oil)
1 large onion, diced
1 yellow or red pepper, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch green onions, sliced, green part reserved for garnish
1 lb. turkey smoked sausage
3 (15 oz) cans of kidney beans - I use the small kidney beans
1 ( 14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes with basil and garlic
1/2 t red pepper flakes or more to taste...I do more
1 T oregano, dried flakes
1 t thyme, fresh or a pinch dried
1 bay leaf, whole
1 pinch salt
1 t black pepper
1 c brown rice
1 c water

DIRECTIONS
Slice sausage in half lengthwise and then in half again. Cut crosswise to dice. Heat oil in a large dutch oven or heavy saucepan. Once hot, add onions, diced pepper, garlic, and white parts of green onion. Cook until tender. Add sausage. Cook just until browned. Add spices, beans, and tomatoes. Stir to combine. Add rice, stir to combine and cook for 1 minute to coat the rice. Add water. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce to a simmer. Cover and continue to cook for 25 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove bay leaf before serving. Finish with  sliced green onions and hot sauce on the side

 

Have you seen how many calories are in turkey sausage?

 

[SunnyinTX]

OK...here we go....I need Monkey help!!  I never make New Years Resolution casue I never keep them.....but this year I did make one....and with your help and hat of my family and friends I will keep it.

I vowed to lose 10lbs. in the next 2 months...without starving....

So I need some good low cal, low carb, low sugar recipes....with FLAVOR!!! And something besides salads.

I will start a new thread in  recipes but thought I'd go ahead and share one here that I have reworked..


Red Beans and Rice
Mama knows best! This New Orleans-style one pot meal is hearty, tasty, and healthy!

 

Have you seen how many calories are in turkey sausage?

 

Yep...but it's lower than the good stuff!  And the recipe should equal about 12 - 1 cup servings...any idea what to use besides turkey sausage?  venison sausage perhaps?

[Tibrogargan]

U2 - New Years Day               Rock on....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0IRY_eWuIw

I have step by step instructions to do the embedded thingy and I still can't do it right 

lol Nut - I was going to make my first attempt to embed a YouTube video in my Aussie thread but was unable to find the directions after searching for a short while.  Just as well as I see I can still have trouble staying out of the quote boxes. (Thank you Klaas).

 

[Bearlyhere]

OK...here we go....I need Monkey help!!  I never make New Years Resolution casue I never keep them.....but this year I did make one....and with your help and hat of my family and friends I will keep it.

I vowed to lose 10lbs. in the next 2 months...without starving....

So I need some good low cal, low carb, low sugar recipes....with FLAVOR!!! And something besides salads.

I will start a new thread in  recipes but thought I'd go ahead and share one here that I have reworked..


Red Beans and Rice
Mama knows best! This New Orleans-style one pot meal is hearty, tasty, and healthy!

 

Have you seen how many calories are in turkey sausage?

 

Yep...but it's lower than the good stuff!  And the recipe should equal about 12 - 1 cup servings...any idea what to use besides turkey sausage?  venison sausage perhaps?

 

You broke my quote box!


Tofu?  I know...ice cubes shaped like sausage!

I was in the supermarket a couple months ago and saw turkey sausage and was about to put it in my cart (I don't eat breakfast meat, but only because of the calories and salt, not because I don't like it) and stopped dead when I read it was 220 calories a sausage.  So, I am still in sticker shock.

I would love to do this with you.  Right now I am on a money diet and can't afford food, anyway.

   

Happy New Year, Chickie!

 

[Bearlyhere]

U2 - New Years Day               Rock on....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0IRY_eWuIw

I have step by step instructions to do the embedded thingy and I still can't do it right 

lol Nut - I was going to make my first attempt to embed a YouTube video in my Aussie thread but was unable to find the directions after searching for a short while.  Just as well as I see I can still have trouble staying out of the quote boxes. (Thank you Klaas).

 

Were you trying to get in my quote box, too?

 



Good, the more the merrier, I say!!!


 

[crazybabyborg]

I don't know about you guys, but I think this New Year thing wasn't well thought out! Who ever heard of birthing anything when it's this cold outside?!

If I were the New Year, I'd go hibernate till Spring!   

[crazybabyborg]

I know there are colder places, but It feels bitter cold to me here and it's not going to get any better for the next few days either!  Brrrrrrrrr

Extended weather forecast for Kingsport, TN (Change Location)weather.yahoo.com
Currently: 25°F

Cloudy

36°F | 21°F
Tomorrow

Partly Cloudy/Wind

25°F | 15°F
Sunday

Partly Cloudy

26°F | 16°F

[Bearlyhere]

I know there are colder places, but It feels bitter cold to me here and it's not going to get any better for the next few days either!  Brrrrrrrrr

Extended weather forecast for Kingsport, TN (Change Location)weather.yahoo.com
Currently: 25°F

Cloudy

36°F | 21°F
Tomorrow

Partly Cloudy/Wind

25°F | 15°F
Sunday

Partly Cloudy

26°F | 16°F

Pajama party at CBB's house!  I'll bring the cocoa with extra chockie sauce, and lots of marshmallows!  CBB will supply our avis...thoughts of our valentines will keep us warm!  Check her post for the link to your valentine avi!



         
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