Have you ever bought Girl Scout Cookies? For me it’s been a while. I can’t even remember the last time. I know my daughter bought them last year from a co-worker. I always enjoyed the mint ones.
Get a taste of tomorrow. Get cookies today!
It’s time to Unbox the Future! Girl Scout Cookies are more than delicious treats, they’re entrepreneurial juggernauts and building blocks for Girl Scouts to create a more equitable future for themselves and the world. The proceeds from each purchase stay local and fund their ambitions, like camping trips and sleepovers at museums. But it doesn’t stop there—cookies open a world of possibilities anywhere from the White House to the moon! Don’t miss your chance to fulfill your craving for Girl Scout Cookies while you support every troop’s dreams!
When you buy Girl Scout Cookies, you help young entrepreneurs develop five essential life skills.
Skill #1: Goal Setting Girl Scouts learn how to set goals and create a plan to reach them, enabling amazing experiences for themselves and their troops all year long, while helping others too.
Skill #2: Decision Making Girl Scouts learn to make decisions on their own and as a team, whether it’s how to run and promote their cookie sale, interact with customers, or spend their earnings.
Skill #3: Money Management Girl Scouts learn to expand their money smarts while running their own cookie business and create a budget to fund the experiences they want to share as a troop.
Skill #4: People Skills Girl Scouts find their voice and build confidence through customer interactions, developing valuable skills that will help them succeed in school, in business, and in life.
Skill #5: Business Ethics
Girl Scouts learn to act ethically—lessons that will stay with them for a lifetime of leadership and success.
You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to make this recipe. The exact measurements are included in the recipe card below. Here’s an overview of what you’ll need.
Start with one pot and a jumble of ingredients. Drizzle in the liquids and let it all simmer into an amazing collection of flavors. That’s the joy of one-pot pastarecipes!
What’s so Great About One-Pot Pasta Dishes?
No pre-boiling or draining. The pasta cooks in the sauce.
Fewer dirty dishes. Everything cooks in one pot.
Perfect anytime. Quick and easy–great for a weeknight or weekend.
Versatile. Use virtually any type of pasta.
Simply delicious. That’s what it’s all about!
Ingredients.
Linguini noodles
Frozen cooked shrimp
Canned diced tomatoes
Garlic
Italian seasoning
Fresh basil
Lemon juice
Salt & pepper
Chicken broth
Fresh baby spinach
Directions.
Dump all the ingredients except spinach into a big pot and bring to a boil.
Cook for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add spinach and cook 4 minutes
Literally, that’s it! What are you waiting for? Get out the pasta!
One Pot Bacon Cheeseburger Recipe | Bacon Cheeseburger Pasta Skillet.
This bacon cheeseburger skillet is meal that’s incredible tasty and surprisingly easy to make. The whole family will adore this hearty dinner so much they won’t believe you didn’t spend all day on it!
Ingredients.
6 bacon strips
1/2 lb. ground beef
Season salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
1/4 C. chopped onion
1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
1 C. beef broth
1/2 C. water
8 oz. uncooked rotini pasta
3 Roma tomatoes, diced
1 C. canned diced tomatoes
2 T. ketchup
1 T. spicy brown mustard
1/2 C. shredded cheddar cheese
Directions.
Brown 6 bacon strips and 1/2 lb. ground beef in skillet, breaking ingredients apart as they cook. Season to taste with season salt and black pepper.
Dice 3 Roma tomatoes and 1/4 cup onion.
Add diced onions and tomatoes to skillet.
Add 1/2 cup water, 15 oz. tomato sauce, and 1 cup beef broth.
Add 8 oz. uncooked rotini pasta.
Add 8 oz. canned, diced tomatoes.
Add 2 tablespoons ketchup.
Add 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard.
Bring heat to a boil.
Once boil is reached, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
Pumpkin Fall Works. And other goodies. As usual I’m running late. What’s the old saying? Better late than never? I’m going to add some other photos beside the house decorations. Enjoy.
Scenery from our window seat at an Amish Restaurant in Walnutcreek,Ohio.And Groceries we bought from the Amish in Middlefield,Ohio. The blue bag is insulated for our meat and cheeses.
Favorite decorations Apple Works. Of all the decorations, this is my favorite. My wife uses 74 Wooden Apples. A few plastic but that’s it. Also she uses Franciscan plates and a few odds and ends. Enjoy.
Well, here we are at the start of another NCIS Verse Season. With no stupid unions deciding to walk out and screw everyone over, this is actually a ‘normal’ Season.
Earlier this year, I had hoped that when the Verse finally returned, that I would get answers to what happened with Hetty. Heck, NCIS Hawaii even brought in Sam Hanna! (obvious ratings stunt).
But that never happened, and Hawaii was (thankfully!) canceled due to costs and lack of schedule room, and I am now back at Square 1.
But I’m not worried. Not only is NCIS back to 20+ episodes this Season, but there are 3 more NCIS shows that can fulfill my desire:
— The 1st ever prequel ‘NCIS Origins’. Yeah, this is about Gibbs’s past, but the producers have said a couple of times now that they are very open to bringing in more young versions of other team members, and Hetty is included! (even TV Line believes it will happen!).
— The new and wildly anticipated ‘NCIS Tony and Ziva’. The most famous love story in the Verse is finally getting it’s continuance after 10 years! It’s currently filming in Budapest and other countries till mid December and will hit Paramount Plus next year.
Whether it will have any one from either the mothership show or LA remains to be seen, but several actors from NCIS have expressed interest in interviews and on the Rewatch podcast ‘Off Duty’ in cameos, plus 2 LA actors were podcast guests early on, and the show’s first showrunner was on the podcast last week!
So, never say never.
— The 2nd Season of NCIS Sydney. Filming concluded last week, and will hit Paramount Plus Australia and CBS next year.
It’s highly unlikely there will be cameos from other shows (I didn’t hear of any of the cast members being Australia before filming on NCIS started, plus the 1st Season ended on a giant cliffhanger and I have 0 clue on where it’s timeline stands with the OG show!).
However, that doesn’t mean there can’t be sly mentions of certain team members!
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There’s plenty of chances for Hetty to be mentioned or show up.
The physical return of the most legendary female leader in the Verse’s history after a 3 year hiatus would be MASSIVE, plus it no doubt would be a huge ratings grab for CBS. IMO, it would be in their best interest to make that happen this Season.
So, here’s to another great year to the ever growing and thriving NCIS Verse, let’s wait and see if Hetty will finally be brought out of limbo!
This dessert takes everything you love about a caramel apple and dumps it onto a cookie base. Easier to eat (no wooden stick) and even more delicious.
INGREDIENTS (Serves 12)
½ C. chopped pecans (to chop, use the Rada Serrated Food Chopper or a large knife)
1 (16.5 oz.) roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1 C. cream cheese frosting
2 large apples (Granny Smith and Jonagold were used here)
1½ C. seltzer water or lemon-lime soda
Caramel sauce
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Toast the pecans in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 10 minutes; set aside to cool.
Grease a 9″ Springform pan and press the sugar cookie dough evenly into it. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely.
Spread the cream cheese frosting over the cooled cookie crust. Core and dice the apples into a bowl and add the seltzer water or soda; soak at least 3 minutes.
Drain the apples, pat dry, and scatter them over the frosting. Sprinkle the toasted pecans over the top and drizzle with caramel sauce.
It’s been a while since I posted here, I apologize to the thousands who come here looking for music, feel good stories and receipies. Let’s start October with music.
Play anything that you wish. Doesn’t matter if it’s rock, soul, top forty, etc.
There are a few ways we define the perfect summer song: It can be about summer, it can be released in the summer, or, in the case of some tracks on this list, it can define an entire summer with its impact and airplay.
Roadwork feels a bit like a necessary evil: Streets need to be in good condition so we can drive safely, but getting stuck in traffic because a stretch of highway is closed for maintenance can be maddening. In Switzerland, engineers have addressed this issue by developing an innovative mobile bridge that enables cars to drive over it while repairs are being done below.
Called the ASTRA Bridge and commissioned by the Swiss Federal Roads Office, the first-of-its-kind structure is about 843 feet long by 25 feet wide, and stands at a little over 15 feet tall. At 1,250 metric tons, it’s a massive beast, but can be set up over one weekend.
“The whole concept had to be designed in such a way that the assembly of the entire bridge on the motorway building site could be carried out in two consecutive nights,” Toni Hauert, head of special vehicles at Marti Technik AG, a construction company involved in the development, said in a statement.
ASTRA is equipped with a remote-controlled hydraulic unit that allows it to be raised 10 centimeters at a time in 328-foot stretches, so workers can repair the highway beneath and then move along to raise the next section. Once put together, the entire modular bridge can be controlled via one device, as all of its 22 power packs are connected to each other.
“This makes it possible to move, steer, and stop this huge unit with just one radio remote control,” said Joachim Kolb, sales manager at Cometto, a transportation manufacturing company that worked on the bridge.
With two lanes and a speed limit of 37 miles per hour, the bridge does create some slowing down of highway traffic, but it prevents the total closure of a highway and the redirection of traffic onto surface streets. Most importantly, though, it increases the safety of workers who’d otherwise be working alongside fast-moving cars.
“The hazard potential for the construction workers involved has been lowered enormously,” stressed Project Manager Jürg Merian, “because the traffic no longer has to drive by them.”
Besides protecting workers from cars zipping by, the bridge provides shelter from rain and sun, making for fewer interruptions due to inclement weather.
It’s currently being employed on Switzerland’s A1, a 254-mile highway that stretches east from Geneva to the village of St. Margrethen near the Austrian border.
Still relatively in its infancy — it was first piloted in 2022 and then tweaked to help improve the flow of traffic over it — the technology isn’t entirely without issues. The Swiss government website contains bulletins about the structure’s status, and multiple report instances of it malfunctioning and requiring repair.
The bridge will hopefully continue to improve, however, and perhaps inspire similar technology in other parts of the world as well. Per Cometto, inquiries have already been fielded from Japan and the Netherlands.
Rosemary Chicken with Mushrooms and Spinach Recipe.
Make this incredible chicken mushroom spinach bake for a dinner the whole family will love! Featuring chicken and vegetables topped with cheese and baked to perfection, this recipe is a crowd-pleaser you’ll want to make again and again! Watch the video or read the instructions below to learn how to prepare this wonderful dish.
Ingredients you will need:
3 lbs. chicken breast sliced into medallions
16 oz. portabella mushrooms
2-4 C. fresh spinach
1/2 C. milk or heavy cream
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 C. chicken stock or broth
1/4 C. white wine
3 T. flour
2 t. thyme
Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
Fresh rosemary, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
Extra virgin olive oil
Cover the bottom of a baking dish add grapeseed oil and layer chicken breasts. Season with seasoned salt and dried thyme. Turn chicken over and repeat ending with a sprinkle of black pepper.
In a medium bowl combine garlic, chicken stock, milk, chopped garlic, white wine, and salt. Whisk in flour and set aside.
Sprinkle the chicken with chopped rosemary. Layer half of the sliced mushrooms oer chicken then layer with spinach.
Top spinach with remaining mushrooms and pour on sauce mixture.
Top with shredded cheese and remaining fresh rosemary.
Bake covered at 400° F. for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, serve and enjoy!
It’s been a while. Songs about time. I think any song about time will do for this rainy morning. Time can be in the title, song, or the group or artist’s name.
Isn’t it fascinating to think about the concept of time? It’s unique in the sense that all of us have the same amount of time in a day. But as you know all too well, some people just seem to know how to make better use of it than others. At times, it feels like you need more than 24 hours to get everything done. And during those fleeting moments when you clear your mind, you realize that you’re in an endless race against time.
For those who aren’t familiar with this website, we do music, recipes, and decorations. Today at the MC house it’s Lemon theme. Hopefully you enjoy the decorations.
If you have some decorations, feel free to post them.
It’s summer squash season, and that means zucchini! Try these yummy recipes that make this veggie the star. If you haven’t tried zucchini chips, you are in for a real treat! These crispy, baked veggies make a healthy snack you won’t feel guilty about later.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash the zucchini and slice up your zucchini into quarter inch slices.
Crack two egg whites into one bowl.
Mix breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, and seasoning in another bowl.
Dip the zucchini chips, one by one, first into the egg whites then into the dry mixture.
Place your chips on a baking sheet. You might want to place foil or parchment with spray over the top
Bake for 7 minutes in a 450 degree oven. Then turn the chips over and bake for another 7-9 minutes or until golden brown on both sides. Serve them while they’re hot!
2 T. olive oil
2 (5 to 6 oz.) chicken breast halves
½ C. chopped onion
Salt and pepper to taste
½ tsp. minced garlic
2½ T. balsamic vinegar
1½ tsp. honey
1 medium peach (ripe but still firm), sliced
1 C. pitted sweet cherries
Sliced fresh basil, optional
DIRECTIONS
Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and dump the onion around the outer edge of the skillet; season with salt and pepper. Fry the chicken a few minutes on each side, until golden brown, stirring the onion often. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
Add the garlic to the skillet with the onion and heat for 30 seconds or so. Stir in the vinegar and cook for a couple of minutes, until the liquid is reduced by about half. Stir in the honey, then add the peaches and cherries, tossing to coat.
Return the chicken and any accumulated juices to the skillet, nestling the pieces among the fruit; season everything with a little more salt and pepper. Cover the skillet, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 7 to 8 minutes, until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°. Top with basil.
The NCIS spinoff focused on Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly’s characters is filling out its core cast.
The Paramount+ series, titled NCIS: Tony and Ziva, has added eight actors as series regulars. The show, with Weatherly and de Pablo reprising their roles as Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David, has also begun production in Budapest.
Joining de Pablo and Weatherly — who reprise their roles from CBS’ NCIS flagship — are Isla Gie, Amita Suman, Maximilian Osinski, Nassima Benchicou, Julian Ovenden, Terence Maynard, Lara Rossi and James D’Arcy. Paramount+ gave a series order to the show in February; Tony and Ziva is one of two new NCIS-verse series in the offing, along with a prequel titled NCIS: Origins that will debut on CBS in the fall.
Tony and Ziva will pick up several years after the two characters reunited in the flagship show’s storyline, raising their daughter, Tali (played by Gie, The Outlaws), in Paris, where Tony heads a security company. When the company is attacked, “they must go on the run across Europe, try to figure out who is after them and maybe even learn to trust each other again so they can finally have their unconventional happily ever after,” according to the show’s logline.
Suman (Shadow and Bone) will play Claudette, the extremely proficient chief technical officer at Tony’s company. Osinski (Ted Lasso, Agents of SHIELD) plays Boris, a Russian expat and one of the best and most elusive hackers in the world. Benchicou will play Martine, an elegant and crafty former French intelligence agent.
Ovenden (Bridgerton) will play Jonah, a former NSA programmer who’s now the secretary general of Interpol. Maynard (The Witcher, Coronation Street) plays Dr. Lang, an experience therapist. Rossi (The Watch) plays Sophie, Tali’s caretaker who has a background in the British Special Air Service. D’Arcy (Oppenheimer, Agent Carter) will play Henry, a high-ranking Interpol official.
CBS Studios produces Tony and Ziva. John McNamara (The Magicians) is the showrunner and executive produces with Weatherly, de Pablo, Laurie Lieser, Christina Strain, Shelley Meals and Mairzee Almas.
Looking for a chilling and thrilling dessert that’s out of the ordinary? This Giant Brownie Ice Cream Sandwich is just what you need to bring your next party or celebration from great to perfect! It features delicious ice cream in-between two luscious brownies for a taste so good that it could be the very reason to have the party!
2 8-inch square baking pans
Aluminum foil
Basking sheet or freezer-proof serving platter
1 19 to 22 oz. pkg. brownie mix
Eggs (oil, and water as directed on package)
1 C. chopped Milky Way candy bars
1 qt. vanilla ice cream
1 1/2 C. whipped topping
1 C. candy coated chocolate candies (M&M’s)
Line two 8-inch square baking pans with aluminium foil, shiny side up. Lightly coat with cooking spray.
Chop 3 frozen Milky Way bars. This should make approximately 1 cup of Milky Way pieces.
Prepare brownie mix according to directions on package. This should include eggs, oil, and water, as well as the mix itself. Once brownie mix has been stirred, add Milky Way pieces to mixture. Stir.
Distribute mixture evenly across prepared 8-inch pans. Be sure to push batter into corners. Place in oven preheated to 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Once brownies bake, allow to cool, then place in freezer for 1 hour. Remove from freezer and then remove aluminum foil.
Remove 1 quart vanilla ice cream from freezer (if you like, you could soften the ice cream beforehand in a refrigerator). Completely remove ice cream from box and cut ice cream into several blocks that will cover an entire block of brownie. Once brownie block is covered, place the other brownie block on top of the ice cream. Smooth out edges of ice cream as necessary.
Cover top brownie block with whipped topping. We choose to cover the edges and place a dollop of topping in the middle, but you can do as you prefer.
Place M&M’s on whipped topping.
Place in freezer until serving Refreeze any leftovers.
If preferred, you can make this without the Milky Way bars, or use another candy altogether!
It’s Friday so let’s start the weekend with music.
Weekends are a time to unwind, relax and have fun after a long week of work or school. Whether you prefer to party all night, catch up on your favorite TV shows, or spend time with loved ones, there’s no denying that the weekend is a much-needed break for many. Music has always been a great companion to any weekend activity, setting the tone for the mood and making the experience even more enjoyable.
Here in the heartland (Midwest) I’m up thinking about what to do this weekend. I know better to not ask my wife. Work around the house. So let’s play some songs that get you into that weekend mood.
Here in the Heartland we dig all types of music.
And for the folks who are from Cleveland here’s another one from MSB.
Prepare to have you mind (not to mention your taste buds) blown: our Mississippi Mud Cake is one of the richest, sweetest, most awesome desserts you’ll ever have! This brownie-like dessert is an out-of-this-world combination of chocolate, marshmallow, coconut, and pecans that sets a new standard in tasty treats. And with our recipe, you can be ground zero for it in your neighborhood!
Ingredients.
1 cup butter (melted)
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
4 eggs (beaten)
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup coconut
1 jar marshmallow creme
For the Frosting:
1 stick butter (melted (1/2 cup))
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
Directions.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine 2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cup flour, and 1/3 cup cocoa in large mixing bowl.
Add 4 beaten eggs and 1 cup melted butter. Stir.
Add 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup coconut. Mix.
Add mixture to 9 x 13 inch greased pan.
Spread mixture evenly across pan. Place in preheated 350 oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
In saucepan over medium heat, add 1 stick (1/2 cup) melted butter.
Add 1 cup cocoa. Mix.
Stir in 1/2 cup of evaporated milk and 2 cups powdered sugar.
Add 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Remove from heat before frosting reaches boil.
When the main dish is finished baking, remove it from oven. Apply marshmallow cream across cake.
Apply frosting across top of cake. Allow to completely cool before cutting and serving.