Have You Seen These????

I A.D.O.R.E. cooking.
I love to cook fresh, healthy food, with no preservatives.
It makes me happy.
(I mean let's get real...I like to make yummy, NOT healthy desserts too....but for my family's sake...I like to keep things pretty clean and healthy in the day-to-day.)

SO.....when I find something new (at least to ME), that might make my job, getting the kiddos to eat, said foods, easier......I.get.really.excited.

SOOOOOO....My Friday Find this week.
Mini Cucumbers from Costco!!!!!!!

My best friend turned me on to them....and can I just tell you...
They are RIDICULOUSLY ca-ute!
They are seedless....
They are sweeter then regular cucumbers...
They are just down right YUM!

I always knew there were mini cucumbers, as I knew that is where pickles came from...but I guess I didn't realize that they tasted like their full size counterparts.

The kids LOVE them.
I peel them and the kids, {and um....ME TOO}....will eat them whole.

Dip them in my home-made-super-yummy-but-healthy-ranch, and it takes them to a whole other dimension of yumminess! Seriously!!!!!
But....we will save that for another day! :)

Happy Friday!
Raelyn

How to boil and peel the PERFECT egg

I love me a good hard boiled egg.

Especially in a really good salad.

Sometimes though...peeling those eggs is a frustrating experience.
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This is an egg from around Easter time (obviously)...
Here are the rules I use for boiling an egg...

Use a large enough pan for how many eggs you will be boiling.
You just need enough water to cover the eggs fully.
Put the eggs in the water while it is cold...
Add a couple pinches of salt
Bring to a soft rolling boil.
Put the cover on the pan and turn the heat off.
Leave for 12 minutes! Do not remove the cover.
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They will be perfect every time!
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**Now, to peel the eggs after they are cooled down

--Crack the egg softly on the counter

--Roll the egg along the counter, so as to crack it all of the way around.

--Now use a spoon, and jimmy it under the shell and under that protective clear liner that is under the shell.

--slowly work the spoon around the egg.

--Sometimes I can literally get the shell of in one piece, but usually there are a few pieces.

--Most of the time the shell will come off easily and smoothly.

However, I won't pretend that is all of the time. It isn't fool-proof, sometimes it doesn't come off smoothly, and it takes some of the beautiful white with it. In these times though, I have determined that it would have been even worse if I had just peeled it.

One way or the other, it works better with this trick!

Seriously.....
The perfect egg!

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Raelyn