Avocado Salad Dressing

My husband just made this a few weeks back and I understand it is pretty kick-ass, according to him and the kids. I'm looking forward to trying it!

Avocado Salad Dressing:
1/4 c lime juice
1 large avocado
1 small tomato
Basil
Coriander
Dill
Cilantro
Chiles or chile powder
Salt

1. Combine ingredients in food processor and chop until creamy and thoroughly mixed.
2. Season with herbs to taste. Even 1 tablespoon portions of herbs works well.
3. Salt to taste.

Sounds nice and easy, especially if you grow your own herbs like we do! :-)

Homemade Date Candy

Homemade Candy, yum!

I just saw this recipe from LisaLise on the forum at Crunchy Betty and it looks like it would be pretty darn good!

Chocolate Date Candy
1. Pit a handful of medjool dates and roughly chop them.
2. Work cocoa powder into them until you have a mass that resembles dough. Wrapping it with wax paper before working the dough can prevent sticky fingers.
3. Break off bits of the "dough" and roll into balls.
4. Roll the balls in shredded coconut.

It sounds like it would taste pretty awesome, for those that can try it. I'm looking for dates I can eat, and chocolate and coconut are out for me, but it's just so awesome sounding I had to put this up, anyway!

No heat, easy hair curling method

This young lady has such a clever way to create curls overnight. It looks easy, cheap, and comfortable to sleep in, as well. I have a feeling my daughter may be checking this out, although she will probably like the decorations in the room as much as she likes the curling method!

Sock-bun curling method:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FV-YO46E8Y

Pseudo-pickled Veggies

When I have a heavier dish, like my potato pancakes or red meat, I really enjoy a little bright flavored 'something' to eat with it. If I have some homemade pickles, that works for me, but I often don't have any pickled veggies, so here's something that can be made quickly but still give a bit of a pickled taste to some veggies.

Keeping berries from molding

While keeping berries fresh is something we'd all like, keeping as many berries fresh as possible is even MORE important when you don't have a lot of food choices and those berries are essentially your sweet bastion against the boring food world.

Allergen Free Hygiene

Finding a way to stay clean, fresh, and not-too-stinky is somewhat difficult when you react to common ingredients in our hygiene supplies.  So, this is what I do:

Bell Pepper Seeds

So, all my life I've been chopping out the pith (the white part) and the seeds from my bell peppers before I eat or cook them.

Today, I'm looking at them and all of a sudden I'm thinking: why do I do that? I realize that this is simply habit rather than a knowledge of the inner workings of bell peppers. So I start to investigate.