We are getting in the holiday mood over here as a lovely denial of the chemo week coming tomorrow. Here is a random and possibly fated collection of goodies that have flowed onto my porch, all gifted. Consider paying forward kindness into your community and rounding up some of these gifts to delight a loved one.
First, we start with proper nourishment. I’ve had so much more energy on high dose steroids and for sure hypomania. I have sort of felt like Marvelous Ms Maisel all week, so how fitting to make a marvelous miso dressing and to get my veggies and protein with Nasoya tofu! Recipe is from Your Astrological Cookbook, and so this Scorpio dish is a day late, but lets just plus or minus a few for the moon margin of error?
In the recipe I substituted “vegetable oil” with Wild Groves olive oil, Olio Nuovo to be precise, which is just so high quality and so delicious. Shout out to Dewey in California, he is such a kind person. Thanks for the oil!
With Thanksgiving coming, last night we tested how Milo’s Unsweetened tea paired with barbeque. I haven’t tested it as turkey brine, but I’ve heard this is tasty.
Milo’s Famous Sweet Tea Turkey Brine
1 Gallon Milo’s Famous Sweet Tea
1 Cup Kosher Salt
3 Large Sweet Onions, quartered
4 Lemons, sliced
8 Garlic Cloves, pealed
5 Sprigs Rosemary
10 Cups Ic
In a large stock pot, combine the Milo’s Famous Sweet Tea and kosher salt. Heat, stirring frequently until salt is dissolved. Add onion, lemon, garlic, and rosemary. Remove from heat, and let cool to room temperature. When the broth mixture has cooled, pour it into a clean 5 gallon bucket. Stir in the ice.Wash and dry your turkey. Making sure you have removed the innards. Place the turkey, cavity side up, into the brine. Making sure that the cavity gets filled. Cover and place the bucket in the refrigerator overnight. Remove the turkey carefully draining off the excess brine and pat dry. Discard excess brine.Cook the turkey as desired reserving the drippings for gravy.
And now for the self-care products.
Sleep and Glow makes a lovely feminine and supportive structured pillow which they say will fight aging. I would love for it to also fight cancer. I’ve used it for one day. Time will tell.
To prevent more cancers from happening to me, with some sparkle sass, I’ve tested Sunshine Glitter’s Awesome Sauce and YAAAAAS sparkle glitter sunscreen with my friend Alfredo, and we give our two glittered thumbs up. We can’t wait to use this at Bayou Boogaloo on Bayou St. John. They also make a body gel called Holiday Slay. I can’t even.
Now Wissotzky Tea
makes our favorite Nana Mint series of tea, to keep the rainbow connection with
the previous product. We love all of these teas. Mint is so calming, so I agree
that it should just be an additional ingredient in all teas.
Finally, we have two matching robes. One for me from Bollie Brand, which is just so comfortable, love the length of the sleeves a bit short so I don’t dip them in what I’m cooking or eating.
And one for Kermit, just in time for his fourth birthday party! Little anti-stress, anti-shed tracksuit jumper from Shed Defender. We didn’t get the right size, this is a small on a 45 pound hound, but I know a blind schnauzer named Rudy who will love it.
And in closing, since, we are now in robes, glittered up, drinking mint tea and about to fall asleep on a structured pillow, a hymn if you know how to play piano. Love and peace and happy shopping to all, a peaceful and fun Thanksgiving!