Winter White and Growing Green!
Yes it's winter, the holidays are over and colder days are here for awhile. Enjoy. Bringing calm and beauty to your home with white will lighten you spirit and bring a pure look to your home. Now grow green! Buy a few house plants to green up and soften these winter days.

Here are some Simply Fresh ideas for your winter days.

• Put Granny Smith apples in a large white or cream bowl. The apples last two months and smell wonderful!
• Place three white candles (different heights) on a pretty tray.
• Lighten up your living room with a soft white or faux fur throw.
• Put a green plant in a white ceramic pot on your kitchen counter , add a pretty white kitchen towel beside it.
• Create a stunning centerpiece with tree branches in a tall white vase.
• Place a large green plant on your coffee table next to a few books. Add a white candle in a glass candle holder.
• Add white or cream fluffy towels to your bathroom and a green plant. The plant will love the steam.

Craft Corner---Making Decorative Tile Coasters

What you will need:
-4 plain tiles (Hardware Store)
-Various greens or pictures of plants
   from scrapbook paper (12" x 12")
-Mod-Podge clear coat paint
-Adhesive backed felt circles
   or cork pads
-Glue (stick glue works best)
-Scissors, foam brush

Directions:   Trace paper using tile for the pattern. Glue paper to tile (cover surface of tile.) After it dries,  brush Mod-Podge over the surface evenly. Let dry and place adhesive backs on the four corners.

Recipe Corner---Lemon Chicken Soup

Ingredients --- Yields 8
1 chicken breast 2thighs skin on
1 box of chicken broth
Add 2 cups of water
Pepper & salt
1 cup cooked long grain rice
2 Stalks celery w/leaves
2 Egg
1 Onion, Quartered
1 Lemon, Juice Only
Parsley, Chopped

Cook chicken in stock with salt, pepper and parsley, after chicken is done remove skin shred into small pieces. Add celery, onions, and shredded chicken to broth, cook until vegetables are done. Add cooked rice. Beat the eggs with the lemon juice, add a little of the hot soup to the eggs and stir, this will keep the eggs from curdling. Add egg mixture to the soup. Serve garnished with chopped parsley.

Quotes to keep you thinking:

“When I was a young man, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work."
                                    --George Bernard Shaw

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