Recipes Clippings........Are they overflowing a drawer????

I love to cook!!! I am forever saving recipes...and when I say 'forever', I mean that I had recipes going back to the 80's.  I decided I had to get them under control... so, after a lot of thought, I decided to find them online and make a cookbook where it would be easy to add to,as well as a recipe easy to find.

As I began to see if they were online after that length of time, I was very surprised that 98% of them were.  SHOCK!  Over the first hurdle!  After doing hundreds of spreadsheets in 30 years of purchasing, MS Excel seemed a logical place to start.  The 'sheets' at the bottom became category tabs; each 'sheet' was given the same format of 3 column....(1)main ingredient (2) actual name of recipe (3) link to website.  I originally sorted alphabetically by column 1, but now I just insert a new recipe where it should be.  If I changed the recipe, I try to make notes but I can't highlight the 'note' portion of the cell in Google Sheets in order for it to standout...still thinking about how I'll do the 'notes'.

In the last few months, I have moved the 'cookbook' into Google Drive and it's much easier to work....'cause one tab is the cookbook and the next tab is my Google/Chrome search. Much better than working between Excel and Chrome.  Besides, I can pull it up on my phone wherever I am AND now, instead of printing it off, I simply follow the recipe from the phone.  EasyPeasy!!!!!!  Oh, I know....I can do the latter just by using MS One Drive....but I'm a Google person. :)

Salmon	Pan Roasted Salmon on Horseradish Potatoes	http://www.cooking.com/recipes-and-more/recipes/pan-roasted-salmon-on-horseradish-potatoes-recipe-813.aspx#axzz2dIyGqaGF
Salmon	Pan Roasted Salmon w/Citrus Balsamic Vinaigrette	http://www.cooking.com/recipes-and-more/recipes/pan-roasted-salmon-with-citrus-balsamic-vinaigrette-recipe-2965.aspx#axzz2dIyGqaGF
Salmon	Plank Roasted Salmon w/Shallot Red Pepper Marmalade & Vidalia onions	http://www.cooking.com/recipes-and-more/recipes/plank-roasted-salmon-with-shallot-red-pepper-marmalade-and-vidalia-onions-recipe-5049.aspx#axzz2dIyGqaGF
Salmon - canned	Salmon Dill Cakes	http://www.dizzybusyandhungry.com/salmon-dill-cakes/
Scallops	Seared Sea Scallops with Orange-Basil Sauce (Note: Orig. printed in Traditional Home Nov. 2007)	http://www.familycookbookproject.com/view_recipesite.asp?rid=2767267&uid=99754&sid=256393
Shrimp	Fleur-De-Lis Salad	http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fleur-de-lis-salad-10000000604692/
Shrimp	Grilled Shrimp & Zucchini Couscous with Feta & Mint	http://www.recipe.com/grilled-shrimp-and-zucchini-couscous-with-feta-and-mint/
Snapper, Bluefish or Cod	Grilled Fish with Caper-Herb Salsa and Corn	http://www.recipe.com/grilled-fish-with-caper-herb-salsa-and-corn/
Tuna	Pan Fried Tuna Steaks With Pico De Gallo Recipe	http://cookeatshare.com/recipes/pan-fried-tuna-steaks-with-pico-de-gallo-373675
Tuna	Tuscan Tuna-and-Bean Sandwiches	http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Tuscan-Tuna-and-Bean-Sandwiches-234263

Of course, my actual columns aren't this narrow on the 'Sheet'  shown above.   LOL

Here's hoping that you, too, can clean out those clippings into something usable.  Please make comments and give me your thoughts or tell me if you try my method....or...(dreaded thought) say if you Hate It.  :)

Kansas City, Missouri - Kansas/Missouri Trip Trilogy Part 3

In the words of Oscar and Hammerstein in the musical OKLAHOMA........

"Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!

They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high,

About as high as a buildin' oughta grow.

Ev'rythin's like a dream in Kansas City,

It's better than a magic lantern show!"

This is the view of Kansas City, Missouri taken just before we left Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas

Ok Sweetie (navigational wonder)....Take us to the Central Library in Downtown KC!

A good example of the words in the song above are found at the Library.  I had been there once before but the trees that had planted were covered with leaves...and you'll see why that won't work. :)  The reason why I was so anxious for Deanna to see the Library was because for many years she was the Librarian at Memorial High School in Tulsa.  It's not the actual library one sees first....it's the parking garage...no....I'm not kidding you!  :)

The parking garage is a block long and the bookshelf attached to it is also a block long...with books that stand 22' high and 9' wide.

This is the majority of the left side of the bookcase.

This is the right half of the bookcase...then stairs in the garage 
The Central Library is housed in the First National Bank, built in 1880 and what a FABULOUS  job they have done!  A theater in the vault, a coffee shop, books, books, books and on the top floor the genealogy and a terrace to hold special events

        

We still hadn't eaten lunch and I looked on my Guy Fieri Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and decided to give KC BBQ another try (see 7/8/15 blog).  We order the same thing as the first...Burnt Ends....at least the sauce was on the table for our option.  However, I likedthis better....she didn't...thought it lacked smoked and tasted like an oven roasted pot roast.  OK...so...we really didn't like KC BBQ....give us Oklahoma/Texas BBQ!  After lunch, we back tracked to a place we'd found just before lunch.  We were looking for a place to view KC, Kansas from this side.  

The place we found was call Quality Hill and it the oldest, continually inhabited neighborhood in KC.  First, we went to the park that was on the edge of the cliff with a great view of the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River.  Judy and I had seen the headwaters of the Missouri in Montana a few years ago 

The Kansas River is coming in from the left and the Missouri is coming from the right.  Then we explored Quality Hill.

These are four buildings that really give you a sense of Quality Hill.  As they build new condos and apartments, they build structures that blend in like they've been there a very long time.  The two photos in the center are just buildings I liked; the one on the right is the Catholic Diocese for Kansas City and St. Joseph, MO. and the one on the left....while it is now a YMCA (it's hard to even write that without standing up and doing the song)....it was originally a Jewish Gentleman's Club.  ;)

Next of our tour was Union Station and it was a treat!!  Like Tulsa, KC has various 'districts' and Union Station is in the Crown District...which explains why the Hallmark Crown is above the main entrance.  

The photos are self explanatory....except the BEE!  I inquired of  Googles as to whom sculpted it...why is was a Bee....nothing...but it is HUGH and quite interesting.  We also enjoyed the gift shop.  Speaking of 'gifts'....We still had shopping to do.   :)   There were a couple of things we want to see the next time (probably prior to Christmas).  1) the National World War I Memorial & Museum.  People told us that was a must...that it is 360 and you feel like bullets are flying over your head  2) the Hallmark Center where they have some sort of tour.  Oh yes...and we were told that KC is the City of Fountains and has more than any other city....I only knew about the one at Country Club Plaza...so we want to see some of 'em!

On the way back to the motel we stopped on the MO side at Trader Joe's where Deanna bought some olive bread and I bought 4 or 5 bottles of 3-buck-chuck wine.  Then we stopped at Costco...looked at bit and I bought some double creme brie....we had dinner in our room  :) :) :)  

We started shopping early at World Market and IKEA.  When I cautioned Deanna about time restraints at Ikea  (we still had to go back to Trader Joe's and drive home) she said she had been in one before and she just wanted to quickly walk through.....Have you, dear reader, been to Ikea???..well, as it turned out she hadn't and if you have been to one you know there is nothing quick about it...they have laid out the pathway throughout the store.  It's always a lot of fun and she found several Christmas gifts for babies on up.  We did make it back to T.J's because the bottle of Pinot Grigio I bought for $3 was great and I wanted to bring back a case. ;)

When all was said and done we  put down  the back seats in my car, filled it up with all our goodies and started home.   However, the most exciting time would come on the way home. We decided to go home on the Missouri side because it was dark and the highway would be divided all the way.   About 45 min before reaching Joplin a tornado touched down just West of Tulsa and was heading East (think Joplin) and reports said  alarms were sounding all over Tulsa.  After many phone calls and discussion we decided to stay the night in Joplin.                                                        

I took a total of 152 photos in Fort Scott, Kansas City, Kansas,

and Kansas City Kansas....I sure Deanna took more. 

If GOOGLE ever figures out how to allow photo placement that will

stay where one puts it, I won't have make collages.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Kansas City, Kansas and Strawberry Hill - Kansas/Missouri Trip Trilogy Part 2

When my late husband and I were dating in 1960 and lived in Topeka after we married, we spent a lot of time in Kansas City, MO and only drove past Kansas City, KS. Yet I knew if I searched online I'd find something interesting. Sure 'nuf....I found this area that was settled by Slovenians, Serbians and Croatians.  I have a special place in my heart for Slovenia and it's people.....so I knew we would go...I could take a photo of the church built by the Slovenians and send to the manager of  Perpetuum Jazzile in Ljubljana. By the way, it is music from that group to which you are listening on my blog right now. 

Perpetuum Jazzile is an acapella group of about 45 and you watch them sing and make the instrument sounds on YouTube.  Much of their music is there....and when Judy and I went to Slovenia, it was to attend their annual concert in Ljubljana. We saw the song, which is linked above, performed ...and in the Hall shown in the video.

I digress......

Mar. 24th
Told Sweetie (we named the Google navigational voice) that we wanted to go to the area of  Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, KS.  There we found a quaint little area that was founded as  described above.   To see more images of that area than is in this blog, you can find it here...Google images of Strawberry Hill.

The older

homes and 

the new homes are

on the left 

and on the right 

a flowering hillside.

       

This is the Strawberry

Hill Museum.  They were

closed the day we were 

there....guess that will be

on another trip.   :)

       

We found the Slovenian church, which is Holy Family Church. We wanted

to go in but couldn't find a door that was open at the time we were there.  It was in the neighborhood of the older homes above.  It appears they have a Slovenefest every year, celebrating their culture....

They even have a Facebook page.

With our original mission accomplished, we drove around the area. There was one intersection of particular interest.....we were snapping the cameras on three of the corners:

On the Southwest corner we found the Wyandotte County Offices....actually it is the 'Unified Government of Wyandotte County".  So named because Kansas City and most of the small towns consolidated their governments.  The county only has about 160,000 population.

We really liked this building because it is the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. The cornerstone was laid in 1924 and is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It is on the Southeast corner of the intersection,  is simply known as Memorial Hall,  and is used as a performance venue. Above the name of the Hall, in the middle, it reads "Dedicated to the heroes who fought and died for their Country"...on the left "Justice activated their heroism, Liberty inspired their courage"...and on the right "Let us resolve the these dead will not have died in vain".   

Lastly, directly across the street from Memorial Hall was St. Anthony's Catholic Church.  So I'll leave you with some photos there.....

 We wanted to find someone that could explain to us why,  just prior to Easter, the openings on the altar were hung with purple and pink cloth.                                              

 Tomorrow's blog will be Kansas City, Missouri...... :)  

Fort Scott, Kansas ----- Kansas/Missouri Trip Trilogy - Part 1

With foot surgery looming, my cousin, Deanna, and I needed to make a quick 2 day trip to Kansas City.....wanted to shop at all those stores NOT in Oklahoma......Ikea, Costco (opening in Tulsa by end of '15), World Market, Trader Joe's (opening in Tulsa by end or '15) (and we thought The Container Store...but alas it wasn't open yet). So we bought 2 nights at Overland Park, KS (where shopping is) on Living Social and away we went.

However,  every trip needs exploring of whatever city one is visiting and whatever is found upon the way.   Therefore, the first day would be site-seeing and, even tho' we'd both been to Kansas City, there would be a lot to see.

March 23rd

Left early in the morning with Google Maps on my phone :).  When we got to Fort Scott, she had never been there and I was glad to stop again.  The entire downtown is on the National Historical Registry and we had to see every building....plus the Fort.    




 During the hours the Fort is open you will find that the buildings are furnished as they originally were and it really interesting to do the self-guided tour. However, by the time we looked over and photographed the downtown area, the Fort of closed. By the way, there is also a gift shop at the Fort.

The photos below are of the town of Fort Scott.  It appeared there had been some renovation since I was there in 2007.

Spending too much time in Fort Scott, we began the journey to Overland Park, KS.  After checking into our hotel, we inquired of  the person at the Front Desk where we might find good KC BBQ.  She was quick to say that Jack Stack's was voted the best every year and there was one close by. Took her advice and Deanna and I both ordered Burnt Ends (that's the very ends of the brisket which usually have lots of smoky flavor).......she ordered beef and pork, I chose only pork....she sort of liked it....I did not.  In Oklahoma and Texas, if we want sauce on the meat, we'll sauce it ourselves.  By the time we got back to the hotel it was time to turn in....tomorrow will be a busy day of site-seeing.

I'm trying to space the photos, so tomorrow I'll post our morning in Kansas City, Kansas. 

               

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY GIRL!!!!!

Happy Birthday to my lovely daughter. Can't believe how time flies......

As I looked through photos for this blog and chose the music for the playlist memories come like a flood.  When I think of Heather, it isn't in chronological order...it's flashes through my mind.  Soooo, as they say on American Idol,  'in no particular order' you'll see some of those 'flashes'.  I'm so proud of the woman she's become and my love for her is boundless.

(As I said in my profile...I will never get this blogging down...have tried for 4 hours to align individual photos but nothing seemed to work so, alas, a collage.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY GIRL

Route 66 in Oklahoma - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Part 5b 'Off the beaten path'

Tulsa is not only my hometown, but a lovely city....accentuated by a recent New York Times article 52 Places You Should Go in 2015  (Tulsa is sandwiched between Rome and Shanghai). Tulsa is also found in this nice piece at the same newspaper: With Faith of Investors, Downtown Tulsa Reawakens which also has a little slideshow.  Among other things....we have the only Restoration Hardware, only Trader Joe's, only Costco, and only World Market in the State of Oklahoma.    Sure has cut down my shopping trips to Kansas City or Dallas.

My favorite view with Art Deco and Modern Blend.  The tall building withe green patina is the Mid Continent Building and the one with multicolored roof is the Philtower Building

We've already established in the previous post (Route 66 Tulsa Oklahoma - Part 5a) that 11th street is Route 66 through Tulsa, but if you only stay on 'the road' you'll miss a lot.  Tulsa's Downtown  is rich in Art Deco buildings with contemporary set against that backdrop, as well as theater, art and sports.Guided tours are available at this link The Gilcrease and Philbrook art museums and the grounds that surround them are well worth seeing.

Let's go back to Tulsa's beginning.....the Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation...of which I am a proud citizen..... established Tulsa near the banks of the Arkansas River after the government 'Removal' from Alabama  Creek Council Tree Site    Since it's almost Downtown, let's see what's there   :)

Tulsa has formed 'Districts'  within the Downtown Area and is shown on this Map.  The Art Deco District, as the name implies, holds very fine examples of that architecture. There are 55 buildings listed on the National Registry of Historic Places as well as 8 'places' and 14 homes

Art Deco is  found in the wonderful details of the buildings..inside and outside. Built in 1929 this is the original Oklahoma Natural Gas Building, above. A quick click will enlarge the photos.

The below photos are of the Tulsa World Newspaper....a paper that was established in 1905 and remained independent until 2013.

Left to Right:  Mayo Hotel; Mincks-Adams Building; Central High School and 310 South Boston Building

The Mayo Hotel was built in 1925 and set empty until 2001, when a private family brought it back to glory.   Please click on the link and see the fabulous interior.   Art Deco always has beauty on the inside.

Mincks-Adams was built in 1927-28 (now referred to as the Adams Building and is excellent terra-cotta veneering.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma renovated the old Central High School found at 6th and Cincinnati (upper right above)....I think it a beautiful building and know folks that went to school there. :)

Lower right, above, is called simply 320 South Boston Building. (Link is to a blog entitled Historic Tulsa)  Original 10 floors were built in 1917 and in 1929 was expanded to 22 floors. If anyone is commanding a Zeppelin over Tulsa, this is building the for you....the pinnacle was made for mooring a Zeppelin....or so says the Urban Legend. ;);) ;)  

Tulsa has beautiful churches in Downtown as seen in the collage below. The Cathedral District has it's own map.  I can hardly wait to that the TFA tour in the future and see inside these churches.

   Top Row left to right: First Christian, built 1920; First Methodist Church, built 1921-28; First Church of Christ Scientist, built 1923; First Presbyterian Church with the oldest congregation in Tulsa --1885.

Bottom Row left to right: Holy Family Cathedral, built 1912-1214; Boston Avenue Methodist Church, built in 1929 and first church with strictly American Architecture; First Baptist Church,  Trinity Episcopal Church, building began in 1926 (I think) 

It's the Art Deco Boston Avenue Methodist that may be the best known above and I just have to show you the ceiling of the sanctuary.  It's truly a treat to make a stop there to go inside and wander around the outside.    

But ...we're still off the 'beaten path'........Downtown is the Brady Arts District with First Friday Art Walk and it's most notable residents are the Brady Theater; Cain's Ballroom (dubbed the home of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.  Also was the home of several other notables including Ronnie Dunn); and now the Guthrie Green where  various activity occurs including Food Truck Wednesday. 

AND The Blue Dome District  where food, fun and frivolity abound!

When you go to Blue Dome District link 'enter' and click on the small menu button for everything there.....

A few blocks to the West is The BOK Center, which is our multi-purpose venue...home to the Tulsa Shock and the stage for all the performers who can gather very large crowds...Garth Brooks played 7 nights to sold out crowds of 17,500 each night.  In 2013 The BOK ranked 13th in the US for Arena Venue ticket sales and 34th in the World.   

BOK at 

Christmas

Winterfest is an ice rink in front of the building

Grounds at Gilcrease

Main entrance to Gilcrease

There are world class museums close to Downtown, as well as two lovely, restful parks.


The Gilcrease Museum has the world's most extensive collection of American West Art. It was begun by Thomas Gilcrease, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Tribe, who wanted to share his love of art. It is now run in part by Tulsa University.

Below photos are Philbrook Museum.     The photo top left is Waite Phillips
original home and the bottom left is the addition to the museum.
The photo on the right is the back of the original home when they turn the lights on at Christmas.

The back of the Philbrook at Christmas

Waite Phillips home became the Philbrook Museum of Art

Philbrook Museum of Art extension to Waite Phillip's home

Two close-in parks are Centennial and Woodward. 

Centennial Park located almost right Downtown is a small, quiet park at 6th & Peoria. It has a great view of Tulsa's skyline.

Centennial Park

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Woodward Park

Woodward Park is larger and it's where the Tulsa Garden Center calls home.  
In the Springtime the beauty is unmatched.... with azaleas abounding in all
colors and dogwoods blooming in harmony....take a camera or a paintbrush. :)
    

Woodward Park

Woodward Park

When I was 12 years old we moved away from Tulsa and at that time was known as the 'Oil Capital of the World'. It had the most wealth-per-capita of any city in the United States....and then in the 60's the oil companies began the move to Houston and the 80's brought the 'BUST'.  However, Oklahomans and Tulsans are some of the most resilient folks I've ever known and when I moved back at age 62 found that it's still a thriving city. Oklahoma is the second largest producer of natural gas and in honor of the oil and gas business The Golden Driller,  standing 75' tall as the tallest free-standing statue in the U.S. He was erected at the Fairgrounds and stands in front of what is called The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Event Center at 4145 E 21st St, Tulsa, OK 74114 ....  that is the image I will leave you with.... taken on a rainy Tulsa day.....

There's just a lot to see in Tulsa, Oklahoma...a GREAT PLACE "TO GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66".