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Ethan Holmes’ At Home Candy

Tools needed for Making Candy at Home
Dipping Tools
Silicon cups
Candy Molds
Candy Food Coloring
Offset Spatulas
Pastry Brush
Bench Scraper
Pasrty Bags(disposable are best)
Calculator
Digital Scale
Small Scoops
Candy Thermometer

Easiest Walnut Fudge Around
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup cream
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp vanilla extract
Prepare an 8×8-inch baking pan by spraying it with nonstick cooking spray.
Combine the cream and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir to combine. Over Medium High Heat, bring the mixture to a boil. Let it boil one minute, then turn the heat to low.
Add the chocolate chips and stir constantly, until the chocolate is completely melted.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the powdered sugar, nuts and vanilla. Stir until the mixture is completely smooth and the sugar is completely combined.
Pour the fudge into the prepared pan and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until the candy is set. Once the fudge has set up, cut into desired pieces. This is a great quick and easy gift.
Simple Toffee Candy
2 cups brown sugar
4 tbsp white vinegar

Prepare a 6×6 inch pan by spraying it with nonstick cooking spray or covering it with foil.
Place the sugar and vinegar in a medium saucepan, and add 1 cup of water. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Allow the mixture to boil, then cover and continue to boil for 3 minutes.
Uncover and boil until the temperature is 285 degrees,(this is called the SOFT CRACK STAGE)
Pour into prepared pan and let it set slightly.
Mark into squares with a knife or bench scraper. Let fully harden.
Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.
You can vary this recipe by adding Chopped Pecans or Peanuts and a touch of Celtic Sea Salt, or try tipping the cooled pieces into melted chocolate.

Ethan Holmes’ Recipe - Cheryl Patton’s Winning Chicken Casserole

4 Boneless, skinless, chicken breasts

1 can Cream of Mushroom
1 cup uncooked rice
1 cup milk
½ cup white wine
1 teaspoon paprika
1 (1oz)package dry onion soup mix

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl mix together the soup, soup mix, milk, wine, paprika and rice. Place the chicken into a 9×13 baking dish. Pour the soup rice mixture over the chicken. Cover with foil. Bake for 1 hour. Remove foil bake for 15 minutes. Serve with steamed broccoli and carrots. This is a favorite super simple recipe that my Mother’s best friend, when I was a kid, used to make. It is really easy and tasty!!

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Ethan Holmes’ Pumpkin Recipies

SNICKERS PUMPKIN

1 sugar pumpkin

1 snickers bar

Cut off the top and clean out the insides of the sugar pumpkin.  Bake empty for 8 minutes at 350 degrees, insert the unwrapped Snickers bar, bake for 6 more minutes at 350.  Enjoy by eating the snickers out of the pumpkin.

BAKED PUMPKIN PUDDING

4 tablespoons of butter.
2 medium eggs.
2 cups of pumpkin.
1 cup of sugar.
1 cup of milk.
½ cup of flour.
1 teaspoon of vanilla.
Pinch of salt.
Pinch of baking soda.
Cinnamon.
Preheat oven to 450°F.

Put the butter in a pan and melt.

Put the remaining ingredients except cinnamon in a blender and blend until smooth.

Pour into the melted butter and sprinkle top with cinnamon.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Serve.

Ethan Holmes’ Wine Pairings

Match to the Season

Spring: Reisling and Pinot Noir

Summer: Pinot Grigio and Beaujolais Nouveau

Fall: Pinot Noir and Viogner

Winter: Zinfandel and Chardonnay

WAYS TO HELP STOP CHILD TRAFFICKING

Donate money by copying and pasting this link into your browser:

http://sctnow.donordrive.com/participant/yourtimetostoptrafficking

Sign up to walk with Kim in Austin, TX by copying and pasting this link into your browser:

http://sctnow.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.eventDetails&eventID=549&destination=E

INSTRUCTIONS:

Click on link then click on “Register Now”. From there add your information then click “Go to Next Step”.
On the next page click “Walker”, then “Join a Team”. The team name is “Your Time To Stop Trafficking”. Click on it then go to the next page fill it out and Voila! You’re on our team! We will see you fair and square at the Triangle in Austin, TX at 8:00am! THANK YOU!

Green Smoothie

1 banana
2-3 hand fulls spinach greens
1/2 cup water
1/2 to 1 cup frozen fruit
2 table spoons flax seed
Blend a lot and add more water or frozen fruit to get desired consistency

Stop Child Trafficking

VVisit the site: SCTNow.org.

Lynette Lewis is an author, speaker, and the founder of the national Stop Child Trafficking Now Campaign, involving over 40 cities and 75 college campuses nationwide. For more information visit www.sctnow.org or www.lynettelewis.com.

Darrell MacLearn is the Anti Trafficking Project Manager for Concerned Women for America Texas. He lives in McKinney Texas where he is launching a network of “simple” churches. He is a national coach and consultant for church planting and holds a Master of Arts in Theology from George Fox University in Portland Oregon. For the past year and half Darrell has worked in the fight against sex trafficking in the State of Texas with a project called TSTOP (Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project) and has been addressing it from the demand side.  He has provided many websites for more research and information:

· http://tstop.cwfa.org

· www.houstonrr.org

3 Ps strategy websites:

· www.causes.com/tstop - Promote (Facebook Cause)

· www.twitter.com/enddemand - Promote

· www.sctnow.org - Prosecute

· www.settingcaptivesfree.com/courses/way-of-purity - Prevent

Devoted husband and father of five daughters, motivational speaker, youth educator/mentor, and singer/songwriter Eric Proffitt is the man who just ran 250 miles IN CHAINS to tell the world about modern day slavery. From New York to London Eric is passionate about freedom and as such is determined to Run 4 the Rescue. For more information on this initiative please visit www.Run4TheRescue.com

Shelton Green is the Director of What’s Your Response (WYR). What’s Your Response (WYR) is a campaign to end modern day slavery by bringing the issue of human trafficking into the consciousness of our culture and also provide anyone who has passion an avenue for action.  Visit him online at whatsyourresponse.com.

Gloriously FUN Sandwich form the MOVIE Spanglish staring Adam Sandler

• Servings: 1
• Preparation Time: 20
• 3-4 thick slices of bacon
• 2 slices monterey Jack cheese
• 2 slices pain de campagne (rustic country loaf), toasted
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 4 slices tomato
• 2 leaves butter lettuce
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 egg
DIRECTIONS
1. Cook the bacon until crisp drain on paper towels and set aside 2. Place the slices of cheese on one slice of the toasted bread and place in a toaster oven or under a broiler to melt the cheese. 3. Spread the other slice of toast with the mayonnaise, top with cooked bacon, the sliced tomato and the lettuce. 4. In a nonstick skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Fry the egg, turning over briefly when the bottom is set (keep the yoke runny) 5. Slide the finished egg on top of the lettuce. top with the other slice of toast, melted cheese side down. place the sandwich on a plate and slice in half, letting the yoke run down the sandwich.

Ethan Holmes’ Bordertown Chicken

·2 tablespoons canola oil

·4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves

·salt

·pepper

·1 cup chopped onion

·1 each Ancho Chile pepper, seeded, chopped and soaked in warm water

·1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped

·8 cloves garlic, chopped

·2 ribs celery, chopped

·1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes

·1 cup chicken stock or broth

·2 cups whole kernel corn, fresh or frozen and thawed

·juice and zest of 1 lime

·2 tablespoons chili powder

·salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large skillet, pour the canola oil and heat over medium high heat. Season Chicken with Salt and Pepper. Sear the chicken in the skillet on all sides, until golden brown. Next, add the rest of the vegetables, chicken stock, lime juice and chilis to the skillet. Place the entire pan in the oven. Cook until the vegetables are tender and the chicken is cooked through. About 15 minutes. Serve this with rice and beans or a nice simple green salad! Ole’

Serves 4