Preheat oven to 425°F. Mix sliced apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and jelly. Spoon into pastry-lined pie pan. Cover with top crust, crimp and seal edges, cut slits in top. Bake 40-50 minutes, or until crust is brown and juice bubbles through slits. To prevent overbrowning, cover crimped edges with aluminum foil; remove during last 15 minutes.
Ruby’s Better Bones Soup
(CHAPTER SIXTEEN)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1
⁄2 cup onions, chopped
1
⁄2 cup carrots, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 14- or 16-ounce can crushed or diced tomatoes
2 quarts chicken or vegetable stock
1 4-ounce can water chestnuts, drained
2 baby bok choy, white and green parts sliced separately
1 bay leaf
2 teaspoons mixed dried herbs (try parsley, sage, summer
savory, chervil, rosemary)
1
⁄2 pound fresh kale, stems removed, chopped
6-8 ounces hard tofu, cubed
In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, sauté onions and carrots for 7-8 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for another minute. Add tomatoes, stock, water chestnuts, bok choy (white parts), bay leaf, and herbs and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Add green parts of bok choy and kale and cook until just tender (1-2 minutes). Add tofu and cook another 1-2 minutes. Remove bay leaf and serve hot. Makes 6-8 servings.
Howard’s Herbal Doggie Shampoo
(CHAPTER NINETEEN)
1 quart liquid shampoo
2 drops pennyroyal or peppermint oil
2 drops lemon oil
2 drops rosemary oil
2 drops lavender oil
2 drops citronella
Mix all together, using amounts listed. Too much of a good thing can irritate a dog’s skin. (And do be careful when you use essential oils. Ingested, they are highly toxic.)
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