This is the largest building on earth as seen from space. #FridaysinSpace #Earth

• NASA ID: PIA23000
Keywords: Terra, Earth
• Center: JPL
• Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
• Date Created: 2019-01-08
• Visit JPL Website

When Boeing decided to build the 747, they had to build a factory large enough to construct several at the same time. They started building the factory in 1967, in Everett, Washington, 35 km north of Seattle. The main building covers 39 hectares (98 acres), and encloses 13.3 million cubic meters (472 million cubic feet). This is the largest building in the world. The image was acquired September 15, 2017, covers an area of 10.8 by 11.3 kilometers, and is located at 47.9 degrees north, 122.3 degrees west. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23000

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Quick and Easy Dinner recipe on Thursday's Ramblings. #recipe #dinner

This month I'm rambling on about recipes and today is a family favourite - One Pot Taco. I don't remember where I got this recipe but it's become one of those fun family meal dishes.

If you don't happen to have any precooked rice - then it becomes - 2 pot taco!

I am not a vegetarian or a vegan - you can adjust this to suit your preferences.

I can suggest if you want to "healthy it up" a bit - toss in some precooked lentils.

One Pot Taco

You need a big skillet/fry pan.

There are 2 ways to make this – 1 as is with the Minute Rice or 2 – with a cup of precooked rice. We prefer the precooked/leftover rice. Choice is what suits your tastes.

1 lb ground beef

1 cup precooked rice

1 c water

– or –

2 c water

2 c Minute Rice

1 pkg taco season mix

Salsa (whatever heat level you enjoy)

Taco cheese (whatever mix your enjoy)

Sour cream

Tortilla chips

Brown the ground beef. Stir in (water and rice) or (precooked rice and water),and taco seasoning. Bring to a boil. Top with cheese, sour cream and salsa.

Serve in a mound on plate or in a bowl and eat with the tortillas chips.

I think the biggest reason my family loves this recipe is because there are no knives or forks. You eat it  with the chips. It can get messy, but that's half the fun.

I have been experimenting with using my own spices rather than the premade commercial taco mix. This recipe is forgiving – so play around with it to suit your tastes.  Add lettuce, guacamole or whatever you like.

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28- Thursday #Yoga

An image of the south edge of the Martian polar cap #FridaysinSpace #Mars

• NASA ID: PIA22976





Keywords: 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars
• Center: JPL
• Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
• Date Created: 2018-12-31
• Visit JPL Website

This VIS image is located along the edge of the south polar cap. In the upper right corner the non-polar surface is visible. The tightly packed layers to the left are the edge of the polar cap, a very steep cliff-like feature. At the bottom half of the image is a surface where some, but not all, of the polar layers have been eroded away. This surface illustrates how the polar layering forms, filling in the low regions first until all the topography is covered. Orbit Number: 74956 Latitude: -79.7732 Longitude: 100.129 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2018-11-07 03:11 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22976


 

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My favourite Oatmeal Cookie recipe. Bake some for Valentine's Day and give them to your Valentine. Now That's Love. #ValentinesDay #cookie

This week's cookie recipe is amazing. The cookie is great and the recipe is forgiving. I've experimented with it and each time the cookie is still great. I've substituted part of the flour for coconut flour (lower glycemic) and done the same with the sugar. I've put in chocolate chips, raisins, coconut and pecans and once I put them all in at the same time.

Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

 1 cup butter (softened)
 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
 1 cup white sugar

 2 eggs
 1 tsp vanilla extract

 2 cups all-purpose flour
 1 tsp baking soda
 1/2 tsp salt

 3 cups rolled oats

 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
 1 cup raisins
 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.

    In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the oats, chocolate chips, raisins, and pecans, one ingredient at a time. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
    Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

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A simple and delicious cookie - Waldorfs. #cookie #yum

The picture above isn't a Waldorf cookie - but I'm not at home so I couldn't make up a batch and then photograph it. But it is similar.
I have no idea why these are called Waldorfs. They are a very old recipe handed down from my grandmother to mother to me and I have passed the recipe on to my daughter. It is a simple but delicious cookie.

 Waldorfs

Oven - 400  
Time - 10 mins
WATCH - BURNS EASILY  
Cookie sheets - lined


1/2 c butter  
1 1/2 c brown sugar

1 c sour cream or sour milk  
2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla  
2 1/4 c flour

1 tsp baking soda  
1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp cinnamon  
1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 c walnut or pecan pieces


Cream butter and sugar.  Mix wet ingredients.  Add to butter.  Sift dry ingredients.  Add to wet.  Mix in nuts.  Drop onto parchment lined cookie sheets.

Bake 400F oven for approx 10 mins. Don't walk away. These will burn the second you turn your back and they are too good to ruin.

I guess they'd keep for about a week in a good cookie jar. They never last the full week. Everyone gobbles them up too quickly.

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