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Lilly from Pennsylvania is the winner of December's Newsletter Giveaway. She wins a bottle of Watkins Orange Citrus or Lemon Liquid Hand Soap, formulated with premium natural ingredients and essential oils. This hard-working, natural hand soap creates a smooth lather of suds that rinse away, leaving your hands exceptionally clean and smooth. Gentle on hands - Watkins premium fragrance - Attractively packaged - Invigorating citrus scent.

Lilly's favorite Christmas song is Silver Bells and her favorite holiday movies are Miracle on 42nd Street and It's a Wonderful Life.

January's Newsletter Giveaway is an 11 fl oz bottle of Watkins Pain Relieving Liniment (previously know as Watkins Red Liniment), a $10.99 value. This liniment gives natural pain relief with this very first product sold by J.R. Watkins in 1868. By removing all traces of artificial red coloring, Watkins has successfully made this one of a kind pain reliever 96.5% natural! This formula puts all-natural camphor and capsicum to good use by stimulating nerve receptors that feel heat, masking the feeling of pain and relieving the discomfort of minor muscle aches, soreness and stiffness.

To enter January's Newsletter Giveaway send an email to eleisia@NotJustVanilla.com Place "Watkins January Giveaway" in the subject line. Please give your name and mailing address. The winner will be chosen at random from entries.

The products in this giveaway are provided by me and not by Watkins Incorporated or another Watkins associate.

Make your life the best it can be. Eat nutritious foods, exercise, love, and laugh!

Low Fat Cooking

• Get into the habit of measuring the oil you use while you cook, rather than just pouring it out of the bottle. It will be much easier to moderate the amount you use.
• Use non-stick cookware so that you don't have to use as much, if any, fat. When sauteing, use a small amount of chicken broth or wine instead of butter or oil.
• When cooking a dish with both vegetables and meat (i.e. in stir frys and stews), reduce the amount of meat by 1/3 and increase the amount of vegetables by 1/3. You will hardly notice!
• Thicken gravies with milk or broth blended in the blender with flour. Be sure to cook long enough to remove the raw flour taste. You'll never notice the lack of fat.

Honey-Glazed Black Pepper Roast Beef
Enjoy this sweet and peppery beef with baked sweet potatoes or roasted broccoli. Leftover beef makes great roast beef sandwiches.

2 tablespoons coarsley ground black pepper from Watkins Whole Black Peppercorn with Grinder Top
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt from Watkins Sea Salt with Grinder Top
1 (4-pound) beef top round roast
6 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon canola oil or Watkins Grapeseed Oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Rub beef all over with pepper and salt and place on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast beef, undisturbed, for an hour.

Meanwhile, whisk together honey, vinegar, and oil in a medium bowl. After 45 minutes of roasting, brush beef all over with honey mixture. Continue to cook 15 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Roast 10 to 30 minutes more, until roast has reached desired degree of doneness, brushing it every 15 minutes with glaze. Note that the meat will continue cooking while it rests after being removed from the oven and the temperature will rise another 5 or 10 degrees. Let meat rest 15 minutes before slicing thinly. Serve with pan juices drizzled over the top. Serves 6 to 8.

Creamy Chicken Tomato-Basil Pasta

3 cups multi-grain or regular penne pasta, uncooked
1/4 cup Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette Dressing, divided
4 small boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 lb.)
1 cup chicken broth made with 1 cup boiling water and 1 1/2 teaspoons Watkins Chicken Soup Base
1/2 tsp. Watkins Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp. Watkins Black Pepper
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) Neufchatel Cheese, cubed
2 cups diced tomatoes
1/2 cup Shredded Parmesan Cheese
1/2 tsp. Watkins Basil

Cook pasta as directed on package. Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoon dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cover. Cook 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until done (165 degrees F). Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm. Carefully wipe out skillet with paper towel.

Add remaining dressing, broth and seasonings to skillet; cook 3 to 4 minutes or until heated through. Add Neufchatel Cheese; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until melted. Stir in tomatoes; cook 3 minutes.

Drain pasta. Add to ingredients in skillet with Parmesan cheese and basil; mix well. Serve topped with chicken.

Serve with a crisp tossed green salad.

Snow Pie with Raspberry Sauce

1 cup/250 mL water
1/2 cup/125 mL sugar
3 1/2 tbsp/50 mL vanilla pudding mix
3 egg whites, beaten until stiff
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Watkins Almond Extract
1 baked and cooled 9 inch/23 cm pastry pie shell
Whipped topping or whipped cream flavored with Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla

Boil one cup water and sugar until clear. Mix pudding mix with a little cold water; add to sugar syrup. Stir and cook until clear and bubbly. Immediately pour syrup in a thin stream into beaten egg whites and beat until stiff peaks form. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts. Pile into pie shell. Top with sauce (recipe below) and whipped topping; garnish as desired. Makes 8 servings.

Raspberry Sauce
1/3 cup/80 mL sugar
3 tbsp/45 mL vanilla pudding mix
3/4 cup/180 mL water
1 package (10 oz/283 g) frozen raspberries
A few drops of lemon juice

Combine all ingredients in medium saucepan. Cook and stir until mixture begins to boil and thicken. Chill until ready to use.

Have you seen a tiny chickadee or titmouse pecking at the shell of a peanut to get at the treat inside? It's takes a very determined bird with a very tiny beak! Sorry I didn't get a photo.

See the amazing photo winners of the Great Backyard Bird Count - Overall Category and photo winners for all categories

Visit my blog Chickadees, Juncos, and Jays Oh My! to see my newest backyard visitors!

I did have a pleasant surprise yesterday! I saw six Chestnut-Backed Chickadees at my feeders all at once! I put up bird houses (nesting boxes) in my back yard and they may have helped to increase the local chickadee population. Oak Titmice, California Towhees, Mourning Doves, White-Breasted Nuthatches, House Finches, Western Scrub Jays, Stellar's Jays, Goldfinches, and Anna's Hummingbirds continue to visit but in lesser numbers.

Two California Quail visited our backyard stopping to sun themselves on an azalea planter. The darker-headed one is the male quail and the lighter-colored one is the female.

Visit my bird watching blog Chickadees, Juncos, and Jays Oh My!. See live birds at the Project FeederWatch live bird cam located in Colorado. Join Project FeederWatch and feed and count your backyard birds. Bird watching is a fun and educational family activity.

eNature’s Bird Call Challenge will test your knowledge of your local birds or those of any other zip code you choose. And you can choose to quiz yourself on just songbirds or every species of bird in the area. Click here to take the Bird Call Challenge to test your knowledge!

I found this web site with an amazing photo essay of The Birth of Two Hummingbirds

Visit Project FeederWatch for more information and to find out how you can become a citizen scientist and count the birds you your own backyard!

Find out more about this year's Backyard Bird Count at www.birdcount.org.

Top 25 bird lists by state and region for the 2008-2009 season are now online.
View lists of the most common feeder birds in each state or province.

Map of FeederWatch Count Sites

rightbird.com
for information about familiar and unfamiliar birds. Instantly see illustrations of birds that match the attributes you select. The more characteristics you know, the narrower the search is for the "right bird." Includes audible bird call samples.

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Nestled in the Mississippi River Bluff town of Winona, MN., Watkins has been America’s pioneer in natural living since 1868. As America’s original natural apothecary manufacturer, Watkins uses only the finest natural ingredients in its diverse lines of personal care, home care, remedies and organic flavorings.

Committed to being America’s most trusted natural products company, Watkins adheres strictly to the same quality standards set forth by its founder J.R. Watkins. Its J.R. Watkins Natural Apothecary line of personal care contains only natural, environmentally friendly ingredients from renewable resources, avoiding chemicals like parabens, sulfates, phthalates and more and is one of very few lines to be certified by the Natural Products Association.

Responsible manufacturing processes are as important as its commitment to providing natural, consumable items for everyday life. By utilizing gravity- fed filling, biodegradable packing materials, as well as strict recycling programs and much more, Watkins is devoted to leaving the smallest environmental footprint possible.

DID YOU KNOW THAT WATKINS:

• Offered the first known money-back guarantee?
  
• Had two leaders presented in Success Magazines We Create Millionaires article on MLM?
  
• Is 143 years old?
  
• Was rated as one of 5 Hot Home Based Companies in Executive Female Magazine?
  
• Was listed in the A list of Top Network Marketing Companies in Downline News Magazine?

If anything in this newsletter has added a little spice to your life tell me about it. If you have any other helpful hints for using spices and herbs, share them with our readers. Email me at: eleisiawhitney@watkinsonline.com

Hope to see you next month!
Eleisia Whitney
Independent Watkins Associate, ID# 335001
23 Oak Ridge Lane
Danville, CA 94506

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Around the Kitchen Table

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