4 Good Ways To Celebrate Independence Day!

by Pocatello Electric

Celebrate with friends!

Pack a lunch, your joy and bring a couple of friends to a place where you all feel free and love for the sake of the peace that it gives you inside.

Make a patriotic picnic with your family!

Prepare sandwiches, veggies, chips, dips and all the things you like. Add a touch of America to it; make little American flags on toothpicks for the cupcakes, give your sandwiches American President names to distinguish them, buy some American flag napkins, etc. Ask your children to give a hand, they will love it! Then find a green place to eat and have fun together.

Decorate your home originally with the American flag!

If you receive guests for this special day and want to add a touch of America in your home, there are a couple of things you can do to be in tune with the theme of the day: Paint Mason jars with the American colors and then use them to add flowers or candles to the table center; fix your utensils and napkins together with blue, white and red ribbons; make American flag place mats, etc.

Go to an Independence Day parade!

In most cities and/or states, there will be a big parade to celebrate the dedicated day of America. Go see your city’s website to know which activities or special events will be close to home and choose the one that seems the most interesting to you. Don’t miss the fireworks!

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Wooden Look In Your Kitchen

by Pocatello Electric

If you are one who does not like the look of stainless steel, glossy black or off-white appliances in your kitchen, we have a solution for you: custom panels! Wood panels are sleek and easy-care. You will certainly fall in love with these masters of camouflage!

Everything matches perfectly together; even the wine cooler has a wooden look!

I promise that it’s not a closet, it’s the refrigerator!

Mixing wood and metal is trendy this year!

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Summer Is Coming Soon: It's Time For Parties!

by Pocatello Electric

The sunrises are knocking at your windows.  It’s time to celebrate the return of the warmer season of the year with friends and family… it’s time for BBQ parties! Let us give you a plan for a perfect, delicious BBQ party that nobody’s stomach will ever forget:

Make your own BBQ sauce! Take a look at a delicious BBQ sauce recipes you can use for ANY meat you want!

Prep. Time: 5 mins / cook time 45 mins 

·         1 ½ cup ketchup

·         ⅓ cup Apple cider vinegar

·         ⅓ cup Soy sauce

·         ¼ cup Worcestershire

·         1 TBSP minced garlic

·         1 tsp dry mustard powder

·         2 TBSP yellow mustard

·         ½ tsp black pepper

·         ½ cup minced onion

·         ½ tsp garlic salt

·         2 tsp red pepper flake

1.    Simmer all ingredients for 45 minutes over low heat, stirring frequently.

2.    Strain chunks out, and refrigerate until ready to use. Flavor improves overnight.

Then, make two or three different salads with fresh ingredients like; avocado, strawberries, blueberries, spinach, apples, corn, pineapple, shrimp or whatever you like!

Try to grill something else than meat. Veggies have a pretty good taste after spending a few minutes on the grill!

Make a fresh homemade juice! Lemons and frozen fruits are excellent choices. For adults, add a punch of their favorite alcohol to personalize their drink!

Finish this delicious and pleasant meal with a fruity ice cream, and there you go!!! The perfect BBQ party is done!

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Enjoy The Fresh Taste Of Homemade Bread

by Pocatello Electric

Impress your guests with your own bread for Easter dinner! Here is an easy recipe of homemade bread with only 4 ingredients.

Ingredients

• 6 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour (and a little more for the work surface)
• 1/2 t. instant or active-dry yeast
• 2 1/2 t. salt
• 2 2/3 cups cool water

Directions

1. In a stand mixer or a large bowl, combine dried ingredients (flour, yeast and salt) and stir a little bit to make sure that everything is well mixed. Add the cool water and stir until all the ingredients are well incorporated; the dough should be wet and sticky.
2. Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap. Let the dough rest 12-18 hours at room temperature. When surface of the risen dough has slightly darkened, smells yeasty and is dotted with bubbles, it is ready.
3. Flour the work surface and place the dough on it. Sprinkle with a bit of flour. Fold the dough over on itself once or twice. Lightly flour your hands and tuck the dough underneath to form a rough ball.
4. Place a large rectangle of parchment paper on a cotton towel and dust it with flour to prevent the dough from sticking to it. Place the dough seam side down on the parchment paper and dust with a little more flour. Wrap the dough completely with the parchment paper corners and the towel as well. Let rise for about 2 hours (until it has doubled in size).
5. For about 20-25 minutes before the dough is ready to be cooked, preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Place a 6-8 quart heavy covered pot in the oven as it heats. When the dough has fully risen, carefully remove pot from the oven. Unwrap towel and parchment paper from around the dough, slide your hand under the bottom of the ball and flip it over into the pot. Shake the pot a little bit until the dough is well distributed.
6. Cover and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and continue baking for 12-15 more minutes (until the crust starts to turn brown). the internal temperature should be around 200 degrees (you can check this with a meat thermometer).
7. Carefully remove the bread from the pot and let it cool on a wire rack and then you can slice it!

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Tips To Optimize Your Laundry Room

by Pocatello Electric

 Shelves + laundry baskets: 
As good for clean clothing as for the dirty ones, multiple baskets are so useful in a laundry room. Sometimes, the only problem is space. A simple way to solve this dilemma is with shelves! Installing shelves is fast and easy. You can put them under the washer and dryer or on the sides if you have enough space. Then, identify each basket with how you want to separate your loads; blacks, whites, clean stuff, etc.

Clothes line across the room: 

When the sun is gone and rain is all over the city, an outside clothes line is not very useful. Solve the problem with an inside one! Under the machines or close to the window are perfect spots. This is an easy, economical and ecological way to dry clothes inside the house, without a dryer.

"Lost & found" board

Isn't it frustrating when you lose socks in the dryer and never see them again? A simple solution is to make a dating place for socks! Take a cork board, pins and a little space on the wall and there it is. To make sure everyone in the house understand this new tool, identify it with an original but clear name like Lost & Found; Clean, Single and looking for mate, etc. Be creative! 

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What To Do At The St. Patrick's Day?

by Pocatello Electric

If you would like to do something different for St. Patrick's Day and don't know what to do, here are three activities you can do with family and friends:

St. Patrick's Day Fun Run

On March 14, 2015 - Boise

Participate in a race of your choice 5k Run or 5 Mile Run - Start time: 10:00 am. 1 Mile Kilted Run and 1 Mile Kids Fun Run – Start time: 9:00 a.m.
There will be a contest for the 5 bests Leprechauns or Green Runners costumes. Bring your kids, your friends, and your family. Fun for everyone! 

Pocatello Shamrock Shuffle 

On March 14, 2015 - Pocatello

It’s another healthy way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. You can choose to run 5k or 10k.

The registration starts at 8:30 am for both races and start at 10:00 am. All benefits of this activity go to the Shriners Children's Hospital in SLC.

St. Patrick's Parade and Celebration

On March 14, 2015 - Twin Falls

The Parade begins at noon. It's an event for all ages and everyone will have tons of fun. It will also be the first Shamrock 'N Roll Bike event. Don't miss out!

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New Ways To Eat Pizza

by Pocatello Electric

We all fell in love with the great taste of pizza our first time we ate some, but we often feel guilty when eating this kind of food because it seems to be unhealthy. Don’t panic, there is a solution! Let's take a look at some healthier pizza ideas we found for you!

Portobello Pizza:

Ingredients: (4 servings)

• 4 diced tomatoes (medium sized)
• 4 Portobello mushrooms with stems removed (large sized)
• 2 chopped cloves of garlic
• 1 onion chopped in small pieces (medium sized)
• Fresh chopped basil leaves (to taste)
• Fresh chopped parsley (to taste)
• Grated parmesan cheese (to taste)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Fry the onion pieces in a pan with olive oil (medium fire). Stir until it's slightly brown, then reduce the fire to low.
3. Add the diced tomatoes and the garlic cloves in the pan. Stir until all the ingredients are soft. Add salt and pepper.
4. Add the basil leaves to the pan, stir and remove the pan from the fire.
5. Place the Portobello mushrooms on an oiled baking sheet, bottom side up, and add the ingredients into each mushroom.
6. Top with the grated parmesan cheese.
7. Put the mushroom into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. When time's up, remove the pizzas from the oven and sprinkle them with the fresh parsley.

Zucchini Pizza:


Ingredients: (4 servings)

• 1 tomato sauce can (medium sized)
• 2 zucchinis with pips removed (large sized)
• 1 red onion chopped in slices (medium sized)
• Mini tomatoes (try different colors)
• Green or black olives chopped in two pieces
• Grated cheese (to taste)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Place the zucchinis on an oiled baking sheet, cut side up, and add the ingredients, to taste, into each of them, starting by the sauce.
3. Add as much cheese as you like.
4. Put the garnished zucchinis into the oven and bake 8-10 minutes. Then, Bon appetite!

Eggplant Pizza:

Ingredients: (4 servings)

• 1 eggplant chopped in slices about 3/4 inch thick (large sized)
• 2 chopped cloves of garlic
• 2 cups of diced tomatoes
• 2 tbs of dried herbs (choose your favorite)
• 6 chopped fresh basil leaves
• Grated mozzarella cheese (to taste)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Place the sliced eggplant on paper towel to remove the water in it. The process takes approximately 30 minutes.
3. In a pan, start frying the garlic in olive oil at medium fire.
4. Add the tomato dices to the pan and add 1-2 tbs of water, then the sauce wont dry. Let it cook for 15 minutes and remove the sauce from the fire.
5. Place the eggplant slices on an oiled baking sheet, sprinkle a little bit of dried herbs and add the tomato sauce on each.
6. Roast the eggplant for about 20-25 minutes into the oven and remove them.
7. Add the fresh chopped basil and the cheese as much as you like.
8. Turn the oven to broil and put the eggplant pizzas into the oven and bake 5-6 minutes.
9. Enjoy this delicious meal!

 

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