Not weird at all!

Okay.  It didn't take me long to stray away from my Ayurveda experiment, but I had such fun making these that I couldn't resist sharing.  I put a lot of love and joy into these jars of lemon curd, and for some odd reason, just feel incredibly joyful looking at these tiny little jars.  I made one for each of the librarians that work in my department.  I'm a little late with my gift this year, because I was originally going to make mini loaves of cranberry orange bread, but after two batches came out poorly, I decided to ditch that idea.  Then I had an epiphany when I was looking through some Cooking Light issues and saw a recipe for lemon curd.  I have been dying to use up the baby food jars that I have been saving.  Even though I made a lot of A.J.'s food and bought a lot of Happy Baby organic frozen food, I still had at least 50 jars of food.  They were very convenient when Greg and I went out for dinner with A.J. or were otherwise out and about. 

It is super easy to make this recipe.  I don't think you could get it wrong, and it didn't take much time at all.  Even though the lemon curd will only last about a week in the fridge, you can freeze it and defrost it when needed.

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=524037

Once I put the lemon curd in jars, I made up a little card to attach to the lemon curd describing the healing properties of lemon.  I love to add tags like this to food gifts to let people know about the healing qualities of foods.  I believe in the power of people's thoughts and that when people know how their food heals their body it is more effective.  I deeply believe that food, especially that which is made with love, is the best medicine.

This is what the label says:

"In traditional medicine, the lemon is widely known for its healing powers and is used in many different ways. They contain unique flavonoid compounds that have antioxidant and anti-cancer properties.  Lemons are an excellent source of vitamin C, one of the most important antioxidants in nature.  The vitamin C in lemons helps reduce cholesterol and prevents heart disease. It is also helpful for those with rheumatism and arthritis, and many other ailments."

I will add the Word document that contains the label once I figure out how to do it in Blogger.