Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Hot day
Today is going to be another hot, electric sucking day. I'm already wanting to turn on the air conditioners. The girls are wanting to play outdoors but it's just so hot and I'm worried about them getting heat sick. Del is too young to understand when she needs to come in and get a drink so I am constantly telling my oldest to push liquids on her.
Gotta do the dishes and cook the meals. Blah! I think I'm going to make cinnamon flop and black bean burgers today. Maybe some pasta salad if I can find a recipe I can make with what I have. I also need to roast the peppers and put them in the freezer. Slice/shred carrots for the freezer. Next week I will be using Make Dinner Easy I've been hesitant about using them before because my husband can be picky but I have decided he can just get over it. We need a schedule and this will help some. I just hope the recipes don't take forever to make or cost a fortune to make.
Saturday and Sunday will be easy nights or leftovers.
This doesn't include baking supplies, breakfast, lunch or snacks.
Breakfast:
pancakes
cereal
cinnamon flop
Lunches:
PB&J
hot dogs
mac N cheese/sliced carrots
TO DO LIST
Dishes
cinnamon flop
burgers
macaroni salad
peppers
carrots
Phoenix-school math, history ascend
Lily-reading eggs
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PUMPKIN APPLE STREUSEL MUFFINS
_*PUMPKIN APPLE STREUSEL MUFFINS*_
2-1/2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 c. canned pumpkin
1/2 c. vegetable oil
2 c. peeled, finely chopped apples
STREUSEL TOPPING:
2 tbsp. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 tsp. butter
In large bowl, combine first five ingredients. In medium bowl, combine
eggs, pumpkin and oil. Add
liquid ingredients to dry ingredients. Stir until just moistened. Stir
in apples. Spoon batter into
greased or paper lined muffins cups, filling 3/4 full. Sprinkle Streusel
Topping Over batter. Bake in
preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick comes
out clean. STREUSEL TOPPING:
In small bowl combine flour, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in 4
teaspoons butter, until mixture
is crumbly.
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*Ginny Butterfield
Cranberry Twp, PA
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Free Educational Materials
Teacher Created Resources
Brooke Eagerton
http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/FourthGradeMathNut
Lemonade Graphing
Voice Level Chart 0-4
Multiplication Array Flipchart
Aluminum Foil Boats Line Plot
Estimating Time Posters
Dollar Words
Addition and Multiplication Facts Card Game
Balancing Equations
Miss Nelsons Shop
http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/missnelsonattpt
Bee Labels
End the Year with a Bang
Mother's Day Packet
Getting to Know You Sheets
Common Core Corner
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Singular and Plural Nouns: 2nd Grade Common Core Sorting Activity
Complete Sentences: 2nd Grade Common Core Sorting Activity
Modals: Fourth Grade Common Core Sorting Activity
Compound Words: Build A Word 3rd Grade Common Core Sorting Activity
Compound Words: Build A Word 2nd Grade Common Core Activity
Determiners: 1st - 2nd Grade Common Core Sorting Activity
Comparatives and Superlatives Common Core Sorting Activity
Compound Words: Build A Word First Grade Common Core Activity
Cause and Effect: Why did that happen? Matching Activity
Possessive Nouns: Build a Phrase Activity
Contraction Surgery - Making Contractions
Room 319
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Star Student Bulletin Board --Get to know you activity
Nightly Reading Recording Sheet
Math -- Data Collection, Average, Fantasy Baseball, Center
Making Judgments, Assembling Opinions, Guiding Reading Handout
KWL Chart for All Subjects
Get To Know You Facebook Page - Back To School
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Buttermilk Pound Cake Recipe
Yield: Yield: 16-20 Servings
Prep Time: :10
Cook Time: :70
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
3 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
confectioners' sugar, optional
Directions:
Directions In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and
fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine flour and baking soda; add alternately with buttermilk and beat
well. Stir in vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted
tube pan. Bake at 325° for 70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near
the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing
to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if
desired. Yield: 16-20 servings.
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Caramel-Apple-Raisin Cake
Caramel-Apple-Raisin Cake
Enjoy this caramel glazed cake with apples and raisins in it that's
perfect for a dessert.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 teaspoons pumpkins pie spice
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup shortening
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 granny smith apples, peeled, chopped (about 2 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and lightly flour 13x9-inch pan. In medium
bowl, combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt; mix well.
2 In large bowl, combine sugar, shortening and vanilla; beat until light
and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to shortening mixture,
beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in apples and raisins.
Pour and spread batter into greased and floured pan.
3 Bake at 350°F. for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in
center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.
4 Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, combine brown sugar and cream. Bring to
a rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat;
stir in powdered sugar until smooth. Cool 5 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Pour glaze over cake; spread evenly. Cool 1 hour or until
completely cooled.
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Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Author: Stephanie Manley via CopyKat.com
Serves 4
1 pound chicken tenders
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
4 tablespoons olive oil - divided use
1/2 green bell pepper sliced thin
1/2 red bell pepper sliced thin
1/2 orange bell pepper sliced thin
1/2 medium sized red onion sliced thin
1 clove garlic sliced thin
1 pound pasta cooked according to package directions
3/4 cup white wine
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon Italian seasonings
Place flour, salt, and pepper into a shallow dish and mix well with a fork. Place milk in a shallow dish. Dredge chicken first in flour, then dip into milk, and then dredge again in the flour. Place breaded chicken on a wrack and allow to rest 10 minutes before cooking. While the chicken is resting, cut peppers, onions, and garlic.
Saute peppers, onions, and garlic in a large heavy bottomed skillet over medium heat with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Season peppers, onions, and garlic with a light spinkling of salt. Saute until peppers begin to brown. Remove from skillet.
Place remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in hot skillet. Place chicken in skillet. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes on each side until the chicken has browned on both sides. Remove chicken from pan. Deglaze the pan by adding white wine to the pan and add italian seasoning blend. Scrape the bottom with a spoon scrapping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Add heavy cream and mix well. Return cooked vegetables to the pan and stir. Add cooked pasta to the skillet. Plate the pasta and sauce, placing a few pieces of cooked chicken with each plate.
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Eggplant Lasagna
Eggplant Lasagna
From Country Living
Serves: 8
1 large green bell pepper
1 large red bell pepper
4 tablespoon(s) extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 teaspoon(s) dried thyme
3/4 teaspoon(s) oregano leaves
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
3 medium (1 pound each) eggplants, cut lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices
1 medium onion, chopped
5 clove (s) garlic, chopped, divided
5 cup(s) (about 36 ounces) store-bought marinara sauce
16 ounce(s) skim ricotta
1 1/3 ounce (s) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1/4 cup(s) chopped fresh parsley leaves
8 ounce (s) part-skim mozzarella, shredded
Heat broiler. Roast peppers on a baking sheet, turning occasionally, until blackened, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap for 10 minutes to steam and loosen skin. Scrape blackened skin from peppers, then seed. Slice into 2-by-1/4-inch strips and set aside.
Meanwhile, reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons olive oil with thyme, oregano, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Brush both sides of eggplant slices with oil mixture and place in single layers on 3 baking sheets. Bake, in batches if necessary, until lightly browned and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes per batch.
In a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat, cook onion and 4 garlic cloves with remaining oil until golden, about 8 minutes. Add marinara sauce, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together ricotta, Parmigiano-Reggiano, remaining garlic, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Spread about 1 1/4 cups marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish before assembling 3 layers. For first layer: Place one-third of eggplant slices over sauce. Dollop one-third of ricotta mixture over eggplant, then sprinkle on one-third of mozzarella. Drizzle with 1-1/4 cups sauce and add half the peppers. Repeat the same process, layering on eggplant, ricotta, mozzarella, sauce, and peppers. For third layer: Add remaining eggplant, ricotta, marinara sauce, and mozzarella. Bake lasagna until sauce is bubbling and mozzarella is melted and beginning to brown, 40 to 45 minutes.
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Shopping
Went shopping today and picked up some things.
I wanted to get a new printer but haven't found one that I like that isn't too expensive. I think I might get the Epson Stylus from BestBuy. The ink is cheap so it's not a bad deal.
Went to the Dollar Tree and picked up
2 drawing tablets
2 - 4 packs of watercolor paints
1 box of colored pencils
2 bags of meatballs (12 each bag)
2 bags of black bean burgers (4 each bag)
2 boxes of chicken crackers
1 package of chocolate covered graham crackers
1 package of animal cookies
1 can progresso recipe starters cooking sauce creamy roasted garlic
Then we headed to the Farmers Market
I picked up
2 small packages of pork sausage
1 boston butt roast (1.79#)
2 cans of green enchilada sauce
bag of 90 corn tortilla $2.50
roma tomatoes about 3# @ .89pp
10# bacon 19.99
Then went to Menard's and got a chainsaw.
Chris got a cheap electric one. I just hope it works. The man never listens to me!
Meals to make with item purchased-
Mac and Cheese Pot Pie
Black Bean Burgers and bake potato wedges
pulled pork sandwiches
pulled pork quesadillas
Chicken enchilada's
cheesy lemon pepper penne
cheese quesadillas
spaghetti and meatballs (dice up meatballs to make them stretch :)
meatball pizza
Sausage, Tomato Cream Sauce with Penne Pasta
Slumgullion
Biscuits and gravy
and much more!!!
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Ninja Master Pro
I finally got the Ninija that I wanted. There were so many various set ups but I went with the pro because basically it's two blenders and two food processors in one. You get two plastic blender containers. One is bigger than the other and two processor bowls. I used them this last week. I made cupcakes and cinnamon frosting. The cupcakes I made in the blender. I had to scrape down the sides of the blender a couple of times but it was fast and tons easier than getting out a bowl or using my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. Plus cleanup was super easy. Washed up in a couple of seconds. I just poured the cupcakes out of the blender. Normally I use a ice cream scoop to measure them all to be the same size but it worked out fine.
The cream cheese frosting for the cinnamon rolls whipped up in literally 2 seconds. I pushed the top and whirl whirl it was done. If I had done it in the Kitchen Aid it would have taken forever.
I'm still looking for things to use it for. I want to do onions and traditional food processor things but I just cut & bagged a bunch of onions and green peppers just last week.
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Saturday, February 09, 2013
Monday Menu Plan
1.Chicken Tetrazini/salad
2.Shepherds pie/mashed potatoes
3.Cabbage, sausage & potato bake/bread
4.Getto Mac
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=328261
5.sloppy joes/french fries
6.Skillet taco rice
http://www.food.com/recipe/beef-taco-rice-skillet-160564
7.Hot dogs with dog sauce
http://www.food.com/recipe/aiken-pool-hall-hot-dogs-102525/review
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Friday, February 08, 2013
Sweet & Sour Meatballs over Rice
Phoenix my 12 year old and I made Sweet & Sour Meatballs over rice using the recipe from here tonight. It was excellent and super easy to throw together. The only change we made was to use canned carrots. I flipped flopped back and forth between using a jarred sweet and sour sauce I already had up the cabinet and just doing the recipe. I am glad we decided to go with the recipe. It made more than enough and the jar wouldn't have gone very far.
I have been working with Phoenix on her home skills. She is doing dishes more often and cooking more often. This was perfect for her to do. It was simple enough for her to follow and complete without me hovering to much.
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Wednesday, February 06, 2013
My Weekly Aldi Trip 2/6/13
Here's what I picked up this week at Aldi----
- Navel oranges, $1.49 per 4-lb bag.
- Anjou pears, $1.99 per 2-lb bag.
- Clementines, $2.99 per 3-lb bag.
- Gala apples, $2.49 per 3-lb bag.
- Cantaloupe, $1.49 each.
- Pineapple, $1.99 each.
- Chef’s Cupboard beefy onion soup mix, $.99.
- Baker’s Corner honey or cajun cornbread mix, $1.29.
- Uncle Ben’s Country Inn rice, $.99.
- Reggano couscous, $1.49.
- Savoritz cornbread snack crackers, $1.29.
- Fit & Active yolk free noodles, $.99.
- Happy Harvest fire roasted diced tomatoes, $.89.
- 32 oz Breakfast Best pre-cooked sausage patties, $4.99.
- Aunt Maple’s 24 oz syrup, $1.69.
- Friendly Farms 32 oz half & half, $1.49.
- Peanut Delight natural creamy 16 oz PB, 18 oz creamy or crunchy PB, or Berryhill grape jelly & PB stripes 18 oz, $1.99.
- Brookdale luncheon meat (looks like SPAM), $1.59.
- Anchor Hocking 6 piece glass bowls with lids, $9.99.
- .Boulder flex odor control drawstring trash bags 34 ct, $3.99.
- Boulder 8 big roll ( = 10 regular roll) paper towels, $5.99.
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S'mores Pie
OK, so I made this pie yesterday and it was the biggest pain in my ass I have ever attempted to make. I started with the wrong fill filling and then once I realized it was the wrong kind I couldn't find a chocolate homemade replacement..So I just proceeded and hoped it would come out OK. I figured everything alone was good so even if it didn't set well we could just eat it anyways.
Then I tried to "spread" the marshmallow cream into the bottom of the crust. This just wasn't happening. It kept pulling up the crust. I had to wet my fingers to smooth it out. Then the same thing happened with the Nutella. I couldn't spread it at all. So I dumped it into the freezer. I thought if I could get the marshmallow cream solid maybe it wouldn't be so sticky! It work well enough but then I put the pudding in and it was just to watery. My girls ate it all so there was no waste but I will never make this pie again the way it is currently written.
I will be attempting to make this pie soon instead.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Tea
Refrigerator
1 gallon water
12 tea bags any kind works fine
Pour off about 1/2 cup water and slip tea bags into water.
Put into refrigerator over night. Add sugar or sugar substitute to taste.
crockpot
2 quarts water
6 tea bags
1/2 sugar or sugar substitute to taste
Cook on high two hours or until sugar is complete dissolved
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