http://eatlikebubba.blogspot.com/2009/09/chicken-bone-broth-nourishing.html
1 whole free-range chicken or 2 to 3 pounds of bony chicken parts, such as necks, backs, breastbones and wings*
gizzards from one chicken (optional)
2-4 chicken feet (optional)
4 quarts cold filtered water
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
2 carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped
3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped
1 bunch parsley
*Note: Farm-raised, free-range chickens give the best results. Many battery-raised chickens will not produce stock that gels.
If you are using a whole chicken, cut off the wings and remove the neck, fat glands and the gizzards from the cavity. Cut chicken parts into several pieces. (If you are using a whole chicken, remove the neck and wings and cut them into several pieces.) Place chicken or chicken pieces in a large stainless steel pot with water, vinegar and all vegetables except parsley. Let stand 30 minutes to 1 hour. Bring to a boil, and remove scum that rises to the top. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 2-3 hours. Remove the chicken and pull the meat off to save for another use. Return the bones, skin, etc. back into the pot and simmer for another 10 to 22 hours. The longer you cook the stock, the richer and more flavorful it will be. Don't cook longer than 24 hours or it can become bitter. About 10 minutes before finishing the stock, add parsley. This will impart additional mineral ions to the broth.
Remove whole chicken or pieces with a slotted spoon. If you are using a whole chicken, let cool and remove chicken meat from the carcass. Reserve for other uses, such as chicken salads, enchiladas, sandwiches or curries. Strain the stock into a large bowl and reserve in your refrigerator until the fat rises to the top and congeals. Skim off this fat and reserve the stock in covered containers in your refrigerator or freezer.
This is a very nutritious broth. The key is to not add too much water. Several chickens can fit in my large stock pot to make a huge batch at one time. This broth freezes well.
Love Always,
Mommy
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Mrs. Mastin's Chicken Broth
Mrs. Rebecca Mastin
http://thehappyhousewife.com/cooking/whole-chicken-in-a-crock-pot/
whole chickens
spices
First unwrap the chicken, remove the bag of innards from the cavity and give the chicken a quick rinse. After rinsing the chicken place in a crock pot that has been sprayed with non-stick. You do not need to put any liquid in the pot, just the chicken. Then sprinkle your favorite spices on the chicken. I usually sprinkle garlic and paprika. Place the lid on the crock pot, set on low, and walk away for about 7 hours. 7 hours later you will have a beautiful cooked chicken ready to serve for dinner. If you do not want to serve the chicken for dinner, allow the chicken to cool and then remove the meat from the bones. You can use the meat like you would any other cooked chicken, in casseroles, chicken salad, chicken pot pie, pastas, soup, etc.
Once you have removed all the meat from the bones, put the bones back in the crock pot and add about five cups of water. I also put the skin back in the crock pot.
http://thehappyhousewife.com/cooking/whole-chicken-in-a-crock-pot/
whole chickens
spices
First unwrap the chicken, remove the bag of innards from the cavity and give the chicken a quick rinse. After rinsing the chicken place in a crock pot that has been sprayed with non-stick. You do not need to put any liquid in the pot, just the chicken. Then sprinkle your favorite spices on the chicken. I usually sprinkle garlic and paprika. Place the lid on the crock pot, set on low, and walk away for about 7 hours. 7 hours later you will have a beautiful cooked chicken ready to serve for dinner. If you do not want to serve the chicken for dinner, allow the chicken to cool and then remove the meat from the bones. You can use the meat like you would any other cooked chicken, in casseroles, chicken salad, chicken pot pie, pastas, soup, etc.
Once you have removed all the meat from the bones, put the bones back in the crock pot and add about five cups of water. I also put the skin back in the crock pot.
Remove the chicken from the crock pot, cut and serve. Do not throw away the liquid in the crock pot.
Set the crock pot on the low setting and cover. Let it cook overnight. In the morning you will have a crock pot full of bones and chicken broth, and your house will smell like Boston Market for the next day or two. Strain out the bones- yummy broth!
Mommy has been making broth for years but this is incredible! Mrs. Mastin gave us some "chicken juice" (as Mr. Mastin calls it) that was incredible. This is the recipe she used. We used this for soup and added it to the rice in the rice cooker. It was amazing! Thank you for sharing Mrs. Mastin! Yum!
Love Always,
Mommy
Making Meal Time Easier
Mommy
Anything you can do before the dinner hour will make your meal prep time so much easier.
The biggest time and money saving thing you can do is to make a meal plan. I read a great eBook by Angela Coffman that taught me so much about meal planning. She suggested making a Master Meal Plan. I chose to make 2 full months. Now, at the beginning of each month I can just take my master plan and plug in the weeks I want. While I make my meal plan I also have my grocery list by my side. I put the items I need to buy for the meals on the grocery list and I make a separate list of items I need to check and see if we need them on the grocery list. When I am done planning, I go to the pantry and freezer to check and add to the grocery list as needed.
One of the best things I have done for grocery shopping is to make a master grocery list and arrange it by isle in the grocery store. This takes a fair amount of work upfront but it makes shopping so much faster! I print the list out and keep it on the fridge. When I need to add something to the list I just grab the highlighter and mark what I need.
Making dinner in the morning so it can just be put in the oven at dinner time or using the slow cooker are awesome ways to minimize the "dinner time craziness".
Love Always,
Mommy
Anything you can do before the dinner hour will make your meal prep time so much easier.
The biggest time and money saving thing you can do is to make a meal plan. I read a great eBook by Angela Coffman that taught me so much about meal planning. She suggested making a Master Meal Plan. I chose to make 2 full months. Now, at the beginning of each month I can just take my master plan and plug in the weeks I want. While I make my meal plan I also have my grocery list by my side. I put the items I need to buy for the meals on the grocery list and I make a separate list of items I need to check and see if we need them on the grocery list. When I am done planning, I go to the pantry and freezer to check and add to the grocery list as needed.
One of the best things I have done for grocery shopping is to make a master grocery list and arrange it by isle in the grocery store. This takes a fair amount of work upfront but it makes shopping so much faster! I print the list out and keep it on the fridge. When I need to add something to the list I just grab the highlighter and mark what I need.
Making dinner in the morning so it can just be put in the oven at dinner time or using the slow cooker are awesome ways to minimize the "dinner time craziness".
Love Always,
Mommy
Cloth Diapers
Mommy
Mommy used disposable diapers on Hannah but we moved to cloth diapers with Daniel. We started out with some prefolds and then moved to some fancy fitted diapers with snaps. The fitted diapers were expensive but we thought it would be worth it as there were no pins involved and they were very easy to use.
When Mommy was pregnant with Joshua, we pulled out all our cloth diapers in preparation for getting ready for the baby. Mommy's heart sank when I realized that every last one of the expensive fitted diapers were unusable. The elastic had deteriorated and the diapers had to be thrown away. We spent at least as much on those fancy diapers as we would have on disposables.
We purchased more diaper pins and prefolds. We have used those on Joshua, Ezra, and Jonathan. Now that's some savings!! :) On trips or when the baby has a bad diaper rash I will still use disposables but we have save so much money by using cloth diapers.
At some point we did realize that Ezra was not doing well with the cloth diapers as he continued to get a rash that we couldn't get rid of. We moved him to disposables and he was fine. I was never able to pinpoint what was causing the issue. If that happened now, I think I would investigate further to see if I could find out what the problem was. I was strip the diapers and maybe try a different detergent.
Anyway you can save money will be a huge blessing for you family. Sometimes there will be a little extra work involved but work never hurt anyone! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Mommy used disposable diapers on Hannah but we moved to cloth diapers with Daniel. We started out with some prefolds and then moved to some fancy fitted diapers with snaps. The fitted diapers were expensive but we thought it would be worth it as there were no pins involved and they were very easy to use.
When Mommy was pregnant with Joshua, we pulled out all our cloth diapers in preparation for getting ready for the baby. Mommy's heart sank when I realized that every last one of the expensive fitted diapers were unusable. The elastic had deteriorated and the diapers had to be thrown away. We spent at least as much on those fancy diapers as we would have on disposables.
We purchased more diaper pins and prefolds. We have used those on Joshua, Ezra, and Jonathan. Now that's some savings!! :) On trips or when the baby has a bad diaper rash I will still use disposables but we have save so much money by using cloth diapers.
At some point we did realize that Ezra was not doing well with the cloth diapers as he continued to get a rash that we couldn't get rid of. We moved him to disposables and he was fine. I was never able to pinpoint what was causing the issue. If that happened now, I think I would investigate further to see if I could find out what the problem was. I was strip the diapers and maybe try a different detergent.
Anyway you can save money will be a huge blessing for you family. Sometimes there will be a little extra work involved but work never hurt anyone! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Baby Food Hints
Mommy
Commercial baby food is incredibly expensive and frequently includes additives that are not healthy for a baby.
Babies at least 6 months old can start with mashed ripe banana, avocado, egg yolk (not the whites), or applesauce. When babies are 10 months old you can start them on raw cow's milk and yogurt.
You can prepare the baby food in bigger batches and then freeze it in ice cubes trays. Pop the cubes out and store them in labeled ziplock bags in the freezer. Put them into the refrigerator to defrost.
Babies are such a blessing and a joy! It is our prayer that the Lord will bless you with many babies in your family! Take a good hard look at what the "norm" is for raising babies and ask yourself if what is typically done really makes sense. The Lord will give you wisdom as seek Him for how to raise your babies and children for His glory!
Love Always,
Mommy
Commercial baby food is incredibly expensive and frequently includes additives that are not healthy for a baby.
Babies at least 6 months old can start with mashed ripe banana, avocado, egg yolk (not the whites), or applesauce. When babies are 10 months old you can start them on raw cow's milk and yogurt.
You can prepare the baby food in bigger batches and then freeze it in ice cubes trays. Pop the cubes out and store them in labeled ziplock bags in the freezer. Put them into the refrigerator to defrost.
Babies are such a blessing and a joy! It is our prayer that the Lord will bless you with many babies in your family! Take a good hard look at what the "norm" is for raising babies and ask yourself if what is typically done really makes sense. The Lord will give you wisdom as seek Him for how to raise your babies and children for His glory!
Love Always,
Mommy
Separating Eggs
Mr. Fred Weldon forwarded a video to me
Plastic water bottle
Eggs
To separate the egg white from the yolk, crack the egg into a shallow bowl. Turn the empty water bottle upside down and gentle squeeze the bottle. Place the opening of the bottle on the yolk and slowly release the bottle. It will suck the egg yolk up into the bottle and leave the egg white behind.
You children and I watch a video of this being done. The video was in Chinese, but we got the gist of it anyway. We just had to try it. It worked so well! I was amazed! This is an incredible quick and fun way to separate egg whites and yolks! You guys kept saying, "Watch that again! Do that again!". :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Plastic water bottle
Eggs
To separate the egg white from the yolk, crack the egg into a shallow bowl. Turn the empty water bottle upside down and gentle squeeze the bottle. Place the opening of the bottle on the yolk and slowly release the bottle. It will suck the egg yolk up into the bottle and leave the egg white behind.
You children and I watch a video of this being done. The video was in Chinese, but we got the gist of it anyway. We just had to try it. It worked so well! I was amazed! This is an incredible quick and fun way to separate egg whites and yolks! You guys kept saying, "Watch that again! Do that again!". :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Left Over Soup
Mommy
Left over veggies
broth
spices
Collect leftover vegetables and meat in an air tight container in the freezer until you have enough to add to the soup. Consider adding spaghetti sauce, canned tomatoes, cubed potatoes, cooked rice, cooked noodles, beans, etc. to change it up. Thyme, marjoram, basil, and rosemary are great spices to add.
Bring chicken or beef broth to a boil. Add left overs and spices. Heat until veggies are hot.
This is a great way to not waste those last small servings of vegetables. The soup doesn't ever taste exactly the same but it's always good. Add some warm homemade bread and you will have full and satisfied tummies!
Love Always,
Mommy
Left over veggies
broth
spices
Collect leftover vegetables and meat in an air tight container in the freezer until you have enough to add to the soup. Consider adding spaghetti sauce, canned tomatoes, cubed potatoes, cooked rice, cooked noodles, beans, etc. to change it up. Thyme, marjoram, basil, and rosemary are great spices to add.
Bring chicken or beef broth to a boil. Add left overs and spices. Heat until veggies are hot.
This is a great way to not waste those last small servings of vegetables. The soup doesn't ever taste exactly the same but it's always good. Add some warm homemade bread and you will have full and satisfied tummies!
Love Always,
Mommy
Twice Baked Potatoes
Mommy
Baked potatoes, cold
butter, melted
milk
cheese, shredded
bacon bits
Cut the cold baked potatoes in half length-wise. Scoop out the potato being careful to leave some potato and skin left to form a "shell". The potatoes will scoop much easier if they are cold. Combine the potato, butter and milk in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer until thick but smooth. (This will blend together easier if you warm up the cold potatoes.) Add the cheese and bacon bits. Place the potato shells on a baking sheet and spoon the mixture back into the potato shells. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes or until hot. Sprinkle with additional cheese.
Twice Baked Potatoes is such wonderful meal. Add a salad or veggie and you have a great dinner. This is another meal that is easy to prepare in the morning and just put back in the refrigerator until it's time to cook it for dinner. I love meals that can be made in the morning!
Love Always,
Mommy
Baked potatoes, cold
butter, melted
milk
cheese, shredded
bacon bits
Cut the cold baked potatoes in half length-wise. Scoop out the potato being careful to leave some potato and skin left to form a "shell". The potatoes will scoop much easier if they are cold. Combine the potato, butter and milk in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer until thick but smooth. (This will blend together easier if you warm up the cold potatoes.) Add the cheese and bacon bits. Place the potato shells on a baking sheet and spoon the mixture back into the potato shells. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes or until hot. Sprinkle with additional cheese.
Twice Baked Potatoes is such wonderful meal. Add a salad or veggie and you have a great dinner. This is another meal that is easy to prepare in the morning and just put back in the refrigerator until it's time to cook it for dinner. I love meals that can be made in the morning!
Love Always,
Mommy
Cheese Hint
Mommy
Shredding your own cheese is so much cheaper than buying pre-shredded cheese. We can buy a 2.5 lb block of high quality Tilamok Cheddar Cheese at Costco or Sams and shred it in the food processor. Our cost comes out to half of what we would spend per cup on already shredded cheese.
Joshua is allergic to so many things but we discovered that he can eat Tilamok cheese. This was a fantastic discovery! It was due to the fact that Joshua could eat this cheese but not others that Mommy really took a hard look at the cost of shredding a block of cheese instead of buying already shredded cheese. Joshua's allergies have been a blessing in so many ways! The Lord has really used his dietary limitations to teach Mommy so much about healthy foods and has helped our family learn a tremendous amount about working around obstacles. I praise the Lord for the way He has made Joshua and for giving us the wisdom we need to help Joshua be healthy and comfortable.
Shredding your own cheese is so much cheaper than buying pre-shredded cheese. We can buy a 2.5 lb block of high quality Tilamok Cheddar Cheese at Costco or Sams and shred it in the food processor. Our cost comes out to half of what we would spend per cup on already shredded cheese.
Joshua is allergic to so many things but we discovered that he can eat Tilamok cheese. This was a fantastic discovery! It was due to the fact that Joshua could eat this cheese but not others that Mommy really took a hard look at the cost of shredding a block of cheese instead of buying already shredded cheese. Joshua's allergies have been a blessing in so many ways! The Lord has really used his dietary limitations to teach Mommy so much about healthy foods and has helped our family learn a tremendous amount about working around obstacles. I praise the Lord for the way He has made Joshua and for giving us the wisdom we need to help Joshua be healthy and comfortable.
Left Overs Hints
Mommy
The Wilkes Team showed us an easy way to warm up left over rice or noodles and it works great for warming up food for Joshua. Boil some water and add the cold rice or noodles to the water. It only takes a minute or two once the water boils to get the food hot again.
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Have a air tight container in the freezer to add the small amounts of left over vegetables, meat, etc. from meals. Keep adding to the container until it is full. Have another container to collect left over sauces. Make Left Over Soup by adding the frozen leftovers to broth. See recipe ideas in the soup section.
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Don't toss left over baked potatoes! Peel and shred them for hash browns, cube cold potatoes and freeze them to add to soup later, or make twice baked potatoes!
Don't toss those leftovers! If they don't get fed to the chickens there are lots of ways to use them for the next meal! :) It's easy to be wasteful but you can save money on the grocery bill with just a little planning of how to use those leftovers!
Love Always,
Mommy
The Wilkes Team showed us an easy way to warm up left over rice or noodles and it works great for warming up food for Joshua. Boil some water and add the cold rice or noodles to the water. It only takes a minute or two once the water boils to get the food hot again.
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Have a air tight container in the freezer to add the small amounts of left over vegetables, meat, etc. from meals. Keep adding to the container until it is full. Have another container to collect left over sauces. Make Left Over Soup by adding the frozen leftovers to broth. See recipe ideas in the soup section.
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Don't toss left over baked potatoes! Peel and shred them for hash browns, cube cold potatoes and freeze them to add to soup later, or make twice baked potatoes!
Don't toss those leftovers! If they don't get fed to the chickens there are lots of ways to use them for the next meal! :) It's easy to be wasteful but you can save money on the grocery bill with just a little planning of how to use those leftovers!
Love Always,
Mommy
Mrs. Wuench's Salad Dressing
Mrs. Wuench
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Alessi Balsamic Vinegar
Pour olive oil over lettuce. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse kosher salt. Lightly pour on some balsamic vinegar.
We used to attend Dallas Reformed Baptist Church with the Wuench family. We knew them from a previous church we both attended when we first moved to Texas. They are a sweet family. Mrs. Wuench was the "go to" person for salad anytime we needed a salad for a meal. Several of us ladies were finally able to watch and figure out how she did this. It isn't hard, we just didn't have the correct ingredients! This recipe just does not taste the same if you use a brand other than the Alessi Balsamic Vinegar. This is a simple but delicious dressing for our salad and it is one of Hannah's all time favorites. It tastes great on baby spinach or lettuce.
Love Always,
Mommy
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Alessi Balsamic Vinegar
Pour olive oil over lettuce. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse kosher salt. Lightly pour on some balsamic vinegar.
We used to attend Dallas Reformed Baptist Church with the Wuench family. We knew them from a previous church we both attended when we first moved to Texas. They are a sweet family. Mrs. Wuench was the "go to" person for salad anytime we needed a salad for a meal. Several of us ladies were finally able to watch and figure out how she did this. It isn't hard, we just didn't have the correct ingredients! This recipe just does not taste the same if you use a brand other than the Alessi Balsamic Vinegar. This is a simple but delicious dressing for our salad and it is one of Hannah's all time favorites. It tastes great on baby spinach or lettuce.
Love Always,
Mommy
Chicken Fried Steak and Gravy
Daddy taught Mommy and Mommy modified it slightly
Steak
Cubed steak
milk
salt
pepper
flour
grease
Pound cube steak thinner if desired. Soak cube steak in a baking dish with milk. Soak meat while getting the rest of the meal ready to cook.
Heat grease (palm shorting, lard, Crisco, etc.) in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Place a big pile of flour on some wax paper on the counter. Place one piece of meat in the pile. Salt and pepper the meat. Push the flour into the meat, flipping the meat over to coat both sides. Carefully lay meat in the hot oil. Cook in oil until meat is cooked through and both sides are browned. Try to avoid turning the meat too often as it will loosen the coating. Place cooked meat on a platter in a warmed over until all the meat is cooked.
Gravy
grease from cooked meat
flour
milk
salt
pepper
Scrap the bottom of the skillet to loosen browned on coating. Add flour, stirring well until a thick paste forms. Add a bowl full of milk (app. 4-5 C or so). Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir over medium heat until gravy thickens.
Fried Potatoes
Potatoes
grease
Peel and slice the potatoes. Fry them in the Fry Daddy until cooked.
The first time Daddy made this meal for Mommy I almost fell over! Not growing up in the south, I have never seen so much grease in one place at one time! But, it was one of the most amazing meals I had ever had. It quickly became apparent that my life with Daddy would require complete mastery of this recipe. :) I know the directions are a bit vague, but you will quickly get the hang of it as you make it with me. This is one of Daddy's all time favorite meals ever! Daddy tears up bread and pours gravy over the meat and bread. This is a very messy meal to make but if you clean as you go it isn't too bad and it makes Daddy so happy! I want you children to master this recipe as well. It's a Southerland tradition! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Steak
Cubed steak
milk
salt
pepper
flour
grease
Pound cube steak thinner if desired. Soak cube steak in a baking dish with milk. Soak meat while getting the rest of the meal ready to cook.
Heat grease (palm shorting, lard, Crisco, etc.) in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Place a big pile of flour on some wax paper on the counter. Place one piece of meat in the pile. Salt and pepper the meat. Push the flour into the meat, flipping the meat over to coat both sides. Carefully lay meat in the hot oil. Cook in oil until meat is cooked through and both sides are browned. Try to avoid turning the meat too often as it will loosen the coating. Place cooked meat on a platter in a warmed over until all the meat is cooked.
Gravy
grease from cooked meat
flour
milk
salt
pepper
Scrap the bottom of the skillet to loosen browned on coating. Add flour, stirring well until a thick paste forms. Add a bowl full of milk (app. 4-5 C or so). Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir over medium heat until gravy thickens.
Fried Potatoes
Potatoes
grease
Peel and slice the potatoes. Fry them in the Fry Daddy until cooked.
The first time Daddy made this meal for Mommy I almost fell over! Not growing up in the south, I have never seen so much grease in one place at one time! But, it was one of the most amazing meals I had ever had. It quickly became apparent that my life with Daddy would require complete mastery of this recipe. :) I know the directions are a bit vague, but you will quickly get the hang of it as you make it with me. This is one of Daddy's all time favorite meals ever! Daddy tears up bread and pours gravy over the meat and bread. This is a very messy meal to make but if you clean as you go it isn't too bad and it makes Daddy so happy! I want you children to master this recipe as well. It's a Southerland tradition! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Lettuce Hints
Mommy
To core a head of iceberg lettuce, hold the lettuce with the core side down. Quickly and firmly whack the core on the counter top. This will break the core all the way around. Flip it over and remove the core.
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Wash lettuce right before using. Washing it ahead of time will cause it to spoil more quickly unless you can dry it. If preparing the lettuce ahead of time a paper towel in the bottom of the bowl will help absorb the excess water. Water will cause the lettuce to spoil.
Salads are so versatile. You children and I really like to have salad for lunch. There are many easy and tasty salad dressings that you can make at home. So, eat more salad! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
To core a head of iceberg lettuce, hold the lettuce with the core side down. Quickly and firmly whack the core on the counter top. This will break the core all the way around. Flip it over and remove the core.
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Wash lettuce right before using. Washing it ahead of time will cause it to spoil more quickly unless you can dry it. If preparing the lettuce ahead of time a paper towel in the bottom of the bowl will help absorb the excess water. Water will cause the lettuce to spoil.
Salads are so versatile. You children and I really like to have salad for lunch. There are many easy and tasty salad dressings that you can make at home. So, eat more salad! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Monday, October 1, 2012
Kitchen Management Hints
When preparing food, it's best to start with clean kitchen and an empty dishwasher. It makes clean up so much easier and quicker!
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Pull all ingredients out for a recipe. As you use the ingredient, put it away before adding the next ingredient in the recipe. Papa taught me to always “clean as you go”. This makes clean up and snap and it also helps forgetting to add an ingredient to your recipe as you can see at a glance which ingredients are still on the counter.
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The MOMYS taught me this one. When adding multiple scopes of an ingredient, put the ingredients in the bowl in a clockwise direction with one scoop per pile. If you are interrupted while cooking you can count the piles to see where you were before the interruption. :)
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Use Sign Language counting on fingers while scooping flour, wheat berries, etc. so you don't lose your place in a recipe due to interruptions.
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FlyLady taught me to soak baked dishes for 5-10 minutes in hot water and then wash them. Leaving them overnight does not make it easier. The water still needs to be warm when you wash them for the best benefit. I was very amazed when I tested this out and found out she was correct!
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Grandma Durst taught me to lay a paper towel soaked in water over food cooked onto the stovetop. Let is soak for awhile and you will be able to come back and wipe the food right off. Just don't leave it so long that the paper towel dries on the stove. :)
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It is cheaper to run dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer at night to save money. You can check with the electric company to find out when the energy is the cheapest. The dryer is a huge electricity puller. Running that at the cheap times will make a big difference in your electric bill. Better yet, install a clothes line and dry the clothes in the sunshine. ;)
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Baking soda and lemon juice will shine up stainless steel. Make a paste with baking soda and lemon juice. Spread the paste all over the surface to be cleaned. Allow it to set for a few minutes. Use hot water to scrub and rinse well. This works great to shine the sink. I love a shiny sink!!!
GOOT
Sheri Graham
3 TB coconut oil
3 TB olive oil
3 TB fresh chopped garlic
3 TB coconut oil
3 TB olive oil
3 TB fresh chopped garlic
GOOT Garlic Oil Treatment
Anti-infective/Anti-fungal/Anti-parasites
MAKING GOOT
Warm coconut oil over stove until melted and add olive oil. Remove from heat and add fresh chopped garlic. Blend at slow speed, then at high speed for two minutes. Use a blender or coffee grinder. Pour mixture through a screen to remove chunks of garlic that the blender may have missed. Pour into a wide mouth jar and label it “GOOT.” Place in a refrigerator.
Freshly made, the mixture is a milky color and runny. GOOT turns into a thick soft paste after one hour. After being in the fridge for several hours, it is just hard like a salve easy to spread.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
GOOT, rubbed into the skin, transfers raw garlic oil directly into the blood stream.
GOOT, rubbed into the skin, transfers raw garlic oil directly into the blood stream.
Apply on the feet of children or infants to fight infections. Rub on chest for chest colds, pneumonia or rub into nostrils for sinus infections. Place on cotton swab for ear infections. Apply directly to sores inside the mouth. Rub on Athlete’s foot or genital area for jock itch. Insert GOOT into affected area for yeast or other related infections. Apply on rashes any place. GOOT kills Candida, parasites, bad bacteria and virus by direct application. Also can be applied on bug bites.
In addition, it treats systemic infections by absorption through the skin into the blood supply and travels throughout the body. After two weeks, make a new batch of GOOT.
Garlic is an amazing powerhouse created for our use by our loving Creator! This works well on the bottoms of the feet before bedtime. Cover the feet with socks to keep it from getting all over the sheets. Learn how to use this amazing gift from the Lord!
Love Always,
Mommy
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Chewy No-Bake Granola Bars
Money Saving Mom
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 ½ cups Rice Krispies (if you want to make these healthier, you can use plain puffed rice cereal)
- 1 ¾ cups quick oats (regular rolled oats work too)
- ¼ cup wheat germ (or ground flax seed, wheat bran, or additional oats)
- ½ cup additional mix-in ingredients, optional (i.e. shredded coconut, chopped nuts, raisins or other dried fruit, sesame or sunflower seeds, etc.)
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup brown sugar (or sucanat)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS:
- Combine first 4 dry ingredients in a bowl.
- In a saucepan, mix the honey, brown sugar and salt. Over medium-low heat, stir until the mixture comes to a complete boil for 30-60 seconds.
- Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.
- Pour over the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Let cool for 15-20 minutes before mixing in the chocolate chips.
- Press into a greased 9×13 pan and let cool before cutting into bars.
These freeze well!!
Mommy made these for the first time tonight and they were so good! I used wheat germ and raw sunflower seeds as my options. Man, they are good! I can't wait for you children to try them (they weren't finished before you headed to bed). Daniel came in and said, "You aren't eating all those tonight are you? Oh, no, it's 10:00 and you couldn't eat a whole pan by yourself tonight!". You are right, Buddy. Don't worry. I'll save some for you!
Love Always,
Mommy
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Buttercream Frosting
1 lb (app 4 C) powdered sugar
1/2 C butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 TB milk
food coloring, optional
In a large bowl, beat together sugar, butter, vanilla and milk, until smooth. If necessary, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring. Stir to blend. Makes enough to fill and frost a 2 layer cake or 9x13 inch sheet cake or 2 dozen cupcakes.
This is the buttercream frosting recipe from the Wilton cake decorating class I took in Utah. It's a very yummy frosting and it works well for smoothing out and using to decorate.
Love Always,
Mommy
1/2 C butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 TB milk
food coloring, optional
In a large bowl, beat together sugar, butter, vanilla and milk, until smooth. If necessary, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring. Stir to blend. Makes enough to fill and frost a 2 layer cake or 9x13 inch sheet cake or 2 dozen cupcakes.
This is the buttercream frosting recipe from the Wilton cake decorating class I took in Utah. It's a very yummy frosting and it works well for smoothing out and using to decorate.
Love Always,
Mommy
Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 1/2 C powdered milk
2/3 C sugar
1/2 C boiling water
1 tsp vanilla
Using a blender, mix all the ingredients together.
In Turkey, Nette Mireles and I were trying to make something and we didn't have any condensed milk but we found this in one of her cookbooks. It worked great! I love having a good substitution for items in my pantry.
Love Always,
Mommy
2/3 C sugar
1/2 C boiling water
1 tsp vanilla
Using a blender, mix all the ingredients together.
In Turkey, Nette Mireles and I were trying to make something and we didn't have any condensed milk but we found this in one of her cookbooks. It worked great! I love having a good substitution for items in my pantry.
Love Always,
Mommy
Chocolatey Raspberry Crumb Bars
1 C butter
2 C all-purpose flour
1/2 C packed light brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 C (12oz) chocolate chips
1 1/4 C (14oz) condensed milk
1/3 C seedless raspberry jam
1/2 C chopped nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9x13 inch pan. Beat butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in flour, sugar and salt until crumbly. With floured fingers, press 1 3/4C crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan; reserve remaining mixture. Bake for 10-12 mins or until edges are golden brown. Combine 1C choc. chips and condensed milk in small, heavy-duty saucepan. Warm over low heat, stirring until smooth. Spread over hot crust. Stir nuts into reserve crumb mixture; sprinkle over chocolate filling. Drop teaspoonfuls of raspberry jam over crumb mixture. Sprinkle with remaining choc. chips. Bake for 25-35 mins or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 3 dozen bars.
Have no idea where this yummy recipe comes from but these are amazing bars! Just make sure and use seedless raspberry jam! Chocolate and raspberry- one of Mommy's all time favorite combinations. So delicious! Yum!
Love Always,
Mommy
2 C all-purpose flour
1/2 C packed light brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 C (12oz) chocolate chips
1 1/4 C (14oz) condensed milk
1/3 C seedless raspberry jam
1/2 C chopped nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9x13 inch pan. Beat butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in flour, sugar and salt until crumbly. With floured fingers, press 1 3/4C crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan; reserve remaining mixture. Bake for 10-12 mins or until edges are golden brown. Combine 1C choc. chips and condensed milk in small, heavy-duty saucepan. Warm over low heat, stirring until smooth. Spread over hot crust. Stir nuts into reserve crumb mixture; sprinkle over chocolate filling. Drop teaspoonfuls of raspberry jam over crumb mixture. Sprinkle with remaining choc. chips. Bake for 25-35 mins or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 3 dozen bars.
Have no idea where this yummy recipe comes from but these are amazing bars! Just make sure and use seedless raspberry jam! Chocolate and raspberry- one of Mommy's all time favorite combinations. So delicious! Yum!
Love Always,
Mommy
Daniel's Birthday "Cook"
A.K.A. McCormick's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
From McCormick's
3 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/3 C butter, softened
1 1/4 C sugar
1 C brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
4 tsp pure vanilla extract
12 oz (2 C) choc. chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla until creamy. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Stir in choc. chips. Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 mins or until bottoms are browned. Makes 5 dozen.
Variation: Bar Cookies
Grease 15x10 inch jelly roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 16-25 mins or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.
Daniel didn't want a cake for his birthday. He wanted a cookie. A big, huge cookie! So, we made these. Daniel has continued the tradition and still requests a birthday "cook", cinnamon rolls, or chocolate pie for his birthday. I think he is caked out after all the birthdays and appreciates something different. These are very good and they come together quickly since you can cook all the cookie dough at one time instead of waiting on multiple batches of cookies.
Love Always,
Mommy
From McCormick's
3 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/3 C butter, softened
1 1/4 C sugar
1 C brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
4 tsp pure vanilla extract
12 oz (2 C) choc. chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla until creamy. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Stir in choc. chips. Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 mins or until bottoms are browned. Makes 5 dozen.
Variation: Bar Cookies
Grease 15x10 inch jelly roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 16-25 mins or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.
Daniel didn't want a cake for his birthday. He wanted a cookie. A big, huge cookie! So, we made these. Daniel has continued the tradition and still requests a birthday "cook", cinnamon rolls, or chocolate pie for his birthday. I think he is caked out after all the birthdays and appreciates something different. These are very good and they come together quickly since you can cook all the cookie dough at one time instead of waiting on multiple batches of cookies.
Love Always,
Mommy
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