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Sunday, August 04, 2013
Have I done any good in the world today?
Friday, August 02, 2013
Chicken in a Biscuit
From Little Bitty Kitchen
She has pictures if you like a pictorial :)
INGREDIENTS
1 can refrigerator biscuits
1 C chicken breasts, cooked & cubed
1 C shredded cheddar cheese
1 Can cream of chicken soup
1 Can of milk (soup can size)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350. Warm soup & a can of milk on low. Take refrigerator biscuits, flatten and wrap a piece of chicken & shredded cheese in the biscuit, pinching it closed. Place in a greased 9x13 and pour soup over the biscuits. If you have leftover chicken pieces, place in the dish with the soup. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
Make it a great one!!
On the Web. . .
Preschool to 2nd Grade:
Circle Time – Teach Preschool gives 10 tips to having a successful circle time. I thought this was a great idea for children of multiple ages.
Mystery Letters – Structured Play shares a great game for helping children with letter recognition.
Sight Words – Hands on As We Grow has great tips and resources. This particular one is about Sight Words.
Shape Posters – Teachers Pay Teachers has a lot of FREE downloadable resources that teachers put together. Membership is free, although there is a lot of price oriented content.
Teaching Sight Words –Make Take Teach has phenomenal resources for small ‘groups’ aka FAMILIES!! :) This one is on teaching sight words.
Coloring Rice for projects – My Honey’s Place shares DIY projects, Recipes and AMAZING Information. :) This one is one coloring rice for projects.
- earlyreading.com- At this site there are three series to download (series 1, series 2, and series 3)
- progressivephonics.com- There are also three levels to download (beginner, intermediate, and advanced)
- freephoneticreaders.com- There are short vowel books and long vowel books. These have great illustrations you child can color.
- starfall.com- This is a popular program and all the readers are online, with animations. There are also worksheets you can download and print out for further practice
The Prairie Primer–This unit study curriculum based on all of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books is supposedly intended for grades 3-6, but can work for older or younger students as well. It is awesome!
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
3rd Grade to 5th Grade
Division Lapbook - Homeschool Share has resources for all kinds of educational things. This one is a Division Lapbook.
Teaching Adjectives – Write a ‘boring’ adjective (walk, cry, good, short, fun, little, fast) on the bottom of a paint strip. Have the child/children look up the word in a thesaurus (if they need too) and write more colorful adjectives above their word. (got this idea off of Pinterest)
War Math Card Game – Another Teachers pay Teachers resource. This one has a $3 download cost. Directions are on the page – you might be able to adapt it to fit your needs.
10 Ways to Practice Multiplication Facts – Teaching with Simplicity shared this post on Multiplication Facts.
I AM Poem – One Extra Degree Shares this FREEBIE.
Homemade Butter – Living Well Spending Less – the adventure of find the GOOD LIFE on a budget - shares this recipe that can make buttermilk, as well! :) Great Science/Homemaking Project!
Books that Shape Homeschool – Blog, She Wrote gives us the inside scoop as to what shaped their homeschool via BOOKS they have read.
Homeschool Curriculum Planning – The Crafty Classroom shares her homemade curriculum planning sheet and some clever ideas on saving money.
Teaching "Another Point of View" – This is a cute book that can help your children see ‘the OTHER point of view’ in a story. (Or create one of their own.)
Math Games – Education.com has some great resources for Math game.
6th Grade to High School
LDS Youth – Great online resource for the older children
Homemade Butter – Living Well Spending Less – the adventure of find the GOOD LIFE on a budget - shares this recipe that can make buttermilk, as well! :) Great Science/Homemaking Project!
Sewing for Beginners - HubPages shares 18 different projects for beginners. Great for teaching our Daughters (& Sons) some sewing and stitchery!!
Learn to Sew with Sewing School – Curriculum Choice shares her preferred Sewing Curriculum for her children.
Guggenheim – Making Art projects
Writing Prompts – A fun way to look at art and point of view.
General Homeschooling Ideas:
FREE Homeschool Resources – Kirsten Joy Awake shares some free resources that she loves. (one is FREE Phonics Readers)
Homeschool Mission Statement – Blessed Beyond Doubt has some great tips for making your year successful!! (I know what we are doing for FHE on Monday!! :)
Homemade Wendy’s Frosty
Ingredients:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 8 oz. tub Cool Whip
1/2 gallon chocolate milk
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients FIRST, then pour it into the ice cream maker. Mix for 20 to 30 minutes until it reaches frozen perfection, pour in a big glass, insert straw and drink!
LOW-CALORIE VERSION:
Ingredients
• 1 cup fat-free milk
• 2 tablespoons low calorie (sugar-free) chocolate instant pudding
• 2 tablespoons Cool Whip Free
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 ice cubes
Directions:
Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Make it a great one!!
Thursday, August 01, 2013
Homemade Wendy’s Frosty
Ingredients:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 8 oz. tub Cool Whip
1/2 gallon chocolate milk
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients FIRST, then pour it into the ice cream maker. Mix for 20 to 30 minutes until it reaches frozen perfection, pour in a big glass, insert straw and drink!
LOW-CALORIE VERSION:
Ingredients
• 1 cup fat-free milk
• 2 tablespoons low calorie (sugar-free) chocolate instant pudding
• 2 tablespoons Cool Whip Free
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 ice cubes
Directions:
Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Make it a great one!!
Recognize, Remember, and Give Thanks
First Presidency Message
Recognize, Remember, and Give Thanks
By President Henry B. Eyring
First Counselor in the First Presidency
Recognize, Remember, and Give Thanks
God asks that we give thanks to Him for whatever blessings we receive from Him. It is easy for us to become mechanical in our prayers of gratitude, often repeating the same words but without the intent to give our thanks as a gift of the heart to God. We are to “give thanks … in the Spirit” (D&C 46:32) so we can feel real gratitude for what God has given us.
How can we remember even a part of all God has done for us? The Apostle John recorded what the Savior taught us about a gift of remembrance that comes through the gift of the Holy Ghost: “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26).
The Holy Ghost brings back memories of what God has taught us. And one of the ways God teaches us is with His blessings; and so, if we choose to exercise faith, the Holy Ghost will bring God’s kindnesses to our remembrance.
You could test that in prayer today. You could follow the command “Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things” (D&C 59:7).
President Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) suggested that prayer creates time to do that. He said: “The Prophet Joseph said at one time that one of the greatest sins of which the Latter-day Saints would be guilty is the sin of ingratitude. I presume most of us have not thought of that as a great sin. There is a great tendency for us in our prayers and in our pleadings with the Lord to ask for additional blessings. But sometimes I feel we need to devote more of our prayers to expressions of gratitude and thanksgiving for blessings already received. We enjoy so much.”1
You could have such an experience with the gift of the Holy Ghost today. You could begin a private prayer with thanks. You could start to count your blessings and then pause for a moment. If you exercise faith, with the gift of the Holy Ghost, you will find that memories of other blessings will flood into your mind. If you begin to express gratitude for each of them, your prayer may take a little longer than usual. Remembrance will come, and so will gratitude.
You could try the same thing as you write an entry in your journal. The Holy Ghost has helped people with that since the beginning of time. You remember that the book of Moses says, “And a book of remembrance was kept, in the which was recorded, in the language of Adam, for it was given unto as many as called upon God to write by the spirit of inspiration” (Moses 6:5).
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) described that process of inspired writing: “Those who keep a book of remembrance are more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance in their daily lives. Journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity.”2
As you start to write, you could ask yourself, “How did God bless me and those I love today?” If you do that often enough and with faith, you will find yourself remembering blessings. And sometimes you will have gifts brought to your mind that you failed to notice during the day but that you will then know were a touch of God’s hand in your life.
I pray that we may make a continuing effort in faith to recognize, remember, and give thanks for what our Heavenly Father and our Savior have done and are doing to open the way home to Them.
Teaching from this Message
In his message, President Eyring invites us to remember Heavenly Father’s kindnesses in our prayers. Discuss with those you teach how praying with gratitude can help us recognize God’s hand in our lives. Consider kneeling to pray with those you teach and suggest to whoever says the prayer that he or she express only thanks.
You could also study the importance of gratitude by reading these verses in addition to the verses that President Eyring mentioned: Psalm 100; Mosiah 2:19–22; Alma 26:8; 34:38; Doctrine and Covenants 59:21; 78:19; 136:28.
Youth
Take Inventory
President Eyring quotes President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) as saying that “journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity.” In general conference in October 2012, President Thomas S. Monson gave his testimony of journal writing. He shared some experiences from his life, adding, “My daily journal, kept over all these years, has helped provide some specifics which I most likely would not otherwise be able to recount.” He counseled, “Take an inventory of your life and look specifically for the blessings, large and small, you have received” (“Consider the Blessings,” Ensign, Nov. 2012, 86). Work at following the counsel of these prophets and set goals to write in your journal.
Children
Many Ways to Say Thank You
“All over the world at the end of day,
Heav’nly Father’s children kneel down and pray,
Each saying thank you in his own special way.”
(“Children All Over the World,” Children’s Songbook, 16.)
Match the different ways of saying thank you with the countries of the world where those languages are spoken. Some of these languages are spoken in more than one country!
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Yummy Baked Chicken
Ingredients
- 5 cups chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
- 2 cups crushed Ritz crackers (about 1 1/2 rolls of crackers)
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 Tablespoon poppy seeds
Additional Ingredients to make it fancy:
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- You can boil the chicken (with onion and carrots) or just bake up in your oven for 40 minutes – it will be more flavorful when baked. Let chicken cool slightly and cut into one inch cubes.
- Place cubed chicken in a 9X13 casserole dish. *Note: Some people layer some cooked rice on the very bottom underneath the chicken so that it's a meal in one.
- Stir together the condensed soup and sour cream. If you wish to add the additional flavorings stir in the Worcestershire, celery salt, garlic, lemon juice, and pepper to the soup and sour cream mixture. Pour over the chicken.
- In a separate bowl, stir together the crushed crackers, poppy seeds and melted butter. Sprinkle over the chicken and sauce.
- Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top of the casserole is browned and the sauce is bubbly. Serve plain or over rice. We like to eat it with steamed broccoli and we mix it all together.
Make it a great one!!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Frosted Peanut Butter Cookies
This is a Curt Cutler Recipe :)
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
3 1/4 cups cake flour
1- 12 oz bag Reese's Peanut Butter chips (no substitutions)
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and place rack in center of oven.
Cream together butter, sugars, salt, baking soda and powder. Add vanilla and eggs. Mix well.
Add flour and peanut butter chips. Mix just until flour and chips are blended together.
Using a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, or just a large spoon, scoop into 2 inch balls and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet about 4 inches apart. I bake about 8 cookies per sheet.
Bake for about 12 minutes, or until set.
Peanut Butter Frosting
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, soft-room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter (not natural)
milk to thin to proper consistency (whole milk is best)
Directions:
Cream together room-temperature butter and powdered sugar. Add peanut butter and beat until smooth. Add milk a tablespoon at time, just until frosting is smooth and creamy. Set aside.
Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients:
1 cup butter or 1/2 and 1/2 blend butter/margarine
5-6 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (or less if you like a lighter cocoa frosting)
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/4 to 1/3 cup milk
Directions:
Cream butter and 5 cups powdered sugar. Add cocoa and vanilla. Add milk a tablespoon at a time until frosting is smooth. If needed, add more powdered sugar.
After cookies are cooled, frost with peanut butter frosting. Then frost on top of the peanut butter frosting with the chocolate frosting. When spreading the chocolate frosting on top of the peanut butter frosting, be very gentle and leave a small space between the edge of the peanut butter frosting and the chocolate frosting for a layered frosting look.
I see my family enjoying this in the VERY near future!! :)
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