Homemade Flubber (water putty)

 Homemade Flubber (water putty)

Are you looking for a fun activity to do with your kiddos? How about making homemade Flubber also known as Water Putty...
As you do, this activity think about our need for clean water and ways to use it wisely.

Chicken Noodle Soup

 Chicken Noodle Soup

What you will need:
1 1/2 lbs chicken cooked and either shredded or cubed (leftover roisterer chicken works the best)
2 stalks of celery chopped
3 carrots chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
2 cans or 3 1/2 cups Organic Chicken Broth
1 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon fresh parsley
2 cups uncooked egg noodles

What you will do:
Melt the butter in a skillet and saute' the carrots and celery for 3 minutes. Then add the flour and cook for another minute. Add the carrots and celery and remaining ingredients to your crock pot then gradually stir in the broth, water, salt and pepper. Cook on low for 2-3 hours or until the noodles are tender.

ENJOY!! 

Quarto Doodling Books

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Pumpkin is one of the artists in the family and loves getting books that teach him new techniques. He keeps all his drawings into a big 3 ring binder so he can show them off. The binder goes with him everywhere even school. I love his creativity and his unique drawing style. I am so excited and can not wait to give him two wonderful doodling books for Christmas.

Sneaky Blends Cookbook

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  I am all about eating and being healthy. The only problem I really have with that is, the food I do not like is kale, broccoli, spinach which are pretty much what is good for you. I have the Sneaky Chef book which tells you how to sneak healthy ingredients into foods and the kids do not even know they are eating healthy. The kids could not tell that they were eating the healthy foods and they could not taste it so I decided to try it for myself. This book is by the same author so I knew it would be great. I received the Sneaky Blends book by Missy Chase Lapine.

Tomato Basil Soup

 Tomato Basil Soup

- Depending on the amount of soup you'd want, get between 25 and 30 large, ripe tomatoes. (These also come in cans if you don't want to peel them yourself).
- Peel the skins off all the tomatoes, and put them in a large pot with the juice on low heat.

- Sprinkle in some pepper. This is done to taste, so don't go overboard here because you can always add some later if needed.
- After the tomatoes have been simmering on a low heat for around 45 minutes to an hour, use an immersion blender or scoop the still-whole tomatoes into a blender and puree.

- Put about a cup and a half  of whole basil leaves in a food processor, and grind them up. This is to taste though, so add slowly until you reach the desired basil-ness. Add to the soup. You can also use dried basil if fresh is not available to you.

- Continue to let the soup simmer, the thicker and less watery it becomes.


 Enjoy this wonderful soup with Grilled Cheese or some fresh sourdough bread.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

 Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

What You Need:

2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all purpose unbleached flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled a little
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granukated sugar

1 large egg and 1 egg yolk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract ( I used Haitian Vanilla but I know not everyone has that available)

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

What You Do:

Preheat your oven to 325* degrees.

In a medium bowl whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together. Set aside. Either by hand or with your mixture mix together the melted butter, salt and light brown sugar until thoroughly blended. Mix in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla until combined. Add the dry ingredients and  beat on low speed (or mix by hand with a spatula) just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Make about 1 in balls and place on your cookie sheets. Bake for 15-18 minutes and then allow to cool on cookie sheet.

This recipe yields about 2 dozen cookies

ENJOY!!!

Yummy Turkey Cookies

 Turkey Cookies