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Sunday, July 12, 2009
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Getting ready for the 4th of July!
The pillow in the picture above is super easy to make and I will be featuring how to make that one, plus other holiday pillow wraps very soon!
HAPPY 4TH of JULY! well ok not quite yet lol :)
Sorry I have been away this week... I have been getting ready for a few things I would like to share with you all. I am also happy to announce that my camera will be back home today! YAY!!!!!!
1- I am going to college starting this Fall and I had to take my placement test to find out what level classes I should start out in plus meet with the counselor and the financial aid person. I am VERY excited to be going back to school and nervous all at once! My first day of class will be August 24th so I still have a ways before I actually start school.
2- I found out back in May that I was expecting baby #5 but wanted to wait until I heard the heart beat and knew things were going well before I shared it with everyone. SO baby #5 will be making his or her arrival to our family in January. This will be our last baby as my body is just not able to handle being pregnant anymore, and this time will be pusing the envelope so to say.
3- July is a VERY activity busy month for us, we have 3 birthdays to celebrate, our BIG 4th of July plans and my husband always takes his vacation in July.
So coming up we have my mother in laws significant others birthday, not sure how old he will be, but its on July 8th. My 29th birthday is on July 10th, and my oldest son, Matthew, will be 13 on July 17th!
Now about our 4th of July Celebration! It's not big compared to some celebrations I have been to by any means! Me and the kids make decorations and I make TONS of patriotic themed foods :) This year I thought for a while about what drink to make that everyone would enjoy and here is my idea.
4th of July Blast Lemonade!
1 container of pre-sweetened lemonade drink mix or
20 lemons for juicing and sugar to sweeten
pre made red (strawberry is the best) and blue kool aid poured intostar shaped (or regular shaped) ice cube trays and frozen
The night before- make up your kool aid in red and blue. Pour it into the
Make your lemonade to your own preference, we all like it differently, and I actually do prefer all fresh squeezed! Make up your lemonade in your pitchers and get your ice cubes popped out of the trays (I leave mine in a bowl in the freezer until ready to serve)
To serve- Pour your lemonade into glasses (I use clear plastic glasses with red and blue stars all over them) Add in 2 red and 2 blue ice cubes and garnish however you would like. You can add a sprig of mint and a thin slice of lemon to the edge of the glass if you would like.
These drinks are SO festive looking, and well they taste great too!
I will be back tomorrow to add pictures of my 4th of July celebration meal!
We are having burgers, hot dogs, homemade potatoe salad, pasta salad, cole slaw, chips, baked beans, apple pie, cherry cheese cake, strawberry shortcakes and of course our 4th of July Blast drinks!
Later in the evening before we go to watch fireworks we will have a weine roast for the kids and make smores! YUM!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Well before I could post again...
Before I got the chance to post the rest of my video for yogurt making my camera officially died! I have tried to charge it and NOTHING :( I have no clue what is wrong with it, but I am just heart broken. I have had my digital camera for a while now, well so long that the words are all rubbed off of it, and I just dont know what I will do without it....
It will be missed.... alot!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Menu Monday
This weeks menu will be pretty simple as I have 2 appointments at the college 2 eves this week. Monday (today) I have my Compass testing and have to leave home at 5pm and then Thursday I have an appt at 6pm with a guidance counselor to get my test results from my testing and also set up a few things. OH and I also have my first doctors appt. on Thursday with my obstetrician.
MONDAY
Breakfast- Cheerios with fresh sliced strawberries and Orange Juice
Lunch- Bologna and Cheese sandwiches, Cheese puffs and homemade strawberry yogurt
Dinner- Crock Pot Sloppy Joes, tater tots and mac n cheese
TUESDAY
Breakfast- French Toast and scrambeled eggs
Lunch- PB&J sandwiches, celery sticks, homemade strawberry yogurt
Dinner- Spaghetti, Green Beans and Garlic Bread
More to come in a bit... I have to go look through my cabinets to see what we have!
Be back in just a bit!
~Brandi~
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The start of my "living" kitchen...
Well I have started turning my kitchen into a "living" kitchen! What is that? LOL!
Well the first thing I am starting with that will live in my kitchen is a Yogurt starter so that I can make my own yogurt. I have added a video of the first step of the process and will list the supplies that you will need as well.
Supplies to make your yogurt starter
- Large 6qt crock pot
- 8 cups of whole milk (approx 1/2 a gallon) Pasteurized and Homogenized is fine, but do not use ultra-pasteurized.
- 1/2 C of plain full fat yogurt from the store. After you make this first batch of yogurt you can use the yogurt from your own homemade yogurt for this ingredient.
HOW TO MAKE IT
1. Pour the milk into a crock pot, and turn the crock pot on low. Leave it alone for 2 1/2 hours, cooking on low.
2. Turn the crock pot off, leaving the cover on, and let the milk sit for 3 hours.
3. Mix the yogurt starter into the milk thats still in your crock pot.
4. Put the lid on the crock pot, and then fold and put a heavy bath towel over the crock pot to insulate in the leftover heat (leave the crock pot turned off), and go to bed.
5. The next morning, you will have yogurt ready for storing in your crock pot. Home made yogurt is thinner than store-bought so the consistency will be a bit different
6. Pour the yogurt into a container, or clean sterilized canning jars, and put it into the fridge. Let the yogurt cool down to the fridge temp.
You can chop up some fruit and put it in the blender with the yogurt for a few seconds if you prefer. You can also sprinkle some of your home made granola on top of it as well :) (I will be adding a recipe for homemade granola very soon)
Here is the 1st part of the video on making your own yogurt-
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