Journal of a Busy Mom

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Menu Board: A New Project

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I worked on my Recipe Binder a few weeks ago. I wrote about it here and here. I am loving my new binder. It is easy to find my recipes and get cooking. I recently also cleaned up my kitchen workspace so now its sits beautiful on my counter.

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So now I need to get organized with the COOKING part. Recently, I ran into a beautiful menu board.002

Oh, it is to die for. I have 30+ recipes that my family enjoys.So instead of buying one, I decided to make my own version.Robby shows you step-by-step how to make your own.  I do thank  RobbyGurl’s  for sharing her amazing menu board, it inspired me and now I will be ready to tackle this project. Be sure to visit her site and check out this amazing project.

My own revisions: I may or may not be using all those pretty numbers. I definately will NOT writing my recipes on index cards. NO WAY! I just put in a ton of time on my binder and it is just as easy to use!

Here are the supplies I will use:

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Hopefully, I can finish this up in the next two weeks. I will post my pictures of the finish project as soon as I can.

Ligia

Recipe Challenge #3: S’mores Nachos

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Today it was my daughter’s turn to make the recipe she chose for recipe challenge. We are using the Pillsbury Kids Cookbook and making recipes that are not gluten free into gluten free recipes. She chose S’mores Nachos. This is not the picture in the cookbook so ours does not look like that, but the ingredients and steps are pretty much the same.

So we used Schar Honeygrams for our gluten free graham cracker.

Ingredients

Here is our recipe:

8-10 Honeygrams

3/4 c. milk chocolate chips

1 1/2 c. mini marshmellows

pie pan 9in (not glass)

1. Lay all the Honeygrams next to each other on the pan ( we used 2 pie pans)

2. Sprinkle chocolate chips and marshmellows over the Honeygrams.

3. Put the pan under the broiler about 6 inches from the heat. Broil for about 30-60 seconds (ours took longer and we kinda burnt them, but that was still okay) until the marshmellows get puffy and look light brown. Watch carefully so the s’mores don’t burn (ooops, too busy watching Sinbad). Carefully take the pie pan out from under the broiler with the pot holders.

Here are our pictures.

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I am sharing this recipe on Gluten Free Wednesdays.

Enjoy!
Ligia

Summer Reading List 2013

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In a January post Reading List for 2013 I wrote that I would be reading 2 books a month; one for pleasure and one for education. I’ve been feeling like I haven’t hit the mark. Then I remembered all the eb00ks I’ve been reading and I thought “that counts!”.

I’ve mentioned some in different posts, but here is my list from Amazon Kindle:

Back to Basics: Raising Self-Sufficient Children

Planning High School Courses: Charting the Course Toward High School Graduation (Coffee Break Books)

Homeschooling Boys – Gaining Maximum Success from Minimum Cooperation

Here is an e-book  I’ve read online:

Transcripts Made Easy: The Homeschoolers Guide to High School Paperwork

So, even though I haven’t “planned out” my reading and haven’t finished some of the books I started, I am doing pretty good.

Here is my summer reading list:

Finish Blue Shoes and Happiness: A No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Book 7)

10 Ways to Prepare Your Daughter for Life

The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens

I’m excited about reading these! I’m planning to make some iced tea and relax in my backyard. We’ll see how that goes.

Ligia