Monthly Archives: September 2010
Pictures as Promised
I’m really loving the blender batter idea. This morning I made a second go at it. I’m using raw sour milk as the base, so added a little honey to help the taste. Yesterday we made pancakes. Today we made waffles. Here’s the recipe I used for the waffles 3 cups sour milk 2 1/2 cups [...]
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Apple Cider and Blender Pancakes
I’m off to my mom’s to make apple cider and for lunch we had blender pancakes. I love that I can start with fresh whole grains, not flour. And a blender works without a grain mill. We liked them and I can feel good about the nutrition. For the instructions go here: http://www.suegregg.com/recipes/breakfasts/blenderbatterwaffles/blenderbatterwaffles.htm Lovely pictures [...]
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Drill it with Go Fish
Easy to make and easy to play! Grab 2–$1 decks of Go-Fish cards from Dollar General. Use a sharpee to write on them. We used phonograms, but I could see this done with state abbreviations or periodic chart element abbreviations. Although the original game had 4 matches to a set, we did ours with 2 so [...]
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Quick Tip: Shaving calories without shaving nutrition
I put on weight easily and take it off slowly. If I’m not careful I can gain 5 lbs in a week, and it’s not water weight. I’ve learned since I was a child that I need to be careful with my food choices if I want to enjoy being a normal sized person. I’m excited [...]
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Quick Tip: 200 calorie Snacks
I’m trying to hold to a 1500 calorie diet. It’s up from the 1200 calories I’ve been on for the last year, but it’s still hard. To keep my blood sugar and blood pressure at good levels, I eat every 2-3 hours or 6 small meals a day. I aim for a 250 calorie breakfast, [...]
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Quick Tip: Acid Odor Remover
Baking soda has been toted as a great odor remover. If you’ve tried it, most likely you’ve been disappointed. That is because baking soda is chemically formulated (its a base) to remove acid odors and performs poorly with other types. There is one acid odor that is specially troublesome (from the stomach), especially if it [...]
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Fresh Apple Cake for Breakfast
The cake pictured was made with pears instead of apples. The original recipe called for 1 1/2 cups of oil! 2 cups of sugar and white flour. With all the goodness of the fresh fruit, I couldn’t bear to do the recipe as written. I removed a full cup of oil and added an extra [...]
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Applesauce sweetened with…
. . .a princess touch. Our to do list is still in progress. The dry erase marker did NOT come out. Hairspray, Hand Sanitizer, and Goof-Off didn’t do a thing. My mom says she can paint over the spots and make it look like normal. I’m still thinking about it. My mom is pretty amazing. [...]
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To Do List for Today
In lieu of an interesting post I am jotting down a quick to do list. My kiddoes need me and are getting into trouble. So in the midst of keeping tabs on themI will be trying to: 1. Get dry erase marker out of a new Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Quilt …Grrr 2. Put up about [...]
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Breaking in the New Cider Press