Here is a great guest post from Candie Donner, of KnowledgeBox.com:
Did you know that you can literally teach EVERY subject from the kitchen?? It’s true! There are an unlimited number of lessons that can be taught or reinforced through cooking! Most children LOVE to cook. Let’s face it: They love to do ANYTHING that involves the words “sticky” or “messy” and cooking definitely includes those!
I made this to take to church for lunch, so it probably fed about 25-30.
All of the amounts are approximate and you can add or lesson any of it.
You will need:
Other things you could add:
Always put a little sauce in your pan so it won’t stick.
Saute’ your pepper and onions in olive oil or butter.
Layer cooked noodles, and then layers of cheese, peppers, onions, spinach, salt and pepper.
Emma challenged Olivia in a homemade pizza competition.
Remember…Emma lives across the road with her new husband, so that makes these spur of the moment get together’s possible.
(Emma’s toppings)
So the sisters got busy, making up dough, each in their own kitchens. They made their sauces and started chopping fresh toppings.
Olivia and Cherish harvested some fresh herbs from the herb garden.
Even those of us that love to cook do not enjoy the heat of the kitchen during the summer! Most of us ladies are content with a salad, but not many hard working husbands are. Even after you are married the way to his heart is still through his stomach, so lets keep that spark alive yet not heat up the kitchen too much as we seek to make him happy. 😉
Plan meals that can be heated quickly, preferably without the oven or boiling water.
These measurements are approximate, you can adjust to your taste. This batch of dressing was about 30 servings.
Brown about 2 pounds of bulk Italian Sausage, drain grease.
Tonight Olivia served us up Jacques Pépin’s Dijon Crusted Split Chicken Breast from his Fast Food My Way cookbook! She also made some creamed potatoes with her own mushroom sauce. OH.MY.WORD! It was amazing…absolutely amazing! It was one of those meals that you HAVE TO slow down and savor it. I think I’ll discourage her from getting married so I’ll always have good food at my table! ;o) I know, I know… that’s selfish!
We recently bought some free range chickens from a local family. I love being able to feed my family food that is organic as much as possible. After eating the roasted chicken I saved the bones to make a broth. Today it was cold and rainy here, having the broth on most of the day simmering made it smell and feel ‘warm’.
We will enjoy some broth and some chicken and dumplings from this.
A couple pie crust hints:
Use a deep dish pie plate (as seen on the left).
Roll your dough out thin.
Use a little sugar in your dough recipe.
Before placing in the oven, use your finger tips to rub some milk on the top, just enough to moisten it, then sprinkle a little sugar. This will help it brown and look delicious!
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Last Saturday night we and about 400 other folks went to the Bailey’s Annual Barn Dance.
The Bailey’s farm is just a few miles from where the April 27th Tornado ripped through Shoal Creek Valley destroying many homes and taking the life of one of our friends, and a dozen other people. Although this has been a very, VERY hard year with MUCH loss for so many of our people, I am so THANKFUL that the Baileys chose to go ahead and have the Barn Dance this year. Even in times of loss and pain there are still reasons to rejoice.
