I found these yummy treats on Better Homes and Garden's website. I can't wait to try them. Click here
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Friday, February 6, 2009
Yummy Treats
I found these yummy treats on Better Homes and Garden's website. I can't wait to try them. Click here
Better Crocker does it again
I made these yummy brownies that I found on Better Crock website. Click here for recipe. Perfect for Valentines Day treat.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Cool Carmel
I've had a lot of requests for this recipe so I thought I'd post it here then I don't have to email it out to everyone ;) If you haven't tried this before you are missing out! It's super easy to make and so so yummy! It's a recipe I got from my Aunt Deanna.
Cool Carmel
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup oatmeal
2 Cups flour
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Cup chopped nuts
2 Cubes melted butter
Bottle of Caramel
Vanilla Ice Cream
Spread everything listed above except caramel and ice cream on a cookie sheet and bake about 10 minutes at 400. It's easiest if you just mix everything right on the cookie sheet (one with side edges works best). Make sure it has a light brown top before taking it out of the oven, every oven cooks differently. While hot, separate with fork until pan of crumbs. Let cool. Sprinkle 1/2 crumbs on bottom of 9x13 pan. Drizzle 1/2 bottle caramel over crumbs. Layer vanilla ice cream. If you can find the rectangular cardboard packaged vanilla ice cream that is easiest to use. Remove box and slice then piece on top of crumbs. Ice cream will need to soften a little to mush together into the entire pan. Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top and drizzle remaining caramel. Freeze. Take out of freezer a little before serving so it can soften enough to serve. ENJOY!!!
Cool Carmel
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup oatmeal
2 Cups flour
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Cup chopped nuts
2 Cubes melted butter
Bottle of Caramel
Vanilla Ice Cream
Spread everything listed above except caramel and ice cream on a cookie sheet and bake about 10 minutes at 400. It's easiest if you just mix everything right on the cookie sheet (one with side edges works best). Make sure it has a light brown top before taking it out of the oven, every oven cooks differently. While hot, separate with fork until pan of crumbs. Let cool. Sprinkle 1/2 crumbs on bottom of 9x13 pan. Drizzle 1/2 bottle caramel over crumbs. Layer vanilla ice cream. If you can find the rectangular cardboard packaged vanilla ice cream that is easiest to use. Remove box and slice then piece on top of crumbs. Ice cream will need to soften a little to mush together into the entire pan. Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top and drizzle remaining caramel. Freeze. Take out of freezer a little before serving so it can soften enough to serve. ENJOY!!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Mom's Cheese Ball
This recipe has been a family favorite for as long as I can remember. I made it recently and received many requests for the recipe so I thought I'd share it here. It's is surprisingly simple with few ingredients but very very good!
2-8oz. pkg of cream cheese
1 5oz. jar of old english cheese (found by the velveta and cheese whiz products)
1/2 small onion chopped very fine
1 cup chopped walnuts
Fresh chopped parsley
Mix everything in your mixer except parsley until well blended. Spoon onto center of serving plate then shape into a ball. Press chopped parsley all over the cheese ball and put in the fridge to chill. Serve with Ritz crackers.
2-8oz. pkg of cream cheese
1 5oz. jar of old english cheese (found by the velveta and cheese whiz products)
1/2 small onion chopped very fine
1 cup chopped walnuts
Fresh chopped parsley
Mix everything in your mixer except parsley until well blended. Spoon onto center of serving plate then shape into a ball. Press chopped parsley all over the cheese ball and put in the fridge to chill. Serve with Ritz crackers.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Organizing Recipes
I have been looking for a way to organize my recipes on my computer. I have a recipe box with index cards, but it seems like lately all the new recipes I have tried have come from blogs or allrecipes.com. My laptop is in my kitchen so I often just check the computer for a recipe.
So my latest find is Google Notebook. It is perfect for storing recipes! It is easy to use, can be accessed from anywhere (that you have computer access), and it is free! Here is what you do:
*From google.com, go to "more google products" and click on Notebook.
*click "Create a new notebook" called Recipes (or whatever you want to call it).
*click "new note" to add your recipe. You can enter text (from your recipe cards), or just cut and paste from a recipe online. Try highlighting the recipe, then click your RIGHT mouse button. There is an option that says "Note this (Google Notebook)" It just goes right into your google notebook from there. So cool!
*after your recipe is added, click on "label". These are your recipe dividers. The nice thing is that you can give it more than one label (something you can't do with index cards!) You decide what labels you want. For instance, if it was Chicken Enchiladas, I'd call it: chicken, mexican food, family meals. I am using the "family meals" label for dinners that I can put on my 90-day menu. You could call it anything you want.
You can also leave notes to yourself on each recipe in the "comment" field.
This has been so fun! I was able to transfer a bunch of recipes tonight that I had in a computer recipe program. It was very quick to do and I think it will be much easier to use. Another thought is that it will be so easy to pass the recipes on to my children. They can just access my google notebook and copy whatever they would like into their own google notebook!
So my latest find is Google Notebook. It is perfect for storing recipes! It is easy to use, can be accessed from anywhere (that you have computer access), and it is free! Here is what you do:
*From google.com, go to "more google products" and click on Notebook.
*click "Create a new notebook" called Recipes (or whatever you want to call it).
*click "new note" to add your recipe. You can enter text (from your recipe cards), or just cut and paste from a recipe online. Try highlighting the recipe, then click your RIGHT mouse button. There is an option that says "Note this (Google Notebook)" It just goes right into your google notebook from there. So cool!
*after your recipe is added, click on "label". These are your recipe dividers. The nice thing is that you can give it more than one label (something you can't do with index cards!) You decide what labels you want. For instance, if it was Chicken Enchiladas, I'd call it: chicken, mexican food, family meals. I am using the "family meals" label for dinners that I can put on my 90-day menu. You could call it anything you want.
You can also leave notes to yourself on each recipe in the "comment" field.
This has been so fun! I was able to transfer a bunch of recipes tonight that I had in a computer recipe program. It was very quick to do and I think it will be much easier to use. Another thought is that it will be so easy to pass the recipes on to my children. They can just access my google notebook and copy whatever they would like into their own google notebook!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Recipes
I came across this blog and wanted to share it. The recipes look yummy and simple, that's perfect for me!!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tanya Hansen's Enchiladas
You know how they say when you do your visiting teaching it blesses the sisters you teach as well as you? Well today I went visiting teaching and it blessed me and my family ;)
My companion is Tanya Hansen, I picked her up this afternoon to go to an appointment and she smelled like enchiladas. She told me about how she had been making them all morning getting ready for an upcoming wedding that she's catering. We went to our appointment then I dropped her back off at home. Well I left her house totally craving enchildas so about 10 minutes after I dropped her off I called her back at home asking for the recipe. She also told me about a handy tip that is probably common knowledge except to me ;)
She told me that she makes a huge batch then puts them on cookie sheets and freezes them. Once they're frozen they can be taken off the cookie sheet and broken apart and labeled in ziplock bags. How smart! So you keep them in the freezer and you have a quick enchilada dinner any night of the week. There's no sauce on them so they don't get soggy.
Enchiladas
Filling: shredded meat, green chilis, shredded cheddar cheese, onions (I cooked mine), black beans (I added that), mexican seasonings til it tastes like you like it.
Corn Tortillas: Fry them in oil just for a second until soft then dry on a paper towel.
Place a thin layer of sauce on bottom of cooking dish. Fill the tortillas, roll and place in dish to cook in oven or on cookie sheet if freezing.
Place sauce over entire pan and cover with cheese. If cooking from frozen state dip in sauce then place in cooking dish. Pour remaining sauce over pan and top with cheese. Cook at 350 until cooked through.
My companion is Tanya Hansen, I picked her up this afternoon to go to an appointment and she smelled like enchiladas. She told me about how she had been making them all morning getting ready for an upcoming wedding that she's catering. We went to our appointment then I dropped her back off at home. Well I left her house totally craving enchildas so about 10 minutes after I dropped her off I called her back at home asking for the recipe. She also told me about a handy tip that is probably common knowledge except to me ;)
She told me that she makes a huge batch then puts them on cookie sheets and freezes them. Once they're frozen they can be taken off the cookie sheet and broken apart and labeled in ziplock bags. How smart! So you keep them in the freezer and you have a quick enchilada dinner any night of the week. There's no sauce on them so they don't get soggy.
Enchiladas
Filling: shredded meat, green chilis, shredded cheddar cheese, onions (I cooked mine), black beans (I added that), mexican seasonings til it tastes like you like it.
Corn Tortillas: Fry them in oil just for a second until soft then dry on a paper towel.
Place a thin layer of sauce on bottom of cooking dish. Fill the tortillas, roll and place in dish to cook in oven or on cookie sheet if freezing.
Place sauce over entire pan and cover with cheese. If cooking from frozen state dip in sauce then place in cooking dish. Pour remaining sauce over pan and top with cheese. Cook at 350 until cooked through.
Julie Herrell's AMAZING Dinner Rolls
I am sharing this recipe on Julie's behalf, it is SO AMAZING!!! I've made my fair share of dinner roll recipes but this one was by far the softest most yummiest :D
I had my sister and her husband over for dinner Tuesday night and made these for the first time. I'd say having them turn out the first time says volumes that plus they were super easy!
Dinner Rolls
2 Tbsp Yeast
3 cups warm water
3/4 cup sugar (I used a little extra)
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 cup mashed potatoes (I used potato pearls, julie told me she uses the dehyrated potatoes also)
1/2 cup butter
9 cups flour (I used about 4 1/2 each of wheat and white)
Mix in your mixer for 8 minutes. Let rest for 15 minutes, then pinch out small dough balls. Let rise in warm oven for another 20 minutes or so. Take out of oven and let oven preheat to 375, then bake for 20 minutes. The recipe says it makes about 60-70 rolls. I only got about 3 dozen so I'm sure I made mine too big.
I had my sister and her husband over for dinner Tuesday night and made these for the first time. I'd say having them turn out the first time says volumes that plus they were super easy!
Dinner Rolls
2 Tbsp Yeast
3 cups warm water
3/4 cup sugar (I used a little extra)
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 cup mashed potatoes (I used potato pearls, julie told me she uses the dehyrated potatoes also)
1/2 cup butter
9 cups flour (I used about 4 1/2 each of wheat and white)
Mix in your mixer for 8 minutes. Let rest for 15 minutes, then pinch out small dough balls. Let rise in warm oven for another 20 minutes or so. Take out of oven and let oven preheat to 375, then bake for 20 minutes. The recipe says it makes about 60-70 rolls. I only got about 3 dozen so I'm sure I made mine too big.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Brown Sugar-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
i'm sharing this recipe because it was a hit at thanksgiving, even with those who are not sweet potato fans!
Brown Sugar-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks (not sure how many but 10+ seems about right)
1 1/2 cup packed golden brown sugar
¾ cup butter
1 T ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp. ground ginger
Preheat oven to 375F. Arrange potatoes in 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Combine sugar, butter, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and ginger in heavy small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pour over potatoes; toss to coat. Cover dish tightly with foil.
Bake potatoes 50 minutes. Uncover; bake until potatoes are tender and syrup thickens slightly, basting occasionally, about 20 minutes.
Sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks (not sure how many but 10+ seems about right)
1 1/2 cup packed golden brown sugar
¾ cup butter
1 T ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp. ground ginger
Preheat oven to 375F. Arrange potatoes in 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Combine sugar, butter, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and ginger in heavy small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pour over potatoes; toss to coat. Cover dish tightly with foil.
Bake potatoes 50 minutes. Uncover; bake until potatoes are tender and syrup thickens slightly, basting occasionally, about 20 minutes.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Easy As Pie, Cake or Whatever...
I loved Laurie's cake post! I'm hard to please if a dessert does not have chocolate in it and although I love fresh fruit I've never loved fruit dessert, until I found the following recipes. I wanted to add two of my favorites that I use every year around Thanksgiving & Christmas...
This cake is my FAVE simply because it's SOOO simple, and SOOO good...
PUMPKIN DUMP CAKE
1 (29oz.) can EASY pumpkin pie mix
1 box dry white cake mix
3/4 cup butter (melted)
Pour pumpkin pie mix into a greased 9x13 cake pan and sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over top. Then pour melted butter evenly over top. Bake for 1 hour @ 350 degrees. Serve with cool whip or vanilla ice cream. YUM!
This takes a bit more prep, but it's SOOO worth it...
FRESH PEAR CAKE
6 pears ( bosc or bartlett ) peeled and sliced
1 cup of flour
1 cup sugar
2 cups butter (softened) Yes! 2 cups!
1 T baking powder
5 eggs
1 T water
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of salt
powdered sugar for dusting
pre-heat oven to 300 degrees. place sliced pears in a 9x13 baking dish (buttered & floured)
*for 1/2 recipe use pie plate
beat well flour, sugar, baking powdered, eggs, water, cinnamon & salt. beat in butter. pour mixture over pears.
Bake 40mins. until pears are soft & top is golden. Remove & sprinkle with sugar.
We like to eat this with ice cream as well! YUM!
Thanks to Julie for her Apple Crisp recipe! SOOO YUM! It's going to be a new family favorite!
No chocolate to be found! It's a miracle! Maybe I love them because of all the BUTTER!?!
This cake is my FAVE simply because it's SOOO simple, and SOOO good...
PUMPKIN DUMP CAKE
1 (29oz.) can EASY pumpkin pie mix
1 box dry white cake mix
3/4 cup butter (melted)
Pour pumpkin pie mix into a greased 9x13 cake pan and sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over top. Then pour melted butter evenly over top. Bake for 1 hour @ 350 degrees. Serve with cool whip or vanilla ice cream. YUM!
This takes a bit more prep, but it's SOOO worth it...
FRESH PEAR CAKE
6 pears ( bosc or bartlett ) peeled and sliced
1 cup of flour
1 cup sugar
2 cups butter (softened) Yes! 2 cups!
1 T baking powder
5 eggs
1 T water
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of salt
powdered sugar for dusting
pre-heat oven to 300 degrees. place sliced pears in a 9x13 baking dish (buttered & floured)
*for 1/2 recipe use pie plate
beat well flour, sugar, baking powdered, eggs, water, cinnamon & salt. beat in butter. pour mixture over pears.
Bake 40mins. until pears are soft & top is golden. Remove & sprinkle with sugar.
We like to eat this with ice cream as well! YUM!
Thanks to Julie for her Apple Crisp recipe! SOOO YUM! It's going to be a new family favorite!
No chocolate to be found! It's a miracle! Maybe I love them because of all the BUTTER!?!
bake a cake!
this is something i already posted on my blog...with holiday baking coming along it might be helpful when you're looking for that perfect holiday dessert.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Recipes - Tortillas, Pizza Dough & Honey Wheat Bread
Here are some recipes I've been asked for recently that I use ALOT, in fact they are in my 3 month food storage supply because they are so easy to make.
Flour Tortillas
6 cups flour (you can mix it up if you'd like to try a little wheat)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup oil (I use canola)
2 cups warm milk
Mix flour, salt & baking powder in your mixer. Add oil then milk and continue mixing until a large sticky ball forms. At this point I put a golf sized ball on my hot tortilla press and flatten it out. If you don't have a press you can roll them out on a floured surface. You can either cook them up now or freeze them for later. I put them in stacks of about 10-12 and store them in ziplock freezer bags so we always have fresh tortillas on hand. They are similar to the uncooked tortillas you can buy at Costco (only much cheaper). When you need them just defrost them and cook in a dry skillet.
I recently did a salsa flavored batch and it was a hit with my family! I just decreased the milk a bit and pureed some salsa and added it to the mix.
Pizza Dough
3 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons salt
2 Tablespoons yeast
2 cups water
5 3/4 cups flour
Using a mixer with a dough hook combine olive oil, honey, salt, yeast & water. Add most of the flour, until it pulls away from bowl; you might use a little more or less. Mix for about 10 minutes. Cover and let sit for 30 minutes. Punch down and shape. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes or until golden brown. We use this dough and let everyone make their own pizza then make breadsticks with any leftovers.
Honey Wheat Bread
In mixer add:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 Tablespoon salt
1 1/2 Tablespoons active dry yeast
3 Tablespoons ground flax seed
Mix, then add:
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
Add 2 3/4 cups hot water and 2 cups white bread flour. Add whole wheat flour 1 cup at a time until it pulls away from sides and clears the edges of bowl. Knead in mixer 3-4 minutes more. Divide into 2 loaves (or shape into rolls) cover with hand towel and let rise in greased bread pans until it's a nice rounded loaf. Bake 28 minutes at 350.
Flour Tortillas
6 cups flour (you can mix it up if you'd like to try a little wheat)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup oil (I use canola)
2 cups warm milk
Mix flour, salt & baking powder in your mixer. Add oil then milk and continue mixing until a large sticky ball forms. At this point I put a golf sized ball on my hot tortilla press and flatten it out. If you don't have a press you can roll them out on a floured surface. You can either cook them up now or freeze them for later. I put them in stacks of about 10-12 and store them in ziplock freezer bags so we always have fresh tortillas on hand. They are similar to the uncooked tortillas you can buy at Costco (only much cheaper). When you need them just defrost them and cook in a dry skillet.
I recently did a salsa flavored batch and it was a hit with my family! I just decreased the milk a bit and pureed some salsa and added it to the mix.
Pizza Dough
3 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons salt
2 Tablespoons yeast
2 cups water
5 3/4 cups flour
Using a mixer with a dough hook combine olive oil, honey, salt, yeast & water. Add most of the flour, until it pulls away from bowl; you might use a little more or less. Mix for about 10 minutes. Cover and let sit for 30 minutes. Punch down and shape. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes or until golden brown. We use this dough and let everyone make their own pizza then make breadsticks with any leftovers.
Honey Wheat Bread
In mixer add:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 Tablespoon salt
1 1/2 Tablespoons active dry yeast
3 Tablespoons ground flax seed
Mix, then add:
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
Add 2 3/4 cups hot water and 2 cups white bread flour. Add whole wheat flour 1 cup at a time until it pulls away from sides and clears the edges of bowl. Knead in mixer 3-4 minutes more. Divide into 2 loaves (or shape into rolls) cover with hand towel and let rise in greased bread pans until it's a nice rounded loaf. Bake 28 minutes at 350.
Everyday Food Storage
Aren't these so cute! I'm totally making these with my kids...She has a family home evening activity and lesson to go with them for this week.
Check out this site - there are all kinds of great food storage tips and helps as well.
http://everydayfoodstorage.net/
Friday, November 14, 2008
Food Storage - Canned Apple Pie Filling
4 Cups sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 Cup cornstarch, 3 Tablespoons cinnamon (less if you like), 1 Tablespoon Nutmeg (less if you like), 10 Cups water.
Add all together, cook well over medium heat while stirring. Cook till it becomes clear and thick. Add 3 Tablespoons of lemon juice. I have apples already sliced and in the jars(about 60 med. size). Ladle syrup into jars leaving 1/2 inch head space. Water bath for 20 minutes. Needs one inch of water over the jars. Remove and let cool on counter.
Makes great Apple Crisp -
1 Cup flour, 1 Cup oats, 1 Cup brown sugar & 1 Cup butter
Take a bowl and mix dry ingredients, stir in softened butter. Evenly spread over Apple Pie Filling recipe in 9 X 13 pan (sprayed with Pam) and cover with Apple Crisp topping. Cook for 45 minutes at 350. When it turns golden brown it is done. Let it cool for awhile then you can serve it with yummy ice cream. What a treat to have in our food storage.
Weekly Menu Form
https://sites.google.com/site/allisonbrittonfiles/Home
Click this link, then click the attachment Blank MealPlan (this is my first time using google sites so please let me know if this doesn't work and I'll figure something else out). It's an excel file, I think I got it from the Microsoft database, I don't really remember.
It's very plain, but I've been using it for ages and it helps me stay organized with my grocery shopping and what I'm gonna make for meals in the coming week. If I know what I'm going to make and have the food at home the chances of me actually making the meals instead of hitting the drive thru are much better. Certainly not 100% or even 90%, because I still have weeks where it seems like I planned it out but end up picking up dinner the whole week, but that's life and I accept it. I usually put two or three desserts on the list, one for Sunday, one for Monday (FHE) and one for another week night.
It's helpful if you glance at your calendar while planning your dinners. For example on a night when there's a lot going on, I'll plan a crockpot dinner. I LOVE my crockpot!!!
You can stop reading at this point...
I'm compulsive and have to push it to the next step so I actually have about 8 of these that are marked "regular" menus and 4 that are marked "food storage" menus. I try to rotate the food storage ones in here and there so I'm rotating those food items out of my pantry/freezer. The idea is to have enough food on hand to make the food storage menus three times which would take care of my three months storage. Sometimes I keep that up and sometimes I don't, I try not to beat myself up when I fall behind...
Click this link, then click the attachment Blank MealPlan (this is my first time using google sites so please let me know if this doesn't work and I'll figure something else out). It's an excel file, I think I got it from the Microsoft database, I don't really remember.
It's very plain, but I've been using it for ages and it helps me stay organized with my grocery shopping and what I'm gonna make for meals in the coming week. If I know what I'm going to make and have the food at home the chances of me actually making the meals instead of hitting the drive thru are much better. Certainly not 100% or even 90%, because I still have weeks where it seems like I planned it out but end up picking up dinner the whole week, but that's life and I accept it. I usually put two or three desserts on the list, one for Sunday, one for Monday (FHE) and one for another week night.
It's helpful if you glance at your calendar while planning your dinners. For example on a night when there's a lot going on, I'll plan a crockpot dinner. I LOVE my crockpot!!!
You can stop reading at this point...
I'm compulsive and have to push it to the next step so I actually have about 8 of these that are marked "regular" menus and 4 that are marked "food storage" menus. I try to rotate the food storage ones in here and there so I'm rotating those food items out of my pantry/freezer. The idea is to have enough food on hand to make the food storage menus three times which would take care of my three months storage. Sometimes I keep that up and sometimes I don't, I try not to beat myself up when I fall behind...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Trial Run
I got a crazy idea today to start a blog where you and I could share the little tidbits of information that all of us ladies keep stored in the many corners of our brain.
One of my big flaws is that when an idea randomly pops into my head I can't focus on anything I'm really supposed to be doing. I start brainstorming all the possibilities, get all excited and don't stop until I have something in tangible form. Sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes it gets me into trouble because I don't always think things through. Thank goodness I have a wonderful husband who keeps me grounded and asks all those important questions. Like the day I got the idea to rip out the built in desk in my office so I could rotate it to a different wall. The thought came to me that it would be so nice to face the double doors instead of the window in my office. In theory a great zen idea that I stumbled across but in reality a built in desk isn't a piece of furniture, you can't just move and reattach it without major damage.
So anyways - here goes... I would consider this to be a great project if we all walk away with odds and ends of useful knowledge that help us to increase our enjoyment on this journey we call life. And who knows, maybe we'll develop some great relationships along the way? I would consider it to be a flop that we should just walk away from if it sucks too much precious time out of our already busy lives.
If you'd like to be a contributor (I hope you do) please email me and I'll add your name, I don't want this to be my thing, I want this to be our thing as a collective group. I was sitting here today realizing how much I learn from the ladies that I'm blessed to have in my life. We are all so unique and have so many different talents and qualities to offer. Please don't be shy and think you don't have anything to offer the group because you have plenty to offer and we want to hear all about it!
When posting please use labels according to the categories that have already been used or add new ones as needed. Hopefully this will help us keep things organized so we can find what we're interested in reading about.
As far as topics please share anything you feel would benefit others. Maybe it's an uplifting quote or scripture for the day, or maybe it's something you have that you'd like to donate or something you need that someone else may have lying around their garage? Maybe it's a great recipe that you made for dinner and your family loved? Maybe you've seen great progress with a particular workout or new eating habit? Maybe it's a great tip on budgeting or keeping our heads above water in this crazy economic climate? Maybe it's a great visiting teaching handout or way to organize your food storage? Maybe you have great ideas on cheap date nights or inexpensive family day trips? Maybe you know of a great scripture studying tool or found a cool new website to help put that last minute primary talk together at 10pm on Sunday night? The topics are endless - are you getting the idea here???
I'm hoping to see lots of contributions from all of us here and there. NO pressure to post constantly, just whenever you have a moment to share something that might lighten someones load. I'm counting on ALL of us to share things that we can use to enrich our lives spiritually and temporally :D
P.S. If you're a guy related to one of the ladies on this list and you're reading this feeling a little left out right now, feel free to share your idea. (It better be amazing though! j/k)
One of my big flaws is that when an idea randomly pops into my head I can't focus on anything I'm really supposed to be doing. I start brainstorming all the possibilities, get all excited and don't stop until I have something in tangible form. Sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes it gets me into trouble because I don't always think things through. Thank goodness I have a wonderful husband who keeps me grounded and asks all those important questions. Like the day I got the idea to rip out the built in desk in my office so I could rotate it to a different wall. The thought came to me that it would be so nice to face the double doors instead of the window in my office. In theory a great zen idea that I stumbled across but in reality a built in desk isn't a piece of furniture, you can't just move and reattach it without major damage.
So anyways - here goes... I would consider this to be a great project if we all walk away with odds and ends of useful knowledge that help us to increase our enjoyment on this journey we call life. And who knows, maybe we'll develop some great relationships along the way? I would consider it to be a flop that we should just walk away from if it sucks too much precious time out of our already busy lives.
If you'd like to be a contributor (I hope you do) please email me and I'll add your name, I don't want this to be my thing, I want this to be our thing as a collective group. I was sitting here today realizing how much I learn from the ladies that I'm blessed to have in my life. We are all so unique and have so many different talents and qualities to offer. Please don't be shy and think you don't have anything to offer the group because you have plenty to offer and we want to hear all about it!
When posting please use labels according to the categories that have already been used or add new ones as needed. Hopefully this will help us keep things organized so we can find what we're interested in reading about.
As far as topics please share anything you feel would benefit others. Maybe it's an uplifting quote or scripture for the day, or maybe it's something you have that you'd like to donate or something you need that someone else may have lying around their garage? Maybe it's a great recipe that you made for dinner and your family loved? Maybe you've seen great progress with a particular workout or new eating habit? Maybe it's a great tip on budgeting or keeping our heads above water in this crazy economic climate? Maybe it's a great visiting teaching handout or way to organize your food storage? Maybe you have great ideas on cheap date nights or inexpensive family day trips? Maybe you know of a great scripture studying tool or found a cool new website to help put that last minute primary talk together at 10pm on Sunday night? The topics are endless - are you getting the idea here???
I'm hoping to see lots of contributions from all of us here and there. NO pressure to post constantly, just whenever you have a moment to share something that might lighten someones load. I'm counting on ALL of us to share things that we can use to enrich our lives spiritually and temporally :D
P.S. If you're a guy related to one of the ladies on this list and you're reading this feeling a little left out right now, feel free to share your idea. (It better be amazing though! j/k)
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