Aug 8 2012

Recipe: Asian Honey Mustard Kabobs

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Rachel

I love trying out and experimenting with dinner. For me it’s fun to try new things and see if we like them. My kids aren’t so sure, but generally put up with it. My husband it pretty adventuresome and it game for whatever I want to try, which is awesome.

I’ve done kabobs in the past, but usually only meat and usually only chicken. This night I stepped out of the box and used sausage and it was delish!

Asian Honey Mustard Kabobs:

Sauce:

1/4 C Honey
1/2 C Dijon Mustard
1 TBSP Simply Asia Sweet Ginger Garlic Seasoning (found at Costco)

Mix these 3 ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

For the kabob:

1 package of Sweet Italian Sasauge or 5 links cut into 1 inch pieces
1 Red bell pepper cut into chunks
1 white onion cut into chunks
4 waxy potatoes cut into large chunks, microwaved for 7-8 minutes to partially cook
wooden skewers

Assemble kabobs with an even mixture of sausage, pepper, onion and potato.

Heat your grill to a medium (about 350 to 375 temp). Place kabobs on grill and brush the tops with the sauce. Turn every 3 to 4 minutes brushing the tops each time. Cook until sausage is cooked through (about 15 minutes) and enjoy!

Aug 7 2012

DIY Glitter Toes

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Rachel

A few weeks ago my sister sent me an email with a link to a YouTube video about doing DIY glitter nails. Last fall I had gone and had glitter toes done at a salon and loved the look, but not the price. I decided to give it a try on my 7 year olds toes (and my own) to see if it really worked.

Start with clean unpainted toes:

I used a generic brand of clear polish. Nothing fancy.

Don’t be shy about pouring the glitter on, you’ll be able to pour what you don’t use back in your bottle.

I used a q-tip and toothpick to help get the excess glitter off.

Here they are all done but before the washing

And here are mine after 5 days:

It took a while for each coat to dry, but once it was done we washed our feet and were good to go. We’re now on day 5 and my daughters toes are starting to chip, but I think she’s been messing with them. My are still pretty good. We’ve even been swimming since doing them.

I think this is a great DIY and you could get some pretty fun toes with all of the different colors of glitter out there.

Aug 2 2012

Recipe Review: Monster Magic Cookie Bars

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Rachel

Another Pinterest find today that I wanted to try. I have a meeting this evening and I thought this would be a good opportunity to not have the whole pan for us! The original recipe was found at Something Swanky!It was super easy and I only made 1 adjustment (peanut butter chips, in addition to chocolate chips!).

Monster Magic Cookie Bars

1 sleeve graham crackers crushed in a quart size ziploc baggie
4 TBSP butter
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
3/4 C Oats
3/4 C M&Ms
1/2 C Chocolate Chips
1/2 C Peanut Butter Chips

Place crushed graham crackers and butter in ziploc and microwave 30 seconds. Mix graham cracker and butter mixture until all of the butter is incorporated. Press into the bottom of a greased 9×13 pan. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crackers and carefully spread out evenly. Sprinkle oats then M&Ms, Chocolate and PB chips over oats. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or edges are turning brown.

Before Baking:

Mine are not as pretty as the ones I found on Pinterest, but they’re still pretty tasty and it was super easy to put together.

After Baking:

I think this would be a good bar to take to a potluck and it would be fun to use seasonal M&Ms.

Jul 31 2012

Recipe: PB & Honey Granola

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Rachel

We ran out of granola! My hubby eats it with his plain yogurt and frozen berries for breakfast and I eat it like cereal with milk for breakfast. We’ve found that you can beat the price from the bulk bins at Winco Grocery store for granola. The problem- Winco is 90 miles away! So I searched on Pinterest and came across this blog” The Granola Chronicles. This isn’t a blog dedicated to granola, but rather a “granola” lifestyle-simple, healthy and outdoors. Her recipe for Peanut butter honey granola sounded right up my alley, I love peanut butter and honey!

I made a minor modification to suit our needs (and pantry) here you go:

PB & Honey Granola:

4 cups Oats
1/2 C Honey
1/2 C Peanut butter (I used creamy, but I think crunchy would work fine)
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon

In a microwave safe dish place everything but the oats and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. In a large bowl place oats and pour PB mixture over and mix. Pour onto a prepared baking sheet and put into the oven. Turn oven on to 300 degrees for 25 minutes (do not preheat). Stir every 10 minutes or so. At 25 minutes turn oven off and leave granola in for 15 more minutes. (That’s a total of 35 minutes in the oven and about 3 stirs). Pull out of the oven and let cool. Store in an airtight container.

It’s pretty darn tasty and now I’m going to have to try some other granola recipes! A great way to use the oats we have in our food storage!

Apr 26 2012

Preschool Science Experiments

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Rachel

This is lesson plans for 2 days of preschool science. The children were ages 3 and 4. All of the links will take you to other posts within ldscraftproject and give you directions and pictures on how to do the experiment.

Preschool Ideas: Science day 1

Objective: To help the children experiment and see reactions.

Lesson Plan: April 23 & 24 Letter “S” Science

Gathering (9-9:15): Day 1: Color mixing in Ziplocs on table

Weather/Calendar/Letter/Song(9:15-9:25): Letter S-Fridge Alphabet letter “S”,

The E says “s” the S says “s” every letter makes a sound the S says “s” (also letters M-Matthew, D-Dexter, T-Tyson, H-Hope, W-Whitney, L-Lydia)

Lesson & Activity (9:25-10): Discuss what experimenting is and what happened when mixing the colors, what they thought might happen and what did.

Snack (10-10:10):

Strawberry or chocolate milk (let the kids mix their own and watch the milk change colors
Graham crackers, marshmallows,

Music/Movement (10:10-10:25): Primary songs,

Book (10:25-10:40) Books on color: Mouse Paint, A color of his own, A bad case of stripes

Free Time(10:40-pick up): Outside time

Preschool Ideas: Science day 2