This is the sauce I'll be trying. I'll update on how it turns out:
1 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup oil
6 oz. can of tomato paste
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp. prepared mustard
2 tsp. salt
Combine in cockpot and cook on low for 3 hours.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Sunday Chicken
I adapted this from a recipe on Grocery Shrink
Herb rub
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp pepper
I use 2 chickens for my family. Sunday morning, rinse the chicken(s) and rub all over with herb rub. Place in roasting pan... I place them breast down for a more juicy chicken, if you want them to look nice and have a crispy skin, you'll want to place them breast up. Put quartered potatatoes, onions and carrots around chickens (we use a LOT as certain members of our family eat thier weight in carrots). Again, I understand that not all of these veggies are friendly for every family. Use your family's favorite root veggies. Put in oven at 250-300 in the morning, and it will be done when you come home from church (about 3-4 hours). Yes, I regularly leave my oven unattended on Sunday mornings. Shoot me now LOL If you must, you can do this in the crock pot, but it really turns out tastier in the oven.
Scoop out the veggies, and put in a serving dish. Put chicken on serving platter, and serve with your salad bowl.
Herb rub
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp pepper
I use 2 chickens for my family. Sunday morning, rinse the chicken(s) and rub all over with herb rub. Place in roasting pan... I place them breast down for a more juicy chicken, if you want them to look nice and have a crispy skin, you'll want to place them breast up. Put quartered potatatoes, onions and carrots around chickens (we use a LOT as certain members of our family eat thier weight in carrots). Again, I understand that not all of these veggies are friendly for every family. Use your family's favorite root veggies. Put in oven at 250-300 in the morning, and it will be done when you come home from church (about 3-4 hours). Yes, I regularly leave my oven unattended on Sunday mornings. Shoot me now LOL If you must, you can do this in the crock pot, but it really turns out tastier in the oven.
Scoop out the veggies, and put in a serving dish. Put chicken on serving platter, and serve with your salad bowl.
Goulash
this is a favorite meal from my childhood, and it's a favorite with my children as well.
1 lb gluten free elbow noodles (we like the quinoa or corn noodles, as the rice noodles get a bit mushy)
1 large can diced tomatoes
2 lbs ground meat, browned with onion and garlic
Cook, drain, and rinse noodle. Add tomatoes and meat in noodle pot. Really, that's all there is... my 8 year old makes this!
1 lb gluten free elbow noodles (we like the quinoa or corn noodles, as the rice noodles get a bit mushy)
1 large can diced tomatoes
2 lbs ground meat, browned with onion and garlic
Cook, drain, and rinse noodle. Add tomatoes and meat in noodle pot. Really, that's all there is... my 8 year old makes this!
Taco meat...
If you want to have a mix on hand...
2 T garlic powder
2 T ground cumin
1/4 c chili powder
1/4 c onion flakes
Add 3 T + 1/4 cup water to 1-2 lbs of browned meat.
Generally, I brown the meat with chopped onion and just add a bit of garlic, cumin, and chili powder as it's cooking. I will use about 5 lbs of meat, and freeze the left overs. I will use some for baked potato dinners and lunches through the week.
2 T garlic powder
2 T ground cumin
1/4 c chili powder
1/4 c onion flakes
Add 3 T + 1/4 cup water to 1-2 lbs of browned meat.
Generally, I brown the meat with chopped onion and just add a bit of garlic, cumin, and chili powder as it's cooking. I will use about 5 lbs of meat, and freeze the left overs. I will use some for baked potato dinners and lunches through the week.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Obstacles
"We will NOT visit, see, experience, look at, or otherwise have ANYTHING to to with ANYTHING having to do with the Air force, airplanes, helicopters, military in general. WILL NOT, WILL NOT WILL NOT!"
Yup, I really need to learn to stop making such declarations, but, alas, I uttered those words before our Girlcation...
I often say that when we say what we will not do, God hears us and LAUGHS (at least He does when I say it!).
Monday, we arrived at our hotel. We were able to check in an hour early, and the man at the desk says that we have a view of DC from our window. How FABULOUS!!
Oh, what's wrong? Having a hard time seeing DC? That's because the Air Force Memorial is obstructing your view! That thing behind it? yeah, as much as I tried to pretend it wasn't, it is indeed the Pentagon.
At least we were able to avoid the airplanes and helicopters....
Except, of course when the planes from Ronald Reagan Airport flew over the memorial (didn't get a pic of them)...
or the day that the 4 black hawks flew past it (THOSE little boogers are hard to get a picture of too! they are the specs to the left of the memorial; click on the picture, and you will see them).
Well, gee whiz, at least it's a big window, right? There MUST be something more to look at to the left....
Oh, look. It's Arlington Cemetery...
Tuesday morning I heard "Pop pop pop", went to the window to see what it was, and saw smoke rising from a 21 gun salute at the cemetery. Don't know if this was a funeral or Changing of the Guards-- it was early, about 8 am (sorry about the glare and the blur)...
I really, truly did not mind most of these things, though I did wish that my view of DC had not been marred. When I looked beyond the obstructions, I really did have a great view. Wonderful, since the day that we were going to see some of these things was the day that Bekah was not feeling well, and we stayed in.
One day, when the girls are older and have more appreciation for the history of the area, we will go back, and see all of the memorials and monuments, but I really was glad to have the view from the hotel window...
The Capital building...
Lincoln Memorial...
Yup, I really need to learn to stop making such declarations, but, alas, I uttered those words before our Girlcation...
I often say that when we say what we will not do, God hears us and LAUGHS (at least He does when I say it!).
Monday, we arrived at our hotel. We were able to check in an hour early, and the man at the desk says that we have a view of DC from our window. How FABULOUS!!
Oh, what's wrong? Having a hard time seeing DC? That's because the Air Force Memorial is obstructing your view! That thing behind it? yeah, as much as I tried to pretend it wasn't, it is indeed the Pentagon.
At least we were able to avoid the airplanes and helicopters....
Except, of course when the planes from Ronald Reagan Airport flew over the memorial (didn't get a pic of them)...
Oh, look. It's Arlington Cemetery...
Tuesday morning I heard "Pop pop pop", went to the window to see what it was, and saw smoke rising from a 21 gun salute at the cemetery. Don't know if this was a funeral or Changing of the Guards-- it was early, about 8 am (sorry about the glare and the blur)...
I really, truly did not mind most of these things, though I did wish that my view of DC had not been marred. When I looked beyond the obstructions, I really did have a great view. Wonderful, since the day that we were going to see some of these things was the day that Bekah was not feeling well, and we stayed in.
One day, when the girls are older and have more appreciation for the history of the area, we will go back, and see all of the memorials and monuments, but I really was glad to have the view from the hotel window...
The Capital building...
Washington Monument...
Lincoln Memorial...
Jefferson Memorial...
Which brings me to the lesson that I was to learn. How often do I see the obstructions, and fail to look beyond them? This happens in every aspect of life. So often I see the annoyances, the "bad" things my children are doing, and fail to look past and see the wonderful things about them. I see the "bad days" that we have homeschooling, and almost miss the joy of a child "getting" math, or a 5 year old reading her fist words. My prayer is that God will help me to more often see past the obstructions and see the good stuff that He has for me.
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