Project 52: Glimpse Into Motherhood - Father's Day

Here is my link up of the week and a shout out to the best Daddy in the world!  Happy Father's Day! These shorts made me the most proud Mommy!

Grammy's Famous Chili

Grammy's Famous Chili

1 lb. Hamburger
1/2 lg. Yellow Onion - chopped
2 Cans (28 oz. each) Crushed Tomatoes
1 can Dark Red Regular Kidney Beans - DO NOT DRAIN
1/2 stick of Butter
Chili Powder
1. Cook Hamburger and Onion together and drain.
2. Add Tomatoes and kidney Beans to Hamburger and Onion.
3. Stir Well
4. Add Butter and Chili Powder to the Above.
5. Bring to a boil and then simmer until ready to eat.
*Sometimes I substitute dry beans for the canned beans and simmer all day!  The house smells so good! YUMMY! I love this with homemade bread (see my homemade bread recipe), Red Lobster Biscuits or corn bread!
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Recipe of the Week: Blueberry Streusel Bread

Blueberry Streusel Bread

*Cream Together:

1/3 c. Butter, softened

1 c. Sugar

1 Egg

1 t. Vanilla

*In a Separate bowl sift:

2 c. Flour

2 t. Baking Powder

*Stir together:

3/4 c. Milk

1/2 c. Sour Cream

*Alternately pour Butter mixture and Sour Cream mixture to the Flour bowl.

 

*Fold in:

1 c. Fresh or Frozen Blueberries (We also love Raspberries)

( I always dump in a lot of extra blueberries!)

*Pour into muffin tins, 9 inch greased glass pan.

Topping:

*Mix together

1/3 c. Brown Sugar

1/3 c. Flour

1/2 t. Cinnamon

*Cut in

1/3 c. cold butter

Sprinkle on top of batter.

Bake at 375 degree's or until toothpick comes out clean!

Our favorite Muffin Recipe! We love these with Tortellini Soup, Vegetable Soup, Chicken Noodle Soup, or just for breakfast! This is a MUST try :)

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Recipe of the Week: Aunt B's Tortellini Soup

Aunt B's Tortellini Soup

1/2 - 1 lb. Ground Sausage

1 - 2 (14oz.) cans of Chicken Stock

1 - 2 (14 oz.) cans of diced Italian Tomatoes

1 -2 t. Garlic

1 - 2 T. Fresh Basil

1 - 2 T. Fresh Parsley

1 (19 oz.) package frozen Tortellini

1. Brown Sausage and drain.

2. Add all ingredients (Tortellini will cook in the soup)

3. Serve

4. If you want to freeze - Cook all ingredients according to directions except do NOT add Tortellini. Attach bag of Tortellini to the frozen container.

SUPER YUMMY and SUPER EASY!

Our kids LOVE this soup!

If you do not have tortellini on hand you can substitute other pasta!

A wonderful bread to go with this is my Blueberry Streusel Bread Recipe!

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Project - Summer Headbands part 2

Project Headbands

Here is the trio of 3 new headbands 

that I made last night for summer "cutie-ness"!

Easy as pie...Alright it IS easier than pie!

Supplies:
Headbands
Flipflop decorations
( I found these at the local fabric store)

Directions: Clip the flipflop decorations on the the headband and WAhLah...you are done!  You may need a glue gun if the clip is not strong.  I did not need to glue.  I like to rotate the clips to match the outfit!

Which one is your favorite?

Day at the Boat Races

Today our project is brought to us by Curious George Rides a Bike by H.A. Rey.

How to make a Paper boat

Step 1: Take a piece of newspaper and fold it in half with the 

top being the folded edge.  

Step 2: Fold both top corners in.

Step 3: fold up the bottom edge, flip over and fold up the other edge.

Step 4: Bring both corners in and flatten into a diamond shape.

Step 5: Fold up one corner, then the other corner.

Step 6: Bring the corners in again and flatten back into a diamond shape.

Step 7: Gently pull the ends open and there is your boat!

 

Step 8:  Time for the Races!

 

On your marks, get set, GO!!!

 

Success!

 

Memorial Day Parade 2010

Memorial Day Parade 2010

Excited for the Parade to start!

Guess who's sleeping?

Thank you for all you have done and are doing for our country.

The candy was fun to catch but our favorites were the beach balls and police badges!

Guess who is still sleeping!

Happy Memorial Day!