Here is a recipe I tried last night – it was yummy
We had some friends over so I made it big you can cut it in half – this fed 12 adults.
4 – 5 lbs beef (chuck steak or flank steak) cut into several large pieces to fit pot
2 onions sliced
3-4 tsp minced garlic
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp chili powder
chopped cilantro to taste ( I used alot because we love it)
2 or 3 jalapeno peppers seeded and chopped
3 cans of tomatoes and green chilies (drained)
Place beef in cooker top with onions and rest of the ingredients and cook on low for 7 hours or high for 5 When time is up take out beef and shred with fork and place back in cooker to serve
You can put green peppers in it but I did them separately in a pan before I served it because I like them crisp not soggy
Serve with corn, black beans, cheese, sour cream, salsa, guacamole etc
Luke and Drew put one of Emma’s baby dolls in jail. I guess boys do play with dolls – just in a little different way. This poor baby got strapped to the work bench. Guess she won’t break the law again – they taught her a lesson.
Here is a recipe I tried today. We went to a pig pickin‘ at Snow Hill Baptist (the church we used to attend) and I made this to take. I love being able to make yummy stuff and take it somewhere else for other people to eat so I won’t be tempted to eat it all!
Toll House Crumbcake
Crumb Topping
1 tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp butter (softened)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (i used pecans instead)
2 cups semi sweet choc chips
Cake
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups semi sweet choc chips
Mix crumb topping and set aside
Preheat oven to 350 grease a 9×13 pan
Combine flour, baking powder and soda, and salt and set aside
In mixing bowl cream butter, sugar and vanilla until creamy add eggs 1 at a time
Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream
Stir in chocolate chips
Spread batter into pan and sprinkle with topping
Bake at 350 for 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
Mike’s mom and dad invited us and Lee and Micky down to the beach for a few days to share a condo they rented for the week. We got down here about 6pm on Monday and had a great day yesterday. We were able to go over to the beach and play in the pool. The weather was great – the water was a little chilly but the kids didn’t mind. It’s raining now so we are planning to go over to Broadway at the Beach today and maybe check out an IMAX and the Aquarium. Mike’s uncle and aunt Ken and Elaine had all of us over for dinner last night at their home in Pawley’s Island and we had a nice time. We are planning to hit one those glutenous seafood buffets tonight. We are usually not the buffet type but it’s the best way to eat a lot of crab legs. We are heading home tomorrow but maybe we can stop at Tanger Outlet on the way out and do a little shopping! Maybe I can put up some pics soon.
I love to hear the funny things that kids come up with. Here are some recent funnies from the last couple of months that I have been saving to blog about. When we were at Isle of Palms a few weeks ago and my sister Sara was leaving our condo with Todd and Mallie she told them that they were going to ride the elevator. Mallie said ” I not want to ride the alligator”
Emma soaked so much chlorine into her eyes at the pool that her eyes were red and she asked me to put some vaseline (visine) in them.
Today while Luke was doing a Rainbow Rock Math game on the computer the “lady” on the computer said “Do you want to stop playing or continue”, in a very proper British voice. Drew was sitting with Luke and “helping” him do his math and Luke translated to his little brother “Drew, that means yonta (redneck for do you want to) play again.”
I was talking to my friend Misty today about deviled eggs and she said that Hannah (her 3 year old) calls them “camel eggs – I guess devil and camel sound alike to a 3 year old.
Mike entered the whole blogging world about a year before I did. For months before I started blogging I would say “if I had a blog I would write about that” Now that I have my blog I think I have decided that I should have named it “if I had time to blog . .. ” I am only getting out about 2 posts a week – if I’m lucky – mostly just once a week. I really enjoy it as a time to think about my day and get some thoughts out of the mess I call my mind. Mike has been teaching a lesson series to the youth called Simplify. I really need to do that. I feel like I am running in 50 different directions sometimes. I talked to my daddy a few days ago and he had called a couple of times and didn’t get me so when he did talk to me he said I was a busy lady and hard to get in touch with. I told him that when he and Mama had me I should have been twins so I would have 2 of me on the crazy days.
Two of me would actually just add to the craziness. I would find too much for both of us to do. Some of my business is because of my stage in life with 3 little ones and homeschooling. Some of it is self inflicted because of over committing, not saying no, wasting time (like blogging instead of folding laundry), and getting involved in too many things. As he closed the meeting Sunday night Mike talked about how Elijah looked for God in the wind and the rain but God spoke in the still small voice. I heard a preacher say one time (don’t remember who it was) – if you aren’t hearing from God and you are wanting Him to yell at you it’s because you are not close enough to hear Him whisper. That has always stuck in my mind. I want to be close enough and still enough to hear Him whisper. Lots of times this means giving up some good things to have the best things. I love being a mom and all the craziness that comes with it but simplifying is definitely something I am going to be working on.
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