Yummy Winter Meals and Deals

Crock Pot Pork Chops

By Kristen Evans

1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. garlic
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. salt

mix flour, garlic, mustard and salt. Press pork chops into flour mixture to cover. Put small amount of oil into frying pan and sear pork chops until browned on outside (about a minute each side)

Put pork chops in crock pot. Cover with chicken and rice soup. Cook all day on low.

You can leave the pork chops whole, but for the kids, I shred it with two forks just before serving and mix with rice.

Chili for Cold Weather

1 pound of ground turkey or ground beef

1 can of corn, drained

1 can of pinto beans

1 can of Rotel

1 cup of broth

1 package of Ranch Seasoning

1 package of Taco Seasoning

Ground meat, add taco seasoning. Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.

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Happy November!!

Carrot (chocolate chip) cookies
1 cup white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup softened butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup finely chopped carrots

Finely chop up carrots into as-small-as-you-can-get-them pieces, set aside. Beat together softened butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Now slowly add in flour and salt until dough forms. Mix in chocolate chips and carrots. Drop mixture on to a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 11-15 minutes.

These are delicious!

football soup:
1.5 - 2 pounds of ground beef {use 2 if you like it meatier, less if you like soupier}
2 cans of mild rotel
2 cans of minestrone soup {i use progresso}
2 cans of red kidney beans
salt and pepper to taste

salt and pepper and brown the meat and set aside. in a large cooking pot, add all other ingredients and bring to a boil. add meat. reduce heat, cover and let simmer for 30-40 minutes.

it is MUCH better the next day! you can always triple the recipe too by using 3 or 4 of everything, if you have a lot of people you are feeding! just make sure you have a big pot to cook with!!!

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Memaw's Chocolate Cake

Memaw's Chocolate Cake:
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup crisco
4T cocoa
1 cup water
bring these four things to a boil and pour over:
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 well beaten eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 t soda
1 t vanilla
dash of salt

Bake in a greased and floured pan (9x13) at 350 for 30 minutes (it usually takes a couple of minutes longer for the middle to be totally done for me)

Icing:
1 stick margarine
4 T cocoa
6 T milk (or water)
bring to a boil and pour over:
1 box powdered sugar
1 t vanilla

You can pour the icing over the cake before the cake and icing either one have cooled and then it's iced and the top layer of the cake is kind of gooey :)

10/5 Show

Check out Lisa's book reccomendation:

Healing and Preventing Autism

And listen in next time, 10/19, as we continue talking about Pervasive developmental disorders, treatment, and behavior therapy. We will have another fabulous guest!

Tonight's show

Check out baby Henry's birth story here!

And have fun making some goop and play doh!

Goop

1 box cornstarch
2 c. water (if too thick, add a little more water)

mix together and let your little one enjoy!
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All-Natural Play Clay

you will need:
1cup flour
3/8 cup salt
1 tbsp vegetable oil
natural dye:
brown--3/8 cup plus 1 tbsp hot water & 4 tbsp cocoa powder
fuchsia--3/8 cup hot beet juice (we used the liquid from a 15-oz can of beets)
orange--3/8 cup hot water & 1 tbsp paprika
yellow--3/8 cup hot water & tbsp turmeric
In a medium-size bowl, combine the flour and salt. Pour in the oil and your chosen natural dye, and stir well. Knead the dough on a floured surface for a few minutes. If the clay is too soft, add a bit more flour. Store the clay in an airtight container in the fridge.

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Thanks again Lisa and Erin for jumping in and winging it tonight!

Come back next week to listen in again!

happy birthday, henry:)

i want y'all, our faithful fans:) to see a glimpse of our newest momeez addition--baby henry!

sweet rose went in for her c-section, but her water broke and henry was born the old-fashioned way!! i know she will want to share all the details soon, but i snagged a couple of pix to hold you over 'til then!

Labor on Labor Day!

We welcome your birth stories! Please share and we will feature them on our blog!

Just email us at 2momeez@gmail.com

We can't wait to read away!

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Super Fun Chicken Recipe!

2 TBSP lemon juice/Soy sauce
3 TBSP Olive Oil
2 TBSP Brown Sugar
2 cloves of diced garlic

Breakfast Ice Creams
by the Sneaky Chef

Really Easy Strawberry Breakfast Ice Cream
1 ½ c. frozen strawberries, (w/out sugar or syrup)
½ c. milk
1 tbsp. honey or sugar

Banana Breakfast Ice Cream
1 frozen banana (cut into pieces--about 1 cup)
2 tbsp plain yogurt
1 tbsp honey or sugar
For chocolate Banana Breakfast Ice Cream, add ½ teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder to this recipe

For each recipe, putt all ingredients in a food processor (a 3-cup mini works well) and puree on high. Hold on tight! The first few seconds are a bit rough until the mix smoothes out. Each makes about 1 ½ cups of ice cream and serves 2 children.

Tips:

· To convert to a smoothie add an extra ½ cup of milk and process in a blender.

· To make popsicles pour into molds and freeze!

Coat chicken and let it sit for 10 minutes. Cook however you choose. Delicious!