Products I love!

If you have ever suffered from food allergies, you know how hard it can be to find good products. Well I have found a few products I love and just wanted to share them with you. Some are Gluten free and some are well...just good.

If you have never tried TINKYADA pasta, then now is the time. They have many varities and come in non-organic and organic. I love this pasta! It tastes just like regular pasta. I have found out that the best way to cook it is this- soak it in cold water for one hour. When ready to eat prepare as followed- heat water until boiing. then drain and rinse pasta. finally, add pasta to hot water. Cook until hot then serve with sauce.

I also love UNCLE EDDIES vegan cookies. If you have never tried these then you are deffantly missing out! They carry about six different kinds. My favorite are the trail mix cookies.

Mother's Cocoa Bumpers YUMMY! They taste like cocoa puffs but they are natural! I also noticed that once you have had them you can't go back!

I love to cook so great food is a big deal. I love to take the TINKYADA shells (they look like big seashells) and stuff them with a mixture of riocotta cheese, basil, parm, and well any cheeses you love actually. I then take a red sauce mixed with cut veggies and pour it over the top. I then add a bit of parm and then mozzerella over the top. Bake at 375 degrees until cheese is golden brown. Make sure you cover with foil for the first 20 minutes. Take cover off and cook another 10 to 15 minutes. YUMMY! I also like to make hmemade mac and cheese.

To make mac and cheese-

I start with the TINKYADA elbow noodles. I soak 2cups in cold water for an hour. The I rinse and set aside ( this will soften the noodles and take some of the starch off the noodles). Next I prepare the sauce. To do this you will need 2cups milk, 2tablespoons butter (i like real butter), 2tablespoons flour (you can use rice flour for this and some times I only use one tablespoon), 1 1/2cup sharp cheddar, 1/2 cup mozzerella, about 1/3 cup parm cheese ( this depends on how much you like this cheese), paprika, salt and pepper to taste.


I put milk, butter, flour, and cheese in pan and melt on low ( you can do medium low but watch to make sure you don't scorch the milk). Cook until all cheese is melted. I then add a sprinkle of paprika, a bit of salt and pepper to taste. I then place noodles in boiling water until warm. When they are warm place them in an oven safe dish. Then add the cheese mixture. Stir to mix it all togther. Sprinkle top with paprika. Cover and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees!

If you have food allergy to gluten you will love these gluten free peanut butter cookies.

1cup sugar granulated. It can be organic.
1cup Peanut Butter. Again, can be organic.
1 egg.

Mix all ingredients together. I like to bake them at 350 for about 10 minutes. This will depend on your stove. I also like to melt gluten free chocolate and dip the cookies in the chocolate and then let them set. When the chocolate hardens they are ready to eat!

Well I hope you enjoy the goodies I have liste above! You can let me know. Just drop me a line!

Getting ready for summer!

Well as I watch, I am starting to see signs of spring. Yes I know, I sound crazy but I feel it in my bones! So what does that mean to me? Well now I start getting my plants ready. I start my seedlings so they are ready for planting, plan out my garden and well get the compost ready! I compost all year long so that I have great soil for my garden. But this year we are also going to cut back the apple trees so that we can get more yeild. I want to be able to get more fruit so I can uh can. LOL I mean make applesauce and can it. I also have pear trees and grapes. So what would you plant in your garden and why? I would love to have recipes that go with the foods you grow!

Losing weight!

Ok so the time has come where I need to lose weight! I have until June to lose about 38 pounds. I have found that since I have had kaelyn that I keep gaining weight, not losing it. So starting tomorrow I am doing it...that's right the dirty little word...exercise. I am going to try to cut down my pop intake to only one pop a day. I need to drink more water and really focus on that. I have been working out with the YOUR SHAPE on the Wii. So I guess I jus need encouragement so I am asking everyone that is going through tis to post a comment and let me know your favorite ways to lose weight. I would also like to know your favorite cleanse programs also!!

RESPECT

How important is respect? I only ask because it seems to me that some kids out there lack it. They are rude and disrespectful to friends, parents and well just everyone in general. I try to instill the importance of good manners in my children but they seem to lose it when they are with their friends. So how do we teach them? How do we make them realize that manners are important? What about lying? You catch a kid in a lie then what happens? You ground them? So do they lie again? HECK YES they do. They know they can get away with it some of the times. But how do we make them realize the wrong of their actions? I mean come on we did that when we were kids right? I know I had a little white fib from time to time. But I tried NEVER to be disrespectful. How hard is it for a kid to say thanks mom for making me dinner? Or mom can you pleas pick me up from my friends house? Or just a may I please be excused? Oh well I guess I will have to figure a new way to teach tehe basics!

I love saving money!

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Ways to Make it when the world seems against you.

I know that sounds harsh but it is more of a ha ha vs. being serious. I am a working mother and stay pretty busy. I am always looking for ways to make life a little easier so I thought I would share some ideas.

1. Plan your meals out for the week on sunday so that you can shop if needed.

2. Make meals ahead of time and then freeze them. This is great when the kids are really active in sports!

3. Break up cleaning. Clean only one or two rooms a day. Then next day do another one. This keeps the house clean without going crazy.

4. Make homemade laundry soap. It is cheaper and lasts longer. You can add natural oils to have a touch of lavender or whatever you like.

5. By a wipeboard! Great way to leave a note, write down things you need or even put a schedule on. I like to put up the family chore list so everyone knows what they need to do.

6. When needed, don't be afraid to ask friends for help. A true friend will be there to help because they know that you would do the same for them.

7. And last but not least....take time to breathe and to count the wonderful blessings you have in life. I may not be rich in terms of money but I am in terms of family and friends.

OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM

I have been watching a friend suffer thanks too our wonderful DHS! She has been raising a child who was ripped from her home and placed with a new foster family. The thing is, they are trying to adopt him. We pay for children to be in foster homes, yet they wanted to keep him without being paid. They wanted to adopt Landon! But because DHS told them to do one thing and then someone else said they lied about it, they were not the recommended family. Now I may not understand everything there is to know about foster care but don't you think it would be better for the child to be in a home where the parents are going to love him? Not only that but adopt him and pay for whatever bills that he had. BUT NO! They put him in a foster home where the parents are old enough to be his grandparents. They are getting money for other kids they have in their home already. I don't think we as tax payers should have to pay to keep him in one foster home when he could be in a home that just wants to love him. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY! I think it is time that our Governor takes a look at how our state is doing things!


Ok so next complaint! FRIEND OF THE COURT GENESEE COUNTY MICHIGAN!
It is time for FOC to change. There are tons of men and women that get the shaft because friend of the court decides they don't like you. They think women can do no wrong and the men are the scum of the earth....WELL GUESS WHAT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS TRUE! There are moms out there that will fight the dads and not let them see their child. So what does FOC do? That's right....MOM you are perfect you don't have to let dad see the child. My husband has fought to see his son and they said he is not entitled to see his son. Not only that we have changed our address with FOC and the courts FIVE times and they still send the paper work to the wrong house. We get to see him now but only because we worked out a schedule with my sons mom. He is paying child support but we seem to never get caught up. As for filing taxes, well kiss that goodbye. His go right to back child support every year but our back support never seems to go down. We have to file together so that means I will lose my taxes too! HOW FAIR IS THAT? Am I being selfish? COME ON GOVERNOR DO YOUR JOB AND MAKE FOC JUDGE FAIRLY FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN!!