Miss Fran takes 30 minutes!!

Using Hard Butter (Buttermilk Biscuits)

2010-05-17T23:09:00.001-07:00

Today is Tuesday which means Kitchen Tip Tuesday at Tammy's Recipes. Having small kids in my home in the South, means we are always cooking filling foods. My kids favorite filling food is biscuits. When they do want them they want the quick and I need it to be easy. The girls can make them on their own.

My Tip: I use the hand cheese grater on the butter get it all in uniform shapes. This mixed great in the flour to make awesome buttermilk biscuits.

Easy and Quick Buttermilk Biscuits

1 c Self Rising Flour

1 stick salted butter (grated with cheese grater)

1/2 c Buttermilk

Mix grated butter in Flour. Add buttermilk and stir till it makes a ball. Turn on a flour surface. Kneed some and pat down till even. Cut with a floured cookie cutter/biscuits cutter/glass (whatever you have) Bake at 350 for 10 mins on a greased pan.

They love these for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack with jelly, plain or if you are DS8 with cheese grits on top of it.

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Facing Fears: Water

2010-05-16T21:44:00.000-07:00

Fear has been the biggest obstacle getting in my way for my life. My fear has stopped me from doing so many things. I will be 34 on my birthday (July 24), and have been swimming many times. But in all the times of swimming I have never Dunked my head in the water. (Sound crazy...i know). I was always too scared to do it.

Well I faced my fears the weekend (5/15/2010) while with my kids and their aunt. We went to Pine Island and "I did it"....I dunked my whole head under the water. It was not as bad as I thought. My 6 yo and 8 yo were with me and if they could do it...I could do it too.

After facing this fear, I have decided to be baptized again. God has come into my life like a strong storm and is showing me a different way to live. I have always walked with him....Now I want to talk to him get to know him and be his VERY BEST FRIEND!!

Fran

I'm Back!!!!!

2010-05-07T07:36:00.000-07:00

I have been gone for soooooo long. We have been so busy, but I have never left the blog world. I am always reading something. The kids are getting so big. Big Boy is now 8, Miss Priss is 6, Lil' Miss Priss is 3 and Lil'Man is 18 months.

I am now not working and made a very big decision to give my life to Christ. I have always been a "church goer", but now I am a "follower and studying". I have had a very long year, by God have a plan for me and a purpose for my life and I want to live this way.

I plan to blog about my 30 minute tasks, weight watchers and home life. But I will start to talk about God and My new Support group (Celebrate Recovery).

Fran

Dinner from the depression..

2009-03-05T08:54:00.000-08:00

This 91 yo lady name Clara is on youtube with several recipes from the depression. I plamn to make a Poorman's meal from the depression. I also plan to make these Cheese rolls.

Cupcakes...Girl Scouts...Father/Duaghter Dance

2009-02-13T05:51:00.000-08:00

The Father/Daughter Dance is tonight for the girl scouts. I am going to work no in my Daisy troop is going. I have to make 100 cupcakes ( thanks for the help my cookie mom!!!) I made cupcakes with the help from "Cooking with littles under foot" . I made this as my birthday cake last year and loved it. Wanted to see how it will do as cupcakes. I will keep you posted with pic of the Cupcakes and the dance.!!!

Happy new year

2009-01-05T04:04:00.001-08:00

Free Graphics - MySpace/Xanga/Friendster

I have been on a Blog writing break. I reall have not been having any thing worh talking about.

It is a new year and I hope this year brings more talk time.

Weight Loss Challange- Week 2---(very last)

2008-10-11T03:23:00.000-07:00

Here is my weekly update for the weight loss challange over at Momzoo. I did soooo bad last week. i didn't want to post as you can see the lateness of this post. But it is not always about the loss. It is a lifestyle change and I need to be a part of this Cahallange!!! I did weight on this past Tuesday.

Date: Tuesday, 10/7/08

Start weight: 273.0
10/7/08: 271.8 (+2.6) (To date:-1.2) ----> Better than I thought!
9/30/08: 269.2 (-3.8)
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Goal: 10% (27lbs) by Thanksgiving
10/7/08 : +2.6 (25.8 To go)
9/30/08 : -3.8 (23.2 To go)

After posting I do feel a little better At least I didn't undo all that I had lost. Wish me luck for next week!!!!!!!

Fran

Tips For WW at home

2008-10-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

This past week I have been doing WW at home alone. I have been a member in the past and love it so much, but with time (kids in baseball and dance) and saving money I use the books that I got in the past at home. I have also found a wonderful website hosted by Dee to help with someone who is new. This site has a the daily point ranges breakdown by weight, a complete food list to with the points and lots of WW friendly recipes.

Tips I use to help me doing WW at home.

Before each meal drink a glass of water . ( I keep a 32 oz bottle with me everywhere I go)
Keep your teeth brushed after each meal. (sounds crazy, but it works. The toothpaste make the great food taste funny)
Get a special small notebook to track you points.
Measure your food. (this has been the best life saver for me. I never knew who much I was eating until I started doing this...BIG eye opener!!!!)

These are small tips that I use to help me on WW at home. Remember to always take baby steps and it is a lifestle change that does not happen over night. I have turtles all over my house to help me remember that "Slow and steady wins the race" I will show my best ones one day.

Have a good week!!!

Fran

Weight Loss Challange--week 1

2008-09-30T13:38:00.000-07:00

Here is my weekly update for the weight loss challange over at Momzoo......3.8 loss!!

Date: Tuesday, 9/30/08

Start weight: 273.0
Current: 269.2 (-3.8)
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Goal: 10% (27lbs) by Thanksgiving
9/30/08 : -3.8 (23.2 To go)

I worked real hard this week. Wish me luck for next week!!!!!!!

Fran

Weight Loss Challange

2008-09-23T13:14:00.000-07:00

I joined the weight loss challange over at Momzoo last week and forgot to even blog about. You know you are new to blogging when you forget to even blog. Me weight-in days will be on Tuesdays, since this was my WI day from WW back when I first joined. I did not weight last Tuesday, so I will use this week as my first week. I am going to use the WW points system at home.

Date: Tuesday, 9/23/08
Start weight: 273.0

Goal: 10% (27lbs) by Thanksgiving

Wish me good luck!!!!

Fran

Meet the Kids

2008-09-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

You have (l-r)Miss Priss, Little Miss Priss, Me..(top) The Man of the house!! As you can see Little Miss is eating her dinner...AWAY from the table. Here we are!!!

Easy and fast gravy

2008-09-10T20:05:00.001-07:00

Here is a fail proof way to make a quick and easy gravy. My kids love this with rice or mashed potatoes. I cook for a family of 4--three are small kids ages 2-4-6, so this is more than enough for us...Sometimes we have enough for another meal.

Use equal parts flour and oil to make a roux. (I use 2 Tbs each)
When the oil is warm but not too hot, start stirring in flour with the wooden spoon until the mixture is thick.
Stir continually with the wooden spoon over the heat so the roux cooks. Cook till the flour begin to turn a golden brown. (It does cook fast so do not leave the stove)
Add 1 cup of water and let boil. If it get too thick I add more water.
To season I add salt, onion powder, garlic powder and pepper to taste.

How to keep Garlic fresh?

2008-09-08T08:01:00.000-07:00

I love to buy fresh garlic very cheap at Aldi, but it never seems to stay fresh. I don't use it alot so I it to lasts for a while. I found these great tips here and here to help keep it fresh.

1. Divide the heads to cloves. Leave the the paper skins on the cloves. Place in a ziploc bag and use as needed.

2. Peel the cloves and puree them with oil in a blender or food processor using 2 parts oil to 1 part garlic. The puree will stay soft enough in the freezer to scrape out parts to use in sautéing. Freeze this mixture immediately.
***Do not store it at room temperature. The combination of the low-acid garlic, the exclusion of air (by mixing with oil), and room-temperature storage can support the growth of Clostridium botulinum.

IS YOUR HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE??

2008-07-12T04:41:00.000-07:00

Mama over at cooking with littles underfoot posted this on her homestead blog. It really touched me. I get so coughted up in it has to super clean and perfect, but it you really don't take time to make memories you would have really missed the reason why you have what you have. I start to feel this same way and even get depress about it, but I have to change how I look at things.

Ask yourself...Is you heart in the right place?????

Weight Watchers

2008-04-30T10:56:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went to WW. This is my second go at it. I was a member back in 2000 and I lost 60 lbs. I went in yesterday and saw that I found 50 lbs. It is going to be a slow process, but i plan to work the program 100%.

Start weight: 278.8
First goal: 10%

Yeast, Yeast everywhere!!!

2008-04-24T08:22:00.000-07:00

I am new to blogging. today in the mail i received 200 3-ct packs of Fleischmann's Yeast. On April 1 I won 2 auctions on Ebay: the first one was .25 for 100 and the second one was .99 for the other 100. With shipping it was a total for 16.24.

Making each pack only .08 cents. Now my question is what to do you do with this much of yeast?