The next four weeks I will be posting family home evening lessons that teach about the US Flag, Pledge of Allegiance, Patriotism, and the Preamble to the US Constitution. It is a nice way to lead up to the Independence Day celebrations you will have will your family while at the same time teaching them […]
Cool Summer Days Paper Calendar Tutorial
Upon posting the sewing tutorial for the Cool Summer Days Calendar I received many comments from those who don’t sew but would still like one. Here’s a paper version I came up with. It’s fairly easy – just print, cut, paste, laminate, make a few more cuts, and tape together. It only takes about one […]
Quesadillas
Quesadillas are a quick go to meal at our house. It’s easy to vary the filling depending on what you have on hand. We broil ours in the oven for a crunchy tortilla. Pictured here is a chicken and black bean filling. Quesadillas (basic) 6 flour tortillas2 cups shredded cheese, monterey jack, cheddar, or pepper […]
Oh What Do You Do in the Summertime {2}
Here’s a reposting of my summer activity list from last year. It has been updated with more ideas to have fun with your children this summer. I always feel so sad for those children whose parents dread the end of school, who fear having their children home all day, who don’t enjoy their children. Now […]
Strawberry Torte
Last month for Relief Society we had a progressive “Dinner Around the World.” We had an appetizer from Ecuador, a main dish from England, and this Strawberry Torte from Germany. I was asked to make the torte. The recipe is actually fairly simple but does require time. It tastes heavenly!!!! I changed the instructions of […]
Cool Summer Days Calendar Tutorial
Last year I posted about the tradition we have in our family to do Cool Summer Days, a summer activity calendar. The response I received to that post was HUGE. There’s been several links to it again this year. Today I’m going to show you how to sew your own calendar for your family. You […]
Mexican Grilled Corn
My dad first made this for us several years ago while he was visiting, I think when Cookie was born. It is a recipe we look forward to making every summer. It is SO GOOD!!! Make sure to have plenty of ripe, sweet corn on hand to grill as everyone will come looking for seconds. […]
Brown-Eyed Susans Cookies
We made these cookies a couple of weeks ago at our Kentucky Derby party. It was easy and fun for the girls to shape the cookies themselves. These would make a nice treat for someone who is feeling blue! Brown-Eyed Susans 1 batch sugar cookie dough. We use this recipe.3 TBSP. cocoa powder (dutch process)1/4 […]
Navajo Fry Bread
Pueblo Fry Bread, Indian Fry Bread….this goes by many names but we call it Navajo Fry Bread because we got the recipe from our good friends the Blackwaters. He is Navajo (grew up living in a hogan and everything!). She’s half Paiute, half Shoshone. We loved eating at their house because of the wonderful fry […]
Teaching Kids to Cook Part II
This is the second in a series of posts about cooking with children. Read the first post here. Meal Planning We all want our families to eat healthy. This can be hard when we have picky eaters that only like noodles, bread, and shredded wheat cereal. Not very well rounded, right? Teaching my children to […]
BBQ Chicken Pizza
One of the easiest,cheapest things to make is pizza. My girls LOVE to cook pizza. Every once in a while I can talk one of them in to trying a new pizza recipe to break us out of the rut of cheese, pepperoni, or Hawaiian. This BBQ Chicken Pizza was an instant hit. It fast […]
Savory Sausage Rice
This is definitely one of our favorite main dishes. To make it a little bit healthier definitely leave out the butter and try using brown rice. Savory Sausage Rice 2 lbs. bulk pork sausage (Jimmy Dean is the best)2 1/2 cups chopped celery1 cup finely chopped green pepper3/4 cup chopped onion2 (2 1/8 oz.) pkgs. […]
Easter Mosaic With Fudge
Here’s Fudge with all her expressive faces. She was giggling so hard on part of these because the eggs were cold! © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
I ♥ Faces: Week 14 Amateurs/ Spring or Easter
This picture comes from one of the funnest little photo shoots I’ve done in a while. Fudge is such a character. She can make some of the most expressive faces! It was hard to narrow down my choices to just one. You can see the rest in a mosaic here on this post. This week […]
Why, Oh, WHY
Do I do this to myself? 18 yards of fabric 3 different dress patterns 40 buttonholes 40 buttons 2 spools of thread 1 dull pair of scissors because I sent all our good ones up with my brother-in-law to BYU-Idaho to get them sharpened for a buck a piece and a WHOLE WEEK”S WORTH OF […]
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