Scalloped Potatoes and Onions

I love this recipe.  The best part is no cream of anything.  So yummy!  Recipe can be found here, at allrecipes.com. Scalloped Potatoes and Onions

Rated: Submitted By: Dorothy Bateman Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 2 Hours Ready In: 2 Hours 5 Minutes Servings: 6

"Writes Dorothy Bateman from Carver, Massachusetts. 'This creamy potato dish is so delicious. You can prepare it in the morning, than put it in the oven later--just be sure the sauce covers the potatoes so they won't turn brown.'"

Ingredients:

5 large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced 3/4 cup chopped onion 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 3/4 cups chicken broth

2 tablespoons mayonnaise 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper Paprika

Directions:

1.

In a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish, layer potatoes and onion. In a saucepan, melt the butter; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add broth, mayonnaise, salt and pepper; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thick and bubbly. Pour over potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika. Cover and bake at 325 degrees F for 2 hours or until tender.

The Best Cobbler

A friend was looking for a good dessert to make, so I though I would share my very favorite peach cobbler recipe, found here, at allrecipes.com.

 

Peach Cobbler VI

Rated: Submitted By: karen Photo By: daysecraze Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 24

"This is a wonderful southern recipe... very easy and tastes great!"

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup milk 1/2 cup margarine, melted 1 (29 ounce) can sliced canned peaches, drained 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2.	In a large bowl, combine flour, sugars, baking powder, salt and vanilla. Pour milk into dry ingredients and then stir in melted margarine. Mix thoroughly.
3.	Pour mixture into a 9x13 inch baking pan. Arrange peaches on top and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

These ornaments were fun to make!  D. thinks they were made just for him to play with.  :)  And of course they were...right!?  :)

Tasty Deer!

Spotted at the Festival of Trees.  These are my kind of reindeer!

 These are my kind of reindeer!

Just for fun

Just for fun, the hubby and I were at Alberto's over our weekend away to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.  Check out the vegetarian burrito on the menu.  We had a good chuckle! :)

Don't Lose Your Marbles!

The boys have been earning {or losing} marbles, as part of a rewards system we decided to try out.  When the boys hit the first line, and half way mark, they earned an ice cream cone from Macey's.  JC, who's been leading the game, filled his bottle to the top line first.  As a reward, earlier this week JC and his dad went to the movies and saw the Smurfs.

Marble idea came from useyourmarbles.com.  The only thing I really did different is if the boys managed to not lose any of their 3 marbles in a day they earned a large shooter marble instead, or when I ran out of those an extra marble.

School Store

Here is the rundown of our incentive program as promised to a few people.

We started off by having JC create our own class money.

We then made copies of the cash.  A list of ways to earn money was created.  For us this was things like on a quiz $1 for 80%, $2 for 90%, and $4 for 100%.  Actual test have a higher payout.  He earns money for reading books and being able to retell the stories to me, and for doing his daily school job.  He also has bills he is responsible to pay for things like computer use and new pencils, notebooks, etc.

On Fridays once we are done with school stuff, we payout for jobs and he pays his bills, then the the school store opens.  It will only be open during this time until the next week.  My prices were pretty low to start out with, but as I add new items to the store the prices are slowly increasing.

D. is thrilled to earn a hotwheel car he's had his eye on.

And JC was so happy to finally earn connect 4, launchers.  This by the way is an awesome game, much better than the original.