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Dear Mom, Thank you. For tucking me every night. For teaching me. For having an amazing amount of patience. For sitting up with me during tornado season. For reassuring me when I needed it. For believing in me. For loving me. For loving my husband & my children. For supporting me. For always being there. For always answering when I call…even now that I’m an adult. For making me into the woman I am today. I love you. Erica … [Read more...]
Hello readers! Today I wanted to share a yummy comforting soup recipe with you. It’s a simple creamy potato soup that is not only easy to make, but definitely warms the belly on a cool day! Ingredients: 1 pound bacon, chopped 3 Tbsp. butter 2 stalks celery, diced (I omit this to please kids, but it gives the soup nice flavor.) 1/2 sweet onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 8 potatoes, peeled and cubed (I prefer red potatoes) 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup heavy cream (Can sub. milk to reduce calories) 4 cups chicken broth or stock Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup Monterrey Jack cheese, shredded 2 green onions, chopped Method: 1. In a Dutch oven, or large pot, cook bacon over medium heat until done. Remove bacon from pan and chop. 2. Drain off all but 1/4 cup bacon grease. Add onion, and celery to pot and sauté until soft. Add garlic and cook about 1 more minute. 3. Add cubed potatoes, butter, and flour and stir well. Sauté for another 2 … [Read more...]
Hello fabulous readers! I wanted to share a recipe that has eluded me for years now…simple homemade refried beans. Maybe it’s because I’m Italian, and there’s no pasta involved... Anyway, I know you probably already have your own recipe for this, but for those of you like me who struggled to make them without the taste of cardboard coming to mind, please read on! These are really quite easy, and thanks to a couple of my good friends, I think I’ve finally mastered the illusive refried beans. Before I go on, I just want to let you know that I don’t actually re-fry them…they’re good as is, and I didn’t feel the need to take something yummy and…well…fry it. So let’s get on with it shall we? Ingredients: 1 small bag dry pinto beans 4-5 garlic cloves, minced 1 C. sour cream 1 C. cheddar cheese, shredded Salt to taste Crock-pot/Slow Cooker Method: Pour dry beans into a large bowl and fill with water covering the beans. Swish them … [Read more...]
Hi everyone! I wanted to share a yummy recipe with you today, they’re my homemade tortillas. I actually have 2 recipes to share, one is for white flour tortillas, and the other is for whole wheat tor tortillas. Either way my kids devour these! They eat them as snacks all by themselves, with peanut butter and jelly, cheese, or with salsa. Not only are they better for you than store bought tortillas, but they’re less expensive and sooooooo good! Ingredients: 3 1/2 C. all purpose flour (Can use all purpose white flour or whole wheat flour, or you can even do half and half.) 2 teaspoons salt 3/4 C. Vegetable Shortening (Or Lard) Yes, I know it’s awful but Lard is really the key to good flour tortillas. Sorry. You can substitute with 1/2 c olive oil, but really they are much denser, and not as good.) 1 cups lukewarm water Optional: I highly recommend a Tortilla Maker for this. Rolling them out by hand is difficult and the tortillas don’t get as thin … [Read more...]
Hi everyone! While I won’t quite be in the serene setting above, I am going to take a couple days off this week for a family wedding! We hope to see lots of family and friends as well. And I’m seriously considering going sans technology! I’ll probably bring along my iPad so I can do a little reading, but I don’t count that as online time ha ha! Anyhoo…I thought I might pass on a little info the event you are wondering why you haven’t heard back from me via email… Did you email me? If you have emailed me I won’t be responding until Monday April 15th, and I will do my best to get back to you all! Did you order a product? If you ordered a downloadable product you should have received a welcome email from me with a password to login to your account when you purchased the items. If you didn't get it, just go to my store: http://store.confessionsofahomeschooler.com then click 'login' in the top right corner. From there, you'll see a 'forgot password' … [Read more...]
Hi all! Today I wanted to share a recipe with you that we’re loving over here at Confessions! It’s the Carrabba’s Bread and Dipping Sauce Recipe! Okay, so I’m sure it’s not the “official” recipe, but it’s as close as we could get and tastes pretty good if I do say so myself! Now before you read on, I just want to say this isn’t one of those ‘mill your own wheat’ and ‘no bad stuff in this’ recipes. The bread at Carrabba’s is white bread, and so this recipe uses white flour, and yes…Crisco. So I know it’s not all that healthy in regards to nutrition, but at least it’s homemade and so that counts for something right? Plus it’s sooooo good! So please forgive me this one indiscretion ;o) So ready to get on with all the yummy goodness? Ingredients: 1 1/4 tsp. dry yeast 1 1/4 c plus 1 1/2 Tbsp. Luke warm water (110 degrees F, 43C) 3 c unbleached all-purpose four 1 tsp. salt 1 Tbsp. vegetable shortening Olive oil to … [Read more...]
Okay, I think there’s a possibility that I am experiencing what some refer to as “spring fever”. It’s hard not to feel the fresh new aura of spring with new buds on trees, grass starting to green up, and the warmer temperatures we’ve been having! So today I pulled out some fun spring nail colors to share with you all! The one on the left is one I wear all the time, and get compliments on just about every time I wear it. It is called “Play Date” by Essie, and since I have four children, it seemed like the name fit well. The middle, bright pink color, is “La Paz-itively Hot” by O.P.I. It’s one of my favorite hot pink colors! And the far right one is “Bikini So Teeny” by Essie. Yeah, this name does absolutely NOT fit for me, but still a cute pastel blue color, and a Strawberry Shortcake numero uno! Here is the one I chose for today. It’s “Play Date” by Essie. This is a super fun purple color and it’s a mix between lilac, but with a warmer … [Read more...]
Hi everyone! Today, I’m participating in the iHomeschool Network “I Can’t Homeschool Because…” series. Each of the bloggers are posting on common misconceptions and doubts we all face when thinking of taking the leap into homeschooling. As indicated by the above title, my topic is “I Can’t Homeschool Because I Don’t Have a Degree.” By degree, I’m specifically referring to a teaching degree, but this will apply to questions about teaching without any type bachelor’s or college degree. The Short Answer: YES! You absolutely CAN homeschool without a degree. Not only is it not required by most states that a homeschooling parent has a college degree, but it’s simply a misconceived notion that those without a college degree are not intelligent. Certainly that is not the case! (As all state laws are different, please research the laws of your own state prior to homeschooling. For more information on state homeschool law, please visit HSLDA.org … [Read more...]
Hi everyone! I know so many of you weren’t able to attend the last webinar we did with Amy McReady on getting kids to listen with out nagging, reminding, or yelling, so I’ve asked her to do another one for everyone! And the FREE WEBINAR is tonight at 9pm EST! I really hope you can join us, Amy has some great tips on parenting that have benefited our family tremendously! For those of you who don’t know, Amy is author of the awesome website, Positive Parenting Solutions, where she shares all kinds of great tips and tricks for parents! She is a regular on The Today Show and has appeared on Rachael Ray, CNN, MSNBC, in The New York Times and more. What’s the Webinar About? Get Kids to Listen Without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling (And who couldn’t use some help in that area right!?) Tired of the yelling? Tired of the whining? Tired of being tired? You’re not alone. From toddler temper-tantrums to teenage talking back, parents wonder what it takes to … [Read more...]
Hi everyone! I know so many of you weren’t able to attend the last webinar we did with Amy McReady on getting kids to listen with out nagging, reminding, or yelling, so I’ve asked her to do another one for everyone! For those of you who don’t know, Amy is author of the awesome website, Positive Parenting Solutions, where she shares all kinds of great tips and tricks for parents! She is a regular on The Today Show and has appeared on Rachael Ray, CNN, MSNBC, in The New York Times and more. What’s the Webinar About? Get Kids to Listen Without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling (And who couldn’t use some help in that area right!?) Tired of the yelling? Tired of the whining? Tired of being tired? You’re not alone. From toddler temper-tantrums to teenage talking back, parents wonder what it takes to get kids to cooperate. If you’re tired of nagging, reminding and yelling to get kids to listen – this session is for you! I’m so … [Read more...]
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