How to make Cream Fondant

•1 lb. powdered sugar

•1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

•3 tablespoons heavy cream, whipped

•1 small egg white, lightly whisked


1.Dust your work surface with powdered sugar. Sift together powdered sugar and cream of tartar. Mix in the cream and egg white to make a mixture that is firm but pliable.


2.Place on work surface and knead for about 5 minutes.


3. Add food colorings and flavorings as desired and kneed them into mixture.

Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu

Italian seasoned bread crumbs
Egg mixed with a TBS of water
Thawed and thin cut chicken breasts
Parmasean cheese or Swiss Cheese
Sandwich sliced ham

dip each peice of chicken in the egg mixture and then in the bread crumbs, put ham and cheese on top of half your chicken breasts, put the non-cheesed/hammed breasts on top of the cheesed/hammed breasts and secure with toothpick, place in an oiled baking dish in preheated oven of 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes--during the last ten minutes of baking you can sprinkle more cheese on top of your chicken :-)

Keep It Simple

So many of us have almost given up cooking for our families, not to mention mending clothing, doing crafts with the kids, or taking a date night with your spouse. We say, "I just don't have time anymore." And the truth is, many of us don't have time anymore. When we look at the fact that most families need two incomes to cover expenses, and then the hundred activities we are all involved in "on the side", we can easily see why we have "no time."
I found myself in the same dilemma not too long ago. I started my day at four-thirty in the morning. Got the family breakfast, dressed and lunches packed and hit the road by six. I got home from work at seven, picked up Natti, ate dinner, played with her for an hour, and then it was bedtime. The weekends weren't much better, after a busy week of work, it was time to clean house, prepare Sunday school lessons, and get reacquainted with the family..."who are you again?"
Brandon and I agreed that we had to do something. It took some work, actually a lot of work, but we decided with a few...ok, I'll be honest, some major changes, we could live off one income. We sold one of our cars, got rid of our credit cards, and started saving any way we could. I had to make sure I cooked rather than us eating out so we could save money--tiring when you've worked all day, but in a few short months, our debt was gone, I could quit my job!
Now I am a stay-at-home mom. I can do all those things that are so important. Cooking, it is now a necessity because of living on a budget, but it is a blessing in disguise because I get to see how happy it makes my family having a home-cooked meal. New clothes, yes, I can't buy as many, but I can use my creativity and make new out of the old because I have TIME now. Best of all, my kids are really MY kids. I don't leave them for hours upon hours. I get to instill the values I want them to have. I get to raise MY kids, not someone else.
I encourage everyone to start getting rid of the things you just don't need...do you need new clothes and cable TV and new cars and take out? Do your children NEED those things? I'll bet the thing they want most is you. Find a way to be there for them...after all, it's the simple things in life that make life great!

I'm Just Grumpy

Hey all,
Do you ever feel like everyone will just have to put up with you today because you just feel grumpy and you don't know how to shake it? I find myself in this trap so often I thought I'd write a little discovery I've made. It's called covenant.
When a person gives their lives over to Christ, they form what is called a "covenant relationship." Very similar to that of marriage, or at least what marriage should be, except this relationship is with our Creator. In the Old Testament, David and Jonathan, the king's son (just a note--Jesus is also a "King's Son"), came into covenant with one another. When this happened, Jonathan gave David his Kingly robes to wear. In essence, David was now Jonathan, he represented Jonathan. As Christians we are now wearing kingly robes, The KING'S robes. We have come into covenant with our Creator and now represent Him. It's not about me anymore, it's all about Him and making sure I am rightly representing the One that I have come into covenant with--just some food for thought the next time you feel like just being a grump.

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

10 oz vanilla flavored almond bark
1-1/2 cup of peanut butter
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 pinch of salt

put almond bark in microwavable bowl and melt
add the peanut butter and condensed milk and stir, if the almond bark starts to stiffen before you are completely done stirring, put the dish back in the microwave for thirty seconds
in a wax paper-lined pan, pour the mixture into the pan and refrigerate for two hours or until hard

This recipe is so easy and great fun for kids! My daughter and I made these in a matter of minutes with virtually no mess.