It's Dinnertime!

Today I am making:

chicken sausage

sauteed spinach w/garlic

pineapple chunks w/shredded coconut

Parmesan Potatoes

Here is the recipe you asked for Mrs. C. We hope you like it as much as us.

1/2 cup flour of choice
1T salt
1/2-3/4 cup parmesan. cheese
2 tsp lemon pepper
1-2 tsp garlic powder
1-3 tsp dr. parsley
2/3 cup butter or oil
4-5# potatoes



~Split butter in half and melt in 2 9x13 pans
~Wash and cut taters into chunks
~Mix seasonings together in large bowl or bag
~Toss wet/damp potatoes in seasonings to coat
~Lay in single layer in 9x13 pan on the butter and bake for 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees

hope you like it:-)

Shabbat Shalom

We wanted to introduce to you my sisters; (My mom calls them our mini-maidens in training.) And share a couple Shabbat Blessings with you for your table tonight.

Shabbat Shalom,

Hailey, Naomi and Eliana

Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies for Shabbat

It is preparation day again! YAY!!!

For the last couple of weeks I have been preparing our Shabbat dessert. This week I made cookies.

Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: Makes about 5 dozen

Ingredients

* 3/4 cup butter, softened

* 3/4 cup granulated sugar

* 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

* 2 large eggs

* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

* 2 cups all-purpose flour

* 1 teaspoon baking soda

* 1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats

* 3/4 teaspoon salt

* 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels

* 1 cup raisins

Preparation:

Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until blended.

Combine flour, soda, oats, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in morsels and raisins. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.

Bake at 350° for 8 to 14 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Quilting Maiden and Goat Girl

This is my finished quillow. It was quite easy to make, and I learned a lot about quilting in the process! It goes well on my bed and it is really warm at night (it's winter here).

it looks nice on my bed 

this is the back of the quillow. The inside of the pocket.

the front of the quilt

This is how to fold it so it fits into the pocket. 

Pulling the pocket inside out...

And there! Now it is a pillow! 

I hand embroidered the butterfly :) 

I don't have any instructions, as my sewing teacher showed me how to make it week to week. But Mum noticed that if you google 'making a quillow' there are lots of instructions on the internet! There are a few links HERE if anyone would like to make one too. 

Now to my goats! Keeping and raising goats is a family project for us. At the moment I am responsible for milking the dairy goats and feeding our two weak kids that needed a helping hand to get going. 

Here they are at 4 days old...Rebekah and Pip. When they were born neither of them could stand and we thought they wouldn't make it. Their mother had 5 kids! They are both very small, but we brought them into the laundry and started bottle feeding them and they are now doing really well. They are almost ready to go back in the paddock with their brother and sisters. Harmony, their mother, is happy to let them hang around but she won't let them feed so we will have to keep bottle feeding them for about 3 months. 

This is Harmony with her other 3 kids. 

and this is baby Rebekah thinking that my cheek is a teat! 

So far we have 14 kids...6 girls and 8 boys, and still have one doe to kid (which should happen tomorrow! Check my blog for updates!)

It's Dinner time!

Today we had:

Nachos! They were made with leftover Corn and Bean Salad and some rice and cheese on top of nacho chips. Baked at 350 degrees until they start to smell good.

Pretty simple :-)

Love,

Baked Zuccini

Here is the zuccini recipe you asked for, this works nicely with yellow squash too. We also use matza farfel or crumbs in place of the bread crumbs some times.

You will need:

abuot 4 zuccini
grated cheese
basil(dried)
oil
bread crumbs/stuffing mix

Grease a 9 x 13 or 11 x 15 with oil.
Cut fat 1'' thick rounds and lay in bottom of the pan.
Sprinkle the rest of the ingridients on top.
Bake at 350F for 30 min.+


This is really good, my Dad really liked it!



Love,

It's Dinner Time

Today I made:

Parmesan Potatoes

Grilled Chicken (I can take almost No credit for it,Elijah, my 10yr old brother, grilled it and it was really fantastic!)

Sauteed Spinach (I learned that it takes a lot of raw spinach when you are cooking it. It shrinks a lot! I used a whole pound)

and boy was it good!

Love,

Psalms 23 in Hebrew

When we were learning this we thought, "This is so long
will we ever learn it all!" Now, it's pretty easy to recite :-b

We learned this from hebrew 4 christians and

we also downloaded a narration

of it here and listened to it every day

over and over till we learned it.

We also made up a melody for it, we might share that

some day... I don't know were kinda shy about

the music we make up... :-b

It's Dinner Time!

Tonight for dinner I made:

Roasted Chicken

Salad

Baked Zucchini

I also made some raw pickles, but they take a few days to be ready.

Making Sourdough Starter

Our family would like to start using sourdough instead of using commercial yeast. So Mom put me in charge of making a starter (with her supervision). Personally, I really like sourdough. It takes a lot of time but it is worth it! We are taking the GNOWFGLINS Sourdough eCourse together to learn how to make the change to sourdough.

It is best to start this project in the morning or before bed because you will need to feed your starter every 12 hours.

In a pint jar, put 3/8 cup of wheat flour and 1/4 cup water, and mix vigorously. Cover jar loosely and let sit on the counter for 12 hours between feedings. (It is important that it be filtered because chlorine kills sourdough.)

It is best if both are at room temperature. The starter grows best between 65 and 85 degrees.

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First Feeding

If you don't see any activity,(bubbles) than let sit for another 12 hours. If you do, feed it 1/4 cup of water and mix well than add 3/8 cup flour and mix well. Cover loosely.

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Second Feeding

If you still do not see life, toss it and start from scratch. If you do, Remove half of the starter and add 1/4 cup water and stir, than add 3/8 cup flour and again stir. Cover loosely.

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Third Feeding

Take out half of the starter, than add 1/4 cup water and mix, than add 3/8 cup flour and mix vigorously. Keep in mind that your feedings are every 12 hours,so you need to get into a morning/ night routine.

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Fourth Feeding

Take out half of the starter, add 1/4 cup water, mix than add 3/8 cup flour and mix vigorously.-------------

Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Feeding

Repeat above process until it consistently showing signs of life, at least one week. Well done! your starter is complete!

You may start using your starter, but it is reccomended that you keep it on the counter and feed it regularly for the next three weeks at a ratio of 1:1. (Doing this will strengthen your starter for long term use.) Afterwich time you may store in the fridge if desired, feeding it once a week.

When you want to use the starter you feed the amount of water and flour you intend to use. For example if your recipe calls for 1C of starter, you feed your started 1/2C water and 1/2 C flour and you mix it really good and let it sit a couple hours (or longer). Than you take what you need and leave the rest.

We'll show you some things we try as we go... check out GNOWFLGINS - there courses are great and you pay what you can! (And its Homeschool Science!)

Hope you have fun,

A Sunshine State Shabbat Dessert

It has really been hot here in the south. 

I decided to make a cool dessert for Shabbat.

Lemon Icebox Pie is a super easy recipe, and can be whipped up in no time =)

What you need:

• 1 package (8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 3/4 cup lemonade concentrate (or any flavor)
• 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 graham cracker crust (8-9 inches)
• large bowl
• spatula

The first thing you want to do, is beat the cream cheese until it is smooth.

Next, gradually beat in the sweetened condensed milk until it is blended well.

Now, beat in the lemonade concentrate.
and then

Fold in whipped topping...

That's it! Now just pour into your pie crust, cover and refrigerate, until set.

The original recipe calls for only one pie crust. I found we had enough for two :D

Shabbat Shalom Sisters!

It's Dinnertime!

I am in charge of Tuesday night dinners in our home and sometimes it gets postponed or we end up doing leftovers or something, so please bear with me. I thought it would be fun to post my menu each week. If others would like to join me, that would be very nice. (It's OK if your Dinnertime Day is different than mine.)

I try to plan my meals a day ahead, pull out any meat from the freezer, and ask my Mom if she has any other plans for the food I want to use. Also I use things that we already have on hand. If you want any recipes just let me know and I will post them.

Here is my menu for this week:

Melon Mint Salad

Grilled Chicken Sausage

Sweet Potato Chips

Love,

A patchwork bag project

Shalom! My name is Bridget and I have just joined TKM. I am 12 years old and live in Australia. I have 2 brothers aged 7 and 5. We live on a little property with 10 goats, 4 hens, 2 cats and 1 dog.

This is a bag that I made. It was the first project at my sewing class. I take sewing for 2 hours each week. I am mostly learning patchwork. 

I am currently working on this quillow. A quillow is a small quilt that folds into a pocket attached to the back
turning it into a pillow when it is not in use.

I will post more photos when it is finished. I am glad to be part of Torah Keeping Maidens!

Dog Training Maiden

Did you know that owning a pet can prolong your life expectancy up to 3 years? To make those enjoyable, some training might be useful. Do you know how to train a dog? Well, I didn't know how to either, until now... 

 

Why is it important to train your dog? From Scripture, we understand that Yahweh is pleased when things are done in order... "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way." ~1 Cor. 14:40 and Col. 3:23 says "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for YHWH, not for men..." so this is why I think training our pets is a good thing.

Here are a couple of "rules" to start with...

Always remember to use positive reinforcement, and be firm, but loving.

And never underestimate your dogs ability to learn.

Yogurt Making Maiden

This is a recipe for nice thick plain yogurt that our friend showed us how to make. This recipe makes a little over a half gallon of yogurt. (2 Qrts and 1 cup)

Ingrediants:

1/2 Gallon of Milk (we use raw but any will do)

1C of Yogurt

Supplies:

A thick bath towel

A crock pot

2 qrt jars and 1 pint jar

A spoon

A candy thermometer

A large pot

Heat your milk in the pot on the stove over a med low heat. Be careful not to burn, this takes a little time. It is a good practice of patience. Stir regularly.

Clip your candy thermometer to the side of the pot and
heat until the milk reaches *180 degrees F.

Remove from heat and let it sit and cool until it gets down to 110 degrees F.

Stiring will help this go a little faster, but it is another test of patience. :-) (It is important to watch your tempature, because if it's too hot, it will kill the culture in the yogurt. If it gets too cold, it will not go through the proper incubation process to make more yogurt.)

In the mean time, you want to warm water in your crock pot so it is ready when your yogurt is. You want a temapture of about 110-115 degrees. 6 cups of water works well in our pot. Use the candy thermometer to check and adjust your water tempature.

Mix in 1C of yogurt* to the warm milk. Than pour into glass jars. Please ask for help with this part, the pot is still a little hot.

*It is good to use room tempature yogurt so it doesn't cool your milk like it would if it were "fridge cold". If you pulled it out of the fridge when you gathered your ingrediants, that should be fine.

Place your glass jars into a heated crockpot with a water tempature of about 110 degrees. The water should come as high as possible on the pint jar which will only be as high as the liquid in that jar.

Make sure the crock is OFF!


Cover the top of the (unplugged) crock with a heavy bath towel. If it is cold and drafty, you may want to use a second towel to wrap around the outside of the crock to help insulate it. My mom has also read that you can do this in a good cooler with the lid sealed tight, but we have not tried that yet.

Let sit for 12-24 hours. It will get tangier if you let it sit longer. NO PEEKING!


Save that pint jar with a cup of yogurt in it as your starter for your next batch and enjoy the 2 qrts in the next week or two. Store in the refrigerator with a lid on.

You can be a Yogurt Making Maiden too!

Love,

*We have started experimenting with lowering the cooking tempature, since it is so high. This week Hailey cooked it to 170 degrees (instead of 180) and we had a delightfully thick yogurt as usual. We are going to continue our "scientific study" to see how low we can go and keep it thick. We will keep you abreast our findings on this post, so check back if you are interested :-)