It was fun to have Cowgirl here last week. We laid low most of the time, but one of our fun days was going to the dollar theater and the Western store right next to it. She found some darling boots on sale that she loved. They really are super cute! She was also the impetus for all of us eating more healthy. We all found cookbooks with light and healthy recipes. Here are two that we tried and highly recommend.
Sweet Potato Fries
2 light colored sweet potatoes (not the orange yams)
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp. dried rosemary
salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp. olive oil
Slice the potatoes into thin slices. Put them on a baking pan lined with a Silpat. Pour the olive oil on top. Then sprinkle the remaining ingredients on top. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes, then take them out, turn each slice over and bake for another 15 minutes, or until light brown. Watch out for burning garlic pieces. So Good! We could have kept eating these.
Another really good recipe I found and adapted was:
Homemade Buttermilk Dressing
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup light olive oil mayo
1/4 cup light sour cream
2 oz. light cream cheese
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
Whisk all together and enjoy! Only 64 calories in 2 Tb. and delicious!
I have a problem finding salad dressings without soybean oil added, so this is a great find for me!
Just being together was the best fun. Sunday our bishop talked about the need for parents to be parents and not their children's best friends. They need us to be firm and hold up the standards no matter how popular they are and I agree with that. However, once they leave the home, the relationship changes, and the friendship develops in an adult way. That's the way it is with my mom and me and that's the way it is now with my daughter and me, and I love it. Its exactly what I wanted when she was born, but knew it would take a good twenty years to come. It was worth the wait!
LittleBuddy has decided to try out for the school basketball team. He's never played on a basketball team before, but his middle school isn't going to cut anyone. They're just going to divide them into a team that travels and represents the school and two other intramural teams so my boy knows he'll get to play, and that's the fun of joining a team anyways. He doesn't expect to play on the school travel team, but hopes at least one or two of his friends will be in intramurals with him. He invited one friend over last week to practice
down the street at the elementary school hoops. I'm glad he's having fun and being active.
He's still working on Scouting and earned more merit badges and his Star at last Tuesday's Court of Honor. I was most happy that he received the music merit badge. Its not been easy to keep him in his music since we moved. I'm still looking for the right teacher and so any excuse I can find to keep him playing is a good thing. We performed a viola/piano duet of Joy To the World for his merit badge counselor and it was one of the highlights this January too!
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