Here is Vayda sick on the couch. Now its Maya's turn. Round it goes.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sweet pot slips
I suppose I am starting these really late but at least they are started. Sweet potato slips like my grandma used to do. :)How to:
cut sweet pot in half
rest bottom in water and top out of water.
(I used tacks to hold them above the water)
White roots will grow in the water and green plants will grow out of the eyes.
Slip the plants off, rest in water so they can grow roots then plant the plants.
Sweet potatoes make amazing fries. So much better for you than a regular potato.
Out of season tomato soup
Out of season tomato soup.Last fall when I got so sick I ran out of time before the surgeries to can much of anything. So, I just havested all of our tomatoes, tossed them in the blender and froze the juice. Now, here we are getting ready for jam season and I am busy cleaning out the freezer and canning tomato soup.
Each year I put up at least 100 pints of this soup because Maya Rae lives on it all winter. Of course she ran out last winter so she is thrilled to be eating it now. Shes eating it for breakfast, lunch and dinner right now!
Heres the recipe (as I have altered it) for a kid friendly tomato soup. Its called
"Just like Cambells"
to serve mix with equal parts milk
Put in large sauce pot....7 Qts tom juice and about a cup of tomato paiste...start to cook till thick.
(for easy 'juice' just wash fresh toms, remove the green part, toss the ENTIRE tom in the blender! Skins, seeds and all. Blend till smooth. Put collendar over sauce pot. Pour juice through collendar. That catches the seeds- feed these to the chickens. Whats in the pot is perfect for soup or spagetti sauce etc...and no blanching required! Love it!) Measure 7 qts.
1 1/2 cups butter (dont use margerine...its one molecule away fr plastic-ick)
1/2 cup or up to 2 small onions
(put these in small pot together and cook till onions are soft. Then ladel a few scoops of tomato juice into blender then dump melted butter and cooked onions in there. Blend till completely smooth- then dump in the big sauce pot with the juice)
Then add the following....
1/8 cup salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 or a little less black pepper
Cook down a little longer. You want it to thicken but its ok if its kind of loose. Just eye it.
Then, ladel hot soup into pint jars. Add lids and rings. Water bathe 30 min.
mmmmm :) Enjoy.
Maya Rae and the piano
Maya Rae spent all winter teaching herself to play the piano. She has mastered many songs. Its really lovely.Mady spends the night
Madison Maloof spent the night with Vayda and the girls had a blast "playing dress up". Girls never outgrow this do they?
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Ayyam-i-Ha family dinner
Happy cupcake boys- Cayden and Nicholas
We called to wish Lynde a Happy Ayyam-i-Ha.
Jody and I
Greg and Nick
Aaron and Shelly
Dan and Becky~ cute ;)
Getting Ready for Ayyam-i-Ha
This year we had fun getting ready for Ayyam-i-Ha. I made glow in the dark necklaces for the kids in our Baha'i communtiy and gave those to them at the Ayyam-i-Ha party.
We made muffins for our local family and delivered them door to door. We wished them all a Happy Ayyam-i-Ha! They looked at us cross eyed for the most part ....LOL. Comon people! The Nortons have been doing this for 14 yrs now! lol.
Elanee made collages for her friends back at Bosch Baha'i School.Maya Rae turns 11
For Maya Raes 11th B-day she wanted a propper slumber party.
She and her friends decorated the cake together (as if you couldnt tell...lol)
The kids played games together and gave thoughtful gifts.
It was a great party and everyone had fun :)
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