Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique http://www.sweetbottomsbaby.com/ is having a giveaway.
For details on how to enter, become a fan on facebook and click on discussions.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=270497281790&topic=16922#!
You could win a baby carrier or other great prizes!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
The Cloth Diaper Whisperer: Fluff Friday 93
The Cloth Diaper Whisperer: Fluff Friday 93
check out the cloth diaper whisperer's blog for details on how to enter.
this weeks giveaway is:
1 - Thirsties Duo Diaper
1 - Thirsties Deluxe Diaper Duffel
1 - Thirsties Booty Luster 4oz
http://www.theclothdiaperwhisperer.com/2010/08/fluff-friday-93.html
check out the cloth diaper whisperer's blog for details on how to enter.
this weeks giveaway is:
1 - Thirsties Duo Diaper
1 - Thirsties Deluxe Diaper Duffel
1 - Thirsties Booty Luster 4oz
http://www.theclothdiaperwhisperer.com/2010/08/fluff-friday-93.html
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Totrags Giveaway and Coupon Code!
Totrags Giveaway and Coupon Code!
http://babyhalfoff.com/ is having another giveaway today. check out their blog for more info on how to enter
http://babyhalfoff.com/ is having another giveaway today. check out their blog for more info on how to enter
Monday, August 16, 2010
win babylegs!
here's a chance to win some babylegs
head on over to The Eco-Cheap Mom blog for more details
http://www.ecocheapmom.com/2010/08/babylegs-legwarmers-are-cool-review-and.html
head on over to The Eco-Cheap Mom blog for more details
http://www.ecocheapmom.com/2010/08/babylegs-legwarmers-are-cool-review-and.html
baby half off giveaway
head over to http://www.babyhalfoff.com/ for a giveaway. details are in their blog.
http://babyhalfoff.com/blog/?p=2356&cpage=9#comment-12815
http://babyhalfoff.com/blog/?p=2356&cpage=9#comment-12815
Sunday, August 15, 2010
yummy ways to up your milk supply.
first off is some yummy chocolate chip oatmeal lactation cookies.
these cookies are awesome and I swear if I'm not careful, the whole batch will be gone withing a couple days (hubby likes them too!)
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Lactation Cookies
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
4 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons flax seed meal
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups oats
1 cup chocolate chips
2 -4 tablespoons brewer's yeast
Preheat oven to 350°.
Mix the flaxseed meal and water and let sit for 3-5 minutes.
Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar well.
Add eggs and mix well.
Add flaxseed mix and vanilla, beat well.
Sift together flour, brewers yeast, baking soda, and salt.
Add dry ingredients to butter mix.
Stir in oats and chips.
Scoop onto baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes.
Let set for a couple minutes then remove from tray.
I like to add a bit of cinnamon when I make mine. I usually just sprinkle some in, so I don't have a measured amount to give you. You can also up the amount of brewers yeast and oatmeal to help increase your supply more.
Another option (which i'm enjoying for the first time right now) is a guinness float. I've heard from multiple momma's that it works.
All you have to do for this one is put some ice cream in a cup and add guinness. If you want you can also throw it all in a blender to make a milk shake.
these cookies are awesome and I swear if I'm not careful, the whole batch will be gone withing a couple days (hubby likes them too!)
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Lactation Cookies
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
4 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons flax seed meal
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups oats
1 cup chocolate chips
2 -4 tablespoons brewer's yeast
Preheat oven to 350°.
Mix the flaxseed meal and water and let sit for 3-5 minutes.
Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar well.
Add eggs and mix well.
Add flaxseed mix and vanilla, beat well.
Sift together flour, brewers yeast, baking soda, and salt.
Add dry ingredients to butter mix.
Stir in oats and chips.
Scoop onto baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes.
Let set for a couple minutes then remove from tray.
I like to add a bit of cinnamon when I make mine. I usually just sprinkle some in, so I don't have a measured amount to give you. You can also up the amount of brewers yeast and oatmeal to help increase your supply more.
Another option (which i'm enjoying for the first time right now) is a guinness float. I've heard from multiple momma's that it works.
All you have to do for this one is put some ice cream in a cup and add guinness. If you want you can also throw it all in a blender to make a milk shake.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique
here's another CD shop to check out (the sell other great things other than cloth diapers as well)
Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique
http://www.sweetbottomsbaby.com/
they're having a giveaway right now too!
for details check out their facebook page and click on discussions
Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique
http://www.sweetbottomsbaby.com/
they're having a giveaway right now too!
for details check out their facebook page and click on discussions
Friday, August 13, 2010
Abby's Lane Giveaway
A great shop to buy your cloth diapers from is having a giveaway.
They're giving away 10 Econobum Sets to 10 lucky people. Just follow the link below.
http://thecloththatcounts.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/econobum-giveaway/#comment-2840
They're giving away 10 Econobum Sets to 10 lucky people. Just follow the link below.
http://thecloththatcounts.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/econobum-giveaway/#comment-2840
Thursday, August 12, 2010
FuzziBunz OS
First off I love, love, love FuzziBunz diapers. Out of our current stash they are the ones I can get the best fit on K. They have 2 separate rows of snaps, one row at the waist and one at the legs/hips, so you can adjust each independently to get a good fit (we have problems with some other brands fitting at the legs, but then being too big around the waist, especially in the front).
http://fuzzibunz.com/
Up until now we've only used the sized version and I love them. Well K is getting to the point where he might outgrow his current size in the next couple months so I was going to order some in the next size up to have one hand. I kept going back and forth between getting the mediums in the perfect size diaper or just try out one of their one sized diapers. In the end after hearing good things about the OS version I went ahead and ordered one.
It arrived yesterday, luckily as I was doing diaper laundry so I was able to throw it in the wash. I tried it out today and love it! I told J we might just have to get more of the OS instead of the mediums.
Now what makes these OS diapers different is that instead of having rows of snaps to adjust the rise, they have buttonhole elastic in the legs, so you just tighten and loosen the elastic as needed. I tend to have issues of snaps coming unsnapped as I try to pull them up tight, won't have that problem with the FB's since their are no snaps.
Now just to figure out how to get some more........
http://fuzzibunz.com/
Up until now we've only used the sized version and I love them. Well K is getting to the point where he might outgrow his current size in the next couple months so I was going to order some in the next size up to have one hand. I kept going back and forth between getting the mediums in the perfect size diaper or just try out one of their one sized diapers. In the end after hearing good things about the OS version I went ahead and ordered one.
It arrived yesterday, luckily as I was doing diaper laundry so I was able to throw it in the wash. I tried it out today and love it! I told J we might just have to get more of the OS instead of the mediums.
Now what makes these OS diapers different is that instead of having rows of snaps to adjust the rise, they have buttonhole elastic in the legs, so you just tighten and loosen the elastic as needed. I tend to have issues of snaps coming unsnapped as I try to pull them up tight, won't have that problem with the FB's since their are no snaps.
Now just to figure out how to get some more........
canned pasta sauce
Here's the recipe for the pasta sauce as I promised yesterday.
It's from the Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving. If you want a copy of the book for yourself, I got mine for around $5 or $6 from walmart. Now on to the recipe.....
Seasoned Tomato Sauce
Yield: about 14 pints or 7 quarts
45 pounds tomatoes 1 tablespoon black pepper
6 cups chopped onions 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
12 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup salt (optional)
1/2 cup olive oil 2 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
6 bay leaves Bottled lemon juice
Wash tomatoes; drain. Remove core and blossom ends. Cut into quarters; set aside. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil in a large saucepot. Add tomatoes, oregano, bay leaves, black pepper and sugar. Stir in salt and crushed red pepper, if desired. Simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaves. Puree tomatoes using a food processor or food mill. Strain puree to remove peels and seeds. Cook pulp in a large, uncovered saucepot over medium-high heat until sauce thickens, stirring to prevent sticking. Reduce volume by one-half. Add 1 tablespoon bottled lemon juice to each pint jar, 2 tablespoons bottled lemon juice to each quart jar. Ladle hot sauce into hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps. Process pints 35 minutes, quarts 40 minutes, in a boiling-water canner.
now this is what i did different:
First off I only did a 1/2 batch and that pretty much filled up my biggest pot (except for my canner, but I needed that to can the sauce). 2nd I removed the skins from the tomatoes at the start. You can easily do this by putting them in boiling water for about 20-30 seconds and then putting them in cold water, the skins should peel right off. Lastly, I don't own a food processor or a food mill so I just used my immersion blender (used this for the salsa as well).
It's from the Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving. If you want a copy of the book for yourself, I got mine for around $5 or $6 from walmart. Now on to the recipe.....
Seasoned Tomato Sauce
Yield: about 14 pints or 7 quarts
45 pounds tomatoes 1 tablespoon black pepper
6 cups chopped onions 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
12 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup salt (optional)
1/2 cup olive oil 2 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
6 bay leaves Bottled lemon juice
Wash tomatoes; drain. Remove core and blossom ends. Cut into quarters; set aside. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil in a large saucepot. Add tomatoes, oregano, bay leaves, black pepper and sugar. Stir in salt and crushed red pepper, if desired. Simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaves. Puree tomatoes using a food processor or food mill. Strain puree to remove peels and seeds. Cook pulp in a large, uncovered saucepot over medium-high heat until sauce thickens, stirring to prevent sticking. Reduce volume by one-half. Add 1 tablespoon bottled lemon juice to each pint jar, 2 tablespoons bottled lemon juice to each quart jar. Ladle hot sauce into hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps. Process pints 35 minutes, quarts 40 minutes, in a boiling-water canner.
now this is what i did different:
First off I only did a 1/2 batch and that pretty much filled up my biggest pot (except for my canner, but I needed that to can the sauce). 2nd I removed the skins from the tomatoes at the start. You can easily do this by putting them in boiling water for about 20-30 seconds and then putting them in cold water, the skins should peel right off. Lastly, I don't own a food processor or a food mill so I just used my immersion blender (used this for the salsa as well).
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
A little dose of Kevin
I can't belive that K is 4 & 1/2 months old already. He's such a big boy.
here's to the past 4 months my little man!
here's to the past 4 months my little man!
canning, canning, and more canning
The past couple days have been busy in the kitchen. Yesterday hubby & I scored 2 big boxes of tomatoes at the farmer's market (if you're in the Springfield, MO area it's the one in the mall parking lot).
Yesterday was pasta sauce day. We (and by we, I mostly mean me...J did help some though so I have to give him some credit) canned 9 pints of sauce. I'll post that recipe later (I'm much to comfy right now to be bothered to go get out the cookbook).
Today was salsa day. Canned 9.5 pints (8 full pints and then 3 of the little 1/2 pint jars). The last time I made salsa it was just the easy add the tomatoes to a package of mix kind of deal. This time I went all out and made it completely from scratch and from the spoonful that I tasted it's yummy!
So on to the salsa recipe:
I found this recipe here: http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/07/30/homemade-salsa-and-canning-tips/
Mary’s Mild Salsa–makes 10 pints
22 tomatoes (I put in twice as many if they’re on the small-to-medium side)
4 bell peppers, chopped fine
3 onions, chopped fine
1 cup vinegar
3/4-1 cup jalepeno peppers, chopped fine
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup salt
1 cup (12 oz) tomato paste (I omit this)
Cilantro to taste
3 cloves garlic minced
After getting skin off tomatoes (dip in boiling water 20 seconds, then into cold–skin falls off), put 2/3 of them in blender and blend. Chop the rest of them (if you have a good blender you can blend all veggies together, we like it chunky) and put all ingredients into pot, bring to a boil and then simmer for 25 minutes. Use a ladle and funnel to fill hot jars with salsa, leaving 1 inch headspace. Slip a plastic knife or other non-metal straight object along sides of jar to release any bubbles. Wipe jar rim with clean washcloth for a good seal. Apply lid and ring and put jar into canner. It will be fine as you continue filling pints/quarts till canner is full. Water bathe pints for 15 minutes and quarts for 20.
For the most part, I followed the recipe as it was written. Like the author I omitted the tomato paste, I also used sweet peppers (what I'm assuming were most likely banana peppers, got them at the farmers market as well) instead of the bell peppers and upped the jalepenos slightly.
After all of that I still have more tomatoes left. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them, but I'm leaning towards making more pasta sauce.
Yesterday was pasta sauce day. We (and by we, I mostly mean me...J did help some though so I have to give him some credit) canned 9 pints of sauce. I'll post that recipe later (I'm much to comfy right now to be bothered to go get out the cookbook).
Today was salsa day. Canned 9.5 pints (8 full pints and then 3 of the little 1/2 pint jars). The last time I made salsa it was just the easy add the tomatoes to a package of mix kind of deal. This time I went all out and made it completely from scratch and from the spoonful that I tasted it's yummy!
So on to the salsa recipe:
I found this recipe here: http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/07/30/homemade-salsa-and-canning-tips/
Mary’s Mild Salsa–makes 10 pints
22 tomatoes (I put in twice as many if they’re on the small-to-medium side)
4 bell peppers, chopped fine
3 onions, chopped fine
1 cup vinegar
3/4-1 cup jalepeno peppers, chopped fine
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup salt
1 cup (12 oz) tomato paste (I omit this)
Cilantro to taste
3 cloves garlic minced
After getting skin off tomatoes (dip in boiling water 20 seconds, then into cold–skin falls off), put 2/3 of them in blender and blend. Chop the rest of them (if you have a good blender you can blend all veggies together, we like it chunky) and put all ingredients into pot, bring to a boil and then simmer for 25 minutes. Use a ladle and funnel to fill hot jars with salsa, leaving 1 inch headspace. Slip a plastic knife or other non-metal straight object along sides of jar to release any bubbles. Wipe jar rim with clean washcloth for a good seal. Apply lid and ring and put jar into canner. It will be fine as you continue filling pints/quarts till canner is full. Water bathe pints for 15 minutes and quarts for 20.
For the most part, I followed the recipe as it was written. Like the author I omitted the tomato paste, I also used sweet peppers (what I'm assuming were most likely banana peppers, got them at the farmers market as well) instead of the bell peppers and upped the jalepenos slightly.
After all of that I still have more tomatoes left. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them, but I'm leaning towards making more pasta sauce.
Here goes nothing!
So this is my very first attempt at blogging. I guess we'll see how it goes.
I have no clue what I might write about, so I guess just been open to seeing anything from cooking to the furbabies to cloth diapering and of course plenty of updates of that little cutie pie of mine, Kevin (whom I will most likely refer to as just K).
I have no clue what I might write about, so I guess just been open to seeing anything from cooking to the furbabies to cloth diapering and of course plenty of updates of that little cutie pie of mine, Kevin (whom I will most likely refer to as just K).
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