Fruity Pebbles Marshmallow Treats

by Jenn S

Fruity Pebbles Marshmallow Treats!

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Ingredients:

6 cups Fruity Pebbles Cereal

5 1/2 cups Jet-Puffed Marshmallows

5 Tbsp BUTTER (Real butter not Margarine)

Instructions:

In a large pot on very low heat melt the butter.

Allow butter to turn slightly caramel colored with a strong nutty aroma.

Add marshmallows and stir, stir, stir until completely melted. Don’t allow to burn.

Take off burner and add in cereal. Mix well.

Turn out into a pan lined with parchment paper. I used my 9×9 stoneware, but any pan with sides will do.

Allow to cool and cut up into squares!

ENJOY! Yuuummm… the kids love these!

We’ve been BUSY! (In a good way!)

by Jenn S

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We started the New Year with a bang! We left Texas early and are en route to Gila Bend, Arizona! We decided that along the way we would stop at National Parks and destinations! We are having a blast and blogging about it along the way!

Check out our travels here and feel free to comment!

HAPPILY UPROOTED BLOG

2013 is going to be a busy year for us! This is great news because we LOVE our lives and love to travel!

We wish you and your family a blessed 2013!!

Russian Tea Cakes a.k.a Mexican Wedding Cookies!

by Jenn S

This year I had the opportunity to do a little cookie baking with my sisters who are usually away at college. It was great! I love spending time with them and spending time in the kitchen is a bonus!

When I was a kid my grandmother used to make Mexican Wedding Cookies every year at Christmas. Since she passed away there haven’t been any made. This year we found her old cookbooks and what we think was her “secret” recipe! We took a leap of faith and used the old, crumpled, well used recipe. It worked! The cookies only have THREE INGREDIENTS and are SUPER tasty and easy to make! The family was super excited to have an old favorite back!

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Here is the recipe we found…

1 cup butter (real butter, no margarine)

1 2/3 cups confectioners’ sugar divided

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup finely ground pecans

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Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Cream the butter and 2/3 cup of confectioners’ sugar until it is light colored.

Add vanilla

Still in the flour, salt and finely chopped nuts (the finer the better unless you like chunks)

Roll a tablespoon of dough into a cylinder shape

Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes

Take out of oven when done and cool for two minutes.

Roll in Confectioners’ sugar

Let cool COMPLETELY and roll again

Enjoy (best with coffee or tea)

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2012 in review

by Jenn S

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 230,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 4 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than a small country in Europe!

Click here to see the complete report.

SchoolhouseTeachers.com… a little extra help!

by Jenn S

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Have you ever just wished that you had a little extra help teaching your children?

I did!

Sometimes I would run out of creative ideas or I would lack the expertise to teach a certain point. Well, not anymore! I found SchoolHouseTeachers.com by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine! Schoolhouseteachers.com is like having 25 or more professional experts at your fingertips!

Schoolhouseteachers.com offers daily, weekly and monthly lessons and activities! The site has expert teachers, 14 academic subject and growing with unit studies in the summer.

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The site is split into sections like Dailies, Library, Archives, Family, Elementary, Middle school, High school and much more! While reviewing the site the kids and I enjoyed the Dailies section! This section is jam packed with daily games that are simple and entertaining for the whole family, crafts, astronomy, spelling and Everyday Explorers. My favorite in this section (of course) is the monthly menu! The menu contains a recipe a day for a month! If you love to cook (like I do) this is a great way to add more recipes to your arsenal and to get a chance to cook with your kids!

The Library contains the craft shelf which is where I was able to put together a simple craft for the kids to enjoy. Often I lack creativity (give me math any day!!) so I just end up not doing arts and crafts. SchoolhouseTeachers.com craft shelf was easy to access and the kids loved the wintery snowman craft we did!

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This site is packed to the gills with so much educational fun there is no way to write about it all! You’ll have to see for yourself! A membership to SchoolHouseTeachers.com is only $5.95 a month with the first month being only $1.00!!! It is a small price to pay for the LARGE amount you receive! With your membership you not only have access to lessons taught by experts, but you will also get free E-books. The longer you are a member the more books you have access to.

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SchoolhouseTeachers.com also gives you access to five downloadable Homeschool planners with hundreds of pages. Just print them out, put them in a binder and get organized!! The site has a simple layout and is easy to use! I had no problems just jumping right in and learning with my kids. It REALLY is as easy as Point, Click, Teach.

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I received a free copy of this product through the Schoolhouse Review Crew in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations.

 

Peppermint Popcorn Bark

by Jenn S

Ingredients:

1 bag popped popcorn

10 candy canes crushed

1 package white chocolate coating

Instructions:

Pop bag of popcorn and let cool. Remove un-popped kernels.

Crush Candy Canes

Add Candy canes and popcorn to large bowl

Melt Chocolate coating as instructed on package.

Pour melted chocolate and carefully stir until all the popcorn and candy cane pieces are coated.

Turn out onto wax paper and spread.

Allow to cool and harden.

Once hardened enjoy or seal in a gallon sized ziplock bag!

Chicken Tetrazzini

by Jenn S

This recipe came from a long time friend of mine. I made it and my husband and kids ate it and had second (and third) helpings so I thought I would share it with you!

Ingredients:

12 ounces spaghetti
1 1/2 teaspoons cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 small clove garlic, minced
2 cans (10 3/4 ounces each condensed cream of chicken soup)
1 cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon of seasoned salt
3 cups (12 ounces) shredded American cheese
4 cups diced cooked chicken (I buy the rotisserie chicken from the grocery store)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
2 tablespoons diced red bell pepper                                                                                                                            2 tablespoons pimento

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cook spaghetti according to package directions, adding salt and oil to water. Drain.
3. In large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat, melt butter (if you use the onions and garlic) add onions and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.  Add soup, broth, seasoned salt, and 1 1/2 cups of the cheese. Cook and stir until cheese melts and mixture is smooth. Add spaghetti and chicken. Mix well. Transfer to 2-quart baking dish. Cover with foil.
4. Bake for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
5. Remove foil. Sprinkle with remaining 1 1/2 cups of cheese. Continue baking 2 minutes or until cheese melts.  Sprinkle with parsley and bell pepper if desired.