saskatchewan prairie

Muffin Recipe - Gluten Free Goodness

Here is a simple recipe for a small batch of gluten free muffins...customizable to your temptations.

1 egg
2 tbsp canola oil
1/2 cup liquid (water, fruit juice, milk, cream)

2 tbsp sugar (I use brown, white is fine too)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup brown rice flour (white rice flour is not as good for you and not as good to use a flour on its own)

2 tbsp pecans (or other nuts or no nuts!)
1/4 cup blueberries (or no fruit or more fruit)
I added a half of banana too (in chunks)

Preheat oven to 425F. Mix wet and dry ingredients separately, fold together and mix well. Pour in prepared muffin tin. Bake for 15 minutes or until done.

Makes 6 medium muffins. Recipe doubles well.

Learning Picasa!

Picasa is a free program that does a lot of the hard work for you! I downloaded the program, it found all my photos on my computer, and then I made this fun collage. Oh and if you blog, then you upload from Picasa to your blog, Oh! the fun I will have.
 

and then I found out that Picasa has a fun editor called Picnik..Look what else I made! Countless hours of fun.

Money teach for kids

Today's Parent looks like a great site for mom`s...but I can`t figure out their html! So you can go directly to Three Jars website and find out what this is all about! lol, helpful, eh.

Mobile DIY

I have a thing for fabric and paper and the patterns that they come in. We have recently installed panel track from Ikea. I can now install mini exhibits in my home until we get to hanging the Ikea bamboo dividers from the track.

For now, you get to learn how to do a easy mobile. I had the sewing machine handy so for the first time I sewed paper!

 Supplies Needed:

• scissors
• paper or fabric - remnants will be perfect!
• glue (optional for double sided goodness)
• thread -in any old colour
• sewing machine

Instructions:

1. Cut out random shapes (hearts, spheres, birds, stars, whatevs) *glue paper/fabric together
2. With dogfoot down, run thread a few inches through the sewing machine
3. Insert first paper/fabric and sew
4. Continue with dogfoot down, and add a few inches of thread
5. Add a second piece and feed away until you have built a beautiful mobile!
6. I started to get fancy once all pieces were sewn. I cut down the middle and slid over in a criss-cross fashion..making it three dimensional.

Roast Chicken?

We bought a small roasting chicken, any ideas on how I should prepare it? I have a slow cooker, or a convection gas oven. Share your family favorite.

Post a comment on facebook or comment section on blog!

Thanks to those that offered their help and recipes...I roasted this beauty up...I have only sampled a wee leg...and I am loving it~!