Happy Thanksgiving and recipes

Happy Thanksgiving. I get the idea that every American woman is supposed to know how to put on a beautiful, delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Since I am still a student in the cooking department (I am known to treat my husband as a god, I serve him burnt offerings 3 times a day LOL) I need all the cooking help I can get. I get a lot of my recipes from ALL Recipes.com . and Taste of Home magazine.
Here is the Menu for Thursday at the Stedmans
Turkey
Stuffing
Gravy
Green Bean Casserole
sweet potatoes with marshmallow
Dessert: Pumpkin pie and Cheesecake
Here is the recipe I am using for the Cheesecake from Allrecipes.com  and some other recipes of my own.

Easy Sour Cream Cheesecake
Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9 inch cheesecake

Ingredients

1 (9 inch) prepared shortbread pie crust
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
 2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
 1 cup sour cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Cream together cream cheese and sugar. Add eggs one at time, blending well. Add vanilla and sour cream. Pour into shortbread crust.

Bake for 60 to 70 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cake jiggles evenly across the top when lightly shaken. Run a knife around the outside edge, but leave the cake in the pan. Let cool on counter, then place in refrigerator. Remove from pan when completely chilled, and serve.


Crock Pot Sweet Potatoes
4-5 large sweet potatoes or yams, washed peeled and sliced
2 tbs butter in the bottom of the crock pot
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Place all ingredients into crock pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours. Add marshmallows shortly before serving.

Ezekiel Bread stuffing
Begin saving small pieces and  ends of Ezekiel bread throughout the year, add them to a freezer bag, place in the freezer. The day before you want to use it, take the bag out of the freezer.
When thawed, tear up in pieces and add Ezekiel bread to pot of:
1 stick butter
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 small can of mushrooms
1 box seasoned stuffing mix
Heat and add extra water if needed. Cover with foil and chill overnight. Warm in the oven about 20 min on 300 and serve with gravy.

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Psalm 92:1 Its is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name O most High.

Psalm 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving: and pay thy vows unto the most High.

Psalm 121:1,2 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

Holiday Homeschool savings and random Bible verses

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Psalm 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

grace

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever.Amen.

To all who have allowed me grace in my life, thank you. To the Lord Jesus Christ who has given me mercy and grace, I am thankful.

Luke 13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following : for it cannot be said that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.



Walk today. Then get up again and walk tomorrow.

Salsa

I went shopping yesterday planning to make tacos for dinner. I looked at the large jar of salsa in the store and it was almost $8.00, not sure how many ounces the container was...but less than 2 quarts I would guess.  I decided to make my own and see what the cost difference was.
 I bought 2 large cans of whole tomatoes $3.00
1 bunch of cilantro (only used half) .50
3 cloves garlic                                 .10
1 jalapeno                                        .08
1 large white onion                          .51
assorted spices, chili powder, garlic salt, cumin . I ran it all through the food processor and $4.18 total for almost 2 quarts of salsa. my #2 son said it was not hot enough for his taste, but for everybody else it was great.

Lists

For many years it has been a hobby or habit of mine to write lists. Lists of "Things to Do" , shopping lists, prayer lists, lists of  things I have done, things I want to do, places I would like to go, books I have read, places I have been etc. David Letterman has his Top Ten Lists.  There are lists kept of who won the Super Bowl over the years. There are lists of who won Miss America. I decided that these are all lists of things that MAN has done and I wanted to make a list of what God has done. Obviously, God has done many more things than are on this list, but you get the idea. It is good for me to remind myself of what God has done in my life and in the lives of my family and friends.

Lists in the Bible of what God has done:

Genesis 1:1 God created the heaven and the earth
Exodus 15 The Song of Moses- Moses sings a list of things that God did for him. ie: I will sing unto the Lord , for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Luke 2 God gives us a saviour, his description of how he sent Jesus to be born on this earth
Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Acts 9  is a list of what happened to Saul (Paul)
Acts 16 is a list of what happend to Paul and Silas- God rescued them!
Psalm 105  O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his nam, make known his deeds among the people. This Psalm is a list of many things God has done for many people, including Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Aaron and the children of Israel.
Psalm 106 is a list of  some of God's "mighty acts"

Some things God has done for my family and friends, I am so very thankful for :

1. Jesus saved my soul November 9, 1992
2. Jesus saved my mom in 1994.
3. He gave a great victory to me in 1996 in a custody battle of my daughter.
4. We almost lost our house in 2007 due to lack of work for my husband and the Lord gave him a job with just the right pay and just in time to pay the bill before they forclosed on us.
5.He gave us 6 healthy children.
6. He has answered many many many many many prayers.
7.God gave me a loving husband.
8.God did a miracle with our granddaughter Adyson, being born preemie at 22 weeks gestations and weighing 1 lb 5 oz at birth. She is now 1 year old and doing well.
9.God gave us a good church, Heritage Baptist Church in Post Falls Idaho
10. God gave us a loving church family.
11.God has given me some very special sisters in the Lord, that pray for me and encourage me to keep on doing right

Torchlighters Review

The Torchlighters series (VisionVideo) has come out with a set of Heroes of the Faith dvds, including stories on Jim Eliot, Richard Wurmbrand, Eric Liddell, Gladys Aylward, John Bunyan, William Tyndale. We received these as a gift, a set of   6 dvds.
These videos are colorful and entertaining for children. They give a short story of these missionaries and other Christians serving the Lord with their lives, without going into gory details of their deaths, and giving the glory for their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.  I believe these give children a "taste" of learning about these Heroes, that may spark their interest to learn more about them later. The videos include some scripture and the music is tastefully done in a way that is appealing to all ages. My personal favorite is the Eric Liddell Story. Do all for the glory of God.

Books I have read in 2009:

Diabetes Solution byDr. Bernstein
Queen's Smuggler -About William Tyndale, a childrens book
Lord's of the Earth by D. Richardson, I am still working on this one.
Life Skills for Kids by Christine Field
A Quilters Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Blood of Lambs by Kamal Saleem
Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn

                                              

Mystery of History and Legos

We learned about the Egyptians and the pyramids today.See photos below.

Old Schoolhouse Holiday Fun and Healthy living

While my kids were sick this last few weeks, we purchased some great deals from our friends over at Allstar Health. We ordered Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc lozenges, Cal/Mag Citrate, Spirulina and others..Good quality and good prices. We are all feeling much better, thank the Lord.