Making Ice Cream at Work

A couple of weeks ago I was given the job to make ice cream with a group of kids.  I was quite excited.  I mean, who doesn't like ice cream, right?

The directions were taken from Pinterest and all of the supplies were provided.  This is one of those fun activities that we do during the month at work.  This one happened to fall on National Ice Cream Day.

I did get to try out the activity at home.  Bella helped me.  I do have to say that not all Pinterest finds are a success.  Unfortunately, it was decided to do the activity as is and not find another recipe that is easy and will work.

My first group arrived and I had one mom who was a trooper and helped out.  Getting her kids to work the bags so they can make their ice cream.  The other mom wasn't paying attention, and neither were her kids.  So, the one group had actual ice cream and the other group of kids didn't.  I'm sure you can figure out how this all happened.

The next group that came in was great.  Luckily one girl made ice cream at the library with a similar recipe so, she was my star pupil.   Since my excitement about this whole task fizzled after the first group (the kids that didn't listen), my I put my star pupil to work.  The ice cream came out ok for this group.

Again.  Rethinking the whole job thing.

Vegan Diaries - Kale Chips

I have both my gardens up and running this year.  They are definitely doing a lot better than last year.

This year I planted Kale and Okra (from seed).  The okra is just starting to produce little okras.  The kale?

wow.

I think I have six plants and they are going crazy!  I add kale to just about everything I make for every meal.  Kale and eggs, kale salad or in a sandwich, in a stir fry or soup or even smoothies.

So much kale.  In fact, RT is waiting for me to make kale toothpaste and kale underwear.

If I develop the kale underwear, I'll let you know.

The other night I thought I would try my hand at Kale Chips.  I didn't realize how easy they are to make and how fun and delicious they are to eat.  I stored the rest in a container so we could nibble on them anytime we felt our kale levels getting low.  And, yes, there were leftovers.  I made tons!

Here's my easy recipe:

Kale Chips

ingredients:
kale
olive oil
salt

directions: 
chop kale into smaller pieces.

Massage some olive oil onto the kale.
Place kale pieces on a cookie sheet.
Put in oven for 15-20 minutes.
Flip, if you can half way through cooking.


I wasn't able to flip half way through  I don't have the curly kale.  It's more of an extremely long kale leaf.


If you have any variations on making kale chips, let me know in the comments!  I would love to hear them and possibly try them out!


P.S.  Pippen enjoys kale chips. I told you he was weird.


Enjoy!

Day 5 of the Sink Hostage Situation

I'm reporting live from the kitchen amid this serious sink hostage situation.

Currently, due to the seriousness of the situation, no one is able to use the sink.  We are awaiting the professionals to come in and get a handle on the problem and solve this major crisis.

In the meantime, reinforcements have been brought in, in the form of paper plates and the use of one (1) plastic cup per person.

All are hoping this problem is solved in a timely manner.

Stay tuned.....

Dance Moms

Have you seen the show, "Dance Moms?"  It's where the child is a competitive dancer and the mom is on the sidelines, making sure the child is dressed, with makeup, etc.  And, the mom sometimes gets into it with the other dance moms.

Don't worry.  I haven't seen the show either.  I bring this up because Bella likes to dance and we just signed her up for competitive dance.  She's only going to compete with one dance (not 10).  We are getting into this very slowly.

So, I guess this makes me a dance mom.

It's going to be hard picturing me being mean to other moms, ready to start fights out in the parking lot at nice hotels.

Yea.  It won't happen.  But, it's fun to think about, though....

Matchy Couple Take 2

The other day I posted about couples that go out in public and wear similar clothes and colors.  I thought I would mention that twice this last weekend, RT and I wore matching clothes.  I have a fear that we might become one of those matchy couples.  

Pray for us.

Out of Order

I'm hanging up the "Out of Order" sign.

I found a large amount of water under the sink this morning.  As I was swearing at the kids cleaning up the water and emptying the cabinet out, RT found a hole in a drain pipe under the sink.   (the swearing at the kids thing really did happen)

I had to work and didn't think anything about it until I returned home to a HUGE pile of dishes in the sink.  I put some in the dishwasher and started hand washing the others until I realized that the hole was a bigger problem than I thought it was, and then decided that I should use our dish washing container in the basement utility sink.  This turned into realizing that the dish washer drains into the same pipe as the sink, and, well, guess who has A LOT more dishes to wash?

Of course I'm not getting much help from the rest of the family (why change now?), so, if you need me, I'll be doing some dishes until the pipe gets fixed.

Matchy Couple

I'm sure you have seen those elderly couples walking together and they are wearing either the same colors or the exact same clothes.  I often see a couple like this when I'm on my morning walk.  You can find these couples at festivals or parades, too.

I always tell RT that I'm not sure if I want to end up as one of those match couples.

The scary thing is when RT and I do go somewhere together, we end up wearing similar color combinations in clothes.  Unplanned of course.  Most times one of us will change.

How do you feel about matching with your spouse or significant other?  Would you do it?