BLUEBERRIES!!!!!! July 18th

Bartlett's Blueberries

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!! Wednesday July 18th is opening day at the blueberry farm!!!

Best Ever Sour Cream Blueberry Pie...You WILL be famous!!!

4 cups Bartlett's Blueberries
1-9 inch deep dish pie crust
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/8 tsp salt
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 sour cream
Topping
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup butter

Combine 3/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour and salt. Add eggs and sour cream, stirring until blended.
Place Bartlett's blueberries in pastry shell, and spoon sour cream mixture over berries. In
another bowl, combine 1/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles course meal. Sprinkle this mixture over the berry mixture in the pie shell.

Bake at 350 for 55 minutes to one hour...or until lightly browned.

Garnish with additional blueberries and mint leaves.....

A Recipe For Aggie

Leek & Barley Casserole 2 tbsp Olive Oil 1 C Barley 1 Medium Yellow Onion 4 C Vegetarian Stock 2 C Water 4 C Leeks Coarsely Chopped 1 tbsp Toasted Sesame Oil Fresh Ground Black Pepper Heat pan add 1 tbsp oil and barley, brown. Transfer browned barley into a 4-6 quart casserole dish. Combine stock and water, add only 3 cups of liquid to the casserole dish. Cover and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until almost all the liquid is gone. Add remaining stock/water, leeks, onion, pepper and sesame oil and continue baking (covered) for 45 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.

WHOA!!!! Easter is April 8th!!!!!!

Here are some Easter Craft Ideas!!!!

Cotton Ball Chick
Age6 and up (younger ages can do this with help...and maybe some modifications).
This project is rated EASY to do.
What You Need
2 yellow pom-poms or yellow cotton balls
Half of a clean egg shell
Small piece of orange craft foam
2 google eyes
Scissors
White craft glue
Wood doll base (the kind used with clothespins)
Pastel colored craft paint
Paintbrush
What You Do
Paint the doll base and set aside.
Be sure that the egg shell is clean and dry. Glue the poms-poms inside the egg shell.
Cut the craft foam into a triangle to make the beak. Glue onto the top yellow pom-pom.
Glue google eyes above the beak.
Glue the egg shell to the doll base.

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Cotton ball chick click here to see a picture of the craft above
Egg hunt basket
Easter chick card
Easter egghead
Marbled Easter eggs
Easter egg decorating ideas

More Easter fun:
Coloring pages
Crafts
Printables
Clip art
Word game
Games
Party ideas
Easter recipes

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More Holiday activities and information

Food Allergy Tip

Your child can enjoy birthday cake too.
My son’s allergy happens to be eggs so this is tapered to fit his needs.
Make a batch of egg free cupcakes. Freeze them, unfrosted, individually on a cookie sheet. Once cupcakes are frozen, transfer them to a freezer bag or freezer safe container. The night before a birthday party or other celebration, take out one cupcake and frost to your child’s liking. Pack the cupcake in a plastic container (hint: if you put the cupcake on the lid and close the bowl over the top, you will have a pretty stable carrier for your cupcake), and take to the party.

Egg Free Cupcakes
1 Box Cake Mix
1 120z can soda

Mix well with spoon – mixture will be slightly lumpy.
Bake according to package directions. (the cake and soda flavor combinations are unlimited)

Please note: I am not really a lazy baker. I have tried all sorts of egg substitutes and scratch cakes, but all of the cakes sunk in the middle. This is the only thing that does not sink. It is adapted from a Weight Watchers standby – cake mix and diet soda - 3 points, 12 servings.

Chrissy Fratzell

We Got A Recipe -Thanks Chrissy!

My son is allergic to eggs. Although egg allergies are very common, baked goods recipes without eggs are not.

Here is a great egg free sugar cookie!

1 8oz package of cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 ½ sticks butter
½ tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
½ tsp baking soda

Beat cream cheese, sugar, butter and vanilla on medium speed until well blended. Add the combined flour and baking soda, and mix well. Form the dough into a disc and wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees. Roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut out cookies with desired 2 inch cookie cutters. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet (parchment paper or silpat will work best) for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Frost with your favorite frosting.

Chrissy Fratzel

Editor's Note: The next recipe was copied from Chrissy's blog-Check her blog out at http://StayAtHomeChristianMom.blogspot.com

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (eggless)

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tblsp water
3 tblsp canola oil
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups oats
bag of chocolate chips
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Beat together the butter and sugar until creamy. In a small bowl, combine the water, oil and baking powder (this is the egg substitute). Add the egg substitute and vanilla to the butter and sugar, and beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to the butter mixture. Beat all well. Once thouroughly mixed, add oats and chocolate chips. Beat until combined.
Bake on parchment paper in oven. I used a small scoop from pampered chef for my cookies - they took about 16 minutes in the oven.