Thanks to a wonderful time at Provident Living this month , December.If you missed ,we hope you can join us next year ,2013, in January. Carol Woodward gave out the cutest jingle bell rings to wear. Ask her how to make them ,I am wearing mine. children will love these rings too.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year To All
Friday, December 7, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Christmas Bag Swap Game and Cookie Exchange
Calling All Sisters and Friends,
We will be having our annual Christmas Bag Swap Game and Cookie Exchange ,Tuesday night ,December 4th ,6:30 PM til 8:oopm at Sister Brenda DiMambro's home ,7002 Kidwelly Lane ,Matthews,NC 28104.
Christmas Bag Swap is like Yankee Swap: bring in a bag or gift box or basket a recipe with the food staples for that recipe, or plan big and do a meal ,what ever takes your fancy. We will draw numbers and plan the game of swapping for each others bags as we pick them. It is a lot of laughter.
Cookie Exchange : bring two dozen of your favorite Christmas cookies to swap, take home a variety of different cookies from the other Sisters.
Come and Bring your Friends!!! There will be refreshments.
There is NO Day Provident Living the month of December .
We will be having our annual Christmas Bag Swap Game and Cookie Exchange ,Tuesday night ,December 4th ,6:30 PM til 8:oopm at Sister Brenda DiMambro's home ,7002 Kidwelly Lane ,Matthews,NC 28104.
Christmas Bag Swap is like Yankee Swap: bring in a bag or gift box or basket a recipe with the food staples for that recipe, or plan big and do a meal ,what ever takes your fancy. We will draw numbers and plan the game of swapping for each others bags as we pick them. It is a lot of laughter.
Cookie Exchange : bring two dozen of your favorite Christmas cookies to swap, take home a variety of different cookies from the other Sisters.
Come and Bring your Friends!!! There will be refreshments.
There is NO Day Provident Living the month of December .
Monday, October 15, 2012
Freezer Meals
Ladies,
Those doing Freezer Meals for November , meal exchange will take place at church Wednesday evening the 7th of November at 7 pm .
thanks, Brenda
Those doing Freezer Meals for November , meal exchange will take place at church Wednesday evening the 7th of November at 7 pm .
thanks, Brenda
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Pumpkin Recipes
Loraine's Tarts
2 squares butter or margarine(room temp)
1cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 Tbs. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 cups flour
Mix all together with hands or mixer. Place small amount in tart tins molding to fit. Bake on cookie
sheet for 8 to 10 min. at 350. Drop upside down onto cabinet top to release. Fill and refrigerate.
Chiffon Pumpkin Pie Filling (by Loraine)
1 envelope plain gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
3 egg yolks
1 cup brown sugar
1 small can pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. each ginger,cinnamon,nutmeg,and salt
3 egg whites
3 Tbs. sugar
whipped cream if desired
Soften gelatin in 1/4 c cold water. In a bowl beat egg yolks. Beat in brown sugar, add pumpkin, milk,
and spices. Cook all this in a double boiler until it coats a spoon. stir in dissolved gelatin and chill, when it begins to thicken about 10 min. fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites with the 3 Tbs. sugar added. Pour into pie shell or tart tins and chill.
Dinner in a Pumpkin (by Brenda)
1 small to medium pumpkin
1 onion
23 Tbs. vegetable oil
1 1/2 to 2 lbs. ground beef
2 Tbs.soy sauce
2 Tbs. brown sugar
1(4oz,) can sliced mushrooms,drained
1(10-3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 1/2cups cooked rice
1(8oz) can sliced water chestnuts,drained
Cut off the top of pumpkin and thoroughly clean out the seeds and pulp. Preheat oven to 350. In a large skillet, saute onions in oil until tender. Add meat and brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add soy sauce,brown sugar, mushrooms, and soup. simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture into the cleaned pumpkin shell. Replace top and place entire pumpkin with filling on a baking sheet. Bake 1 hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender. Put pumpkin on a plate. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat. For your vegetable, scoop out cooked pumpkin and serve. Serves 6.
What to do with those SEEDS?
Don't throw away those pumpkin seeds. Roasted and Hulled, they are great for nibbling/ They can also be ground into a flour for thickening sauces,or making bread or gruel.
To Roast Pumpkin Seeds
Place washed and dried seeds on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 375 F oven for 15 minutes, or until dry and crisp, stirring occasionally.
Pumpkin Sausage Soup(by Nellie Johnston)
1 20 oz package of italian sausage( I used turkey sausage and removed the casings)
2 cloves garlic,minced
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
4 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups packed pumpkin ( about 23 oz)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
Brown sausage ina large stocl pot or pan. Add garlic,onions, and mushrooms. Saute all together until the veggies are cooked. Add canned pumpkin and mix well. Add chicken broth and combine wel;l. Cook for 20 -30 minutes . Add water and milkk and cook for another 10 minutes.
2 squares butter or margarine(room temp)
1cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 Tbs. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 cups flour
Mix all together with hands or mixer. Place small amount in tart tins molding to fit. Bake on cookie
sheet for 8 to 10 min. at 350. Drop upside down onto cabinet top to release. Fill and refrigerate.
Chiffon Pumpkin Pie Filling (by Loraine)
1 envelope plain gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
3 egg yolks
1 cup brown sugar
1 small can pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. each ginger,cinnamon,nutmeg,and salt
3 egg whites
3 Tbs. sugar
whipped cream if desired
Soften gelatin in 1/4 c cold water. In a bowl beat egg yolks. Beat in brown sugar, add pumpkin, milk,
and spices. Cook all this in a double boiler until it coats a spoon. stir in dissolved gelatin and chill, when it begins to thicken about 10 min. fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites with the 3 Tbs. sugar added. Pour into pie shell or tart tins and chill.
Dinner in a Pumpkin (by Brenda)
1 small to medium pumpkin
1 onion
23 Tbs. vegetable oil
1 1/2 to 2 lbs. ground beef
2 Tbs.soy sauce
2 Tbs. brown sugar
1(4oz,) can sliced mushrooms,drained
1(10-3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 1/2cups cooked rice
1(8oz) can sliced water chestnuts,drained
Cut off the top of pumpkin and thoroughly clean out the seeds and pulp. Preheat oven to 350. In a large skillet, saute onions in oil until tender. Add meat and brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add soy sauce,brown sugar, mushrooms, and soup. simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture into the cleaned pumpkin shell. Replace top and place entire pumpkin with filling on a baking sheet. Bake 1 hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender. Put pumpkin on a plate. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat. For your vegetable, scoop out cooked pumpkin and serve. Serves 6.
What to do with those SEEDS?
Don't throw away those pumpkin seeds. Roasted and Hulled, they are great for nibbling/ They can also be ground into a flour for thickening sauces,or making bread or gruel.
To Roast Pumpkin Seeds
Place washed and dried seeds on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 375 F oven for 15 minutes, or until dry and crisp, stirring occasionally.
Pumpkin Sausage Soup(by Nellie Johnston)
1 20 oz package of italian sausage( I used turkey sausage and removed the casings)
2 cloves garlic,minced
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
4 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups packed pumpkin ( about 23 oz)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
Brown sausage ina large stocl pot or pan. Add garlic,onions, and mushrooms. Saute all together until the veggies are cooked. Add canned pumpkin and mix well. Add chicken broth and combine wel;l. Cook for 20 -30 minutes . Add water and milkk and cook for another 10 minutes.
October's mtg. was FANTASTIC!!!
Thank you to all those who contributed to the mtg. and those who came to the Tuesday and Thursday Group mtgs.Freezer Meal Groups came and exchanged their meals. We talked about Pumpkins, sampled pumpkin food, discussed our Emergency Evacuation Plan for our homes (Shelley Eaves has some great Tips, ask her about them), and looked over the livebinders.com website for Matthews Ward families. Go to livebinders.com ,then preparedness, then Noah's ark, and you are at the site. You will find a wealth of information on family finances, food storage, family preparedness, Provident Living Blog is there, lessons for every month for FHE, and many more topics. Thank you to Julie Burgess for sharing ideas for Halloween costumes!!!!Kris Baker and Marianne Harris did a great job conducting our mtgs..
Hope to see you all at the next mtg.
November's mtgs. is cancelled due to ELECTION NIGHT!!! Please vote for your candidate.
December mtgs. will be combined for our annual christmas food exchange (like Yankee swap ) and cookie exchange.If you are unsure about the food exchange please call Kris or Marianne. Bring 2 dozen cookies to exchange if you want to exchange cookies or just come socialize .I love the fun!!!!
Thank you to all those who contributed to the mtg. and those who came to the Tuesday and Thursday Group mtgs.Freezer Meal Groups came and exchanged their meals. We talked about Pumpkins, sampled pumpkin food, discussed our Emergency Evacuation Plan for our homes (Shelley Eaves has some great Tips, ask her about them), and looked over the livebinders.com website for Matthews Ward families. Go to livebinders.com ,then preparedness, then Noah's ark, and you are at the site. You will find a wealth of information on family finances, food storage, family preparedness, Provident Living Blog is there, lessons for every month for FHE, and many more topics. Thank you to Julie Burgess for sharing ideas for Halloween costumes!!!!Kris Baker and Marianne Harris did a great job conducting our mtgs..
Hope to see you all at the next mtg.
November's mtgs. is cancelled due to ELECTION NIGHT!!! Please vote for your candidate.
December mtgs. will be combined for our annual christmas food exchange (like Yankee swap ) and cookie exchange.If you are unsure about the food exchange please call Kris or Marianne. Bring 2 dozen cookies to exchange if you want to exchange cookies or just come socialize .I love the fun!!!!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
October Mtg. Fire Preparedness Month
Ladies ,
Please bring your favorite pumpkin recipe to share with a copy of the recipe for us to make a Pumpkin Recipe Booklet to Handout at our mtg. in November. We will taste all the pumpkin food gather the recipes, then make a recipe booklet that will be given out at the next mtg.. Since this is Fire Preparedness Month we will also be doing a lesson on a family emergency escape plan for your home
in the event of a fire. Each person will get a kit and start their plan. See you Tuesday evening or Thursday morning.
Please bring your favorite pumpkin recipe to share with a copy of the recipe for us to make a Pumpkin Recipe Booklet to Handout at our mtg. in November. We will taste all the pumpkin food gather the recipes, then make a recipe booklet that will be given out at the next mtg.. Since this is Fire Preparedness Month we will also be doing a lesson on a family emergency escape plan for your home
in the event of a fire. Each person will get a kit and start their plan. See you Tuesday evening or Thursday morning.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
August Mtg: Computer Trouble shooting
We are very lucky to have Jordan Gassaway in our ward. He will be helping us with any questions we have about computers at our Provident Living mtg.. Bring your laptops or just come with your questions . No question is a stupid question. We as sisters can learn much from this young man. See you there. Tuesday morning's mtg. Brenda DiMambro will watch children at the Gassaway home.
We are very lucky to have Jordan Gassaway in our ward. He will be helping us with any questions we have about computers at our Provident Living mtg.. Bring your laptops or just come with your questions . No question is a stupid question. We as sisters can learn much from this young man. See you there. Tuesday morning's mtg. Brenda DiMambro will watch children at the Gassaway home.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Solar Stoves
June's activity, Solar Stoves was a Big hit, 23 sissters made stoves on tuesday evening at church. We had the event at church due to the number of sisters signed up. Six sisters came on thursday morning . Thank you to Sissters Marianne Harris and Catherine McKaskey for helping the sisters thursday. Sister Janice Jackson taught the sisters tuesday evening and brought samples of food to taste made with her solar oven. Thank you for the idea and the lesson and food Sister Jackson. Thank you to all those who attended. It was a great time had by all. the priesthood came and helped tuesday, we are grateful to them also.
July's Provident Living
There will be no Provident Living in July. Relief Society's CHRISTMAS IN JULY activity will be saturday July 14th from 9:00 am til 12:00 pm at the church. We will have a light breakfast and nursery provided and wonderful items to make. Hope everyone can be there.
Friday, May 11, 2012
May 2012 was a Great month for Provident Living as Kris Baker showed us her family's 72 Hour Kits . They are ready to go in any disaster on foot or in the car. We were given Handouts, cards in bags with lists of items for our kits organized and departmentalized. For shopping we have handy lists that attach to our key chains. There were snacks to try; gifts to win provided by Becca Hull and Marianne Harris did the day class for us on thursdy.Brenda DiMambro does the nursery every thursday. Thank you to all who made Provident Living GREAT for May.
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