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Thursday, October 11, 2012

In a cooking mood.

I think when I am in a cooking mood, it may be a sign of my good mental health, since after my Dad passed away, I couldn't face cooking for months. I've really been enjoying it lately though. I've been looking up and finding some really good recipes on line. Here are some yummy ones. I have adapted all of them to gluten free, if they aren't already.

Rice Noodle no-boil lasagna.
This one is already brilliantly gluten free.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Pancakes.
I just used a gluten free pancake mix.

Scalloped potatoes
I used 1 can of Progresso cream of mushroom soup since it is gluten free.

It seems like when you first go gluten free, all you can find is gluten free bread recipes, but you need other things too, right?

Anyway, I missed getting to video chat with my son again today (schedule conflicts) but I am still doing okay, enjoying the cooler weather and cooking up a storm.

I do need some hot chocolate though.

Or hot cider.

Hmmm.

1 comment:

Amy said...: I've been doing alot more baking here lately. Don't know if it's the nice fall weather or its just YOUR fault for starting it all off with the pumpkin pie cravings you gave me. Alli & I have made several batches of cookies, we did the pumpkin pies & I made pumpkin bread this week.; 9:04 PM

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1. Try it. You might enjoy it. It might change your life. It might not be your thing, but you won't know if you don't ever try.

2. Find out what your state (or country) requires, the bare minimum. Do this and then with the rest of it, have fun with it. It doesn't have to be all serious and it doesn't have to look like the inside of a classroom. You're at home. Relax. Play. Read. Learn together. Enjoy your kids. They grow up way too fast.

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4. Find a homeschool support group. Or two. If you can't find one in real life, find one online. Get support where ever you can.

5. Make a mess now and then. Go outside and put some mentos in coke. Make alka-seltzer rockets. Make some great art. Make a timeline and a map. Grow some borax crystals. Use levers to lift things. Make a trebuchet out of whatever you can find around the house.

6. Go on as many field trips as you can.

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"there is a theme, if you read, you'll get a growing conviction that homeschooling is a lifestyle that is worthwhile, that it is extremely good for kids and families, that it promotes bonding, is a personalized education that is superior to what you can get anywhere else for your kids, is fun and can be done even if you have a 400 track mind, no math skills (thankfully my husband does though), through working, job changes, bad hair days, home remodeling, deaths, illness, surgery, broken bones and various other things and it actually makes dealing with these things easier, not harder, than it was when we were in the public schools, because homeschooling is so incredibly flexible. That's the point I've been trying to make for the last 5 years or so."

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