Add the cake mix and mix until just combined. If you want to add anything special (nuts, chocolate chips, etc.), do it now and mix until combined.
Add water 1 tsp at a time until the dough reaches the consistency you’d like.* It should be stiff but not dry.
Bake at 350 for 9-12 minutes (add 1 minute if dough was refrigerated). DO NOT BE FOOLED – the cookies will not look done, and they will be pretty squishy. (If you are using a light-colored cake mix like white or yellow, watch for browning. Once you see the slightest bit of brown on the cookies, take them out of the oven immediately.) Let them sit on the hot pan for several minutes before carefully moving to a cooling rack. Cool completely.
The above cooking time is for a soft, chewy cookie. If you prefer more crispy cookies, bake 13-14 minutes.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the sausage until no pink shows. Stir in the onion and green pepper, and sauté until the onions are tender. Stir in the lentils, rice and chicken broth. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 40 to 60 minutes.
In Crock Pot, combine chicken, broth, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, celery, onion, bay leaf, potatoes, and mixed vegetables. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours or on high 4 to 6 hours. Remove bay leaf. Pre heat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, mix milk and flour. Gradually stir flour and water mixture into Crockpot. Stir in pepper, poultry seasoning, and salt/ Remove the liner from Crockpot base and carefully place 9-inch pie crust over the mixture. Place the crockery liner inside preheated oven and bake (uncovered) for about 15 minutes, or until browned. If your liner is not removable, put the mixture in a casserole dish, cover with the pie crust and bake as above.
Brown the ground beef, drain. Dump all the canned veggies in, do not drain. Sprinkle in some Italian seasoning. Cook in your slow cooker on low for 6-8 hours.
1 Combine beans, chicken broth, garlic and half the onions in a large soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until beans are very soft, 3 hours or more. Add additional water (or watered-down broth), if necessary.
2 In a skillet, sauté remaining onions in oil until tender. Add chilies and seasonings and mix thoroughly. Add to bean mixture. Add chicken and continue to simmer 1 hour. Check seasoning, add jalapeno or serrano to level of desired hotness.
3 Serve topped with grated cheese. Garnish with cilantro, chopped fresh tomato, salsa, chopped scallions, and/or guacamole. Serve with fresh warmed flour tortillas or tortilla chips.
Mix all ingredients together. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
Elizabeth is an educated easterner who moves to the north to teach school to a town who has never had a teacher for their new school and they kids have no education. She lives in the teacherage on the back of the school. She doesn’t have any plans to marry until she encounters Wynn a Royal Canadian Mountie who is not interested in taking a wife because of his job. They eventually work things out and marry.
After Elizabeth and Wynn marry they move even farther north to a remote Indian Village. They struggle with their new responsibilities and loneliness. They experience a harsh winter and the general store’s fire that destroys all the supplies. The village has to pull together to keep everyone fed until supplies come in the spring.
Elizabeth struggles with not having any children of her own but find joy when she is giving the chance to raise an Indian boy after his mother dies. She is trust into depression a year later when the father returns and wants the child back because he has found a new wife. She goes to visit her family for 3 weeks so that she can see a doctor since it has been 4 years of marriage with no children and is told that she is fine and there is no reason she can’t conceive. Sickness comes to the village and her best friend miscarries and her two year old dies.
Elizabeth and Wynn get a new post in a remote and more primitive Indian reservation. Elizabeth is not welcomed by the people who have had little contact with white people and no contact with a white woman. They shun her and she has to face a lonely winter alone. In the spring she plants her vegetable garden in an area the people think has evil spirits and when a fire comes to destroy the village they think it is because of her until they see that it comes to her garden and turns back. She is able to get them to care for themselves when they have no food or shelter for several months. She organizes them into camps and work groups to feed and shelter the community and gains respect of everyone including the chief. Because of the needs of the village they are transformed to a small town while the village is being built. The join a local church and help with the Sunday school. One of the boys ends up coming to live with them and they decide to not go back to the reservation because he needs them.
The Delaney’s adopted son Henry becomes a RCMP just like his father. He is haunted by a young widow that he had to visit to tell of her husband’s death. He eventually find that the young widow lives in his town and he be friends her and her son. They end up falling in love.
Christine the Delaney’s adopted daughter moves to the city and falls in love with her boss’s son. He is pushy and not a Christian but she hopes he will come around. She is attracted to him against her better judgment and even after warning signs that he will not treat her well. She plans to marry him and soon after Christmas she realizes that she can’t be with him and breaks up with him and her boss lets her go so she moves back home.
Henry is planning to wed the young widow and Christine comes to town and help with the wedding details. She fills called to the North but because of the scars from her last love is she is not ready for a relationship when eligible young men are interested in her. Christine’s brother and his new wife get into a car accident as they are coming to a family Easter celebration. When they are in the hospital with serious injuries a kind young doctor befriends her. After several months goes buy he eventually calls her and asks her out on a date and then they start courting but she is not sure what to do about her feeling for him because she would have to give up on the dream of going to the North. She eventually decides on love and they plan to marry.
1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease and flour, or spray with baking spray with flour, bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan.
2. In large bowl, mix cake mix, oil, water and eggs with spoon. Stir in carrot and cranberries. Spread evenly in pan.
3. Bake 18 to 24 minutes (25 to 29 minutes for dark or nonstick pan) or until bars spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Spread with frosting. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Optional add-ins: Raisins, dried cranberries, Chocolate Chips, White Chocolate Chips, Pecans, pumpkin seeds...the list goes on and on. You could always leave them plain and frost them with a cream cheese frosting.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with baking spray. In a bowl, combine canned pumpkin and cake mix. Stir until smooth, mixture will be thick. Add optional ingredients. Scoop desired amount of dough on sheet. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until lightly browned on edges. They will not spread, as they are a "cakey" cookie.
Scarecrow has a brand-new suit.
Waiting for the Harvest Ball.
Oh, how I love this time of year!
Beat together cream cheese, butter, egg. Then beat in vanilla, and then slowly add in cake mix. Refrigerate 2 hours. Roll dough into balls then roll into a little powdered sugar to cover the balls. Bake 12 minutes at 350.
They can be made with any cake mix flavor!
Walking is the simplest way to get fit, stay in shape and strengthen your heart and bones. Walk at a brisk pace while enjoying your surroundings, breathing fresh air and, spending time with a friend or family member is fun and good for you.
Make an effort to walk more such as parking your car far from the entrance to a store, pace or walk in place while doing chores try to beat your time each day. Most exercise experts recommend 30 minutes of activity most days of the week, and walking is a great way to get it. Taking 10,000 steps over the course of a day is roughly equivalent to 30 minutes of moderately vigorous exercise. Walking one mile burns approximately 100 calories. Walking is simply one of the easiest and safest activities for burning calories and tuning up the cardiovascular system.
• Wear sturdy athletic shoes.
• Keep your head level as you walk and look straight ahead.
• Bend your elbows at about a 90-degree angle and keep them close to your sides. Swing your arms back and forth as you walk.
• Let your heel strike the ground first, and then roll from the heel to the ball of your foot. Push off with the ball of your foot for more momentum.
• Take long, smooth strides.Walk as briskly as you can.
• Breathe deeply but naturally as you walk.
Finally, make your walk meaningful. Look around. Enjoy your surroundings. Have fun.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions. Stir in the crushed Oreos. Pour into a greased 13×9” cake pan. You can also make this in two 9” cake pans or as cupcakes. Bake according to package directions.