Frozen Peanut Butter Pie

 

Ingredients:

1 (9"/23 cm) chocolate crunch crust* or ready-made chocolate crumb crust
1 pkg (250 g) Fat Free cream cheese, softened
1 can (300 mL) Fat Free Eagle Brand® sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup (175 mL) Reduced Fat smooth peanut butter
2 tbsp (30 mL) lemon juice
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
1 cup (250 mL) whipping cream, whipped
Chocolate fudge ice cream topping

Preparation:

1.  In large mixer bowl, beat cheese until fluffy; gradually beat in Eagle Brand then peanut butter until smooth.
2.  Stir in lemon juice and vanilla. Fold in whipped cream.
3.  Pour into prepared crust. Drizzle topping over pie. Freeze 4 hours or until firm.

Notes:
*Chocolate Crunch Crust: 1. In heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt 1/3 cup (75 mL) unsalted butter and 1 pkg (175 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips. 2. Remove from heat; gently stir in 2½ cups (625 mL) toasted rice cereal until completely coated. Press onto bottom and up sides of cooking sprayed 9" (23 cm) pie plate. Chill 30 minutes.
  http://www.eaglebrand.ca/recipes-details.aspx?rid=1614
 

Spiced Walnut Brittle

Ingredients

1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup light corn syrup
1 Cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon          
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
                                   

                                                

 Steps

1.  MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: Spray cookie sheet. In 8-cup microwave-safe measuring cup or medium microwave-safe bowl, combine sugar and corn syrup; mix well. Microwave on HIGH for 4 minutes.

2.  Stir; microwave on HIGH for 3 to 5 minutes or until light brown.

3.  Stir in walnuts, cinnamon, butter and vanilla until well blended. Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.

4.  Add baking soda; stir until light and foamy. Pour onto buttered cookie sheet. Cool 30 minutes or until hardened.

5.  Break brittle into pieces. Store in tightly covered container.

www.pillsbury.com/recipes/spiced-walnut-brittle/e8dc4678-564a-49a8-981f-9928ab959f8f               

Love and Logic Day #19

Day 19

“Love you [pause] too much to fight about this."
~Said lovingly, but without a lot of emotional energy

 

Safe driving responsibility on teens shoulders.  Financial responsibility. 

Never buy your teen a car. 

Teens pay insurance, gas, wear and tear on car.

Have teen call insurance agents. 

Teens leave a cash deposit of the amount of the deductible for your insurance if driving your car. 

Never pay for a teens ticket. 

Be firm about driving under the influence. 

 

Don’t inconvenience Mom when she’s on the phone.

Mom is the most important person in the house.

When children inconvenience you on the phone they get to do the chores you would normally do, since they took your time and energy away from your personal time.  If children inconvenience you on the phone, ask the person on the phone to hold, have children wait while you are on the phone in their room or in the family room.  When you are done, then have them pay you back by doing extra chores.

Helping An Investigator

I am currently helping an investigator stop drinking and smoking, and we ate some elk meat which tasted so good.  Other than that not much.

 

Elder Rumsey

Love and Logic Day #18

Day 18

My kids will face challenges. I will empower, not enable.

"The struggle my child faces today can become the strength my child possesses tomorrow."

Potty training doesn’t have to be a frustrating experience for either you or your child. The most important things to remember are:

·           Little children copy what they see their parents doing. That’s why it’s so important to let your tots see you using the potty…and having a good time doing so. (While this may be a bit embarrassing for some, the results are well worth the discomfort.)

·           Offer lots of choices.  For example “Do you want to use the upstairs potty or downstairs potty?” “Do you want to bring your favorite toy or leave it in your room?” The more small choices we give, the less resistant our kids will be.

·           Remain calm and empathetic when accidents happen. Punishment never works when it comes to potty training.

·           Allow your child to train at their own pace. Some kids are ready before they are two years old, others aren’t ready until they are around four. When we try to force the issue before our children are ready, frustration is all we will achieve.

 

Do your part to fight RDD (Responsibility Deficit Disorder).

Lemon Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 box of Angel Food Cake
• 1 22 oz can of lemon pie filling (or 1 jar of lemon spread)

 

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line a deep 9x13 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, empty the contents of the box of angel food cake and to it add the lemon pie filling. Whisk it until it's well incorporated, you'll notice it start to foam a bit.
3. Pour the batter in the baking pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. I baked mine closer to 40 minutes, at 30 minutes it was not yet done.

Notes

You will want to use a very deep baking pan here, or at least cut the parchment paper so that it comes up the sides of the pan, so that the cake batter doesn't spill as it bakes.

 

http://www.jocooks.com/bakery/cakes/two-ingredient-fat-free-lemon-bars/

Love and Logic Day #17

Day 17

Adult children living at home and not respecting rules, doesn’t clean up after himself, lounges around and doesn’t help out, no job.  You wouldn’t let anyone but your child treat you like this.  Take away their free ride.  They may hate or dislike you at first, but one day they will thank you for helping him out.

 

Provide adult child with a “Good Neighbor Policy”.  Writing a letter allows the child time to think, and make the decision of how he wants to behave, and where he wants to live.  The good neighbor policy is a letter stating that you will treat your child as if he was a neighbor or friend staying with you for a short term.  Your expectations are in the letter as well. 

 

An enforceable statement tells the child how you are going to run your life instead of telling him how to run his life.   Such as for allowance, when the child runs out and comes to you for more, you could say, I’m sorry, I’m out of money.  I’ll be giving you more on Saturday, as usual.  When the child claims it’s not fair, say I know.  As the child continues to complain continue to say, I know.   

 

The benefits of doing the right thing aren't always visible immediately.