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Holiday Meal Planning, Pumpkin Bread and Making A Difference -HBHW Newsletter

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October 28st 2009

Editorial

This past weekend was “Make A Difference Day” - something we always recognize with our girl scout troops. This year we organized a food drive to stock  a local food bank. We also had a nice daisy scout meeting yesterday about making the world a better place. It is amazing how many ideas 6-year-olds can come up with. They included planting flowers, making and sending cards, being nice to other kids even when they are different, helping mom and dad, recycling … These girls just kept going and we all promised to do our part in making the world a better place. Today’s Inspirational Story was inspired by this “theme” as well. It made me cry and I hope it will touch you as well.

The Hillbilly Housewife Blog Tour is finishing up. This week I’m blogging on FamilyFoodies.com as well as a few other blogs. You can see one of my posts about holiday meal planning in the article section below. Once some of the other posts are up, I will post another update with links of where you can find them on the HBHW blog.

The crockpot cooking ebook was such a hit that I decided to keep it on sale for a few more days. If you haven’t gotten yoru copy yet, you can order it here - Crockpot Cooking Made Simple.

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Of course I’m still donating 20% of all profits to Breast Cancer Research this month and that applies to any Crockpot Ebook sales as well.

That’s it for this week. As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions. Feel free to email me at susanne@hillbillyhousewife.com

Warm Regards,

Susanne - The Hillbilly Housewife

Inspirational Quote

“Friendship isn’t a big thing - it’s a million little things”. -Author Unknown

Shared by Ellie Mae, one of our members in the Hillbilly Housewife Club

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News From The HBHW Club

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Here’s one of the recipes that were submitted this past week.

Nutty Pumpkin Bread

* 2 cups flour
* 2 tsps baking powder
* 1/2 tsp baking soda
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* 1/2 tsp nutmeg
* 1 cup pumpkin
* 1 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup milk
* 2 eggs
* 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
* 1 cup chopped nuts – your choice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

In separate bowl, combine the pumpkin, sugar, milk, and eggs.

Carefully add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients, then add softened butter and combine well.  Add nuts and stir.

Pour mixture into a loaf pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted in the middle comes out dry.

And here are some of the other recipes that have been added in the past few days.

  • Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers
  • Regal Pumpkin Cake
  • Nutty Popcorn Crunch
  • Oven Baked Caramel Corn
  • Spiced Hot Apple Cider
  • Elegant Pumpkin Squares

All in all, we have over 230 new recipes in the member area already.

What else has been going on at the HBHW Club? We’ve been talking about getting ready for Halloween, making petfood, copycat recipes and cleaning grease off the stove.  I’m sure you have a lot to contribute to the conversation. Ready to join us? Try The HBHW Club for only $1. We’d love to have you! http://www.hillbillyhousewifeclub.com/special.html

Featured Article

This week as part of my HBHW on the Road blog tour, I’m writing on FamilyFoodies.com. On Monday I shared some tips on how to plan the big holiday meals coming up (Thanksgiving, Christmas etc.). I find that doing some propper planning ahead of time makes a big job much easier and I actually have enough energy at the end to enjoy the meal and spending time with my family and friends. Here it is:

Planning Ahead For The Big Holiday Meals

Frugal Tips

    Frugal Thanksgiving Decorations
    Since Thanksgiving in the US is just a few days away, I thought I’d share some of my favorite frugal Thanksgiving decorating tips. Anything from pumpkins to fall flowers can be used to make a prett …

    Grocery List
    I make a grocery list with the following heading: Meats, Produce, Dairy, Can Goods, Frozen, & Misc: No Eat. In doing this I can get in and out of the grocery store without back tracking through t …

    Frugal Vegetable Soup Mix
    I keep leftover vegetables in a gallon bag in the freezer. When the bag is full, it’s simple to add hamburger or other meat and make a great soup or stew since the vegetables are already seasone …

Do you have a tip to share? Fill out the submit a frugal tip form and I’ll be glad to add it to the site and share your tip in an upcoming edition of the newsletter.

Recipes

Here are some of the most recent recipes that have been added to the HBHW site. Enjoy!

    Pork & Kraut with Dumpling’s
    3-4pd. pork roast, add 1 medium sliced onion,1qt.jar of homemade sauerkraut (or 2cans of sauerkraut),caraway seed, pepper&salt,1/2 stick butter or margarine,add water to the roast alittle less tha …

    A Different Green Bean Casserole
    1 lb frozen french cut green beans 1 can cream of celery soup or 10 oz of the homemade equivelant. 1 cup slivered toasted almonds Mix green beans with 1/2 cup almonds and the cream of celery soup and …

    Sweet and Sour Chicken and Rice
    Suggested ingredients and amounts (all are adjustable to your taste) 3-4 cups cooked rice 1 cup broccoli florets or peas 2-3 scrambled eggs 1-2 cooked and cubed chicken breasts (optional) 1 bottle swe …

    Cranberry Chutney
    4 small oranges 2 cups sugar (or sugar substitute) 4 cups fresh cranberries 1 cup chopped unpeeled apple 1/2 cup seedless raisins 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1 Tablespoon vinegar 1/2 teaspoon ground ginge …

    Delicious Beans and Potatoes
    Make mashed potatoes. While they are cooking take cooked pinto beans, drained, cooked kidney beans, drained, or a mix, or leftover bean soup or leftover beans that kidney or pinto beans are in them, …

Do you have a recipe you would like to share? Click here to send it to me and I’ll be happy to add it to the website.

I’m Looking For:

This section is going to be all about you. If you are looking for a particular recipe or a tip on how to do something, submit it here and I will post it in an upcoming newsletter. I’ll give you my input and other readers of the newsletter will have the opportunity to share their recipes and tips as well. So take a moment to post your questions and of course if you have a tip or idea for any question posted in this section feel free to leave a comment under the appropriate post.


I’m Looking For Requests

    Scratch Jiffy Cornbread Recipe
    looking for a from scratch recipe for cornbread that tastes like the Jiffy brand. I’ve tried adding sugar to some recipes, but they still don’t taste similar. My son prefers this to sout …

    In search of gluten-free lemon bars
    Lemon bars are an economical sweet and have always been my favourite but now I must cook gluten-free meals (no wheat or wheat byproducts, read flour, etc., etc., - everything, especially prepared food …

    Closet Damp Absorber
    Hi Just wondering in any readers have any ideas on how to make your own closet damp absorber, you know the sort that collects the humid water in linen closets etc. Gayle This post was submitted by gay …

    Egg Nog Recipes
    I am looking for a variety of egg nog recipes out there. If you have a great traditional recipe, or one with a different twist or flavor to it, I’d love to hear about it. This post was submitted …

    Homemade Johnson’s No More Bedhead spray
    I have boys with thick hair that needs quick taming in the morning. Plain water isn’t controlling it. I sometimes use No More Bedhead or No More Tangles, but it’s too costly anymore. I won …

    Cooking Turkey
    Last year there was a post on how to use your oven as a slow cooker and cook a turkey overnight. My turkey turned out fantastic!! But, I lost my directions. Please help! This post was submitted by …

    Chicken and Dumplings Recipe - Homemade
    looking for homemade chicken and dumplings made the old- fashioned way.thank you. From Susanne - Here’s my chicken and dumplings recipe. My biggest trick is to start the day before by cooking th …

    Sweet Potatoe Cassarole
    I am looking for a sweat potatoe cassarole that has the marshmellowes on top and has a thick like syrup and fruit cocktail in it. my aunt used to make it but she passed away and no one remembered to b …

    Pie Shell Cake
    I’m looking for a recipe for a cake that was baked in a pie shell. It may have had chocolate syrup on the bottom. It was great and my kids loved it. Now I would like to make it for the grandk …

    Removing Rocks in Beans
    Does anyone have a method for removing all the pebbles from pinto & other dried beans? This post was submitted by Nancy.

I’m Looking For Responses
Below you will find some of the recent responses to the “I’m Looking For” Requests. You may also want to go directly to this section and browse through all the recent submissions and replies. To do so, click on “I’m Looking for” here, and start looking through them.

Inspirational Story

WHO YOU ARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE

- Author Unknown

A teacher in New York City decided to honor each of her graduating high school seniors by telling each of them the difference she felt they made as an individual.

She called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told the student how they had made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters reading: “Who I Am Makes a Difference.”

She noticed a considerable attitudinal change in the class. So she decided to do a class project to determine what impact such recognition could have on their local community.

She gave each student three more ribbons, and asked them to go out and spread an “acknowledgment ceremony.”

One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company, and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt.

Then the boy gave the executive two extra ribbons and asked him to find someone else to honor, and to in turn give them the extra blue ribbon so they could acknowledge a third person. The student asked the executive to report back to tell him what happened.

Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who was known as a rather bad-tempered man. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss was very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon, and asked for permission to pin it on him.

His surprised boss gave his permission. The executive pinned the blue ribbon on his boss’s jacket directly above his heart. Then he gave his boss the third blue ribbon, and told him of the boy’s request.

That night the boss sat his 14-year-old son down and told him: “The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of my junior executives came in and told me he admired me, He gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine that. He thinks I’m a creative genius.”

He then told his son he wanted to honor him, and pinned the last remaining blue ribbon on his son’s t-shirt.

The startled boy began to sob. He couldn’t stop. His whole body shook. He looked at his father through his tears and told him: “Dad, earlier tonight I sat in my room and wrote a letter to you and Mom explaining why I was killing myself, and asking you to forgive me. I was going to commit suicide after you were asleep. I didn’t think you cared for me at all.”

His father walked upstairs and found a heartfelt letter full of anguish and pain. The envelope was addressed, “Mom and Dad.”

The boss went back to work a changed man. He called in each employee one at a time to let them know that they made a difference.

Who you are DOES make a difference!
Don’t forget it!
And make sure the people in your life
know how special they are!

Final Thought

That’s it for this edition of the Hillbilly Housewife Newsletter. I hope you’ve had as much fun reading it as I had creating it for you. I also hope that you have found the information helpful and useful. And by all means feel free to forward the newsletter to family and friends or even better, encourage them to subscribe to it.

Do you have a question, a tip, a recipe or a story you’d like to share with us? Email it to me and I’ll include it in a future issue. Can’t wait to see what you have to say.

Warm Wishes,

Susanne - The Hillbilly Housewife

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6 Responses to “Holiday Meal Planning, Pumpkin Bread and Making A Difference -HBHW Newsletter”

  1. Mary Says:
    October 28th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    I have a very simple crock pot vegetarian recipe. I make 15 bean or navy bean soup in the crock pot. I have a container of it in the fridge right now that I made for my grandson who is a vegetarian.
    The 15 bean soup I use is from a package, it is more expensive than the navy beans. If you are vegetarian, you may have a bunch of beans/lentils that you can use. You might want to check out the mix in the store.

    Soak the beans overnight or as long as you can.
    I use dried minced onion, as I don’t care for raw onion, but like the flavor in the soup. I sprinkle some in the bottom of the crock pot. I put the beans in, add at least one package of vegetable stock. I stock up when it is on sale. I add an additional 1/2 to one cup of hot water. I add minced garlic and ground pepper and cook overnight or 6-8 hours on low, or less time on high. If it is not to be vegetarian, I add ham to it.
    I don’t have a specific amt of spices, I have made it so long, I just “know” how much to add. I buy the minced garlic and onion and pepper in bulk, as they are my main spices.

    I hope this helps.

    I also make “baked beans” for one of the guys at work when we have a carry in. I get pinto and navy beans, precooked and add them and a bottle of barbecue sauce, a little brown sugar, some soy sauce and some yellow mustard and cook in the crock pot on low. You can experiment to see what your friend/family likes. Every time I take them, they are wiped out.

  2. Debbie Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 12:29 am

    Inspirational Story
    WHO YOU ARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE
    I really enjoyed your article on inpiration.

    I use to right letters to people about something good about them. I need to start doing that again.

    Debbie

  3. Maggie Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Thank you for the inspirational messages at the end of each newsletter. I especially liked the one today. We never know which ripple of our pond will touch someone else and change their day. I like to send thank you notes (or email ones) to people who do something special for me or treat me kindly. I also just compliment people who affect me in some way during the day. It makes me feel good and them, too.
    Don’t stop adding these messages. They are a pick-me-up.
    Thanks,
    Maggie

  4. Jessica Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    I loved the inspirational message you had today. I have always felt that everyone’s life is inconnected, we just may not be aware of it at the time. The story really re-emphasized that. Thank you!

  5. Patience Says:
    November 11th, 2009 at 10:09 am

    Thanks a bunch for such an inspiring story

  6. Patience Says:
    November 11th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Thanks for the great inspiring story
    Be blessed
    Paticy

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