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Sunday, September 25, 2022

Texas Cowboy Stew

I found this recipe on Pinterest.  Because I loved it so much I want to share it with all of you.
The Original site is linked to the cute logo below.








 Such an Easy Recipe.  Follow steps below for a delicious mouth watering Meal.
Step # 1 - Using a Skillet Sautee' your chopped up onions over medium heat.
Step #2 - Add ground beef and cook until there is no pink left.
Step #3 - Add your cut up sausage

In a crock pot or dutch 

  • Step 3. Pour in tomatoes, pinto beans, corn, potatoes, diced tomatoes with chiles and veggies
  • Step 4. Mix everything until well combined, add spices
  • Step 5. Add water, bring to a boil, and simmer for one hour.

WHAT CAN I ADD TO COWBOY STEW FOR FLAVOR?

In this recipe, spices make all the difference. Don’t hesitate to add more spices if you want a bit more kick.

A pinch of cinnamon, a dash of paprika as well as cumin and chili powder can render a very delicious stew.

I usually add chopped jalapenos to make it a bit spicier. Sometimes I even add cheese on top, throw it in the oven, and broil it until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

WHAT TO SERVE WITH COWBOY STEW?

To add a bit of freshness to this dish, I generally serve it with a simple mixed greens salad or coleslaw and a big slice of sourdough bread.

PRO TIPS FOR COWBOY STEW;

  1. This recipe is so easy, you really don’t have to be a pro to make it. But if you
  1. want to make it even more special,
  2. Place cooked stew on a casserole dish, put cheese on top, and bake until bubbly
  3. After cooking the ground beef and adding the kielbasa, cook it for a couple more minutes and drain the excess fat from the meat and the sausage.
  4. Add chopped jalapenos for an added kick, If you want to make it a bit less “soupy” add one cup of less water and cook until desired consistency.

Ingredients

  • lb ground beef
  • 2 packages kielbasa sausage sliced into ½ inch pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 (14.5oz) cans peeled and diced tomatoes, drained
  • 4 medium baking potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 2 (15oz) cans pinto beans, with liquid
  • 1 (15.2oz) can whole kernel corn, Drained
  • 2 (14.5oz) can diced tomatoes with green chile pepper, with liquid
  • 1 (10oz) package frozen mixed vegetables
  • cups of water
  • tsp ground cumin
  • tsp chili powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • In a dutch oven over medium heat, sauteĆ© onion. Add ground beef and cook until there’s no pink left
  • Add sliced sausage
  • Pour in tomatoes, pinto beans, corn, potatoes, diced tomatoes with chiles and veggies
  • Mix everything until well combined, add spices
  • Add water, bring to a boil, and simmer for one hour

Nutrition

Calories: 676.7kcal | Carbohydrates: 52.2g | Protein: 35.3g | Fat: 37.1g | Saturated Fat: 12.9g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 1620.2mg | Potassium: 1318.8mg | Fiber: 8.9g | Sugar: 7.4g | Vitamin A: 2474.2IU | Vitamin C: 30.8mg | Calcium: 116.8mg | Iron: 7mg


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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

What are Charms and DooDads?

 Don't you just love them?

For some reason I feel like I just wrote about them recently.  Do you do that? Do something and forget you wrote or spoke to someone about that very subject then repeat it over and over.  That is called getting old.  Yikes, never thought I would do that.  But low and behold I now do.  Not bad yet.  What was I talking about?   Just kidding.  

Charms and DooDads.

What is a charm?

Well you can charm someone to get them to like you.  But that is not the one I am talking about.

Here are some charms.   Use them to decorate with, or put on earrings, necklaces, whatever.

Ok now what is a Doo Dad.
Well it is just about anything.  A trivial ornament or gadget that you can't quite thing of the name for it.   Like the front of a button, broken ear ring, cute thing. You can make really cool things out of them. I mean just look at the pics below.




Some look like they are from earrings.  I mean if I have 2 of them the buyer might want to make earrings.  So far I just play around with them, coming up with ways they might be used.  I have way to many crafts in my head of what I want to make.  Here are some more ideas.
So much fun.  Have you made something with a DooDad like about?  Please share it with me.  If you don't mind I would love to share it with others.  
Why did I make this post?  Well to direct you to my Website (Creative Crafts and Supplyz and to explain to a few of you what a DooDad is and what you can do with them.
Want to see Charms to buy?


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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Dangles

 Dangles 

What are They you ask?

Well they are pretty little 

baubles/creations attached with a

Lobster claw or a Swivel Hook.

Or just a plain hook you find on just about anything.
for Journals, Bibles, Purses,
 your Rear View Mirror and more
Making it easy to attach to anything you want them too. 
 If they are strong enough you can even attach them to your lamp.

I enjoy making and selling them.
If you would like to see more of my creations 
click on the link below
 or skip on over to Etsy.com and look me up under CardsCraftsnMore

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

HELP Me Make a Subscription Box

 Ok if you didn't read my other article about Subscription box please stop and go read it first.

Click here or scroll down.

Subscription Boxes, Same as Mystery Boxes

Then come back here please.

Ok I have fun buying estate sale jewelry.  I buy and buy and buy and buy.  Well you get the point.  lol  But I buy through a lady that buys it first then sells it in sort of surprise bags.  I have so much fun as she puts in other items too.  Such as key chains, charms, even got a tiny set of NEW ear buds once.  So I just have so much fun.  But that means I get way to much jewelry.   So my craft room is getting taken over.  

Some have got to go





I want to do something fun with them.  I can list them places like some are hand made or look hand made so I could put them on Etsy.  But that is not fun.  I want to make a subscription box.  I found I anyone can make one on Cratejoy.com but I can't understand the directions.  I need someone to walk me through step by step.   I can also make them on Etsy but I'm not sure if anyone buys them on there.

Next I want to put other fun things in with them.  I've kind of gotten stuck.  I don't want to make these that expensive but don't want to go in the hole with them either.  I have tiny nail polish bottles that are empty.  I figured I could buy nail polish and split the bottle into 3 or 4 little ones.  I can ad those.  But what else?  Fun pencils. 


Maybe hand made book marks.

BUT where do I post them??  And how do I get them seen and found??  

I also am thinking about doing some kids ones that are not an arm an leg.  Not jewelry.  lol  I just wanted one for my granddaughter but they are to expensive.  So I'm sure others are finding the same thing.

If you have any ideas please comment.  Hopefully no one else takes my idea.


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Subscription Boxes same as Surprise Box or Mystery Box

 Have you ever gotten a Subscription Box?  Have you ever heard about them?  Do you know what a Mystery Box?  Well they are all pretty much the same thing.  

They are SOOOOO Much fun.  It is like getting a gift each month.  

I finally broke down and signed up for a Succulent Box.  Oh wait I did Air Plant first.  Air Plant you don't plant in dirt.  You plant it in anything you want.  Even a toy.  lol  




WHY?  Well it doesn't require to be watered.  You just put them in a glass, cup or some kind of container filled with water once a week.  Let them soak about an hour, pull them out shake them off and put them back where you had them.  Well I started killing them.  I can't water them when i water other plants.  So I would forget about them.  

SOOOO I switched over to succulents.  I went to Cratejoy.com you have all kinds of choices.  I chose to only get 1 per month.

click on pic to take you to the link.

oh they send you directions on cute little business card size cards that are in color and glazed over.  It not only tells you how to take care of them, it tells what kind of plant they have sent to you.

The back of each one tells how to take care of them.

We have since signed up for other boxes. I like the Stickii club

My daughter gets a Nail Box
Her box is through another company to help support a foreign group of ladies supporting there families or something like that. 
and 

we got a candy box for my son. 

He is 30 and has autism.  He loves getting a box each month.

He did cancel his and tried another which I can't remember name but we still get it and he talked us into signing but up for the one above also.  He shares with us doubles.  lol

Try them out they are awesome.  You can find just about every kind of subscription.  And it is so much fun to get mail each month that is NOT bills.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Quilting - Paper Piecing LOOK

 WOW I just came across this ladies blog and was impressed enough I had to share with you.


BLOG

She has On Line Classes , Sew Alongs, Teaching and Lectures just to name a few.  I just found her site, so not sure about much but knew I liked it and wanted to share.  So go check Amy out.  Just click on the word BLOG above if you don't like clicking links here is the url so you can type it in yourself.

https://duringquiettime.com/

Monday, June 21, 2021

Preschool Learning Colors

I found this on a site through Pinterest.  I thought it was all written in Spanish so I went to my handy translator Bing.

Bing Translator

Was shocked to find out it was not Spanish it was Italian.

 An important step in the growth of the child is the learning of colors. It's not a very easy process. The child will first have to identify the color, then learn the name and finally associate name and color. Here are some ideas!

This was written on there site.  I thought who could of said it better.  With respect to them here is there site.   Italian Site  Then I seen they too have someone in there family with Autism.  This link takes you to Early signs of Autism.  What is Autism.

Now Back to Learning about colors and creative ways to teach your child or preschoolers.

With each photo I will try and help you with ideas on how to create the items.  Or what supplies you will need to create them.

First lets use clothes pins

Click photo above to take you to Amazon 
Click to see a larger Photo ...These Non Slip clothes Pins can be found on amazon click Here Non Slip

Click to see a larger Photo...You can find this little rack at Walmart or on Amazon.  Click on Amazon.

Click to see a larger Photo...Ok I would use colored Clothes Pins,  Use a dinner plate to draw a circle on White paper.  A ruler to section into 6 colors.  Color them in with crayons or markers.  You can laminate to protect your Color Wheel you Created.  For the little images.  You can buy a match game, or cut out squares on stamp an image and color it in.  Or find small images in magazines glue them on stiffer back ground then glue them onto your clothes pins.


Click to see a larger Photo....These are larger popsicle sticks with mini clothes pins found above.  The dots are stickers found by clicking on photo below.  on Amazon.

Click to see a larger Photo...This one is about the same as one above except they painted the clothes pins and wrote the color on them.  And there color wheel is divided into 10 pie peace shapes.

Here is 6 Colors

Just a few ideas.  Will try to post more soon.  

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