Creamy Black Bean Salsa Chicken

Creamy Black Bean Salsa Chicken

Camp Ground Doggie 2010

8 boneless chicken thighs

1 c chicken broth

1 C salsa

¼ c dried peppers, broken up

1 can corn, drained

1 can black beans, drained

1 package taco seasoning

1/c sour cream

1 c cheddar cheese

Place chicken in greased crock pot. Pour broth, salsa, corn, beans, peppers and taco seasoning over chicken.  Cook covered for 6 -8 hour on high.  Remove chicken and place on serving dish. Stir sour cream and cheese into sauce in slow cooker, and then pour over chicken.

Pumpkin Chili

Saute together: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper 1/2 cup chopped yellow bell pepper 1 clove garlic, minced Brown: 1 pound ground turkey Mix in: 2 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes 1 can corn 1 can black beans 2 c chicken broth 1 small can pumpkin puree 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 dash salt 1 T cumin 1 t coriander 1 t cinnamon Cook until hot. Top with: 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 1/2 cup sour cream chopped cilantro Works well in a crock pot. This recipe is not very "spicy" hot so feel free to add more chili powder if you like a spicy chili.

Restoration FHE

Tonight for Family Home Evening we started with a prayer by Jed and an opening song "The Wise Man and the Foolish Man". We reviewed the 6th Article of Faith song by singing and tracing a house, like we did in sharing time two weeks ago. I am amazed at how well Jed memorizes these little songs.

Then we reviewed the story of the Restoration by using this little Church Timeline visual aid. Dad read the scriptures, mom told the story of each photo for context, and Jed and Zoe got to put the pictures up in the right spot, which they thoroughly enjoyed.

For a treat, leftover jigglers that I forgot to take on the trip last week. Michael sang us all a song about how it was the worst Jello ever, which it pretty much was, but that was ok because we've had so much junk food this past week on our trip that we're pretty much sugared out. Well, I am. Jed and Zoe snarfed down a 9x13 like it is going out of style.

A Few Charlotte Mason Quotes

Let Children Alone.––In conclusion, let me say that the education of habit is successful in so far as it enables the mother to let her children alone, not teasing them with perpetual commands and directions––a running fire of Do and Don't; but letting them go their own way and grow, having first secured that they will go the right way, and grow to fruitful purpose. The gardener, it is true, 'digs about and dungs,' prunes and trains, his peach tree; but that occupies a small fraction of the tree's life: all the rest of the time the sweet airs and sunshine, the rains and dews, play about it and breathe upon it, get into its substance, and the result is––peaches. But let the gardener neglect his part, and the peaches will be no better than sloes.

Divine Grace works on the Lines of Human Effort.––In looking for a solution of this problem, I do not undervalue the Divine grace––far otherwise; but we do not always make enough of the fact that Divine grace is exerted on the lines of enlightened human effort; that the parent, for instance, who takes the trouble to understand what he is about in educating his child, deserves, and assuredly gets, support from above;

The Trust of Parents must not be Supine.–– And indeed this is what too many Christian parents expect: they let a child grow free as the wild bramble, putting forth unchecked whatever is in him––thorn, coarse flower, insipid fruit,––trusting, they will tell you, that the grace of God will prune and dig and prop the wayward branches lying prone. And their trust is not always misplaced; but the poor man endures anguish, is torn asunder in the process of recovery which his parents might have spared him had they trained the early shoots which should develop by-and-by into the character of their child.

Nature then, strong as she is, is not invincible; and, at her best, Nature is not to be permitted to ride rampant. Bit and bridle, hand and voice, will get the utmost of endeavour out of her if her training be taken in hand in time; but let Nature run wild, like the forest ponies, and not spur nor whip will break her in.