Gluten Free/Dairy Free/Soy Free Pancakes

These pancakes are so good. I found the recipe here. I changed the ingredients to what Katie can eat. So here is my recipe and how I cooked them:

2 1/3 cups Arrowhead Mills All Purpose Baking Mix
2 Tbsp. domino sugar
2. tsp. baking powder, gluten free
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 to 2 cups Silk Original Coconut Milk (I believe I used the 2 cups)
3 Tbsp. earth balance, soy free (melt)
2 beaten eggs
1/2 tsp. alcohol-free vanilla
2 1/2 tsp. guar gum or xantum gum (I used guar gum)
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Mix with a wisk and then a wooden spoon. It should be thick not runny.

Heat a non-stick skillet low to medium heat (not to high!)

Melt extra earth balance in skillet (do this for each set of pancakes). Each pancake was an overflowing Tbsp. that you use to eat soup. I fit 4 pancakes in the skillet. Cook like a regular pancake. They should get very fluffy and the outsides a little crisp or should I say a small crunchy texture and golden brown. I topped them with homemade chunky applesauce. Oh, they are too good. ~LOL~

This made more than a dozen.

Merry Christmas!

Only kidding!

We are having a nice snowstorm today. The girls have been out playing for quite a while so I had to go find the snowsuits, etc. They were in sweatshirts. It didn't bother them. The snow is quite heavy; uur neighbors tree looks like it's destroyed by the heaviness.

I'm going to make some more applesauce; I have been making applesauce and apple pie mixture for a few weeks now. Our friend Jimmy has given me a total of about 9 carpenter sized buckets filled with apples.

I have been craving cheesy, potato, corn cowder so that is what I will be making for dinner. It's the perfect day for this. ~smile~

Ed started up the coal stove and it died. I don't know what's wrong with it so we have to wait to use it. Yes, I have the heat on. Yesterday I turned it on when I realized it was only 63 in here and everyone's noses were turning red. ~LOL~

Have a good snowy day, everyone!
~Margarete~

Homeschool Giveaway

www.homeschoolgiveaways.com Is giving away a one year subscription to www.exploringnature.org! This looks so awesome for science. Take a look. ~smile~

My Thrift Store Find

Just a quick note:

Yesterday the girls and I stopped at the thrift store while out shopping. I picked up 'Copywork for Little Girls' 180 lessons for gr. 1-3 and 'Copywork for Little Boys' for a total of .50 cents.

I also bought Introductory Logic and Intermediate Logic workbooks and answer keys for a total of $1.00. ....Tom's so thrilled.... ~LOL~

Oh and I found the Abeka historical fiction novel 'The Talisman' for .38 cents.

Yesterday was a good day.

~smile~
Margarete

Egyptian Scarab Falcon Clay Necklace and a Griffin

We decided to make air dry clay egyptian necklaces tonight. They turned out a little larger than expected but the girls had fun. I made a pdf file of the paper necklace and put it on hslaunch to share; top of the right sidebar. You can color it in, use air-dry clay, model magic or whatever you would like. I really think the model magic would be the way to go. But, I didn't have any on hand. We are going to paint them gold and add color to them. I have to go out tomorrow to get the paint.

Tom had the idea to sculpt a griffin. He's not done yet, but he is doing a great job.

Gluten Free Dairy Free Blueberry Chocolate Chip Scones

Tonight I decided to make quick gluten free, dairy free, and soy free scones. I used the Arrowhead Mills Gluten Free Baking Mix and found a recipe in which I changed. These turned out pretty good. The Aldi's frozen blueberries are perfect and plump for this recipe. I used the Enjoy Life Choc. Chips. They are huge! Katie is on her second one. There is a little bit of a taste in them that I am not sure of. It may be from the box mix. But for a quick recipe, these are perfect. As long as Katie likes them that's great!

Story of the World 1 Red and White Crown

Here are some pics. of the girls' red and white crowns for Egypt study of King Narmer. Ana remembers the king by rhyming with "armor". ~lol~
I got this idea from watching a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEatkWOZnGM
This is very easy to do. I just drew it on paper after watching. I added the piece in the back.

You could get real fancy with the back and cut it out around the ears but I really didn't feel like it. So, I just cut out a rectangle piece and taped it to the back.

Our Egyptian Cat Mummies

We got the sheets ready to rip...

Got out the tea bags...

Soaked the tea bags and sheet strips in boiling water...

I dried them in the dryer (this is the book we used for this craft) It will be listed on the left sidebar this week.

Tom sewing his ears on his cat mummy

Tom's cat mummy

My cat mummy

Ana's cat mummy (she doesn't like the face she drew)

Katie's cat mummy...she sewed her mummy's ears on by herself. Ana and I cheated; we used glue. ~smile~

A Journey Through Learning Lapbooks 'Giveaway'

"A Journey Through Learning Lapbooks" is giving away a Peter and the Wolf cd and lapbook. Here's the website:

http://www.ajourneythroughlearninglapbooks.com/2011/09/06/peter-the-wolf-cd-and-lapbook-giveaway/#comment-561

Wordless Wednesday