I Won! :-)

A while back, I linked up at Kelli's for Paper Crafting Wednesday with my Welcome Spring banner. Kelli drew my name from among the participants to receive one of her card making kits! I received it in the mail yesterday - thank you so much Kelli! :-)

The kit will make a beautiful card! :-)

Kelli is a very talented and inspiring paper crafter! Visit her blog to join in Paper Crafting Wednesdays and please stop by her etsy shop - you'll find the cutest things! :-)

Salad Greens and Creamy Sweet Dressing

Salad Greens and Creamy Sweet Dressing
(from Taste of Home's Simple and Delicious magazine)
4 servings

1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour cream
6 tablespoons sliced green onions (I used 1 tablespoon)
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
4 cups mixed salad greens (I used Fresh Express Sweet Tender Greens "Baby Butter and Crisp Tango Lettuces" - perfect for this salad!)

Place sugar, sour cream, onions, and vinegar in a jar with a tight fitting lid; shake well. Drizzle greens with dressing and serve. (I removed the onions before serving, and just poured the sweet dressing on the salad - still had plenty of onion taste.) Enjoy!

Loved, loved, loved this! I didn't realize when I was making it that it was going to taste just like one of my favorite bottled dressings - Ken's Steak House "Sweet Vidalia Onion". Oh, so good! The family had their servings and I finished off the bowl! ;-)

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

What happens when you remember at 4:30 that you forgot to start the dough for the yeast dinner rolls? You hop online and find a recipe for Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay Biscuits!

Cheddar Bay Biscuits
(from Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 by Todd Wilbur)
1 dozen

2 ½ cups baking mix
¾ cup cold whole milk
4 tablespoons cold butter
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 heaping cup grated cheddar cheese
to brush on top
2 tablespoons butter, melted
¼ teaspoon dried parsley flakes
½ teaspoon garlic powder (I skipped this, so they wouldn't be too garlic-y)
pinch salt

Combine biscuit mix with cold butter in a medium bowl using a pastry cutter or a large fork. You don't want to mix too thoroughly. There should be small chunks of butter in there that are about the size of peas. Add cheddar cheese, milk, and ¼ teaspoon garlic. Mix by hand until combined, but don't over mix. Drop approximately ¼-cup portions of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400° for 15 to 17 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits begin to turn light brown. When you take the biscuits out of the oven, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Stir in ½ teaspoon garlic powder and the dried parsley flakes. Use a brush to spread this garlic butter over the tops of all the biscuits. Enjoy!

French's Crunchy Onion Chicken
4 servings

2 cups French's french fried onions* (way too much in my opinion!)
2 tablespoons flour
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 egg, beaten

Crush fried onions with flour in plastic bag. Dip chicken into egg, then coat in onion crumbs. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until cooked through.

*Warning! Warning! Onion overload! ;-) This was tasty, but way too much onion. Maybe one cup onions, one cup flour? That might still be too much. Maybe half a cup onions, half a cup flour and one cup bread crumbs - that could be just right!

The calendar might not say it...

but at our house, the pool is filled and the grill is fired up.

Here comes summer! :-)

Intricate Paper Folding

My son loves origami. He's always making something new.

I was so impressed today with this teeny, tiny little bird he made.

The little bitty wings even flap when you pull the tail.

I think he's just the neatest kid, but I am a little biased. ;-)

Results and Roses

The man who wants a garden fair,

Or small or very big,

With flowers growing here and there,

Must bend his back and dig.

The things are mighty few on earth

That wishes can attain.

What e'er we want of any worth

We've got to work to gain.

It matters not what goal you seek

Its secret here reposes:

You've got to dig from week to week

To get Results or Roses.

~Edgar Guest

"And whatever you do, do it heartily,

as to the Lord and not to men,

knowing that from the Lord

you will receive the reward of the inheritance;

for you serve the Lord Christ."

Colossians 3:23-24 NKJV

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com

"Picking Roses" by George Smith

Supper Menus
May 11th-16th

Monday
kung pao chicken, white rice, jasmine passion fruit tea
Tuesday
steaks, bell peppers and corn on the grill, baked potatoes, salad, sour dough bread
Wednesday
french's crunchy onion chicken, new potatoes, salad greens and creamy sweet dressing, cheddar bay biscuits
Thursday
out for supper
Friday
out for supper
Saturday
jalapeno cheese venison sausage on buns, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, black berry cobbler

Happy Mother's Day

"Mother's love is peace.

It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."

~Erich Fromm

"A child my grow out of your lap,

but never out of your heart."

~Author Unknown

"The most important thing a man can know is that,

as he approaches his own door,

someone on the other side is listening for the sound of his footsteps."

~ Clark Gable

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com
"American Farm Scenes" by Currier and Ives

Happy Cinco di Mayo!

Looking for something special to make for dinner? Her are some of our favorite Mexican food recipes. Any of them would be fun to make for the 5th of May! :-)

creamy chicken enchiladas

jalapeno chicken enchiladas

mexican lasagna

mexican pizza

tortilla soup

corn and black bean salsa

guacamole

pico de gallo

tres leches cake

sangria punch

Looking Back

Some of my most favorite posts from the past year include...


A Little Thread of Gold
Blueberry Crumb Cake
On the Banks of Plum Creek
A Little House Inspired Supper
Panhandle Beef Brisket
Strawberry Jam
Scenes from a Christmas Kitchen
A Sweet, Sweet Valentine's Day
A Simple Little House
Autumn Nesting
Wonderful Things of Summertime
Summer Dessert Pizza

I hope you enjoy them too! :-)

Blogiversary! :-)

365 days

748 posts

201 recipes

52 weekly menus

a little teasing from my family ;-)

and

many new friends later ~

Heritage Schoolhouse Blog is 1 year old!

I have had more fun sharing with each of you

the simple things that bring me happiness and joy.

Thank you for visiting me during the past year! :-)

Supper Menus
May 4th-9th

Monday
jessica simpsons chicken and dumplings, glazed baby carrots, lettuce and tomato salad
Tuesday
hamburgers, potato salad, baked beans, coleslaw
Wednesday
out for supper
Thursday
angel hair marinara with italian chicken, olive garden salad, rosemary bread, chocolate covered strawberries cake
Friday
homemade pizza, green salad
Saturday
out for supper

Welcome May!

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com

"May Day" by Edgar Barclay

Farm Fresh

It's usually garden fresh veggies that I come home with

from mid-week Bible class...

But, last night, I received a dozen brown eggs.

What a treat!

"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man."

~Author Unknown

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com

"Spring Morning" by Alfred Augustus Glendenning

Spring Cleaning Help

This morning I printed out a wonderful, free Spring Cleaning e-book to put in my home keeping binder. You can click on the following link to get one, too!

Free Spring Cleaning Book

Enjoy! :-)

"A loving person lives in a loving world.

A hostile person lives in a hostile world.

Everyone you meet is your mirror."

~Ken Keyes, Jr.

"We do not see things as they are.
We see them as we are."
~Talmud

"The world is what we think it is.
If we can change our thoughts,
we can change the world."
~H.M. Tomlinson

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com
"Looking Glass River" by Jessie Wilcox-Smith

Christmas in April

Currently working on my mother-in-law's gift,

and loving the yarn color..."oatmeal". :-)