I’ve been a very bad crafty lady lately.  I haven’t been doing many any crafts with Hailey.  This is part of the reason for my Mommy Guilt post I did the other day on my Livin’ With Me blog.

I had plans to do planting activities and zoo animal activities this month with Hailey.  But it hasn’t happened because the days go by so quickly and I run out of time.  There is still a week and a half left so I am going to try to do some zoo animal activities with her.  And I’m also going to work on some basic shape and color activities.  And of course, I’ll take pictures to post.

So, you know how I love to find new recipes? Well I found a recipe site today that I love!  You can add your recipes to their site and you get a digital recipe card.  So, I wanted to try it out and see how it worked.  It literally took me less than a minute to sign up.  I put my information in, received an email and I was in.  Then I wanted to try adding one of my recipes to see how it would work.  I used my Taco Salad recipe that I posted yesterday to check out the site.  Here is what I got:

If you are looking for some Easy Recipes then this site is definitely for you!  I know I plan to use www.KeyIngredient.com a lot!

Ingredients:

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
• 1 (16 ounce) can chili beans
• 1 (16 ounce) bottle French dressing
• 1 head iceberg lettuce
• 1 (14.5 ounce) package tortilla chips
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 4 tablespoons sour cream
• 1/2 cup prepared salsa

Directions:

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown the ground beef and drain excess fat. Stir in the taco seasoning, chili beans and French-style dressing. Fill the dressing bottle 2/3 full of water and add to the skillet. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Crush the bag of chips, open the bag, and toss the broken chips into a large bowl with the lettuce, cheese and tomatoes. When the meat mixture is done, combine it with the lettuce, tomatoes, chips and mix well. Then, add salsa and sour cream.

Makes 6 servings

So, here we have the ground beef.

Stir in the taco seasoning, chili beans and French-style dressing. Fill the dressing bottle 2/3 full of water and add to the skillet.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Crush the bag of chips, open the bag, and toss the broken chips into a large bowl (or put directly on the plates so you have one less bowl to wash) with the lettuce, cheese and tomatoes.  (Do not bother putting lettuce or tomato on Hailey’s plate because then she will refuse to eat anything at all and it’s already been an incredibly long day.)

When the meat mixture is done, combine it with the lettuce, tomatoes, chips and mix well. Then, add salsa and sour cream

Eat and enjoy- it’s really very delicious!

Adventures of Randy the Raindrop

Randy the raindrop lived in a cloud
the heat from the sun made him big, strong, and proud!
He got bigger and bigger until one day – Oh My!
He fell through the floor of his house in the sky!
Randy was scared, then he noticed more raindrops falling,
“Hey Randy, isn’t this fun?” they were calling
Then onto a leaf with a splash Randy fell,
and what happened next is a strange thing to tell.

Randy was made up of water, you know,
a part of him went to help the tree grow.
The rest of him went into a puddle so round,
then the sun came out and shone on the ground.

The sun warmed Randy and he started to change,
He became water vapour – My isn’t that strange?
Little drops of water, too tiny to see
Floated into the sky- yes that was Randy!

Randy’s home once again was a cloud in the sky,
He was a raindrop once more, but then by and by…
The sun made him bigger and bigger and then….
He fell through the floor of his house once again!

(This is from one of my Mailbox magazines)