Recipes

Thank you, Angelica, for sharing these recipes. If anyone else has any recipes they would like to share, please email them to jodilynn6264@hotmail.com.

Emeril's Strawberry Lemonade

Ingredients
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 cup fresh lemon juice
1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
2 cups cold sparkling water or club soda
Ice
Mint sprigs, garnish
Whole strawberries, garnish
Directions
In a medium saucepan, bring the water and sugar to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves. Add the lemon peel and lemon juice, stir, and remove from the heat. Let cool completely, then strain into a clean pitcher.

In a blender, puree the pint of strawberries and add to the pitcher with the lemon juice. Stir well to combine and refrigerate until well chilled.

Add the sparkling water and stir well. Pour over glasses filled with ice and serve, garnished with mint and strawberries.




Cafe Rio Pork Barabcoa

Here is the recipe for the sweet roast pork. I got it from this blog: http://heidikins.com/2008/08/29/whippin-it-up-cafe-rio-pork-barbacoa-salad-with-tomatillo-dressing/
and just changed things a little to make it less spicy so my daughter would like it. Read the whole blog for a good salad suggestion and recipes for the tomatillo dressing and cilantro-lime rice, or just serve it on tacos, burritos, etc. It is awesome!

3 lb pork roast (butt, shoulder)
8-10 oz red enchilada sauce (or taco sauce)
10 oz Dr. Pepper (not diet)
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1 clove garlic (or 1/2 tsp powder)
3/4 c brown sugar
1/9 c chopped fresh cilantro
dash of cayenne pepper, more if you like it spicier

Put roast in crock pot and cover halfway with water. Cook on low 8-12 hours. Drain water and return roast to crock pot. Mix remaining ingredients, pour over roast, cook 4 more hours on low. Remove roast, shred, and return to sauce in crock pot, stirring well. At this point you can cook for another hour or two or serve immediately. This recipe would be great to double and freeze leftovers. When you want a quick dinner, pull it out of the freezer and cook on the stove on low for half an hour, or until warmed through.

Food Storage Tasting Party

Grains Plus Tasting Party

Come try recipes made with food storage.

Try different types of powdered milks.

Ask questions about food storage.



Date: Wednesday, April 8th

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Where: Krauser House, 14126 East Buffalo Street, Gilbert, AZ 85295

Buffalo is the first street South of Williams Field and West of Lindsay



The Menu

(subject to change)

Chili with freeze dried beef and beans.

Cornbread, made from ground popcorn.

Steel cut oats.

Scones (fry bread) with refried black beans.

Sugar Cookies

Country Cream Milk, Morning Moo Milk and Instant Dry Milk.



Please come and bring a friend, but please R.S.V.P.

Feel free to share this e-mail with others.

Thanks, Leslie

Valentine Enrichment Activity

We had a wonderful Mini-Enrichment Activity to celebrate Valentine's Day. Those who attended brought their favorite Valentine treat, with recipe, to share with the group. We enjoyed each other's company and ate way too much, but everything was so delicious. Thank you to all who came and made it a wonderful evening. Happy Valentine's Day!!

Vacation Anyone?

My sister would like to rent out her timeshare this summer. It is for a week (7 nights), in Ventura, California and it looks out over the ocean. I've been there many times. It's really nice and very beautiful. I'm pretty sure the weeks you can choose from are between May - September. It has a small kitchen so that's convenient. She's asking $650. Let me know if you're interested and I can put you in touch with her (I can also answer any questions for you).
Thanks- Jodi Stapley

Book Club

We met for Book Club tonight and we discussed 'The Good Earth'. It was an interesting book, but probably not one of our favorites. Those who attended were: Deb, Jackie, Amanda, Heather, Michelle and Jodi. We had a lot of fun visiting and Michelle won our book drawing for next month's book club book. Next month we will be reading, 'Almost Sisters', the 1st book of the In the Company of Good Women series. We hope more will join us next month. (By the way, that's punch everyone is drinking and thank you, Deb, for providing another delicious dessert- we appreciate all you do).

Sisters, as you make appointments to go Visiting Teaching this month, I encourage you to prayerfully study the Visiting Teaching Message found in the Ensign. Please consider the needs of the sisters you visit and bear your testimony of the doctrine and message you leave with them. Visiting Teaching is a wonderful opportunity to get to know one another, develop lasting friendships, bear one another's burdens, perform acts of service, and help bring families unto Christ. I pray that each of you will feel the joy that comes through Visiting Teaching. I appreciate all that each of you do; you are such an example of love and kindness to me. Thank you for the service you render daily to those sisters in need. Jodi Stapley


Following are some excerpts from this months Visiting Teaching Message:

"The basic doctrinal purpose for the Creation of the earth is to provide for God's spirit children the continuation of the process of exaltation and eternal life....
"...Although there is simply not a more significant contribution you can make to society, to the Church, or to the eternal destiny of our Father's children than what you will do as a mother or father, motherhood and fatherhood are not the only measures of goodness or of one's acceptance before the Lord....
"Every sister in this Church who has made covenants with the Lord has a divine mandate to help save souls, to lead the women of the world, to strengthen the homes of Zion, and to build the kingdom of God." Elder M. Russell Ballard


"The Lord has blessed women with divine attributes of love, compassion, kindness, and charity. Through our monthly visits as visiting teachers, we have the power to bless each sister as we extend our arms of love and kindness and give the gifts of compassion and charity. No matter what our individual circumstances are, we all have the opportunity to edify and nurture others."
Silvia H. Allred, first counselor in the RS General Presidency

We had a wonderful Enrichment Night tonight. A big THANK YOU to all of the committee members who made it such a success. It was a lot of fun to do a progressive dinner, and we appreciate those who opened up their homes to us. The soups and salads were all delicious, and we will be collecting recipes and posting them on the blog for those who are interested in them. We're grateful to all of you sisters who attended, and we missed those who were unable to. Also, Thank You to those who participated in our Service Gift Exchange. Following are photos from the dinner. We wish all a wonderful Holiday Season!!