What to do with those bitten apples?

Are your children like mine and only eat part of an apple and won't touch it again?

Well, I have the perfect solution (along with many other mamas)- Make Apple Chips!
Apple chips are not only a thrify way to use those partially eaten apples, but are very nutricous(sp?) as well.

Pre heat your oven to 200 degrees.  Cut your apples into as thin slices as you can....then lay them on a cookie sheet lines with parchement paper.

If you would like a fun craft to do with your children, you can hae them cut out shapes with small cookie cutters.

You can chose to core your apples, are leave the core in.  If you choose to leave the core in, just be sure to remove the seeds.

You can also sprinkle cinnemon and sugar on them, or leave them plain.

Bake at 200 degrees for at least an hour (more if not to thin)..I also flip them half way through.

These are SO good and costs SO much less then the store bought. 

ENJOY!

In celebration of our new baby girl...

In celebration of our new baby girl, Isabella Christiana born January 18, 2011 I am having a sale on diaper wipe cases and baby burp clothes on my facebook craft page.

"Like" my page and check it out!
M Lee Crafts

One of my FAVORITE Bloggers!

Mommoies Little Savers and Freebies is not only a great friend, but a great blogger!
It's geared towards moms, but is a great blog for ANYONE looking to pinch pennies here and there...
Here is a short description quoted from her blog-
"One of the best things about being a stay at home mom is the freebies I get in the mail.. Everyday is like a new surprise! I am a committed freebie hunter..I am a member to many sites so many I have had to save them to my favorites... I do surveys for $$, fill out forms for rebates, belong to a lot of mommy tradings site where we all swap stuff for points, And then there is the coupon site where everyone matches best deals with coupons or when an item has been marked down we all get the 411 on when and where. Come join me and get some freebies!!!"
CHECK HER OUT, follow her, and START SAVING TODAY!
For those of you that do not have a google account, she DOES have a Facebook Page you can "like" and get her posts through your feed there.

Quick bread for guests and more!

We were having some last minute guests over the weekend.  I made a roast and wanted to have som nice homemade bread to go with it.

Making a bread with yeast or making bread with my bread machine was just going to take too much time.
I have made Beer bread in the past but couldn't find the recipe so I looked it up on recipes.com and found one here.

The bread does NOT taste like beer and the alcohol is cooked off while baking.  You mix it together and bake in the oven for about an hour and VOILA!  Your guests think you've taken all day to make some homemade bread.
I also didn't weant to go out of the house to have to buy any special ingredients.

Well, this recipe called for two thing I didn't have-
1- Self Rising Flour
2- Brown Sugar
So again, I simply did a search using Swagbucks so I could also redeem points for gift cards.

Here are Subsitute recipes for both.

Self Rising Four
1 Cup of Seft Rising Fours equals:
-1 Cup All Purpose Four
-1 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Powder
-1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Brown Sugar
-1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Tbs Molassis until desired darkness

Now, back to the beer bread...it came out OK.  The taste was AWESOME but the texture not so much so...they would've been better of I had plopped them on a cookie sheet and made buscuits- THEN they would've been a hit!

Sorry about the lack of pics, I was busy busy busy.

Gotta share my news!

I decided that I was making so many crafts that I opened a store.  Please check it out and see what you think!
New items will be added- wipe cases, hair pretties and burp clothes are just a start!
If you want something you don't see, feel free to ask!
M Lee Crafts

20% OFF ENTIRE purchase at Jo-Ann's!

This printable coupon (Q) expires 3/2/2011 and INCLUDES SALE PRICE ITEMS!
http://dealspl.us/joann-coupons/212297p

Hair Pretties HUGE sale!

If you've seen some of the beautiful hair pretties I have, now's the time to get them!
20% off all orders AND
FREE SHIPPING on orders over $15.00
At the one and only Miss Priss Gifts!