Previous Recipes, Quotes and Items of the week

Items of the Week:

1. Clorox Disinfecting wipes- I heard about these from my Tiff, who cleans a dentist's office every week. Now that Tim is potty training, we knows that if he drips on the toilet or has an accident on the floor, that we get a Clorox wipe and clean it up. I also keep a stash of these in our baby bag to use on public toilet seats, changing tables, shopping cart handles and other "germy" places. I purchase a 4 pack at Sam's Club. My favorite is the green bottle- fresh scent.
2. Scotch Tape Runner- I love to wrap presents!! I also enjoy scrapbooking, even though I don't have as much spare time as I used to. This double stick tape runner is amazing! It is acid-free so it is safe for photos and archival work. It is also easy to dispense. I bought a 4-pack, but am still on the first roll. It lasts a long time.
   I also like it for wrapping presents. I use it in place of regular tape. It is easy to do 1-handed, and it doesn't show when the present is wrapped.
   
   I have also seen teachers in Relief Society classes us it for putting quotes, pictures and visual aides on the board. It is quick, and sooo much faster than folding tape bubbles.
   
   I got a 4-pack from Sam's Club for about $10.00.

3. One Touch UltraSmart Blood Glucose meter from Lifescan

   I have been diabetic since I was in kindergarten, and have seen the evolution of blood glucose meters. Lifescan has always been my favorite brand. I have been using the One Touch UltraSmart for almost 3 years and it has serviced me through 2 pregnancies and many other diabetic challenges. A few things I love about the UltraSmart:

   1. It is accurate- I had a hospital lab test my blood sugar and I used my UltraSmart to test the same sample and the results were identical.

   2. It has a website, www.carelink.minimed.com, that you can download your logbook to and analyze the information so detect trends and patterns and to visualize graphs, and tables. There is also software that you can use to do the same thing, without the Internet.

   3. There are Quick buttons across the bottom of the meter that allow you to store information like medications, doctors visits, A1c results, exercise, food, and other information, all in one place.

   4. I like the backlight for when I check my blood sugar in the middle of the night, and don’t want to turn on the overhead light.

   5. It uses 2 AAA batteries, and they rarely need to be replaced.

   6. The One Touch Test Strips are affordable and comparable and competitive to other brands’ prices.

   7. There is a toll-free 24-hour help line to answer any questions or troubleshoot any problems that may arise.

   8. It is simple enough for anyone to use. My grandpa used this meter until he died, and my grandma uses it, too.

   9. My endocrinologist (diabetes doctor) recommends it. (He got me one for free!)

   This is something I literally could not live without, I test my blood sugar with my One Touch UltraSmart an average of 6 times per day, and double that when I was pregnant.

Recipes:

1. Chicken Pillows

   Ingredients:

   2- 8 oz. pkg PHILADELPHIA cream cheese

   4 T. butter or margarine

   1/8 t. pepper

   1 small can GREEN GIANT mushrooms

   2 c. cooked chicken, shredded or chopped

   2 cans PILLSBURY croissant roll dough

   PROGRESSO Seasoned bread crumbs

   Mix together all ingredients except roll dough and bread crumbs. Set aside. Flatten roll dough with fingers or rolling pin. Spoon filling into center. Fold up edges and seal. Roll pillows in bread crumbs. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes at 375® F. Serves well with steamed green beans, mashed potatoes and chicken gravy. Yeild: 16 pillows

Marbled Chocolate Treats

9 KEEBLER graham crackers

6 oz. TOLL HOUSE semi-sweet chocolate chips (abt. 1 cup)

½ cup SKIPPY creamy peanut butter

3 oz. TOLL HOUSE white chocolate chips (abt. ½ cup)

LINE 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Arrange grahams on bottom of pan, cutting as needed to completely cover bottom of pan; set aside.

MICROWAVE semi-sweet chocolate and peanut butter in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 to 2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted when stirred, stirring every 30 sec. (don’t burn or it will be grainy). Stir until well blended. Pour over grahams; spread with spatula to cover completely.

REPEAT microwave melting steps with the white chocolate. Drop spoonfuls of the white chocolate over chocolate-covered grahams. Immediately cut through the chocolate mixtures with knife several times for a marbled effect.

REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour or until firm. Use foil “handles” to remove dessert from pan. Peel off foil. Cut dessert into bars. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

Pumpkin Bread

½ c. canola oil

1 ½ c. sugar

4 eggs

16 oz. LIBBY'S pumpkin

1 c. water

2 c. wheat flour

1 ½ c. flour

2 tsp. ARM & HAMMER baking soda

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. CLABBER GIRL baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ground cloves

CREAM together oil and sugar until fluffy. Stir in eggs, pumpkin, and water.

BLEND in flours, soda, salt, baking powder, and spices.

POUR into 3 greased 9x5x3”pans.

BAKE at 350 degrees for 55-65 minutes. Cool before slicing or wrapping in foil. Serve with butter or cream cheese.

Quotes

1. You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
   -Joan Baez

2. To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of others.

   -Pope John Paul II

3. "Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life."

   -Sophocles