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February 17, 2010
Heather L
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Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Posted in Gluten Free, Holidays, and Homemaking

For Valentine’s Day, I wanted to have a special dessert, but I didn’t have the time to bake anything that day.  I thought it would be fun to have some chocolate covered strawberries.  We’ve had store purchased chocolate covered strawberries before, but they’re rarely very good plus they are usually quite expensive.  We had to stop and get milk at the grocery store, so we picked up a container of strawberries for $2.50. I placed about 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 Tbsp of coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl.  I microwaved at 30 second intervals, stirring after…

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February 16, 2010
Heather L
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Our Valentine’s Day 2010

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Munchkin and D had fallen asleep on Saturday night.  I slipped downstairs and starting preparing their surprise breakfast, gluten free cinnamon raisin biscuits.  I tinted the frosting pink just for fun.  (Munchkin declared the next day that they tasted like a cross between biscuits and cinnamon rolls.) As the biscuits were baking, I began to decorate for Valentine’s Day.  Neither D nor Munchkin expected to find anything on Sunday morning, but this is what they saw… Wanting to add a little fun to our plain light over the table, I hung balloons with pom, pom ribbon.  I always pick up…

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February 14, 2010
Heather L
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Valentine’s Day Party and Crafts

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At the homeschool Valentine’s party, Munchkin and her friends had fun doing several different crafts.  The mom who pulled together all of the crafts did a great job. The Candy iPod was a huge hit.  They all decided that their new iPods played sweet music.  You can find the instructions for these here. Some of the other crafts included painting rocks, fingerprint heart cards, and heart rubbings.  The kids each made a Valentine card to be delivered to local shut-ins. They had fun passing out their Valentines to each other.  We had them line up the bags/mailboxes/boxes on the sofas,…

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February 13, 2010
Heather L
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Heart Shaped Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

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Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies For Munchkin’s homeschool Valentine’s party, I happily agreed to make the cookies.  Because it was a Valentine’s Day theme, I wanted to make sure I transformed the regular flourless peanut butter thumbprint cookies into something a little more special. I mixed together 2 cups of sugar, 2 tsps baking powder, 2 cups of peanut butter, and 2 eggs until thoroughly combined.  I then took about a tablespoon of the dough and rolled it into a ball.  The dough ball was rolled in pink sugar crystals.  I then flattened the balls and shaped them into…

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