Provide Living Tid-Bit for August 21

Education & Literacy Websites

http://besmart.com/college_prep/ - practical information on getting an education

http://pef.lds.org/?locale=eng - perpetual education fund

http://www.ed.gov/ - US Dept. of Education

http://www.educationworld.com/ - activities, lesson plans etc.

http://www.ldsces.org/ - church educational system 






For current Lifestart Village List click here

Provident Living Classes In the Area

Fall Hiking in the Wasatch
September 1 at 7pm
Sandy REI
free

Riverton Has Sole Walking Program
Sept 7 (beginning date) and runs weekly for 12 weeks
9-10am or 6-7pm
Parks around Riverton
$8 individual or $30 for family up to 6 people

Bike Maintenance Basics

September 15 at 7pm
Sandy REI
free

Hands on Bike Maintenance

September 17 from 9am-1pm
Sandy REI
$115

CERT - Community Emergency Response Teams
Classes in Riverton start October 12 and run 3 weeks on Wednesday plus a Saturday mock disaster.  There are other classes listed in surrounding cities.  If you can't make it one of the days you can sometimes attend a class in another city on a different day - just make sure that it is OK with before you do that as some cities don't allow it.
$30  

Provident Living Tid-bit for Sunday, August 14, 2011

Today for the tid-bit we had this Viva Vegetable flier put in the announcements: Summer Squash.

Tid-bit for Sunday, August 7

Fried Green Tomatoes from Allrecipes.com

2 eggs
1/2 c. milk
1 c. flour
1/2 c. cornmeal
1/2 c. bread crumbs
2 tsp. coarse kosher salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1 quart vegetable oil for frying

4 large green tomatoes


Slice tomatoes 1/2 inch thick. Discard the ends.


Whisk eggs and milk together in a bowl. Scoop flour onto a plate. Mix cornmeal, bread crumbs and salt and pepper on another plate. Dip tomatoes into flour to coat. Then dip the tomatoes into milk and egg mixture. Dredge in breadcrumbs to completely coat.


In a large skillet, pour vegetable oil (enough so that there is 1/2 inch of oil in the pan) and heat over a medium heat. Place tomatoes into the frying pan in batches of 4 or 5, depending on the size of your skillet. Do not crowd the tomatoes, they should not touch each other. When the tomatoes are browned, flip and fry them on the other side. Drain them on paper towels.

Dutch Oven Madness

Just discovered a great blog about cooking in your dutch oven. If you've been wanting to learn to cook with alternative methods I suggest you check it out: Dutch Oven Madness.

Six Week Bran Muffins

Sometimes people don't like to cook from scratch/food storage because it takes too long to make things. This recipe will help you with that.  Growing up we had these muffins often, though I have changed them up a bit.  The batter will store in the fridge for up to 6 weeks (or so I am told - we got through it quicker than that).  It's nice to pull it out and just back the muffins fresh without going to the work and clean-up to make the dough. One recipe will make about 48 muffins.

Six Week Bran Muffins

• 1 cup apple sauce natural
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 cups wheat flour
• 4 cups All-bran
• 2 cups bran flakes
• 2 cups  water
• 1 tsp salt
• 5 tsp baking soda
• 4 cups skim buttermilk (or 4 cups powdered milk mixed with water, add 4 T vinegar and let sit 5 minutes)
• 4 eggs (or powdered egg plus water mixed according to package directions)
• 2 cups dried cranberries

Directions

Pour boiling water over Allbran in small bowl. Cream together apple sauce and sugar. Add eggs and milk. Add both brans. Sift in flour, salt and soda. Fold in cranberries. Bake for 15-18 minutes at 375 degrees.

Diabetics take note: Originally this recipe has 1 cup of oil instead of 1 cup of apple sauce.  I thought that because it had a high fiber content that it would be OK for my blood glucose.  It wasn't.  Next time I won't sub all of the apple sauce for the oil to see if it goes any better.

Mixed according to these directions each muffin has 141 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, 26g cabs, 5g fiber and 4 g protein.  

Provident Living Tidbit for June 26, 2011

Because of space in the announcements I cut out some passages in this article.  You can read it in entirety here:  "Resolutions" by Joe J. Christensen, Ensign, Dec. 1994, 62.  This is part 3 of 4 in the announcements.

Let’s turn to the fourth resolve, the one mentioned by nearly everyone in the poll: I will grow spiritually—I will increase in favor with God.

A few items are essential to our spiritual growth. Let’s start with the one that is most difficult and universally applicable. If we are to increase in favor with God, we must resolve to overcome as much as possible the sin of pride. ....

Resolve now that you will read from the scriptures daily...

Next, resolve to really pray and not just say prayers...

For all single young men who have not yet done so, resolve now that you will prepare yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and morally to serve as a full-time missionary. ...

Next, if you are really serious about growing spiritually, then “remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:8; emphasis added)... President Spencer W. Kimball suggested many things we can do to make the Sabbath special: meditate; serve others; read the scriptures, conference reports, Church publications, and uplifting literature; study the prophets’ lives and teachings; prepare Church lessons and family home evenings; visit relatives and friends; write in our journals or to missionaries and others; enjoy uplifting music and sing Church hymns; read with a child; do family history research; develop appreciation for the cultural arts; friendship nonmembers; and visit the sick, the aged, and the lonely (see Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 217).

Make Sundays special, and they will help make you special in the sight of the Lord.