Welcome to Our New Hosts
*Kara (wannaBmomma)-Breastfeeding
*Serafic2001-Toddlers, Preemies
*friedapples2005-Born in December 2006
*ashleyholmen- Born in December 2006
*RainsTribe-Born in April 2007 interim host
*willsmom- Born in May 2007 interim host
*JennD-Born in March 2007
*YankeesFan-Born in March 2007
*soccermom38-Born in March 2007
Hostess with the Mostess
Congratulations JennD
Thank you for being such a supportive host for your board members and for taking the time to check in with us on the Community Leaders Forum!
*If you would like to nominate someone to be Host of the month, please submit to Chelly, who you would like to nominate and why. Don't forget to leave your name as well, so we can give proper credit. You may only submit one nomination per month. Should we have more than 1 nomination per month, we will choose one. If your person is not chosen, we will keep the nomination for the following month. We are also entitled to nominate one person per month.
** Keep up the great work ladies!!
Points and Prizes
If you don't know what I am talking about you can check it out here (
http://pointsandprizes.com/). Our hosts receive points for their newsletter check ins, so please include your P&P username when you reply to this thread.
Events and Holidays
Month:
Better Sleep Month
National Good Car Care Month
National Photo Month
National Salad Month
National Egg Month
National Barbecue Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Date Your Mate Month
National Hamburger Month
Fungal Infection Awareness Month
Daily Events:
May 1 is . . . . . Mother Goose Day and Save The Rhino Day
May 2 is . . . . . Fire Day
May 3 is . . . . . Lumpy Rug Day
May 4 is . . . . . National Candied Orange Peel Day
May 5 is . . . . . National Hoagie Day
May 6 is . . . . . Beverage Day
May 7 is . . . . . International Tuba Day, Paste Up Day, and
National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
May 8 is . . . . . No Socks Day and Have A Coke Day More Info on Coke
May 9 is . . . . . Lost Sock Memorial Day
May 10 is . . . . Clean Up Your Room Day
May 11 is . . . . Eat What You Want Day and Twilight Zone Day
May 12 is . . . . Limerick Day
May 13 is . . . . Leprechaun Day
May 14 is . . . . National Dance Like A Chicken Day
May 15 is . . . . National Chocolate Chip Day
May 16 is . . . . Wear Purple For Peace Day
May 17 is . . . . Pack Rat Day
May 18 is . . . . International Museum Day and Visit Your Relatives Day
May 19 is . . . . Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
May 20 is . . . . Eliza Doolittle Day
May 21 is . . . . National Memo Day and National Waitresses/Waiters Day
May 22 is . . . . Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day
May 23 is . . . . Penny Day
May 24 is . . . . National Escargot Day
May 25 is . . . . National Tap Dance Day
May 26 is . . . . Grey Day
May 27 is . . . . Body Painting Arts Festival
May 28 is . . . . National Hamburger Day
May 29 is . . . . End Of The Middle Ages Day
May 30 is . . . . My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Day
May 31 is . . . . National Macaroon Day
**If you have birthdays, anniversaries or other events you would like listed please let Chelly know by the 25th of the Month for inclusion in the following months newsletter!
Our recipe of the month comes from the winning recipe on Cooking Smart's Recipe Contest. Here it is.....
TASHA for her LASAGNA recipe
INGREDIENTS
1 pound sweet Italian sausage
3/4 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup minced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
2 (6.5 ounce) cans canned tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
12 lasagna noodles
16 ounces ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 pound mozzarella cheese, sliced
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
CONGRATULATIONS TASHA
If you would like to earn 1000 P&P points, just dig out that winning recipe and submit it for the next contest at Cooking Smart's Recipe Contest (
http://talk.sheknows.com/forumdisplay.php?f=760) and you too could have your winning entry posted all over the forums in all the newsletters along with all those lovely points.
Also, don't forget to take a look at Cooking Smart. They have tons of boards and lots of recipes for you to check out. So have a look around (
http://talk.sheknows.com/forumdisplay.php?f=607)
Questions and Comments
**Remember - all you have to do is send me a question about anything, and we'll answer it in our next newsletter!
We have two new boards here at SheKnows. The first one is Parents of the only Child.
You can find it here (
http://talk.sheknows.com/forumdisplay.php?f=922)
The second one is Homeschooling and you can find it here (
http://talk.sheknows.com/forumdisplay.php?f=919)
New boards are always so much fun to explore. Have a great time posting
Contact Information
JAB's Admin Team
CD ~ Chelly~
joshiesmommy@earthlink.net
ACD ~ heavensabove~
raymae_16@hotmail.com
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