November Frugal Feasting
Garlic Cheese Biscuits (makes 9 biscuits)
1 ½ cups of biscuit mix (Pioneer)
½ cup of water (or use chicken stock for a hearty flavor)
½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
Mix garlic and biscuit mix together first
Then add water to blend into a dough
Add cheese last and blend well
Roll onto floured surface – about ½” thick
Cut out biscuits with a small glass or something round
Bake 400F for about 10 minutes
Caramel Sticky Buns
Topping:
¼ cup butter, melted
¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
¼ cup chopped pecans
Buns:
1 Tablespoon sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 can Pillsbury Grands Golden Layer biscuits
Directions:
Heat oven to 375F.
Grease muffin tins.
In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients; mix well
Spoon a tablespoon of topping into each muffin cup
In a plastic bag, combine sugar and cinnamon; mix well
Separate dough and cut each biscuit into 6 pieces
Shake pieces in bag of cinnamon & sugar
Fill each muffin tin with coated biscuit pieces (about 5 in each cup)
Place muffin tin on a cookie sheet to guard against spills
Bake @ 375 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Invert onto waxed paper and serve warm.
Deer Camp Shepherd’s Pie
Filling:
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 ½ pounds of ground meat (beef, venison, or something like that)
16 ounces tomato puree
1 ½ cups of mixed vegetables (frozen vegetable mix works well)
2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pepper
2 tsp Rosemary, chopped
1 tsp Thyme
1 tsp Worcestershire
Mashed Potatoes
5 Russet potatoes, peeled & cooked
½ cup of heavy cream (milk will work fine)
½ cup butter, melted
½ cup sour cream
Salt & Pepper to taste
Directions:
In large skillet over high heat, saute onion in vegetable oil.
When onion is soft, add ground meat.
Stir in tomato puree and mixed vegetables
Add seasonings and spices
In a mixing bowl, add hot, cooked potatoes, milk, butter and sour cream
Mix well
Season with salt & pepper
Add milk or cream to get desired consistency
In bottom of a baking dish, add a layer of mashed potatoes
Then, add meat mixture
Top with remaining mashed potatoes
Bake at 350F for 30 minutes, or until mashed potatoes begin to brown
Skillet Fried Corn with Bacon & Tomatoes
½ lb. of chopped bacon
2 lb. of frozen corn kernels
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 can of diced tomatoes
2 Tablespoons of butter
Salt & pepper to taste
In a large skillet, add raw chopped bacon and cook until crisp
Remove cooked bacon from skillet and set aside for later use
Leave bacon drippings in skillet and add chopped onion
Saute for about 5 minutes
Add corn and saute about 10 minutes, stir occasionally
Add butter and drained tomatoes, and saute about 5 minutes
Season with salt & pepper
Meal Total Cost: $20.68
That total is including buying ground beef.
This would be less if you used your own deer meat.
Potty Training
These are 2 words most parents fear before it happens and rejoice once it is over. Like most things in parenting, there seems to be an abundance of knowledge, and products to aid us along this journey. Should you let your little one help choose the seat/chair?
Before you even embark on this journey there is the dilemma of knowing when your child is ready. This too has a multitude of answers.
Some say it depends on the age; others say it depends on the child’s development.
Also, are you (the parent) ready to potty train your child?
What are the advantages/disadvantages to using training pants?
What about the “Week-end Training Camp” method?
If these are some of the questions going through you head, don’t worry, Friday we’ll have our parenting guru, Sharon Long of the Parent Center, on Good Morning Arkansas to tackle as many of these issues as she can.
Halloween is a day of fun filled activities for kids and adults every age. But many of us are wondering what are those activities and how do I find them. We at Good Morning Arkansas would like to help you with that problem.
If you have information about a haunted house, fall festival, pumpkin patch, corn maze or a trick-or-treat festival, we’d like to know about it.
Email us information about the event to goodmorning@katv.com.
We will add events to this blog as we receive them, we’ll share there information with you on Good Morning Arkansas October 26-30.
Be sure to include as much information as you can: event name, address, event contact information, hours & days, website, and a little description. These can take place anywhere in Arkansas.
Halloween Activities
Peebles Farm
Day/Time(s): Now through the 31st
Monday-Thursday 9 A.M. – 6 P.M.
Friday & Saturday 9 A.M. -10 P.M.
Sundays 12-6
Location: Augusta
Contact Info: Kip Davis 870-919-6317
www.cornmazesamerica.com/peebles.htm
Description: It is going on right now and is in full swing with
many different things for the whole family to enjoy. There is a huge corn maze shaped like the historic Woodruff County Courthouse, hay and buggy rides, a petting zoo for the children, u-pick pumpkin and cotton patches, concessions, a gigantic tire serpent and many more things to see and do.
Additional Info:
No Fees at the Door
Trunk-n-Treat Halloween
Day/Time(s):Halloween evening
5:30-8:00 P.M.
Location: First Christian Church
2801 E. Kiehl Ave.
Little Rock
Contact Info: First Christian Church
Description: Free popcorn, hot chocolate,
lots of candy and lots of fun!
Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest
Day/Time(s):October 30
4-6 P.M.
Location: Ward Veterinary Clinic
404 E Harding
Morrilton
Contact Info: 501-354-3361
Description: Prizes to be awarded to 1st and 2nd place and
most original costume. Photos available for purchase
Terror in the Bottoms
Day/Time(s):October 23,24,30 & 31
8-11 P.M.
Location: Schaefer's’ Farm Corn Maze
Located near Conway and Mayflower
Contact Info: www.schaeferscornmaze.com
Description: Sponsored by Faulkner County 4-H
Additional Info: Adults $10 Kids
12 & Under $7
Family 4 pack $30
Bring a canned good for a dollar off of each ticket.
Henderson Halloween
Day/Time(s): October 30
5:30-7:30 P.M.
Location: Henderson State University
Garrison Center
Arkadelphia
Contact Info: 870-230-5402
Description: Visitors will enter the Garrison Center near
Quizno's and will exit at the lecture hall. Numerous campus groups and organizations will be scattered throughout the center handing out a variety of tasty treats.
Trunk ‘R’ Treat
Day/Time(s): October 31
5:30-7 P.M.
Location: Parkway Place Baptist Church
300 Parkway Place Dr.
Little Rock
Contact Info: 501-224-3003
www.ppbc.com
Description: A family friendly safe alternative to Trick of
Treating. Instead of going house to house, you go “trunk to trunk” playing a game & getting candy.
Free Event!
Includes: games, candy, popcorn, hot dogs & funnel cakes
Fall Festival
Day/Time(s): October 31
5pm
Location: Cominto Baptist Church
Monticello
Description: Food and fun for the family. Will have hamburgers, hot dogs, candy and a hay ride.
Additional Info: Costumes encouraged.
The Great Halloween Cover-up, VII
Day/Time(s): Halloween Night
Location: Arkansas Community Arts Cooperatives
900 S. Rodney Parham Rd.
Little Rock
Contact Info: info@acaarkansas.org
501-244-2979
Description: Features local musicians & bands covering famous acts.
Additional Info: Admission $7
$5 if dressed in costume
Halloween House Display
Day/Time(s): Halloween Evening
Until 10pm
Location: 16 Pinecrest Lane
Maumelle
Description: Free!
Safe & not too spooky
Scimitar Shrine Haunted House & Halloween Carnival
Day/Time(s): October 28-31st
6-10pm
Location: Scimitar Shrine Temple
#1 Scimitar Circle
Little Rock
Contact Info: 501-565-5992
Description: Huge Haunted House
Includes: Special Effects
Scenes of Horror
Carnival Rides
Mechanical Bull
Rock Climbing Wall
Concession & Food
Dunking Booth
Additional Info: Tickets $10
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