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Who Am I? Introduction to Me and My Family of Seven

November 4, 2019 by Sandra 1 Comment

Today, I’m sharing a video introduction where I talk about who I am and who my family is. I share pictures, too, since I know that my family isn’t in a lot of my videos lately. I hope you enjoy this video and stay tuned for more. Thanks for watching! 🙂

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Please feel free to share a little about yourself in the comments. I’d love to know more about you!

How to Make Homemade Pizza from Scratch (Pizza Dough Recipe) + Cooking with Kids using Curious Chef

August 26, 2019 by Sandra 6 Comments

Thanks so much to the folks that work with Curious Chef for the 5-Piece Pizza Kit we received to review and share.

Hi, guys! Today, I’m sharing a video on how to make homemade pizza from scratch. I show you how my family makes pizza, and I show you how to make my favorite homemade pizza dough recipe.

And cooking with kids is a lot of fun, right? 🙂

So in this video, my daughter, Elisabeth, joins me and shows you how she uses her Curious Chef pizza kit kitchen tools to help Mommy make pizzas.

We ended up making pepperoni, veggie, and mini pepperoni pizzas, and they all turned out so delicious!

I hope you enjoy the video, and as always, thanks so much for watching!

Here’s the Delicious Homemade Pizza Recipe:

Homemade Pizza Recipe

Ingredients

For the Pizza Dough:

4 cups of bread flour, plus more for the counter (you can also use all-purpose flour if you don't have bread flour in your pantry)
1 envelope of instant or RapidRise yeast (or measure out 2-1/4 teaspoons if you're measuring the yeast out of a jar)
1-3/4 teaspoons salt (I use Himalayan Pink Salt)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1-3/4 cups warm water (around 120 degrees)

For the Pizzas:

pizza sauce
mozzarella cheese
your favorite pizza toppings
olive oil for brushing the outside of the pizza crusts

Instructions

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, yeast, and salt.
Stir in the olive oil with a rubber spatula. Then pour in the warm water and stir the ingredients together until a rough dough forms.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it for a few minutes. Then shape the dough into a round ball and place it in a large bowl that's been lightly oiled with olive oil.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and then set the dough aside in a warm place and allow it to rise for about 1 to 2 hours.
Once the dough is ready, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, knead it for a few minutes, then shape it into a "log."
Divide the dough into three equals parts, and knead each part into a dough ball.
Using a rolling pin, roll out one ball of dough at a time to create the pizza crust.
Once the pizza dough has been rolled out, place it on a pan, and add sauce, cheese, and your favorite pizza toppings.
Brush the outer crust of the pizza with olive oil, then place it on the lowest rack in an oven that's been preheated to 500 degrees. Set a timer and bake for 8 minutes. *Your baking time may vary slightly depending upon your oven and pizza toppings.
Remove the pizza from the oven and enjoy! Repeat steps 7 through 10 for the remaining two balls of dough.

https://thesensiblemom.com/2019/08/how-to-make-homemade-pizza-from-scratch-pizza-dough-recipe-cooking-with-kids-using-curious-chef/

You can find the Curious Chef 5-Piece Pizza Kit on Amazon using the affiliate link here.

Disney’s FROZEN: Printable Activities and Games for Kids

August 15, 2019 by Rachel 6 Comments

Today I am bringing you great FROZEN printable activities and games for you and your kids.

I have loved Disney animated movies since I was 5. That year I came down with pneumonia and missed my last weeks of kindergarten. As a consolation for missing my graduation, my mom and dad bought me The Little Mermaid on VHS. The moment they handed it to me, and the excitement I felt holding it in my hands, is still etched in my memory.

There were times in my 20’s when I felt that that time was Disney’s “Golden Age” of animation and musical scores. During that time, Disney produced Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Mulan, Pocahontas, and more.

Thankfully, I was wrong in my assumption.

In 2011, Disney produced Tangled, and I fell in love with Disney animation and music again. Now, the creator’s of Tangled are bringing us another classic animation, FROZEN. I have been singing the soundtrack around the house as I listen to my Disney Pandora radio station…and I haven’t even seen the movie, yet!

My daughter is now at the age where she can sit and watch movies like this with me, and she can also participate in some of the FROZEN activities that Disney has produced for families to enjoy together!

GAMES

Help various characters find their way through three different snowflake mazes! Click here for Maze 1, Maze 2, and Maze 3. Let me tell you, Maze 3 is a challenge!

Put your memory to the test with FROZEN Memory Cards.

Spot the Difference between the two FROZEN images.

COLORING PAGES

My daughter is going to love coloring these pages and so will I! 🙂 Click here for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.

ACTIVITIES

Whether you live in the warmth of the sunshine state or in one of the frozen northern states, you can build a snowman in the comfort of your own home! Click here to Build Olaf.

Learn how to Make Paper Snowflakes with this easy tutorial. Disney even gives a couple sample templates for cutting FROZEN characters in to your paper snowflakes!

Have you seen FROZEN? If so, what did you think of it?

Fun at the Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Waterpark for Families

August 7, 2019 by Sandra Leave a Comment

Thanks to Great Wolf Lodge and MomSelect for collaborating with me and providing day passes for my family. I didn’t have to film this video, but I wanted to for memories. 🙂

Today, I’m sharing a video all about our fun at the Great Wolf Lodge indoor waterpark for families! Great Wolf Lodge has a fantastic indoor waterpark playground, lots of fabulous slides, a wave pool, a kiddie area, a lazy river, and so much more! We also had lunch at Great Wolf Lodge and we had more than enough food with 3 very large pizzas and pop!

Overall, it was a great day, and we can’t wait to go back someday! I hope you enjoy the video, and, as always, thanks for watching!

P.S. You can check this super quick video where I surprised Elisabeth, my 7-year-old daughter, and told her we were going to Great Wolf Lodge. My kids had no idea that we were going to be headed to Great Wolf Lodge in the near future. The last time we visited was in 2013 for my oldest son’s birthday, and we had a blast! We went to the location in Wisconsin at that time because they didn’t have the location in Gurnee, Illinois just yet.

This time around, we visited the location in Gurnee, Illinois, which is closer to us and we made some fantastic family memories. We arrived early in the day at Great Wolf Lodge and grabbed our day passes. We then had lunch at Hungry as a Wolf and afterward headed to the indoor waterpark area. What fun!! 🙂

Finally, please feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel as I publish videos there before they make it on the blog. Oh, and I share a lot about food, family, and more in my Instagram Stories, so you may want to follow me there as well.

Have you been to Great Wolf Lodge?

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