Yummy homemade tapioca pudding

Today we went back to when I was a kid and my neighbor would make homemade tapioca pudding. I love the taste, and texture. 100 times better then those sugary instant box kind, honest it doesn't compare. So here is the recipe I found online on www.elise.com came out very yummy.

Tapioca Pudding Recipe

Look at the instructions on the package of tapioca that you buy. Some small pearl tapioca requires overnight soaking in water. If your package has that requirement, reduce the milk in the recipe to 2 1/2 cups from 3 cups.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup small pearl tapioca (you can usually find it in the baking section of the grocery store, do not use instant tapioca)
• 3 cups whole milk (or skim milk with cream added)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

Method

1 Combine tapioca, milk, and salt in 1 1/2 quart pan on medium high heat. Stir until boiling. Simmer 5 minutes, uncovered at the lowest possible heat, adding sugar gradually.

2 Beat eggs in a separate bowl. Mix in some of the hot tapioca very slowly to equalize the temperature of the two mixtures (to avoid curdling).

3 Return eggs to pan with tapioca. Slowly bring mixture barely to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and stir several minutes at a low simmer, stirring constantly until you get a nice thick pudding consistency. Cool 15 minutes. Add vanilla. Serve either warm or chilled.

Note: If you want to make a more light and fluffy, but still rich, tapioca pudding, separate the eggs. Use the egg yolks to stir in first to the pan with the tapioca. Once the pudding has become nice and thick, beat the egg whites in a separate bowl to soft peaks. Remove the pan of tapioca pudding from the stove, fold in the beaten egg whites into the pudding.

I want to be Contagious.....

Yesterday my kids and I played out in the snow. So much fun. We laughed, rolled around in the snow, giggled, and just enjoyed ourselves. Then for a moment I just laid in the snow and listened. I listened to the joy that rang out in my yard. While I laid still in the snow my children screamed and laughed...not just any laugh but that hearty belly laugh...so much so that I caught it and was laughing along with them. Then I realized joy is like that too---it gets passed along to others. It's contagious! Infectious. It causes outbreaks of hope and delirious laughter, resulting in unexplainable peace. Joy is caught from those who already have it, and then you expose others to it, whether you really intend to or not. It spreads like a wild fire! And it can't be stopped easily. Even if you infect joy with life's troubles it won't eliminate joy. Pain and sorrow won't eradicate it. Even large doses of grief only hide it or mask the symptoms of joy temporarily. Soon joy breaks out again..."Weeping may last for a night but joy comes in the morning" Psalm 30:5.
Now joy is not like the game of "telephone" remember that game? You and a group of friends would form a circle and one would whisper to the other a sentence...lets say "She sells seashells by the seashore" then it would travel from person to person then finally the last person would reveal the finial outcome "Sally stole some shoes at the shoe store" Yikes that not what joy is like. It doesn't become weaker or distorted when passed along. It only gets better and stronger when it is true joy. To keep it alive you need to feed it. Now you can't just feed it anything you have to feed it truth, hope, and life which can all be found in one place the Bible and it will continue to overtake you and trust me you want it to.

"Being with you , God will fill me with Joy" Psalm 16:11
"Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart" Psalm 119:111
The followers were filled with joy" Acts 13:52
"Ask and you will receive, so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy" John 16:24
"No one can take away your joy" John 16:22

Bitter Butter

"Watch out that no bitterness takes root among you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble, hurting many in their spiritual lives." Hebrews 12-15

Throughout my christian life I have had experiences that I honestly felt my heart was ripped out of my chest from miscarriage to friends betraying me. In each circumstance I have had to choose whether I was going to get bitter and consume myself with that bitterness or get butter no not better but butter. Butter is when you allow your problem smooth over with God's grace and mercy like butter and let God take over. Butter are the things that you go through and create part of the flavor that makes up who you are.
After I had my decision, one that only I could make, and I knew that once I made that choice, there would be no turning back. Either I am going to trust God to get me through, or I'm going to wallow in bitterness and allow it to hang over my head and eat me alive. In trials you must recognize the fine line between getting bitter or getting butter and decide which way you are going to go. It is not an area that you can "straddle the fence" or change sides. Bitterness will tear you up and do permanent damage unless you make the choice to grab it and take control and let it smooth over with God's grace to help you get through it.
At one point I had to realize that God is still my God no matter what happened, and that what ever wrong that came at me I had to "Forget the former things; do not dwell in the past. See, I (God)am doing a new thing!" Isaiah 43:18-19
It is not easy, but once you decide not to get bitter, it will be your day of new beginnings

Note of the day....things I live by

"Strength of character may be acquired a work, but beauty of character is learned at home. There the affections are trained. There the gentle life reaches us, the true heaven life.

Henry Drummond

Wordless Wednesday

Go Pats

Note of the day....things I live by

"Now, as always the most automated appliance in a household is the mother."

Beverly Jones

Our day today

Today we started our day with wonderful french toast, then moved on to school work. We started our study on planets today. Colby is very excited...He has been asking to learn about the planets. During nap time I was able to finish my throw pillows for my living room out of the old curtains I had in my kitchen. Pretty happy with the results. We played a great game of candyland. Supper I made a Kielbasa bake....I'll post a picture but honest I'll spare you the recipe. Dessert on the other had was perfection. I made a Berry cobbler and it was delish.


Berry Cobbler Recipe

Preheat oven 325

you'll need:

Berries of your choice...I used fresh black berries, strawberries, blueberries
11/4 cup sugar
1 C. all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) butter..melted
1 Tbsp cornstarch
3/4 cup of boiling water

In a medium bowl, mix together 3/4 cup of sugar, the flour, baking powder, and 1/2 tsp salt add milk and melted butter mix well, pour over berries in baking dish.

In a small bowl, mix the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, the cornstarch, and 1/2 tsp salt. Sprinkle over batter. Evenly pour the boiling water all over. Bake 50 mins or until golden brown.