Kitchen Aid: Funnel Cakes (2.6.2013)

The Education Committee's "Kitchen Aid" series took a turn toward sweeter matters when Kjersti Helberg taught the spouses how to make the ultimate fair food: funnel cakes.

Check out the recipe here: Funnel Cakes. You can also look for it in our forthcoming MBASA Cookbook, which will make its debut in March.

Christmas gifts on a budget ( Nov 7, 2012)

This completed the three-part series of the Education Committee's "Christmas Gifts on a Budget".
The series taught us how to make items for Christmas using things we already had around the house. Previous classes included turning sweaters into scarves, T-shirts into tote bags etc. The final class taught us how to make gifts for the men in our lives.

Thank you to Margo and Brett and everyone else who helped make this possible! 

Especially all those who helped watch the kids so the spouses could work on their projects! 

Moove & Groove Class {Group one}

We really are so spoiled here in the MBASA program. Thank you to Ashlea, Kjhrsti, and Lori for your hard work and willingness to teach these group of darling children how to Move and Groove!

They learned hip-hop (gummi bear dance), Ballet (Rapunzel), and tumbling

Such a great support system these kids have! 

Thank you parents (and other siblings) for coming each week

 Group two starts this Saturday! Be sure to come early and take pictures and watch your child just love movin' and goovin'

Education Committee {Canning 101}

homegrown tomatoes

Homemade salsa... honestly, not much gets better than that. Oh wait, what about homemade salsa year round?! And how about some homemade tomato soup to boot? We spent some time at Megan Stanley's home making just that

Sweet Megan showing us the in's an outs of water bath canning

Olya prepping the tomatoes  peppers, onions and apples for salsa

 There were many helping hands to move the process along. The tomatoes needed to be blanched and then the skins had to be "popped". Megan had us add in apples to curb the hot-ness from all the jalapenos in the salsa. And it was the best salsa I have had.

We took clean canning jars and was shown how to add the salsa goodness

this would be the salsa goodness

It is safe to say that everyone in attendance learned so much about water bath canning. And enjoyed the benefits from it as well! 

The following week {Oct 9} Makana Hansen taught us all the beauty of pressure canning and how to can your own chicken! (No pictures because canned chicken in glass jars looks gross) But it tastes lovely!

Click here for a list of canning basics.

Click here for the most amazing salsa recipe ever.

And click here for a delicious tomato soup recipe.