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I am a wife of 11 years to my best friend, mom to 4 incredible little ones, and a daughter of the King! Join me on my journey as I strive to serve the Lord with all my heart and live my life to the fullest!
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Guest Post ~ Kebabs Under The Broiler

This is a post from Chad Bonin of Instawares restaurant equipment and supplies company.

What is it?

Cooking kebabs can be an incredibly healthy, easy, and lead to many versatile meals that work for any part of the day. Traditionally, kebabs are cooked over the grill, but it’s not always the right weather to start that up. Using a simple broiler in your oven, you can make kebabs whenever you’d like in the comfort of your own kitchen.

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Ingredients

Given the nature of kebabs, you can include however and whatever you want in any quantities. Some suggestions include…

  • Scallops
  • Cherry Tomatoes
  • Garlic Cloves
  • Lamb
  • Steak
  • Chicken
  • Zucchini
  • Sausage
  • Red Peppers
  • Shrimp
  • Peaches
  • Plums
  • Nectarines
  • Mushrooms
  • Apple Slices
  • Potatoes
  • Beets

Directions

  1. Line a sheet or pan with foil to catch the drippings.
  2. If you are using wood skewers, soak them in water to prevent burning.
  3. Following applicable guidelines per the items you’re cooking (such as, “microwave the potatoes to get them ready” or “peel the wrapping off of garlic cloves”, skewer the items, keeping them as centralized on a skewer as possible. If you want, you can skewer the items through two skewers to ease in flipping all the items.
  4. Turn on the broiler function.
  5. Place your kebabs on the foiled pan, and place the pan under the broiler.
  6. At the appropriate time, flip the kebabs (if you are using metal skewers, protect your hands, as they will heat up).
  7. Once finished, remove from the oven. Optionally, you can either eat from the skewer or remove the items and eat them as finger food or with a fork.
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We Choose Virtues Review and Facebook Party

*I was given a free set of Parenting Cards for the purpose of this review. Please see my full disclaimer policy for more details.*

I was given the chance to review the Parenting Cards for We Choose Virtues. Just like every family, we deal with sibling rivalry from time to time. I thought the Parenting Cards would be a great way to work on virtues in our home.

The Parenting Cards come with 13 Cards. The goal is to work on one virtue each week. Using these cards 10 minutes each day over the 13 weeks, your children will learn everything from how to forgive, to being obedient. This is such a great way to teach your children the values that are quickly slipping through the cracks in our society.

From We Choose Virtues

How to use this tool: 

  • With only seconds of prep time, and only 10 minutes of teaching Virtues each day, you will be surprised how fast your whole family will learn to choose and use Virtue!
  • Simply choose one of 13 Parenting Cards to work on each week. The order you teach them in is up to you.
  • Use the demonstrations listed on the back to help your children get some practice using the Virtue. Look for opportunities to reinforce this Virtue all week long in everyday life moments as well as books, Bible stories, and crafts.
  • When you have finished with each card, start over again and build a deeper understanding.
  • Note: If you have older kids, allow them to teach Virtues to the younger ones. It is simply inspiring to see!

Here is a look at the back of the cards. You can see all the great information, and activities to work with each week.

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These cards are printed on high quality card stock, and are size 8.5′ x 5.5′. They are double sided and pop with lots of fun colors that catch a little one’s eyes. These cards retails for $34.99. They are designed for children through elementary age. I used these with all 4 of my children ages 6-10.

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Announcing…

The Avoiding Sibling Rivalry Facebook Party!

We will be partying on Tuesday, April 23rd at 7pm(Central) at Blessed Beyond a Doubt!

This topic seems to be one of the most frequent asked question or concerns in the parenting community. Whether you need encouragement, advice, or would love to share your parenting testimony, we know you will have fun and will meet many new friends.

We have been partnering up with We Choose Virtues who is thrilled to share her own personal expertise as a parent, Children’s minister, AND to offer our readers door prizes and a a fabulous GIVEAWAY! You will not want to miss it!

I hope you are ready to have FUN, fellowship, and gain some helpful tips on avoiding sibling rivalry in your home.

Let me introduce you to the Avoiding Sibling Rivalry Facebook Party cohosts:

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I can’t wait to to party with you and glean the some tips on Avoiding Sibling Rivalry!

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Awesome Science Media ~ Sponsor

Awesome Science Media*This is a sponsored post. To read my full Disclosure Policy for more details*

I am so excited to introduce you to my new sponsor. Awesome Science Media is an amazing resource for your homeschool. I have done a review for the Awesome Science videos before. My children absolutely love these products! Which makes working with them all the more great.

I will be working with Kyle from Awesome Science Media to build a blogger review network. If you are a blogger and would love to work with an amazing company reviewing their products I would love to talk with you. I will be at the sponsor mingle at the 2:1 Conference this weekend. If you aren’t able to make it to the conference this weekend, feel free to email me through my Contact Page.  If aren’t a homeschool blogger don’t worry, we are looking for all genres of bloggers to help get the word out about these awesome resources!

You can also connect with Awesome Science through their Facebook page.

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