Cheeseburger Soup

Looking for a good recipe for the cold days coming up over the weekend? Here's a link to an awesome and pretty simple soup! Perfect for cold nights!!! Try it out and let me know what you think!!

http://therecipecritic.com/2012/12/cheeseburger-soup/

My Visitor

This would be my visitor I had during my first hour class this morning in middle school math.  Cooper, whom I had never met before, walked in to the room (probably looking for the classroom teacher) and let me pet him.  Then he laid down under the desk and stayed for the entire first hour until the teacher next door (his keeper) came to get him.  Such a sweet dog!!!!

Chicken & Dumplin Casserole

Made a new recipe I got from a post on Facebook for dinner tonight, really wasn't too bad! Definitely a comfort food for a cold day :) Here's the recipe:

CHICKEN & DUMPLIN CASSEROLE

The secret of this is not to stir anything. That's what makes your dumplings. When you dish it out, you have your dumplings on top. 

INGREDIENTS:
2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded ( I use a store bought rotisserie chicken) 
2 cups chicken broth
1/2 stick of butter 
2 cups Bisquick 
2 cups whole milk
1 can cream of chicken soup (the herbed cream of chicken soup if you can find it)
3 teaspoons of chicken granules (I use Wylers)
1/2 teaspoon dried sage 
1 teaspoon black pepper 
1/2 teaspoon of salt or more to taste 

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Layer 1 - In 9 x 13 casserole dish, melt 1/2 stick of butter. Spread shredded chicken over butter. Sprinkle black pepper and dried sage over this layer. Do not stir.

Layer 2 - In small bowl, mix milk and Bisquick. Slowly pour all over chicken. Do not stir.

Layer 3 - In medium bowl, whisk together 2 cups of chicken broth, chicken granules and soup. Once blended, slowly pour over the Bisquick layer. Do not Stir.

Bake casserole for 30-40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown

Elementary PE

When was the last time you jumped roped? Yeah, I had to think about it too....anyway, that's what I got to do for three straight hours today with nine, 1st-3rd grade classes! I probably hadn't jumped rope since middle school. BUT I did find out I can still do the double-jump, where you jump the rope twice in one jump....yeah, that hadn't happened since I was in elementary school myself.  It was a killer on the knees the first few times, I'll tell ya that :) I had a blast in PE in today, can't wait to do it again!

Life So Far Since Graduating From College

This blog is going to be about a variety of things.  It will probably be mostly about my days as a substitute teacher and an actual elementary teacher (when life opens that door), but it will also be about my every day life and the things I do.  One day you might see a post about education, then next it might be some kind of project I'm doing or some new dish I have cooked.  Really just a place I can share my days :) I might blog every day, then it could be a week or so before you hear from me again.  But I will try my hardest to at least post something once a week! So if you want to follow me in my days, feel free!

Well after completing my degree, I was signed up to start substituting in the school district I student taught in and a few others right away.  Substituting started off slow before Christmas break, but it has definitely picked up since! I have gotten the opportunity to sub in middle school math, middle social studies, high school language arts, high school math, high school physical education, literacy tutor in elementary, and in a kindergarten classroom.  Then this afternoon I get to sub in elementary physical education. So you could say I have gotten quite the spread of opportunities.  The thing is, I have absolutely enjoyed every single day of it!

For now, that's all I'm going to post. Got to get ready for this afternoon! :)