Hilltop Enrichment

These recipes come from Hilltop Ward's last Enrichment meeting. The Enrichment meeting included ideas to help us be thrifty.

The first recipe is from Rebecca Despain.

Rebecca's Seasoning Salt

large seasoning salt

large lemon pepper

large garlic salt

large celery salt

large onion powder

Each seasoning should be of the same size. You may need t0 use a couple of smaller bottles of the celery salt. Mix together. Rebecca and her sisters do this once a year when they get together and split it.


The next couple of recipes are from Chelsy Hooper. They are "bottom of the jar" recipes--they use your almost-gone jam or almost empty barbecue sauce bottles that might otherwise go to waste.

BBQ Glaze

Bottom of the jar BBQ sauce (1/4 cup, more or less)

1/4 cup orange juice

Combine ingredients in the BBQ jar and shake to combine. Pour into pan and cook mixture over med to med high heat to reduce mixture till syrupy. Pour over cooked meat or veggies.

Raspberry Vinaigrette

Bottom of the Raspberry jam jar (around 2-4 Tablespoons)

2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard

2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar

1/3 cup olive oil

salt and pepper

If your jam has a high sugar content microwave for about 10 seconds (without lid on). Combine all ingredients in the jam jar and shake to combine. Pour over salad or use as a glaze for meat. You can also add poppy seeds as an options.

Hilltop Enrichment

1935: Use it up; wear it out; make it do-or do without.

2009: Reduce, reuse, recycle.

A recent Enrichment Meeting in Hilltop Ward taught the sisters the principle of value. Several mini classes were present to encourage thrifty living.

Roxann Hokanson taught the sisters how to make their own cleaners

using three everyday ingredients:

Vinegar (deodorizes; dissolves mineral deposits and grease; removes soap traces, mildew and wax, polishes brass, chrome, copper, pewter and stainless steel; cleans brick and stone, removes decals and stickers; removes water spots on leather.)

baking soda (neutralizes acid; scrubs shiny materials without scratching; deodorizes refrigerators, carpets, upholstery, vinyl and drains; extinguishes grease fires; and cleans and polishes aluminum, chrome, jewelry, plastic porcelain, silver, stainless steel and tin.

and borax (removes dirt, soil and mold. Performs as well as commercial cleaners in cleaning dirt and soil and removing mold from walls. Works well on tough jobs that

baking soda may leave half-done.) Borax is sold in the laundry soap

section as a laundry booster.

Glass Cleaner

Mix 1/8 cup white vinegar and 1 cup water. Spray on glass and wipe off.

Tub and Tile Cleaner

Mix 1/3 cup baking soda, 1/3 cup Borax and 1 teaspoon liquid soap with enough water to make a paste. Scrub on and rinse well.

Toilet Bowl Cleaner

Sprinkle toilet bowl with baking soda, drizzle with vinegar. Let soak for at least 30 minutes; then scrub with toilet brush.

OR

Put 1/4 cup borax in toilet bowl and let lit for at least 30 minutes. Swish with a toilet brush and then scrub.

Toilet Bowl Mineral Buildup

Turn off water intake to tank and flush to mostly empty toilet bowl. Pour in white vinegar and leave for a couple hours. Buildup should brush right off.

Scouring Powder

Mix 1 cup baking soda and 1/4 cup white vinegar. Scrub onto surface with a wet sponge. Let stand a few minutes. Rinse.

Mold and Mildew

Mix 1 teaspoon borax, 3 tablespoons white vinegar and 2 cups hot water in a spray bottle and shake well. Spray on, let sit, scrub then rinse.

Drain Opener

Pour 1/2 cup baking soda down the drain and follow with 1/2 cup vinegar. Cover and let sit at least 30 minutes. Flush with boiling water.

Thank you, Hilltop, for some interesting and cost-saving information!

Skyview Enrichment

A recent Skyview Ward Enrichment focused on Gardens.

"Our 'Parade of Gardens' was a success. We toured 6 gardens and saw a lot of good ideas. We ended at the Snizek home for kid swimming and garden green smoothies for the adults. MMMMMmmmmm -- much to the surprise of some."
I wondered what is in a "Garden Green Smoothie". Here is what Skyview reported:

"We collected kale and lettuce from the gardens. We added some sunflower seed greens, bananas, frozen strawberries, a little ground flax seed, a few mixed sprouts and two cups of water."

Sounds like a great activity! Thanks, Skyview, for sharing!

Hawthorne Ward Enrichment Project

Hawthorne Ward recently had a great Enrichment project--they made food storage shelves! It was a great project and the sisters enjoyed working on them. Some sisters didn't know how to use a drill, they learned new skills and were better then they thought!!!

Contact Kim Peterson, the Hawthorne Relief Society president, if you would like more details on making these shelves.

Thanks for sharing, Hawthorne! If your ward or branch has a project you'd like to share with the rest of us, please let us know.

Happy Birthday, Relief Society!

Today's post comes to us from Skyview Ward.

Laurie Jarvis, Trudy Carey, Patsy Garrett

Sisters visiting with each other

Terrianne Webster and Lindsey Meecham
Mandy Call with her baby girl.

Elizabeth Burke, Aprell Nottingham, Carol Angel, Chelsie Gertsch, Ashley Russell

Kim LeFever and Siri Smith.

Our activity was a lot of visiting and getting to know each other. We had lasagna, salad, garlic bread and cake. Jana Smith shared a message about how life is a series of tests and passing involves, learning, growing, and loving along the way. We had an excellent turn out. I believe Skyview ward to have some of the most unique and talented not to mention the most beautiful sisters to be found in any one spot churchwide. What a blessing to be a ward. Brenda Snizek

Thank you Skyview, for sharing your enrichment activity with us! It looks like you had a lot of fun.

Happy Birthday, Relief Society!

Our Colstrip Ward Relief Society birthday dinner was held on March 19. We had a wonderful turnout! The menu consisted of parmesan chicken, rice pilaf, a spinach pear gorgonzolla cheese salad, a chocolate and fruit trifle. We welcomed several new sisters into the ward! We used a cute poem that asked the new sisters several questions about themselves. They were able to bring in items to share sort of like show and tell! We learned so much about each other! (poem to follow) We also introduced our Back to Basics enrichment activities which include gardening, canning, bread making, and sewing. We had a wonderful time and look forward to this coming year!

Sisterhood in a Bag
There just isn't anyone like you.
That likes to do the things you do.
But you never know, you just can't tell,
If you just don't know the sisters that well.
Tell us what ou do for fun...
Do you paint, ski, sew, or run?
Where do you owrk, have you got any pets?
Do you like reading books or surfing the net?
So, fill this bag with things about you.
Come share yourself for a minute or two.
And maybe before the evening ends.
Not only sisters we'll be but better friends.

Please bring up to three items to share.
Items don't have to fit in this bag.

Best Wishes,
Colstrip Relief Society

It's wonderful to see Colsrtip Ward adding new members! Thanks for sharing your Birthday Celebration with us!

Happy Birthday, Relief Society!

This post comes to us from Alkali Creek Ward who held their

Relief Society Birthday Celebration on March 10.

Our theme was "We Are Many But We Are One" The goal of the evening was to help the sisters realize that they belong to the largest organization of women in the world. Because it is a world wide organization, we as sisters come from all different kinds of backgrounds, but we all have one thing in common are faith. We started off the evening with dinner. We had Malyasian Chicken, Greek Salad with pita bread, and a Swedish rice pudding (oatmeal), and dessert was apple pie (American).

Each table was decorated with items from different countries.

We had a matching game at each table. It was a list of temples. The pictures of the temples were hanging in the room and the sisters were to match the names to the picture. Harder than you think.
Then we had a slide show presentaion of sisters around the world. We spotlighted 4 sisters in particular who live in other parts of the world. We had sisters contact these ladies and get their testimonies to share with us. It was very enlightening and wonderful to hear their stories of faith and dedication to the church.

We then closed singing a medley of Sisters in Zion together.

Thank you, Alkali Creek, for sharing your party with us!