Author name: amy

Iced coffee drink similar to Starbucks frappuccinos

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I love coffee. I love buying the Starbucks coffee drinks in the stores, but they get costly.  My husband is so wonderful to bless me with a “real” Starbucks Frappuccino almost every weekend.  But  being a frugal girl who likes to make her own things, I figured there had to be a way to make this coffee drink.  There is.

After many recipes, tried and true, nothing comes close to the taste that this makes.  I love it and will choose this homemade drink over a real Starbucks store Frappuccino anyday.

Try it, definitely worth your time to make it, I promise tastes just like the jar Frapps.

First choose your choice of coffee.  Since I wanted mine to taste like Starbucks that is the coffee brand I chose.  You choose your favorite.  I like the Espresso roast, as I drink these for an extra kick of energy half way through my day.

DSCN1569 Pour the coffee grounds into a large plastic container.  My container size is 6 quarts.

DSCN1570 Then fill your container with about 1 1/2 gallons of water.
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Carefully stir the mixture so that your coffee grounds get covered.DSCN1580 Nice and muddy lookingDSCN1581 Cover your container and let it sit for about 10 hours or overnightDSCN1582 This is what you will have after that time…..the same muddy looking messDSCN1583Now we need to strain out the coffee grounds from the liquid. Line a smalll mesh sieve with paper towels.  Pour the liquid through the sieve straining out the grounds.
DSCN1585After you are all done straining out the grounds, you are left with your coffee base.  I keep this in my refrigerator and it lasts me about a month until I need to make some more.DSCN1884 Time to make a nice size glass for me and hubby.  Fill your jars or cups with about this much coffee base.DSCN1885 Then you add sugar.  Yes I know it is bad for you.  We use the raw sugar for everything else in our home, but it does not dissolve in cold coffee, thus the need for granulated sugarDSCN1886 For the size jar I make I add at least 6-8 Tablespoons of sugar, sounds like a lot, go check how much sugar is in a jar of this stuff.  If you do not add enough sugar, the taste is ruined, don’t jip yourself go for it and then scale back later on.DSCN1889 Add some milk, I use the fat free version, you can use whatever you have.  You need to add about 3 times the amount of milk as coffee base.DSCN1890 Add some ice cubes and give it a good stir.

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Training boys to work

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With my husband working long hours now, not being able to do many of the tasks needing done in our home, my honey “to do” list is growing. I’m thankful for a teenage son who enjoys working and can carry out most of “dads” work. I believe my husband will agree as well.

We have needed a new shoe rack as ours has grown too small, what a great task to give to my boys to make. With some trial and error, some suggestions from mom, they came out with my new shoe rack. Such a sense of accomplishment from the boys, to be able to share in doing a useful productive task for our family.

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In today’s society we have lost the importance of training our boys to be hard-working men. What is the good of knowing how to read or write when the young man doesn’t have the heart to work?  Today’s boys are often forced to sit for hours,year after year in front of books. Child labor laws don’t even let them work hard hours until after 12 to 16 years of age, then folks wonder why teenagers just want to sit on the couch and play video games all day long.

A boy who learns to love work will master his school work when it’s needed . He will learn to read what’s important. But in the meantime, his interaction with things that are practical will offer the wisdom he needs to direct himself into useful pursuits, and empower him to provide for a family of his own in the days to come .

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. –Proverbs 13:4

Within every man is the desire to work. Even though some men don’t even know that is there. However when necessity or some pressing authority is pushing that in a constructive useful way, most men will learn to enjoy work. They will love to build, to create, to make useful practical things.

I pray you train your boys to become future, hard-working men.

 If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.               2 Thessalonians 3:10-12

 

 

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