September Soup

Every month You can find a family friendly & healthy recipe on our blog to try! This recipe comes from one of our own, Tina, who I've heard has a gift for food. Can't wait to try this one out. Enjoy!

Homemade Chicken Soup
By Tina Burke

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 
2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped 
1 parsnip, peeled and chopped 
1 medium onion, chopped 
2 ribs celery, chopped 
2 bay leaves, fresh or dried 
Salt and pepper 
8 cups good quality chicken stock 
1 pound chicken breast diced 
1/2 pound spaghetti noodles, broken up 
A handful fresh parsley, chopped (I sometimes use dried) 
A handful fresh dill, chopped 

Place a large pot over moderate heat and add olive oil. Work close to the stove and add vegetables to the pot as you chop, in the order they are listed. 

Add bay leaves and season vegetables with salt and pepper, to taste. Add stock to the pot and raise flame to bring liquid to a boil. Add diced chicken, return soup to a boil, and reduce heat back to moderate. Cook chicken 2 minutes and add noodles. Cook soup an additional 6 minutes or until noodles are tender and remove soup from the heat. 

Stir in parsley and dill, remove bay leaves and serve.

Field Trip to Amy's Farm

We are going to a real live working farm. Get ready to get your hands dirty feeding & petting the animals, and even milk a cow! Sure to be an adventure for both moms & kids alike.

Where: Amy's Farm in Ontario

7698 Eucalyptus Ave.

Ontario, CA 91762

When: Thursday, September 15th

We have reserved a tour spot for 9:45am.

Please arrive at the farm by 9:30

or meet at Cornerstone to carpool/caravan at 8:45 so we can leave by 9

Cost: $10/family

Bring: Sack Lunch & Bottled Water

Wear: Closed-toed Shoes & Clothes that can get dirty

Here is an excerpt from Amy's Farm Website about the tour! Feel free to write a comment or send an email (found under the "Contact" tab) if you have any questions. See you on the 15th!

• Take a walk through our garden and learn about fruits and vegetables.  Harvest one item in our garden.

• View a mother cow and learn the "Story of Milk"

• Pet goats and sheep in our petting zoo.

• Feed the pigs vegetables picked from our garden.

• See chickens, roosters, turkeys, geese, and ducks.

• Milk a cow.

• Pet horses and groom mini horses

• Enjoying the sights, sounds, smells, and touch of the farm is a complete sensory experience!

Better Together

Thanks to God's timely and magnificent will, this group is born! He gave us a vision for a mom's group and here is the beginning of that vision carried out! This group is meant to be a resource for moms of all ages and stages. We want to be able to reach out to our community and help meet the needs that moms often have as they navigate this interesting and often surprising road called motherhood. You will notice the calendar of events on the right panel- we are meeting the first & third Thursdays of the month- beginning with the 3rd Thursday in September.
Mamas, it is our prayer that you come away feeling refreshed- knowing that you are not the only person cleaning up diaper explosions when you realize the wipies have just run out.... that you're not the only one who has had to leave a store because your screaming toddler was testing the acoustics in the building.... that you're not alone when you know that somehow you want to savor every moment of your child's antics, even when you haven't had 5 minutes to yourself in a week.  Can anyone else out there relate? Moms, we are here to journey onward and upward... together!