Paper Plate Crafts- Photo Frame

Crafting with your children should be an essential part of your daily life. You might not find the time to craft every day, but try at least to create few simple projects with them at least twice a week this will help develop their creativity and imagination and you will be teaching them many needed skills.
How to be super mom posts many kids crafts to help you find many ideas for free. Paper plate crafts are easy, affordable and they don't require many supplies therefore every super mom on a low budget will be able to make them. Children are always looking for something new, especially the current  young generation who gets bored very easily so you should always refer to our blog for new and different ideas.

Supplies Needed

• 1 White paper plate
• 6*4"picture for your loved one
• pink crepe paper
• Red and yellow acrylic paint
• Paint brush
• Pink marker
• Scisors
• Glue
• Ribbon
• Stapler

Directions

1. Cut the the border of the plate in v shapes forming the petal of the flower.
2. Cut the picture in a circular shape similar to the center of the plate
3. Paint the flower in yellow
4. Before it dries, start applying the red to half of the petals creating the effects you see in the picture.
5. Cut two large leaves, draw the leaf texture with a pink marker
6. Glue the picture in the center of the dried painted flower
7. Glue the leaves to the back of the flower

Daily Recipes: Spiced Beef and Onions

Beef lovers here's a free recipe you won't be able to resist from How to be Super Mom. Enjoy!

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Serves 4

Ingredients
1 kg steak
60 ml olive oil
500 g baby onions
4 cloves garlic, cut in half
1/2 cup red wine
1 cinnamon stick
4 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon red vinegar
2 tablespoons tomato paste
375 ml water
salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Chop the  meat into medium cubes.
2. heat the oil over medium heat in a large heavy based saucepan. Add the onion and stir until golden. Remove from pan and drain.
3. Add the meat to the pan and stir over high heat until the meat is brown and its liquid has dried out.
4. Add the garlic, wine, spice, vinegar, bay leaf, tomato paste and spice to taste with black pepper and salt. Add boiled water, cover and simmer for one hour. Stir occasionally.
5. Return the onions to the sauce pan and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
6. Serve with steamed basmati rice.

How to be Super Mom is always posting easy recipes to help super moms, all around the world, serve new meals to their loved ones. Bon appétit!
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Chicken Recipes: Roasted Rosemary Chicken

Don't waste time planning your weekly menu, allow How to be Super Mom to do it for you. Log on to our Facebook page where we post a daily menu with recipes to help you set up your day easily. Cooking is one of the chores that a super mom usually worries about. Wondering what is best for her kids and if the meals are correspondent and contain enough nutrient to enrich her loved ones well being. We make sure to give you and your family exactly what you need. So keep your mind rested and follow our tips and recipes thoroughly.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 4

Ingredients:
1.5 kg whole chicken, cleaned
4 large sprigs of rosemary
6 cloves garlic
4 tbsps oil

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. Wipe the chicken inside and out, dry it well and season it with rosemary sprigs and garlic.
rub the outside with 1 tbsp of oil, season and place the chicken on its side in a baking pan.
Put another two sprigs of rosemary and  sprinkle oil all around the chicken.
Place the chicken in the preheated oven, keep turning every twenty minutes until well done.
Bon appétit from How to be Super Mom!
 

Chicken Recipes: Circassian Chicken

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Total cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 4

Ingredients

• 1.5 tsp  paprika
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 3/4 tbsp walnut oil
• 3 chicken breasts, on the bone
• 3 chicken wings
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 stick celery, coarsely chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 5 peppercorns
• 3/4 tsp coriander seeds
• 150 g walnuts toasted
• 2 slices of white bread, crust removed
• 3 cloves crushed garlic

Directions

1. Pour the paprika and the cayenne pepper in a dry frying pan and heat over low heat for about a minute, then add the oil and set aside away from heat until ready to use.
2. Put the chicken in a saucepan with the onion, celery, carrot, bay leaf, parsley, thyme, peppercorns and coriander seeds. Add 750 ml of water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 25 minutes until the chicken is tender.
3. Turn off the heat, allow to cool, then remove the chicken from the stock, remove the skin and shred the flesh. Season and sprinkle some stock and set aside.
4. Blend the walnuts in a food processor to form a rough paste. Combine the bread with 1/3 cup of stock, and blend in the processor.
5. Add extra paprika, garlic and some salt and pepper, keep procession until smooth.
6. Gradually add 1/2 cup warm chicken stock until the mixture is liquid enough to be poured.
7. Mix hald the sauce with the chicken and place on a serving plate.
8. Pour the rest of the sauce to cover and serve.

Bon appétit from Cook'N Bake with Super Mom, enjoy our daily free recipes.

One Golden Tip for Every Super Mom: Pick the Right Dinner!

A quick tip for every tired and depressed mother. Whenever you feel that you have long nights coming along don't push it on coffee. That black drink may taste great and smell wonderful but contains a lot of caffeine that will make you more agitated and stressed out and this is not what a mom is looking for. A super mom needs to be calm and totally in control so instead of that large cup of coffee why not trade it with a large bowl of fruits, oats and nuts. Yep ladies, exactly... fruits is what you need. One cubed red apple, the juice of 2 oranges, 2 tablespoons oat, 1 teaspoon raisins and 1 teaspoon almonds. This is the magic recipe from How to be Super Mom. That bowl of magic potion will guarantee a night of energy where you can catch up with all your work.

We have always ran towards coffee and chocolate but did it really work? maybe for a short period of time but not for long for sure. What I look for during my evenings is 5 hours of energy at least to finish my writing work, my house work and my baking work and catch up on all the cleaning!
I have created How to be Super Mom to help you find easier solutions and this advice is worth considering. Always exchange junk food and caffeine with more fruits and fresh juices.
One cup of green tea will be great also if you add ginger and cinnamon to it.
An excess of coffee is not a good choice to get rid of that motherhood depression.
Super moms are always looking for good tips and this blog is the place for that. Enjoy all our posts and have a healthy loving life!

How to be Super Mom Kids Crafts - Paper Plate Turkey

Feeling like a super mom is a state of mind. When a mother manages to finish all her chores and duties and still find the time and energy to enjoy her children she will definitely feel amazing. If a mother works hard it is to provide her family with the best, and your kids are what matters the most. Try offering them the chance to improve their skills and learning abilities by creating with them these beautiful and simple kids crafts provided by How to be Super Mom.

Paper plate crafts are based on affordable supplies in order to allow every super mom to craft with her children without spending a fortune. Left over paper plates from birthdays or holidays could do the trick. Whether you were looking for thanksgiving crafts or animal crafts this turkey will be convenient.

Supplies Needed

• 1x Paper plate
• 1x yellow construction paper
• 1x red construction paper
• 2x Googly eyes
• Brown paint
• Paint brush
• Glue
• Scissors

Directions

• Cut the paper plate in half.
• Draw 5 feathers on the yellow construction paper.
• Cut them out and repeat the process using the red construction paper.
• Glue the feathers making sure to alternate the colors.
• Cut out a yellow triangle for the beak.
• Cut out a red oval and glue it under the beak.
• Glue the goolgy eyes in place.

Your turkey is now ready. You can either hide it in a box reserved for your kids crafts or add it to the thanksgiving decoration. Enjoy our free paper plate crafts super moms!

Stay at Home Mothers and Depression

I need all of you mothers to help me on a new project. As a start I need to know how many stay at home moms- without a housekeeper or a nanny- do we have on board?  For all those mothers please do not be depressed if society doesn't acknowledge your work and give it its value. How to be Super Mom is working on a project to help all stay at home mothers- doing all the tasks by themselves- get more recognized by the society. You are not only a woman at home, you are a nurse, a cook, a teacher, a housekeeper, a psychologist, an artist-- You are a MOTHER sacrificing it all for the wellbeing of your family and you deserve to get some credit and I will do my best and work hard to see that day come; the day when a stay at home mother is no longer considered as an unemployed person but as the most devoted working person in society. We give it all for free; we give it all to provide the society with a blossomed new generation and our entourage is not appreciating that enough. It’s enough for me to stop hearing this conversation:

Stranger: “Hi, do you work?”

Mother: “No, I am a stay at home mother.”

Really? No! Yes ma’am you do work. To get people to recognize your efforts you have to start identifying your own capabilities. Appreciate yourself to help others appreciate you. When they ask you if you work start answering by yes, I work; I do it all, I am a mother! Start by refusing to be listed as an unemployed, as a burden to society because you’re not, you are the essence of this world. A mother is the base and the foundation of success and of failure as well. You highly influence your child’s personality, and by doing so you control the quality of the upcoming generation.

Stay at home mothers, allow me to say that you are the world, you are the queens of the biosphere, and so be proud of yourselves.

This article’s goal is to help you get rid of the stay at home mother depression that keeps tracking you down. It is hard to have all your life limited in your loved ones tiny worlds but you can create many things out of this small environment, you can work on improving yourself and you can follow How to be Super Mom tips for a better life. Keep following us and we will do our best to make your life easier.

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