The Guse Family: Para Appreciation!

Our blog is primarily about family. It is the Guse family. But, I wanted to share something unique and special about me. As a special education teacher, we are very busy in our jobs and get bogged down by paperwork, lesson planning and let's not forget teaching. None of this would be possible without the amazing paraprofessionals we work with each day.

They take on anything we throw their way, with patience, understanding and knowledge. Being in four schools for student teachings and a previous job, I can say with 100% confidence that we have the most amazing paraprofessionals we could ask for. And, we get one week to outwardly appreciate them. I hope they know we appreciate them every day for all they do.

So, we planned a lunch and activity in their honor. We made soups, salad, bars, and bread. One of our secretaries had told us about her decorative scarf making skills and we decided to plan a make and take activity. We had our 20 minute lunch to eat and create together.

My mom made potato soup. So delicious, one of my favorites growing up. I made Chicken Wild Rice soup. I got the recipe from my sister-in-law, Kristen and haven't changed it once. For those of you asking for the recipe, here it is...

Ingredients:

(Makes a lot!)

1 C. Water 3 Cans Cream of Potato Soup 1 Tbsp. Butter

3 C. Milk 10 Strips of Bacon - cooked and crumbled 1 C. Mushrooms

1 onion chopped 1 lbs. Velveeta Cheese (cubed into 1" cubes)

4 unbreaded Chicken Breasts - pre-cooked and cubed

1 C. Wild Rice

3-4 C. Water

Boil 3-4 C. Water and 1 C. wild rice about 45 minutes, until water is almost gone and rice is tender.

Fry onion in butter until tender and add mushrooms. Add potato soup, water, and milk. Bring up to medium heat, don't boil. When up to heat, add cheese, slowly, stirring often. When cheese is completely melted, stir in bacon, chicken, rice...

Enjoy!