Brush Area Museum & Cultural Center

09/28/2024

The Brush Area Museum & Cultural Center Sack Lunch Program will be held on Oct. 4, beginning at noon, at the East Morgan County Library in Brush. Wayne Carlson, Event Coordinator and Museum Board Member, will present a talk titled “Climbing Mt. Elbert.”

Carlson and his wife Carol climbed Mt. Elbert, the highest of Colorado’s 58 fourteeners, during the summer of 1992. Located near Leadville, Mt. Elbert stands at 14,440 feet above sea level, making it the second-highest peak in the contiguous United States, topped only by California’s Mt. Whitney at 14,505 feet.

Several trails lead to Mt. Elbert’s summit, each requiring a round-trip distance of approximately 10 miles. Named after Samuel Hill Elbert, who served as governor of the Colorado Territory in the early 1870s, the mountain’s first recorded ascent was made by Henry W. Stuckle in 1874. Despite its height, Mt. Elbert is considered a relatively easy climb, rated 1 or 2 out of 5 in difficulty due to the lack of technical requirements.

Brush Area Museum & Cultural Center is located at 314 S. Clayton St in Brush and online at https://www.brushcolo.com/visitors/museum.php. It can be reached by phone at (970) 842-5280.

08/03/2024

Interesting program about Belize and Prostheses by Earl Fogler on Aug 2

09/17/2023

Isn’t That the truth!?

08/20/2023

Make Ahead Meals...

As our summers come to a close and we get busy with kids, school, work, evening sports events and meetings at school, we need to try to do a big freezer meal prep. All of these meals go into gallon sized ziplock bags that You can label and freeze flat in your freezer. The night before, you pull one out and put it in the refrigerator to thaw. Each one cooks in the crockpot so it’s very simple and doesn’t heat up the house or require you being in the kitchen when you don’t have the extra time. The initial investment for all the groceries is quite a bit but if you calculate it out per meal this is very reasonable for a large family, and much cheaper than eating out. The amount usually lasts us 6-7 weeks and dinner leftovers get used for lunches or the next night’s dinner. Hope this helps some others looking for budgeting in the kitchen!

**Sloppy Joes:
1 lb. Ground turkey or beef
1 onion diced
1 green pepper diced
1 15oz. Can tomato sauce
1 packet Sloppy Joe Seasoning

Add all ingredients to a freezer bag and seal. Mix the bag to incorporate ingredients. Cook in the slow cooker on HIGH 3-4 hours. Serve on buns or rolls.

**Sausage and Lentil Soup
2 packages of sausage or kielbasa, sliced
2 cups lentils
1 bag baby carrots
3-4 stalks of celery diced
1 onion diced
2-3 cloves garlic minced
1 15oz. Can diced tomatoes
1 T. Italian Seasoning

Add all ingredients to a freezer bag. Cook in the crockpot on HIGH 4-5 hours. Serve with bread or rolls.

**Hawaiian Meatballs
2 lbs. Frozen meatballs
1/4 cup Brown sugar
1/4 cup Soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon Garlic powder
1 jar sweet and sour sauce
1/2 red pepper diced
1/2 green pepper diced
1 onion diced
1 can pineapple chunks with juice

Add all ingredients to a freezer bag. Cook in the crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Serve over rice.

**Cilantro Lime Chicken
3-4 chicken breasts or thighs
Juice from 2-3 limes
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 small bunch cilantro chopped
1 bag frozen corn
1 onion chopped
1 can black beans with juic

Add all ingredients to a freezer bag. Cook in crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Shred chicken and serve over rice or in burritos.

**Broccoli Chicken Alfredo
3-4 chicken breasts or thighs cut into chunks or strips
1 jar Alfredo sauce
1 bag frozen broccoli or fresh chopped broccoli

Mix all ingredients in a freezer bag. Cook in a crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Serve over fettuccine noodles.

**Pepperoncini Pork Roast
2-3 lb boneless pork or beef roast
1 jar sliced pepperoncinis with juice
4 tablespoons butter

Add to freezer bag. Cook in crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Shred meat and serve over rice or potatoes. Leftover meat is really good in breakfast burritos!

**Chicken Fajitas
3-4 chicken breasts cut into strips.
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 medium onion, sliced
1 pkg. Fajita seasoning

Add all ingredients to freezer bag. Cook in crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Serve over rice or in tortillas for fajitas.

**Chicken Cacciatore
3-4 chicken breasts or thighs
1 jar chunky veggie style spaghetti sauce
1 zucchini chopped
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 medium onion, diced

Add all ingredients to freezer bag. Cook in crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Serve over rice.

**Teriyaki Chicken
3-4 chicken breasts cut into chunks
1 medium onion, sliced
1 can pineapple tidbits with juice
2-3 garlic cloves minced
1c. Teriyaki sauce

Mix all ingredients in a freezer bag. Cook in crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Serve over rice or noodles.

**Sausage and Peppers
2 packages sausage or kielbasa sliced
2 green bell peppers sliced
1 red bell pepper sliced
1 large onion diced
2-3 cloves garlic minced
1 15oz. Can Italian style diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons Italian Seasoning

Mix all ingredients in a freezer bag. Drizzle with olive oil and cook in crockpot on LOW 6-8 hours. Serve over noodles.

Don't forget each recipe is for a single bag. Double the amounts if you'd like 20 meals. Make meals that your family likes. The possibilities are endless.

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07/21/2023

Check out this year's t-shirts! Get yours by signing up for a BHS Booster Club Membership! Once A Beetdigger ALWAYS A Beetdigger!

05/29/2023

We are adding a second chair-supported yoga class! Join us on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays. We'll flow through poses (either seated, or using our chairs for balance) for about 30 minutes and end with a short, guided meditation. No registration required and there is no cost to attend.

05/06/2023

Wild Peace for Parents 💕
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Does this resonate with you? I think it's worth putting on repeat! 🔁

Our culture looooves to obsess over behaviors and achievements. We parents get WAY too much credit when our kids perform well -- and way too much BLAME when they struggle.

When kids hit bumps in the road, we tend to focus on "fixing" them, rather than looking at what's happening inside ourselves and meeting our kids where they are. 🌻 ✨

"Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one." - Glennon Doyle 💕

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03/06/2023

Tantrums are a normal, but frustrating part of early childhood. Learn how you can support your child through this difficult developmental phase.

02/18/2023