Oy. I still have so much to do. Part of me wishes I’d just go into labor so I’d have an excuse to stop! So. Much. To. Do. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
P-I-E
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Get In My Belly
I sit here writing this while I wait for my baked apples to finish up in the oven. Today was better than yesterday. I got some work done, went to the doctor ALONE, treated myself to lunch AND made dinner without too much fussing.
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Comfort Food
So I still haven’t charged my camera battery but I’m giving myself a pass because it’s mostly because I’m still feeling under the weather. You know when you can feel the giant circles under your eyes? I feel like that. There’s a little tickle in my throat and I’m tired and I can’t. stop. complaining.
My biggest complaint is about food. I’m so tired of eating food. Coming up with things to eat all day long is tiresome. I’m hungry but have no appetite. Nothing appeals to me. Makes mealtimes fun. Lots of fun.
I managed to throw together some mac and cheese for dinner. Mac and cheese and fruit salad. With hot sauce (for the mac and cheese not the fruit salad). Something finally hit the spot! Hit the spot so well that there’s one serving left that I’m reasonably certain won’t last until tomorrow. Success! And I’m happy… until I have to do it all over again tomorrow.
What else is going on? While I think this song is catchy and easy to listen to but the day that one of my children asks me what it means to come out of a “lady hole” is the day I refer them to the WTMD pledge line for more information. Honestly, the questions will come do they need the encouragement?
I steamed green beans for dinner last night and when I described said vegetable as beans Avery was indignant. She was emphatic that they were certainly NOT beans. And while she agreed that they were tasty and ate them she refused to refer to them by their name. Beans, apparently, should only be of the black and pinto varieties.
One day I’ll be into coffee again and when that day comes I’ll be brewing a batch of this iced coffee.
Pomegranate limeade from Trader Joe’s? Get some.
That’s it. Now for a cup of tea and to try again tomorrow.
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
My New Joy Of Cooking
I keep my old edition of Joy and Fannie Farmer but I rarely, if ever, use them. The last time I can recall thumbing through one of them I was referencing ratios for jam recipes. I’ll use them for stuff like that but they’re never the first place I turn for a recipe for let’s say… a soup or an interesting pasta dish. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Phoning It In
Lately I’m too lazy to take any real pictures. It’s so much easier to use my phone when the picture it takes are half decent. I just have to decide on my favorite filter now and stick with it.
We had a good weekend. I cleaned like a crazy person yesterday before having people over. I Read the rest of this entry »
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Progress
When did we get down to the week before Christmas? Seriously, when?? I’m so behind. I am not at all prepared. But we did a little shopping today and a little baking too.
Chase continues to prove herself to be a great helper in the kitchen. Great. It’s amazing. She rolled all of the pfeffernusse in sugar and thumbprinted all of the strassburgs. Which is what we call them but apparently they’re really called strassburgers and you can use the recipe to make spritz cookies. Who knew.
I even started sewing last night so I’ll get a few things done yet. Maybe not the whole list. Actually, the problem is mostly that I never made a list in the first place. All the same, I made Chase a much needed pair of pj pants last night and made her a cute little dress from this book.
My big plans for the week include figuring out where we stand with Christmas presents, an ultrasound, some more cookies, and making fried doughnuts for dinner. What are your last minute plans?
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Gingerbread!
I can’ believe how smoothly things went this year compared to last. I don’t know what I did wrong last year or if I just needed to run through it once to get all the swearing out of my system before I could really figure it out. This year it just went together. I used the same recipe and amazingly nothing fell apart.
We had a lot of fun this year. We used up all the candy! Last year we had tons left over. Next year I want to try Necco wafers for shingles. I love the way that looks and I might be able to convince my kids that it’s a good idea.
They both ate their weight in candy today and Avery doubled her efforts by eating her wait in icing as well. How they’re not both sick with tummy aches is a mystery to me. I guess they’ve been slowly building up to it with the advent calendar.
I used this template though I let Chase do most of the cutting so it was kind of loose. I found that using a serrated knife worked really well to smooth out parts of the baked cookies that were too bumpy to fit together. I particularly like this recipe because it tastes good and makes enough for a good sized house and several cookies.
I love how much Chase can do now. Last year she just stuck stuff into the icing. This year she had plans, measured and executed her vision.
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Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Gingy
Was delicious! This is my first experience with a silicone pan. Let’s assume for a moment that silicone pans don’t leach anything terrible while you’re baking in it (I’m afraid to look it up). That being the case, it was fun and easy to bake with. The cake released perfectly though I did still spray the pan before putting the batter in because I was worried. I think I’ll skip this step next time and see if it still comes out just as nicely. Read the rest of this entry »
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
Saturday
We crafted the day away today. We made our snowmen and the little girls that made them. They turned out cute! Chase is very happy. I forgot how hard it is to cut crappy felt without razor sharp scissors though. I have a pretty good stash of wool felt but most of the really bright colors are the acrylic stuff. If your scissors aren’t sharp, sharp, sharp you just end up mashing the stuff between the blades which is crazy frustrating. Especially if you’re 4. Avery made a snowman too. For hers I cut the tp tube down a little so that the snowman is not quite as big as the person. I added a fringe to the scarf too. Read the rest of this entry »
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Weeknight Bolognese
I made this yesterday and it was yummy. It’s a nice change from the quick tomato sauce that I’ve been making from The Silver Palate. It was quick to throw together, tasty, satisfying and everyone ate it. Even those of us who don’t “do” tomato sauce if you can believe it.
I don’t know what I going to do with the leftovers. I was thinking about maybe adding a little ricotta and turning it into a casserole so I can pop it into the freezer for next week. It’s that or chip away at it by the bowlful which is also a very real possibility.
This is the third or fourth recipe that I’ve made form Ina Garten’s most recent book How Easy Was That? They’ve all been straight forward and solid. I’ve borrowed it twice now from the library. I may have to invest.
What are you cooking?