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Dangerous Wonder
Oct. 19, 2008
I have A New Sink!
My husband is my super hero for sure! He installed a new (to us) sink on Thursday and it is so great! It's a deep sink and I can finally wash my biggest pans without water going everywhere! The other good news is that because he had to redo some of the plumbing underneath, I can now fit my garbage can and recycling under my sink! Yippee! We don't have to look at it anymore! This may seem silly to you, but it is such a blessing to our family! We purchased the sink from some friends of ours who were remodeling their kitchen this year to sell their house. We paid a fraction of what a cast iron heavy duty sink would cost retail. The Lord truly blessed us with this wonderful new addition in our kitchen! The Lord is good!
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Oct. 14, 2008
My Son Is Making Eggs!
So my seven year old son has been asking if he could learn how to make some eggs for breakfast, so I decided that I'd teach him. Last night I talked him through the process which went very smoothly because of all the mornings he had stood there watching me do the same thing. He was a natural at it! He proudly finished his eggs and then wanted to make some for me and any other takers.
Well, this morning he made them for his Daddy before he went to work. Too cute! I am so proud of my little man! "Those are the best eggs I have ever tasted!" Daddy announced! My son was beaming!
So now I have 2 kids who can cook eggs! My oldest is a fantastic egg maker, mac 'n cheese maker and toaster extraordinaire! LOL! She also helps me brown meat, stir things on the stove and can microwave anything! I love the fact that we are home all day and can do these things together! Go Team!!!
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Oct. 10, 2008
Swedish Rye Bread
I have successfully made bread from scratch before, but Friday was a gold star day because I successfully made Swedish Rye Bread with no flops! I have tried on 3 different occasions to make this and it usually ends in disaster, but Friday I was successful! It even tasted good!
Making Swedish Rye Bread is not for the faint of heart! It seriously took hours to complete! All the mixing and waiting and rising and waiting and more rising and waiting. Good things come to those who wait though! It sure turned out nice!
Now if you could only smell it! Yum!!!
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Mar. 10, 2008
Organizing My Kitchen part 1
It has been my goal for quite some time now to get my kitchen running smoothly. I have been clipping recipes, making lists of favorite meals, trying to get a schedule for our crew together, watching mom's of large families (on t.v.) buy food for a month and reading whatever I could find on how to do it. All I have to say is that it is a lot of work and requires a lot of brain space! Some days I have more brain power than others.
One day 2 weeks ago, I decided I was just going to try buying enough food for our family of 5 for a month. With help from my kids we headed into our favorite big box wholesale club and loaded our cart with food. The next day I went to our local big box grocery store and loaded another cart full of food. With our cabinets packed, our laundry room cramped with the excess food, outside freezer and fridge full...I sat back and thought wow! It feels as though we actually have food in the house for a change! LOL! Thus begins the work of getting everything ready for a month's worth of storage.
I had never really wanted to brown large amounts of ground beef, but somewhere at sometime I had read about a woman who does this and freezes it! For a gal that had always frozen her beef, thawed and then cooked...I thought I would give it a try!
To my great joy, I can now say that I have successfully cooked 6 pounds of ground beef at one time with chopped onions and no seasoning. It is all carefully packaged in freezer bags resting in my freezer. The other 3 pounds became Swedish Meatballs right away because we hadn't done that in a long while. The meatballs smelled so good we had to eat them for supper that night. The ground beef is still safely tucked away in the freezer except for 1 bag that I used today for the world's fastest lasagna making in the west! I felt like a gun slinger for sure!
Even if I hadn't shopped for most of my groceries for the month, having a stock-pile of pre-cooked ground beef in the freezer was enough to make this mama do a victory dance because of speed and ease of the process for our latest meal! YEE-HAW can I get a HALLELUJAH!!!
Catch me next time for more on our latest victories in the kitchen!
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