Monday, October 27, 2008

Menu Plan Monday!


My mother-in-law went to Amish Country with a friend Friday and brought us back some goodies! So that's Monday's dinner. Of course, she also brought back peanut butter frosted bear claws too...that was Saturday's breakfast...mmmmm. So much for watching what I eat! DH did eat half of mine, so that was watching what I ate right?


For October 27, 2008 thru November 2, 2008


Monday, October 27
Goodies from Amish Country
Me—Ham loaf
DH—Chicken croquettes
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Corn


Tuesday, October 28
Cavatini
Homemade Rolls


Wednesday, October 29
Crockpot chicken
Mashed potatoes
Corn


Thursday, October 30
Sharon’s Ono BBQ Beef
Tater Tots


Friday, October 31
Pork chops
Rice pilaf
Peas


Saturday, November 1
Homemade Pizza


Sunday, November 2
Chicken Pot Pie (never got made last week!)


Breakfast/Snacks/Etc.
Pumpkin muffins

Let them eat cake!

I thought this was cute! I love fruit cakes...but my fave is peanut butter chocolate. I'm not a sweet icing person, more of a whipped cream icing. MMMMM.




You Are Strawberry Cake



Fresh, sassy, and romantic.

You're a total flirt, who never would turn down a sugary treat.

Occasionally you're a bit moody - but you usually stay sweet!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Have a great weekend!

What's in store this weekend? Our big plan is to (it's guppy's weekend) hopefully go over to the church fair and maybe over to the orchard. We want to do a hayride, pumpkin pick, eat some yummy bbq and then come home and carve our pumpkins. Now, they are saying it is supposed to rain! Booo!

So we will see what we end up doing. Either way, I'm sure we'll have fun! My other to-dos this weekend are finishing up laundry, mopping the floors and baking.

I hope ya'all have a great weekend!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

David’s Skinny Chocolate Chip Cookies

Boy, I'm tired! DH gets up at 5:40 every morning...I don't like that. I'm more of a 7:00 type of gal. But I did make cookies, so not all was lost!

DH can eat a dozen cookies at a time easy, so I'm always looking for recipes to try. He's so cute...he sits there with a cup of milk and dunks his cookies. It's like watching an overgrown kid. He also can eat mass quantities of food and not gain an ounce. I other the other hand, cannot eat whatever...I'm HAVE to watch what I eat...found this recipe online, it is good!

David’s Skinny Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
½ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons whole milk (I used 1%, that's all I have)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups (about ¾ of a 12-ounce bag) chocolate chips (next time I might use a tad less)
2 cookie sheets lined with parchment or foil. (I used parchment)

Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.

(Please note, these are the original instructions. I just mixed the dry together, then added the wet, then the choc. chips. No mixer, just a fork! Wasn't hard to mix.)
Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt together and set aside. Beat the butter and sugars together by machine with the paddle attachment on medium speed until well mixed (about one minute). Beat in the egg and milk until they are absorbed and then the vanilla. Don’t worry if the mixture looks curdled, the flour mixture will smooth it out. Scrape down the bowl and beater and beat in the flour mixture on low speed. Use a large rubber spatula to fold in the chocolate chips.

Chill the dough in the bowl for fifteen minutes to keep the cookies from spreading too much while they are baking. Form the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls or use a small ice cream scoop to form the cookies. Arrange the balls of dough 2 inches apart all around the prepared pans.

Bake the cookies for eight to twelve minutes, or until they look dull on the surface, have spread, and are still quite moist. (I cooked mine about 12 min, til lightly brown on top.)

Cool the cookies on the pans on racks for five minutes. Slide the papers to racks and cool the cookies completely. For storing: keep the cookies between sheets of wax paper in a tin or plastic container with a tight-fitting lid.

Per cookie: 114 calories, 5 g total fat, 3 g saturated fat, 2 g protein, 17 g carbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 11 mg cholesterol, 85 mg sodium

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Boys are gross!

Thank you to Maggie Ann and Cassidy for stopping by and commenting! It means a lot to me!

Now for a rant: Why do men not understand the difference between guest towels and regular towels...or the "nice" kitchen towels and the regular ones? Maybe it's just in our chromosomes, but women...we see a cute fall kitchen towel with leaves and pumpkins on it in a kitchen...then we see a red one that we know we've seen before...which one are we going to use? The red one of course! If we HAD to use the fall one, we might...but not to wipe ketchup on...we would WASH the ketchup off of our hands and then if we HAD to, use the nice fall one to dry our hands. But men, no...they think towels are to wipe any substance at any time off any part of their body.

Ketchup, toothpaste, dirt...ugh. Excuse me while I revert to a 6-year-old...boys are gross.

We have a guest bathroom downstairs and a regular bathroom upstairs. The toothbrushes and toothpaste are all upstairs. So how does toothpaste become smeared on my nice guest hand towels downstairs? I'm not anal retentive, really I'm not! I just don't understand how toothpaste can travel a whole floor level.

I just think we women like pretty things...things to smell nice, look nice. Men prefer a free for all. :-)

I might not make it to the library and Goodwill after all today, most likely Thursday. I requested a few books that I wanted to read and they should be there by Thursday...also, I have two more chapters to finish on Assault and Pepper!

Monday, October 20, 2008

Menu Plan Monday: October 20, 2008 thru October 26, 2008


Menu Plan Monday! Visit Laura at OrgJunkie for more great ideas!


For October 20, 2008 thru October 26, 2008


Monday, October 20
Meatloaf
Mashed potatoes/gravy
Peas


Tuesday, October 21
Stuffed Shells
Homemade bread
Green beans


Wednesday, October 22
Pizza
Wing Dings


Thursday, October 23
Clam Chowder
Homemade Dinner Rolls


Friday, October 24
Pork chops
Rice pilaf
Peas


Saturday, October 25
Chicken Pot Pie (never got made last week!)


Sunday, October 26
Crockpot chicken
Mashed potatoes
Corn


Breakfast/Snacks/Etc.
Chocolate chip cookies
Pumpkin muffins
Breakfasts will be omelets, cereal.
Lunches will be sandwiches, leftovers.

The Simple Woman's Daybook


This comes from Peggy's blog, The Simple Woman. For other's daybooks and more, go take a look!

For TODAY Monday, October 20, 2008

Outside My Window...
The windows are wet, due to the frost we had last night. It was 28 this morning!

I am thinking...
I better do my menu planning and work invoices today!

I am thankful for...
Heat…I’m freezing!

From the kitchen...
On tonight’s menu, meatloaf (part turkey, part ground beef) with mashed potatoes and gravy with peas. Something comforting on a cold day!

I am wearing...
One of my blue fleece warm up suits and socks.

I am creating...
Space for my decorations…got the boxes out of storage, need room for them!

I am going...
Nowhere today. Out for a walk later.

I am reading...
Assualt and Pepper by Tamar Myers

I am hoping...
My boss’s meeting goes well tomorrow.

I am hearing...
The TV.

Around the house...
Three loads of laundry to be done. Rest of the house is clean, whoot!

One of my favorite things...
Saturday…we spent the morning in bed, just watching tv…does NOT happen often, we both totally needed it!

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week:
Tomorrow is the library and maybe stop by the new Goodwill.
Thank you notes.
Walmart run.

Here is picture thought I am sharing...
From our first dance...