Here are the recipes dh uses.  Well, the first one is the one he uses now.  The second one is the old one:D

( Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls )

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Yesterday was full of win.  It was very busy, but I had a really good day.  I was at school with DD2 and I got to take kids out on nature walks around the grounds in little groups.   I took three groups out and with the second group we found a leaf that was hanging by a spider web thread.  When I pointed it out to the kids, they looked at it and ( Read more... )

12 oz frozen artichokes ( Read more... )

I was talking with cryingbaby this morning about my delicious chicken that my children have been gobbling all week, and she pleaded with me to post the recipe, so here is how I make Almond Crusted Chicken ( Read more... )

I got this recipe from Cook's Illustrated and then I modified the hell out of it:) I thought I had some apricots. Alas, it turned out I had none. So I put in twice the amount of raisins except I used currants insteads. I also left out the almonds entirely, used half the cinnamon, and a pinch of cardamon. I forgot about the orange juice (I was ( Read more... )

I've been running around in a frenzy of buying and when I'm at home it's been a frenzy of laundry. We bought some clothes and I finally have some nice sleeveless shirts for the summer plus one decent shirt. We got a new suitcase for travel too. I hope it's big enough. It's got wheels though; that's the most important thing. We bought a ton of ( Read more... )

I know that several of you out there cook. What fun things are you eating these days? I am uninspired by the recipes we have. I am in search of meaty entrees. For this week we already have roast chicken planned, so I'm not looking for a chicken recipe, but just about anything else would be good.