So Tuesday I received a message on facebook that my nephew is in town and may need to stay a few nights with me.  That's cool. He came down from Portland to meet an old friend and they're staying in the friend's sister's house.  They are rock climbers and wanted to tackle Red Rock.  He calls that same afternoon and we agree that he will spend ( Read more... )

Here is the recipe for my sweet monkey bread.  It's very easy and maybe a little time consuming cutting each biscuit but oh so worth it.  I have to be careful when I make this in order not to eat the whole thing at once ( Read more... )

So yesterday I went to Carol's for open house brunch.  This side of the family tends to be a bit more formal.  They sit around and talk and drink.  I don't drink alcohol so I ended up watching basketball which I don't care for and listen to one of them brag about herself again and wonder who the rest of the people are.  There were some people I ( Read more... )

So, last night...Jes needed to make an Australian dish for class.  He picked one off the internet and asked for my help.  This is the strangest recipe I ever saw. It's called the Wagon Wheel. There were no measurements of any kind, and we had to keep guessing.

Ingredients:
Jam   (we ended up using 12oz of Strawberry jam)
Milk chocolate (we used 240z ( Read more... )

I have been very domestic today.  I did some house work and then baked an actual dinner.  Chicken breast and legs in rice with mushroom soup.  No gourmet meal but better than frozen.  I also baked cookies. FUN COOKIES.  It involves pouring boiling water over baking soda and watch it fizzle and then pour it over hot butter with added syrup.  Ahh, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I made a really good homemade from scratch apple pie. yummy! I was inspired by Cod.  Next I need to make my Monkey bread.  You just need three tubes of unbaked roll dough, cinamon, sugar, and a bundt pan.  The house smells so good then ( Read more... )

On the spur of the moment and with nothing in the house, as usual, i made a great dinner.  got compliments and everything.  scrambled three eggs with ham strips, stir fried it with chopped up broccoli and red cabbage, put on a little soy sauce, and served over steam rice.  Yummy ( Read more... )