Our Gretchie loves fruit, vegetables and meat. No complaints at all about her eating habits. Compare that to Katie who still to this day prefers plain pasta and ham to anything else.
Tonight for a snack Katie had applesauce and Gretchie requested mushrooms. If that wasn't odd enough, she wanted them sauteed in butter.
I'm sure that I may have some odd snacking habits but sauteed mushrooms takes the cake.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
New Recipes
So I tried a couple new recipes for Christmas.
I found a one for Candy Cane cookies in the Nov. 29th issue of Family Circle. They are prettily decorated in the picture accompanying the recipe, mine ended up with a stripe of royal icing down the middle. Royal icing, I've found, tastes much better after the cookies have been frosted and it 'sets' for a good week or so. The cookies themselves were pretty simple, just butter cookies and with the royal icing; perfect with a cup of coffee or hot tea.
The second recipe I tried was from the Pioneer Woman; olive cheese bread. Seriously, if you are a fan of olives, cheese and Italian bread, meander yourself over to her website and use her Recipe Finder to get the recipe - since I made it, the green onions were omitted. I only used half of a loaf (since it was a new recipe and you just never know), using the other half loaf for plain old garlic bread. I did find that the baking time needed extended quite a bit and never did 'brown' but likely would had I used the broiler for a couple minutes. The olive cheese bread was really good and completely disappeared over at my parents' house. I went back for a second piece and was bummed to find the cutting board bare.
The only other things I made were tried and true: chocolate pie with graham cracker crust, almond bark pretzels and peppermint bark.
I found a one for Candy Cane cookies in the Nov. 29th issue of Family Circle. They are prettily decorated in the picture accompanying the recipe, mine ended up with a stripe of royal icing down the middle. Royal icing, I've found, tastes much better after the cookies have been frosted and it 'sets' for a good week or so. The cookies themselves were pretty simple, just butter cookies and with the royal icing; perfect with a cup of coffee or hot tea.
The second recipe I tried was from the Pioneer Woman; olive cheese bread. Seriously, if you are a fan of olives, cheese and Italian bread, meander yourself over to her website and use her Recipe Finder to get the recipe - since I made it, the green onions were omitted. I only used half of a loaf (since it was a new recipe and you just never know), using the other half loaf for plain old garlic bread. I did find that the baking time needed extended quite a bit and never did 'brown' but likely would had I used the broiler for a couple minutes. The olive cheese bread was really good and completely disappeared over at my parents' house. I went back for a second piece and was bummed to find the cutting board bare.
The only other things I made were tried and true: chocolate pie with graham cracker crust, almond bark pretzels and peppermint bark.
We had a lovely Christmas, surrounded by family, and now are content to spend a quiet weekend at home. Erik is working on little stuff around the house, the girls are enveloped in "Underdog" upstairs (thank you Jill & Todd!) and I'm half-watching reruns of British comedies on PBS.
According to my sister-in-law Sara, being a fan of quirky British comedies is a King-thing. My personal favorites are short-lived series from the 1970s - Open All Hours and The Good Life. They played regularly on the Denver PBS station when we lived in Colorado, complete with thick accents, crazy organic living inventions, mustard yellow decor, and long flowy costumes (braless, naturally).
I also love the squiggy group of older men on Last of the Summer Wine, the desperate to be upper-crust Hyacinth Bucket (it's Bou-quet!) with her slum-living sisters from Keeping Up Appearances and the blue-haired Betty Slocombe on Are You Being Served.
I'm not quite sure why they completely make me laugh, even after seeing the same episodes over and over again. Could be the absurdity of the shows, the seemingly random plotlines, the fact that the episodes are nearly 30 minutes long rather than the 22 minute American sitcoms and, of course, being on PBS there are no annoying commercials.
According to my sister-in-law Sara, being a fan of quirky British comedies is a King-thing. My personal favorites are short-lived series from the 1970s - Open All Hours and The Good Life. They played regularly on the Denver PBS station when we lived in Colorado, complete with thick accents, crazy organic living inventions, mustard yellow decor, and long flowy costumes (braless, naturally).
I also love the squiggy group of older men on Last of the Summer Wine, the desperate to be upper-crust Hyacinth Bucket (it's Bou-quet!) with her slum-living sisters from Keeping Up Appearances and the blue-haired Betty Slocombe on Are You Being Served.
I'm not quite sure why they completely make me laugh, even after seeing the same episodes over and over again. Could be the absurdity of the shows, the seemingly random plotlines, the fact that the episodes are nearly 30 minutes long rather than the 22 minute American sitcoms and, of course, being on PBS there are no annoying commercials.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
My wild and crazy husband and girls are outside in this ridiculously cold weather. They just want to see the snow up close and personal for a little bit. Toss the snow around a little, attempt to rebuild the fort that melted last week.
I am quite content to witness the activity from the warmth of the kitchen. I did volunteer to make some hot cocoa to warm their bones when they return, shivering through the front door.
I am quite content to witness the activity from the warmth of the kitchen. I did volunteer to make some hot cocoa to warm their bones when they return, shivering through the front door.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
A Question For You
Out shopping with Angie today, I made a pretty good dent in my Christmas list and have to say that I'm feeling rather Christmasy this evening. So the question I pose to you, my lovely blog readers is: What is your favorite Christmas or Holiday song and why?
Here, I'll start you off with mine, in no particular order.
"O Holy Night" -- it's the big swells of the band, the imagery of the cold and quiet night.
"Silver Bells" -- as sung by my Uncle Eddie, slightly off-beat, Frank Sinatra style.
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" by Harry Connick, Jr. -- back about a dozen years ago when Pa and I were dating he had the tape "When My Heart Finds Christmas" by Mr. Connick in his car. It was very sweet and romantic to be serenaded on those cold fall evenings. It's still sweet and romantic, just doesn't happen quite so often these busy days.
Alright, now it's your turn.
Here, I'll start you off with mine, in no particular order.
"O Holy Night" -- it's the big swells of the band, the imagery of the cold and quiet night.
"Silver Bells" -- as sung by my Uncle Eddie, slightly off-beat, Frank Sinatra style.
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" by Harry Connick, Jr. -- back about a dozen years ago when Pa and I were dating he had the tape "When My Heart Finds Christmas" by Mr. Connick in his car. It was very sweet and romantic to be serenaded on those cold fall evenings. It's still sweet and romantic, just doesn't happen quite so often these busy days.
Alright, now it's your turn.
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