I was perusing the other menu plans today, and I happened upon Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures, a site I go to quite often. In her menu plan for today, she’d linked to her 40-minute Hamburger Buns/Rolls. I read the recipe and had to try it out. I’m making a new-to-me recipe tonight, cheeseburger soup, and had planned on making some dinner rolls to go along side.
I’ll be honest. I didn’t think that these rolls would turn out. I made them early in the day so that if they failed, I had time to make my tried-and-true recipe. I mean, look at
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Sweet Microwave Spiced Pecans
I serve these sweetly spiced nuts every Thanksgiving, but sometimes I just can’t wait. We’re going to an autumn-themed potluck tomorrow, so I decided that, along with dinner rolls and cornbread, I’d bring some spiced pecans.
Five Minute Microwave Candied Pecans
5-Minute Microwave Spiced Pecans
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons water
3 cups pecan halves
Melt the butter in a large casserole dish in the microwave. Stir in the brown
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We are very excited. Today is the second day of training for International Towne!
One of our favorite yearly experiences in our homeschool is participating in Young Ameritowne. We’ve done Ameritowne for four years now, but this will be our first time at International Towne.
Doodle as a college counselor at our first year at Ameritowne
I feel incredibly lucky to live in a city that offers such a neat resource. Ameritowne and International Towne are usually offered to public school kids, but the organization
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We love “boiled” eggs – or should I say “hard-cooked” eggs - around here, whether in deviled eggs, topping a potato salad, or just as a snack.
When I used to boil them, though, I’d have to calculate a couple of extra per dozen, to account for breakage. I’d also have problems with overcooking the eggs, or thinking they were done and opening one to find that the yolk wasn’t entirely cooked (oh, the joys of high altitude cooking). I’d run into those same problems with the method of “just bring it to a boil and then let it sit for
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Sun-dried tomato and roasted garlic focaccia
I was supposed to go to a potluck on Sunday afternoon, so I made this sun-dried tomato and roasted garlic focaccia. I was covered in hives, though, from an encounter with a friend’s cats*, so I ended up staying home. I ate almost the entire pan of focaccia myself. It’s tasty, and it’s super easy to make.
Sun-dried Tomato and Roasted Garlic Focaccia Recipe
1 1/2 cups warm water
3 tablespoons olive oil (plus some for drizzling)
1 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon instant
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My boys are picky eaters. While I don’t like to cater to that (and I will write a post sometime about how I handle the picky eater thing), I do enjoy having at least a couple meals a week that everyone loves. I also enjoy trying new recipes, but later it’s hard to remember – did Bobo like that, but Xbot hated it? Did Doodle find it too spicy?
Another problem is that, while I would like the kids’ honest opinions when we try a new recipe, I also want them to learn good table manners — and critiquing dinner at
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As promised, here are the results of today’s plum baking experiments.
I made a plum bread that did not come out well at all. I may try again, but that recipe doesn’t bear posting! The cake, on the other hand, was fabulous. Here’s that recipe:
Spiced plum cake
Spiced plum cake
Butter and white sugar for preparing the pan
4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup of butter, softened
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
Zest of one lemon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4
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Big, red bowl of plums
The plums are finally ripe on our plum tree, and I harvested an entire big bowl-full off of one branch, and there are still that many plums still on the branch – not to mention the rest of the tree!
The kids helped, and we’ll harvest some more over the next few days. I’ve invited some friends over on Saturday to get the rest of them!
Bobo (the
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