Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Homemade Crockpot Mac & Cheese by Request
This one is for you, Alana!
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| Start by adding a layer of shredded cheddar to the bottom of your slow cooker. |
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| Boil however much macaroni you plan to serve, but keep it very al dente (mine overcooked here due to too much multitasking) |
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| Layer the cheese and macaroni until you complete the top layer of cheese |
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| mix a little mustard powder, milk and 2 eggs together |
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| Pour the mustard/egg/milk mixture over the mac and cheese |
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| Pour additional milk over the mac and cheese until you are ALMOST at the top. Then salt and pepper it all. |
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| Add pats of butter on top then Cover and Cook for a couple of hours. I like to do it until it is crunchy around the edges. |
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
1/7/2012 ~ Paul Eating
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We all have our *thing*. One of Paul's is standing by the fridge eating food. Hoping to fly under the radar unnoticed or something.
We all have our *thing*. One of Paul's is standing by the fridge eating food. Hoping to fly under the radar unnoticed or something.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
12/19/2011 ~ Playmates & Cake pops
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| Mommy was hormonal, so instead ot trekking out for a playdate, we rescheduled and had friends in. The boys made a picture for Jangles the Elf. |
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| I tried my hand at Cake pops (with lollipop sticks) |
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| A finished cake pop for Brooklyn to celebrate her Brother's birthday |
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| Braden's birthday ~ A pressie from his friends |
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| Big debate over the pronounciation. Ninja-go or Ninjah-go |
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| Boys assemble Ninjago and Lily works on homework |
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| Almost finished! |
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
12/14/2011 ~ No More Nar Nars
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Claire's in her 29th month and I'm a somewhat closet nurser but honestly, it's just more stressful to have to endure advice from folks who have no nursing experience to begin with. In terms of feeding your children, do what you can, believe in what you do and make the most of what you've already got. Love this article. But this week the time has come and Claire is weaned. I started to believe I'd never see the day, but it has come. I know that in Western culture I'm considered some sort of extended breastfeeder but I really don't look at it that way. There are many parts of the world that nurse well beyond 2.5 years old. It has always just felt more natural for me to feed my babies my own milk, than the milk of another species. In the end, my ability to do that is thanks to my ability to be here with them. Without that, it would have been impossible. So yes, by Western standards I have pulled off the marathon of nursing and I'm proud of that. But Claire did not self-wean as I have long read about. I led the process and she was basically down to sleep related nursing anyway. As a replacement for nursing, Claire has asked to hold pieces of my hair while she falls asleep. Tonight I asked Lily if she minds laying with her to see if she would accept Lily as a substitute for me. It worked! Five minutes later the little ladies were sleeping soundly and Claire slept through the night.
This is the end of an Era. Lily nursed for a little over a year. Griffin nursed for 2 years and 4 months and Claire nursed for 2 years and 5 months. I feel relieved that it is over, but it is bitter sweet. Some of my most precous moments of bonding and togetherness were as I nursed my children. Nursing turned out to be a gift to us both.
Claire's in her 29th month and I'm a somewhat closet nurser but honestly, it's just more stressful to have to endure advice from folks who have no nursing experience to begin with. In terms of feeding your children, do what you can, believe in what you do and make the most of what you've already got. Love this article. But this week the time has come and Claire is weaned. I started to believe I'd never see the day, but it has come. I know that in Western culture I'm considered some sort of extended breastfeeder but I really don't look at it that way. There are many parts of the world that nurse well beyond 2.5 years old. It has always just felt more natural for me to feed my babies my own milk, than the milk of another species. In the end, my ability to do that is thanks to my ability to be here with them. Without that, it would have been impossible. So yes, by Western standards I have pulled off the marathon of nursing and I'm proud of that. But Claire did not self-wean as I have long read about. I led the process and she was basically down to sleep related nursing anyway. As a replacement for nursing, Claire has asked to hold pieces of my hair while she falls asleep. Tonight I asked Lily if she minds laying with her to see if she would accept Lily as a substitute for me. It worked! Five minutes later the little ladies were sleeping soundly and Claire slept through the night.
This is the end of an Era. Lily nursed for a little over a year. Griffin nursed for 2 years and 4 months and Claire nursed for 2 years and 5 months. I feel relieved that it is over, but it is bitter sweet. Some of my most precous moments of bonding and togetherness were as I nursed my children. Nursing turned out to be a gift to us both.
12/13/2011 ~ My First Bakepops!
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Naptime today was dedicated to my maiden bakepop voyage UNTIL I got a surprise visit by the carpet cleaners. Forgot I made that appointment months ago and bakepops over cooked while I was running around moving furniture out of his way. Since they were not totally charred, I decided to still use some of them to get some practise dipping them into melted candy chocolate to decorate them. As it turns out, they were a huge hit with my family after all and I must have had a case of "baker is her own worst critic" going on.
And the best part is that my carpet is FRESH AND CLEAN!
Naptime today was dedicated to my maiden bakepop voyage UNTIL I got a surprise visit by the carpet cleaners. Forgot I made that appointment months ago and bakepops over cooked while I was running around moving furniture out of his way. Since they were not totally charred, I decided to still use some of them to get some practise dipping them into melted candy chocolate to decorate them. As it turns out, they were a huge hit with my family after all and I must have had a case of "baker is her own worst critic" going on.
And the best part is that my carpet is FRESH AND CLEAN!
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| Sleeping Beauty. She is 4 days into being fully weaned from nursing so I am letting her fall asleep in front of the tv to distract her from the changes. |
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| Can't believe that the carpet cleaning man woke up this sweetness just 20 minutes into her nap. |
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| Red Velvet bakepops with Chocolate candy coating and Christmas Nonpareils |
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| She really focused on eating the nonpareils off the top |
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| Lily is addicted. Straight up addicted. |
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| Even Griffin liked it! And he is not a big dessert guy, he's more of a beef jerky man. |
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| The first bakepops I ever made. *Sigh*, I love a goal that comes to fruition. |
12/10/2011 ~ Meema Comes to Aurora
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My Mom came to town for the weekend! I persuaded her to decorate my Christmas tree with the kids. Griffin had me add a hook to his ornament, then he went and selected a spot on the tree while I added the next hook. Lily decided to unbox and add all of her hooks up front, and then add all of her ornaments to the tree. Claire spent her time attempting to break the candy garland of my youth by decorating her playhouse with it. When she broke off a few of the toy lifesavers, she proceeded to deliver them to herself in the toy mailbox, over and over again. Very little ornament breakage this year. We just had a few chards of glass that came out of a box of ornaments from Nonna so I had a brief yelling session at the kids to run and get slippers on so I could pass the vaccuum and nobody would have to spend the next five days of their life bellowing to me about the shooting pain that the microscopic chard of glass (98% unreachable by tweezer) was sending into the heel of their foot. Crisis averted.
We had a ham dinner and then we hunkered down for some Christmas movies and most of us passed out on the couches after a long debate about whether A Charlie Brown Christmas is boring as hell, or a classic.
My Mom came to town for the weekend! I persuaded her to decorate my Christmas tree with the kids. Griffin had me add a hook to his ornament, then he went and selected a spot on the tree while I added the next hook. Lily decided to unbox and add all of her hooks up front, and then add all of her ornaments to the tree. Claire spent her time attempting to break the candy garland of my youth by decorating her playhouse with it. When she broke off a few of the toy lifesavers, she proceeded to deliver them to herself in the toy mailbox, over and over again. Very little ornament breakage this year. We just had a few chards of glass that came out of a box of ornaments from Nonna so I had a brief yelling session at the kids to run and get slippers on so I could pass the vaccuum and nobody would have to spend the next five days of their life bellowing to me about the shooting pain that the microscopic chard of glass (98% unreachable by tweezer) was sending into the heel of their foot. Crisis averted.
We had a ham dinner and then we hunkered down for some Christmas movies and most of us passed out on the couches after a long debate about whether A Charlie Brown Christmas is boring as hell, or a classic.
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| Grif gives a horsie ride to Claire. |
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| Lily gives a horsie ride to spaghetti cat |
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| The tweaking of the branches, aka, the bain of my existence. |
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| Happy Little Elves. |
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| Up with the Angel |
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| Lily adds ornaments to the bald spots |
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| Decorated with Love |
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| Loved this ham but ended up so dehydrated from the salt that I needed to apply blistex all night long! |
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| Gingerbread Santa from her Meema! |
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| The first two to drop off |
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| Densely populated movie viewing area |
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| Sweet sleeping Goddess |
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| My sleeping Prince |
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