Cooking Day

Baking Day: Flour Tortillas

October 10, 2009

While my youngest two napped and my oldest one moved on to the playroom, I shaped tortillas with my rolling pin and cooked them up on the griddle. They didn’t turn out as well as I’d liked, but they weren’t too bad for my first try (see recipe for photo!). Next, I sliced the Pita [...]

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Baking Day: Pita Pockets & Hot Pockets

October 10, 2009

Finally, the Pita Pocket dough was ready, so we pounded out some perfectly shaped circles and set them aside to rise some more! My daughters love rolling dough into balls and pounding on them, so they had an absolute blast. While they went to town, I whipped up the filling for the Hot Pockets and [...]

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Baking Day: The Plan & Kick-Off (Raspberry Muffins & Honey-Wheat Bread)

October 10, 2009

Since I already love to bake, my new bread maker has become an addiction of mine. There is nothing better than just-out-of-the-bread maker bread! Plus, it’s been raining here like mad, so my daughters and I decided to have a baking day and make some goodies to enjoy now and some to stash in the [...]

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Freezer Series: Cooking Day (Chicken, Pork, & Steak)

July 14, 2009

Day two was a busy day, so I was cooking in between swim classes, physical therapy, and so many other things on my to-do list! However, I did get everything on my cooking list done. My to-do list still needs some work! I started with the Orange Chicken and Baked Chicken Nuggets. Instead of making [...]

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Freezer Series: Cooking Day

July 12, 2009

Chicken is my families’ weakness. In fact, I’m sure no one would complain if I decided to make nothing but chicken for the rest of our lives. So, of course, chicken has to be part of our “After-Baby Meal Stockpile”. On top of that, I’m dipping into our frozen meat stockpile to make a few [...]

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Freezer Series: Cooking Day (Hamburger)

July 7, 2009

Like I said, when making a lot of meals at one time, it’s helpful to plan meals that have similar ingredients. Of course, my hamburger plan did have hamburger, but it also shared onions and green peppers, which I diced up yesterday when making the enchiladas. Who bakes ground beef? I do, when I’m making [...]

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Freezer Series: Cooking Day (Baking)

July 6, 2009

Because homemade bread and pita pockets take hours to rise, I started with them. First, I made the pita pocket dough and set it aside to rise for an hour. Next, I made the honey-wheat sandwich bread dough, which we tripled to make 3 loafs, and set it aside for 45 minutes to rise. While [...]

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Freezer Series: Cooking Day

July 5, 2009

It’s the final stretch. Our son should be joining us sometime in July (unless he decides to come extremely late like his sisters). I’ve nested like mad – my house is clean, the baby’s room is ready to go, and even my daughter’s’ rooms got a make-over. Now I’m moving on to the kitchen to [...]

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