Another Meatless Monday

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Tonight we had The Pioneer Woman‘s Cauliflower Soup and it was YUMMMMMMMY!!

Along with it we had the whole wheat bread that Christy and I made yesterday.  That was fun and her recipe was much easier than the way I was taught to make bread.

Here are a few pictures from our day:

(You can click on them to make them bigger)

We also made Sour Dough Biscuits (the hearts) – which was a recipe from my Momma’s Momma.  Here is the recipe – it couldn’t be simpler and it was so much better than bisquick biscuits!

Sour Dough Biscuits

  • 1 pkg yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 cup buttermilk (or 2 cups milk & 2 tbsp vinegar)
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 8 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in water.  Then add all the ingredients, mix together, roll out to about 1″ after kneading slightly.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 min or so.

I’m waiting for my SIL’s go-ahead before I post her bread recipe.  🙂

 

Lemonade Cake

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We found this on the back of a Betty Crocker cake mix and we love it!  Hope you do too!

Lemonade Cake

  • 1 box Betty Crocker lemon cake mix
  • water, oil & eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 3/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed (1/2 of a 12 oz. size can)
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 container Betty Crocker Whipped fluffy white frosting

Make cake as directed for 13×9 in pan.  Cool for 15 min.

Stir together lemonade concentrate and powdered sugar. Poke top of warm cake every 1/2 inch with long-tined fork.  drizzle lemonade mixture over top of cake. Run knife around side of pan to loose cake.  Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled.

Spread frosting evenly over top of cake.

Enjoy!

Dill pickles, South Beach and Everything else

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The sweet pickles were a nice treat, but my Hubs prefers dill pickles.  I’ve been saying I need to look for a recipe, but I’ve had zero time!  But today I got a copy of Taste of Home magazine and there on page 35 of the June/July issue is a refrigerator dill pickle recipe!  Sweet!

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Eric and I are going to start the South Beach Diet on Saturday.  We’ve been toying around with the idea for awhile and it really seems to be dovetailing in well with my desire to feed the kids less processed foods.  I’m trying to remain optimistic about it.

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I’ve been sick for a few days.  Not so much that I must be in bed 24/7 but just enough to make me miserable and depressed.

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On the plus side, when I’m sick I have more opportunity to knit.  I finished the sleeves of my sweater and am only 2.5 skeins away from being done!! Still love it and can’t WAIT to wear it!  I also figured out who is due a Christmas stocking and started one of them.

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I haven’t subscribed to Taste of Home magazine in quite awhile….it’s really different!  In fact, they have advertisements now!!  When did that happen?!

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I have ordered all my curriculum for our homeschool year 2009/2010.  We still needed J2’s math and our science book.  One blessing:  since I delayed buying J2’s math at the beginning of the summer, they started to sell it differently.  I was able to order exactly what I needed and save $30!!

I’m not responsible for J1’s homeschool curriculum, and we haven’t heard from the teacher yet.  That makes me nervous, but I keep reminding myself it’s not my job to worry about it!