What’s been my deal lately? I have been slacking hard core on the blog. I guess there’s just been a lot of stuff going on, and this fell to the wayside. I’m sorry! Now that we are entering the arctic months, I’ll probably having nothing better to do than blog, haha, so hopefully I get on the ball with this thing. As my friend Jodie says, I need to get my head in the game! Oh, and congrats to Jodie for getting a job! Woot!
I have some foodie things to show first. First, Neal and I have a breadmaker that was given to us by family friends. We don’t use it real often. I would say that’s mostly because it takes about 4-5 hours, so I need to be able to be home for long stretches. But I made some crusty honey French bread the other day, and it was really good!
I wish I would have taken some pictures once we cut the bread. It was really good! I think our breadmaker makes rather dense bread, although that could be the recipes I use. Either way, this was really good and very filling!
We had Neal’s parents and grandparents up the other weekend. We had a really nice visit! I made my lasagna, which was a hit. For dessert, I had viewed a recipe online for apple turnovers. I thought the recipe for the dough was interesting. It called for sweetened sour cream, which really gave the dough a nice tang. And it really came out like a flaky pastry crust dough.
Everyone seemed to really like these, so I must have done something right!
So… the Phillies are in the World Series. SO EXCITING! It’s been really fun watching the games. Tonight is Game 2 of the World Series, and the Phillies lead the series 1-0, since they won last night.
Since it’s Thursday, and the Phillies are on, I decided to make something fun. I had a lot of potatoes that I had to use up or they were going to go bad, so what better to make than a mashed potato bar! So Neal and I made salads, and then we had mashed potatoes with some fixin’s – bason bits, chives, cheese and sour cream. Yum!
When I have a mashed potato bar, I make them and then throw the batch in the crockpot on low, covered. It really helps to keep them fresh and fluffy.
OK, so I’m off to watch the game now. LET’S GO PHILS!!
