Week 18 Menu and Creamy Cinnamon Syrup

Happy Monday everyone! I'm having a hard time thinking of what to make this week. I had to wrack my brain this morning trying to think of what to make for Dave's work potluck lunch that I'd forgotten about. I had to have something made by 11:00 this morning. So, the kids and I braved the snowy roads and went to Smith's and threw together some chicken salad on croissants.

Anyway...Here's my menu this week. What are you making?

Monday: dinner with friends, hooray, I don't have to cook!

Tuesday: french dip sandwiches

Wednesday: San Francisco Pork Chops and rice

Thursday: easy night

Friday: hamburgers

Saturday: BYU bowl game = game food

Sunday: lasagna

And, now for a recipe. This week was our Christmas Enrichment dinner and we made crepes for Christmas breakfast for everyone. I made this cinnamon syrup that is really yummy on peaches inside a crepe. The syrup was a hit. Here's the recipe.

Creamy Cinnamon Syrup

1/2 c. Karo syrup
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. water
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. canned evaporated milk

Mix everything except the evaporated milk and boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add the evaporated milk. Makes 1 cup.

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Don't like your house to smell like food? I've got a kitchen tip for that!

I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

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