Bits and Pieces 8th Edition

It's Friday again! I'm so happy to the weekend already here.

A few things to share today:

1. I coached my first soccer game yesterday. It was fun, but I can't even tell you how weird it is for kids (and parents) call me coach. Only five more games to go. I'm sure some of the dads were wonder why in the world I'm coaching. And the reason is...that no one volunteered after being asked several times. So, they get what they get.

2. I posted this on instagram yesterday...

Everyone in my family gobbled these cinnamon rolls up.

3. I think my family especially enjoyed their cinnamon rolls because apparently I made the "grossest dinner ever!" I have to admit it wasn't very good. I made a recipe from my Aunt Mitzi, who is a fabulous cook. I used to make this chicken and rice bake growing up and it was good, but it wasn't good yesterday. The rice was gobby and soggy and I'm not a fan of cream of mushroom soup anymore. I made my kids eat one bite and then they found their own dinner.

I promised I wouldn't make it again. I took pictures of it, but I already deleted them because they're not going to make it on the blog.

4. Still super excited about my new recipe index. I think my favorite part is the pictures, so I'm not just reading titles while I'm looking for something to make.

5. I bought 30 lbs of peaches last week from Sprout's so I could bottle them. However, they didn't really ripen and every peach I opened was brown and mealy looking inside. Disappointing. I'm hoping they give me a refund. Wish I lived in Utah so I could get good peaches!

6. I'm loving the cooler fall weather today. Sometimes it feels really good to wear a sweatshirt.

All righty that's from me. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! What are you doing this weekend?

Find my other bits and pieces posts here.

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

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:

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

What is on your menu this week?

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