Looking Back on October

Can you believe that today is already November? Where did October go? I thought I'd do a little recap of what I blogged about in October.

I actually posted all four weeks worth of menus.

Menu for Week #298 and a little about doughnut making. (apparently I really liked Week 296 because I typed the wrong number in my photo last week. Should have been week 298!)

http://whatisonyourmenu.blogspot.com/2014/10/week-296-menu.html

Menu for Week #297 and a few pictures from my weekend trip to Washington.

Menu for Week #296 and a little about doughnut making.

and Week #295 and what I love about fall in New Mexico.

I'm looking forward to posting week #300 in a little over a week! I've got a fun giveaway planned and I'm really excited about it! Don't miss it!

I posted two recipes. One for sweet crepes (my kids favorite breakfast). My 5 year old asks me almost every morning to make him crepes, but I usually just make him malt-o-meal instead. :) Maybe tomorrow I will.

I also posted a recipe for brownie pudding! I think we might need to make some tomorrow for Sunday dessert. I've got some vanilla ice cream waiting for it.

I posted three Bits and Pieces posts (fun things that I want to share usually on a Friday).

Bits & Pieces #9 - 6 Things on a Friday

Bits and Pieces #10

Bits & Pieces #11 - Halloweekend Preparations

And a Happy Halloween post yesterday!

I also addressed the solution to helping your house from smelling like onions for days. :) (A serious problem, I know.)

And lastly, I posted some thoughts about how to distance yourself from your smartphone in preparation for a Relief Society lesson I was teaching in church. The lesson was great and we had some good discussion.

I guess that was October! November is going to be a crazy, busy month. I'm afraid it's going to fly by too fast. At least we get an extra hour tomorrow with day lights savings time, right?

Have a great rest of your weekend! I'll be back on Monday to post (and plan) my menu for the week.

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:

What is on your menu this week?

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