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 ...

Chicken Angelo

Don't forget to enter the Whirley Pop giveaway . It ends tomorrow! Am I the only person that asks their friends what they're making for dinner all the time? That's kind of why I started this blog, because I want to know what my friends are making for dinner. The other day I asked my friend, Juli (who is great cook), what she was making for dinner. She told me she was making Chicken Angelo. Then she told me what's in it. I knew I had to try it too because she has some picky eaters at her house like I do. I figured if they'll eat it then maybe it was worth a try at my house. This Chicken Angelo pasta has my favorite things, artichoke hearts and mushrooms in it. But don't be fooled into thinking that my family likes these things too. Because they don't. They won't touch an artichoke or mushroom with a ten foot pole. That being said, my family loved this pasta dish. They even gave me the go ahead to make it again. ...

The Best French Bread I've Ever Made

This is the best french bread I've ever made. I got this recipe from my friend, Nikki, who gave us some of this bread as a thank you for my hubby helping them move a piano. I remember it being delicious and we gobbled it up fast. I was intimidated for some reason by the recipe and waited a few years before I made it. We needed some bread for to make some turkey, provolone, avocado sandwiches, so I made some of this bread and it was perfect! We sliced one loaf like they do at Subway. Then later I made normal shaped sandwiches with the rest of the bread. Delicious... light and fluffy and yummy! Update 2/22/12: This is still my favorite bread after making it for a year! It turns out perfect every time and it's gone in a flash! printable recipe French Bread recipe from my friend, Nikki Yield: 2 loaves Ingredients 2 c. warm water 1 pkg (or 1 heaping Tbsp.) yeast 1/4 c. granulated sugar ...

What is on your menu this week?

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