Week 305 Menu: Christmas Week!

Hi guys! Well, we made to Utah where we'll be until we move to Washington after the holidays. We're enjoying the snow that we got last night. (Our first snow to play in of the year.)

This is our third temporary place to stay on our moving adventure. (I blogged about staying at our first stop, our friend's house here and here. Then our second stop was Disneyland, which I blogged about this morning.)

We're enjoying our vacations and are inching closer to being in a home of our own. Only four more weeks and we'll hopefully be settled and maybe unpacked in our new house.

Like I posted about a few weeks ago, I'm so grateful for the many people that have helped us and that we've gotten to spend time with since we started this moving adventure a month ago.

Now that Christmas is in three days and we're not at Disneyland anymore, I've got to get cracking on Christmas. I bought some gifts on amazon, but now it's time to hit the stores. Wish me luck!

We're staying at my in-laws house in Utah for the next two weeks, so I told my sweet mother-in-law that she could have time off from cooking. I haven't cooked much in a while, so it's nice to be back in a kitchen. And a big bonus is that my mother-in-law is great at cleaning up my messes while I'm still cooking.

Menu time...

Monday: tacos, quick salsa

Tuesday: chicken tortellini soup, rosemary bread

Wednesday: orange chicken, jasmine rice, steamed broccoli
- Christmas Eve: making cinnamon rolls to stick in the fridge overnight and back while we open presents Christmas Morning!

Thursday: ham, funeral potatoes, cloud light crescent rolls, salad, cheesecake or chocolate bundt cake

Friday: leftovers

Saturday: easy

Sunday: to be determined

What are you making this week? What are your plans for Christmas dinner? I'd love to hear! Thanks for reading, friends!

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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