Week 306 Menu and a Holiday Update

Wow, time is really flying by! Only a few more days and we'll actually be in Washington. We'll be getting settled in our temporary housing where we'll stay for a few weeks until we close on our house. But as of next Monday, we'll be right back into school, homework and basketball practice. I'm excited to show the kids around our new town (and figure out where things are myself). Thank goodness for Google Maps and GPS!

We had a great Christmas. It was a bit more relaxed than we planned since we've been fighting the flu off and on for a while. Just stayed at home and played Lego CHIMA.

I've posted more pictures on Instagram of our holiday fun. (Just a little reminder that I LOVE Instagram and we should be friends. I love it so much more than Facebook! So much simpler and happier and less notifications.)

Back to Christmas...I read a whole book (!) The Snow Child Christmas Day since I wasn't feeling super great. Have you read it? I'd love to talk to someone about it. It was a fun, winter-time book.

I got to spend time with my whole family on Saturday. Everyone was there! (I'm usually the one that isn't there when they get together.) Good times! Wish it happened more often.

My sweet dad and my two year old! I love this picture.

Since we only have a few more days in Utah with family our days are getting busy trying to fit time in with everyone. But, I'm still menu planning a little bit. I think I can get away with only planning two meals this week for our last few days in Utah.

I'm thinking I'd like to make Swedish meatballs for everyone that might be at my in-laws house (where we're staying) this week. I'm going to IKEA tomorrow, so I can grab some lingonberry preserves and gravy packets for our meal.

And then for New Year's Eve, I've been craving a good pulled pork sandwich topped with coleslaw. Walmart has the best rolls that would be delicious for this. :) I also might want to make some veggie pizza, little smokies wrapped in bacon, and my sister-in-law, Maggie's cheeseball, because it's super yummy. Maybe some pepperoni bread too. And I haven't even thought about sweets to make yet. :)

Anyway...enough from me. I'd love to hear from you (especially you New Mexico friends that tell me that you check my blog...I'm missing you!). How was your Christmas? What are your New Year plans? Are you on vacation and not cooking?

Happy New Year everyone (just in case I don't blog again between now and then)! Thanks for being my blogging friend!

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

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