Bits & Pieces 15th Edition: Not in New Mexico Anymore

Hi guys! Happy Friday! I thought I'd do a really quick Bits and Pieces post.

First things first. Can we talk about the Seahawks? Holy cow! It's crazy to live in a place where people actually care about sports and are passionate about their team and we live four hours from Seattle! It's especially weird since I just moved from a town of scientist and engineers who for the most part aren't really sporty. I love running errands around town and seeing everyone in their Seahawks gear, especially the cute great-grandma and grandpa age people!

I pass this sign at least four times a day. I love the Seahawk pride!

I made our favorite chocolate chip cookies this week. They didn't work out the best. I seriously can't get used to my new oven. I can't burn the bottom of cookies! I've had a gas oven for the last six years and switching to a smaller electric oven is not going so well for me. And the altitude change from 7400 ft to 550 is messing me up too.

I also made our favorite whole wheat bread this week too. And I can't wait to make more! It's still as easy, fast and super soft as it was last time I made it. My kids are whining because I was nice and bought WHITE Grandma Sycamore bread for a few weeks and they don't want to eat wheat bread. But they also whine about other food that I think is pretty yummy, like homemade noodles. Seriously...crazy kids!

Alrighty...have a great weekend! I've got to tackle the boxes in the basement! And go HAWKS!

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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