Week 336 Menu: Halloween week

Hi there! Happy Monday! I'm feeling like I can tackle this week, probably because we don't have any soccer practice or games for the first time since MAY!!! (I didn't realize that fall/spring soccer started in May and went all summer. That was a surprise!) We've already started into the next sport, basketball, but it's kind of nice to have a change in schedule.

Anyway...How was your weekend? Mine was really fun. Two of my kids had games on Saturday (flag football and soccer). And yesterday was our long awaited children's primary presentation at church. I got to speak for a minute and the kids sang songs they'd been working on all year and shared their own testimonies of Christ. It was a neat meeting...then we had lots of fun the other two hours in church. I'm very lucky to be able to work with the kids in my ward. They are special spirits for sure!

This kid is keeping me on my toes with his two year old independence, but he likes my apple fruit leather.

Now that the primary program is over, I am starting to think about Halloween. I've still got four days to pull together some cute costumes. This week we need to take time to carve the pumpkins on our porch. We grew pumpkins in our garden. They're pretty small and weird looking, but fun to grow. And we need to make our annual Halloween doughnuts. I love making doughnuts and we only do it once a year. Super yummy and not too hard either.

I think I disappointed my family last week because I didn't make dinner (at all) two nights in a row. They didn't starve, but I think coming a nicely prepared dinner is welcoming and comforting after a long day at school/work. This week I'm going to do much better. Menu planned already!

Monday: BBQ meatballs, baked potatoes, roasted butternut squash (from my garden)

Tuesday: chicken noodle soup, fresh light and fluffy whole wheat bread

Wednesday: breakfast burritos

Thursday: oven fried chicken, baked potato chips, salad

Friday: Halloween carnival

Saturday: mummy hot dogs, taco soup

Sunday: chicken fajitas

What about you? What are you making this week? Happy Halloween!

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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