So today is Memorial Day and. Ask my first race of the year. It was a last minute race sign up so I had very little training. However I think I didn't do to bad. It wasn't my worst time but wasn't near my best. I did the 5k and managed a 33.04 time. My personal best is 26.00.
Really need to try and run more to get my fitness back.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Slow cooker cheese soup.
I don't make this that often but when I do it is a big hit.
Fr this recipe you will need
2cans cream of celery soup
4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 1/4 cups half and half
Salt and pepper to taste
In a slow cooker combine the soup, the cheese, paprika and Worcestershire sauce.
Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours
Add half and half , stir until blended. Cover and cook for anger 20 minutes. Season to taste with the salt and pepper.
Fr this recipe you will need
2cans cream of celery soup
4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 1/4 cups half and half
Salt and pepper to taste
In a slow cooker combine the soup, the cheese, paprika and Worcestershire sauce.
Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours
Add half and half , stir until blended. Cover and cook for anger 20 minutes. Season to taste with the salt and pepper.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Easy white bread
For some reason I love to bake. I find it relaxing. So for the past few days my husband has been talking about getting a bread maker as he really wants to try and eat as much from scratch as he can. Now I love making bread from scratch but it does take some time which I usually don't have. Well today we my day off so craving fresh homemade bread I spent some over due time in the kitchen and made some bread for the family.
I have a book on bread making and it has a ton of different types to make. One day I will get round to trying each one of them. But today I just wanted a quick bread so I made this recipe up. It's for a white bread but I have subbed a cup of white flour with a cup of wheat once and it still worked fine.
This makes 2 loaves.
2 teaspoon yeast
1 cup warm water
2 Tbsp butter
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp salt
5 1/2-6 1/2 cups flour
Pour the water into a bowl and sprinkle the yeast on top. Let this sit and stand for 5 minutes,
Meanwhile melt the butter and add this to the milk, sugar and salt. Add 1 cup of flour to the yeast mixture and then add the milk mix. Stir until it becomes a lumpy loose batter.
Add another 4 1/2 cups of flour. Stir until a floury, shaggy dough is formed. Turn this out onto the counter and knee the dough by hand adding a little more flour if needed until the dough is smooth, slightly tacky and forms a ball without sagging and springs back when poked.
Oil a mixing bowl and place the dough in the bowl to rise, about 1 hour. Place in a warm spot. (I turn the oven on and lower the heat to the lowest setting and place my bowl on top of that.)
Once risen divide the dough into 2. Shape these each into a loose ball. Let them rest for 10 minutes.
Grease two loaf pans. Shape each ball of dough into a loaf shape and let them rise again for 30-40 minutes.
When they are almost done rising this second time. Turn the oven up to 425 degrees. F And place the loaves in the oven. Once in. The oven turn the heat down to 375 F and bake for 30-35 minutes.
I have a book on bread making and it has a ton of different types to make. One day I will get round to trying each one of them. But today I just wanted a quick bread so I made this recipe up. It's for a white bread but I have subbed a cup of white flour with a cup of wheat once and it still worked fine.
This makes 2 loaves.
2 teaspoon yeast
1 cup warm water
2 Tbsp butter
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp salt
5 1/2-6 1/2 cups flour
Pour the water into a bowl and sprinkle the yeast on top. Let this sit and stand for 5 minutes,
Meanwhile melt the butter and add this to the milk, sugar and salt. Add 1 cup of flour to the yeast mixture and then add the milk mix. Stir until it becomes a lumpy loose batter.
Add another 4 1/2 cups of flour. Stir until a floury, shaggy dough is formed. Turn this out onto the counter and knee the dough by hand adding a little more flour if needed until the dough is smooth, slightly tacky and forms a ball without sagging and springs back when poked.
Oil a mixing bowl and place the dough in the bowl to rise, about 1 hour. Place in a warm spot. (I turn the oven on and lower the heat to the lowest setting and place my bowl on top of that.)
Once risen divide the dough into 2. Shape these each into a loose ball. Let them rest for 10 minutes.
Grease two loaf pans. Shape each ball of dough into a loaf shape and let them rise again for 30-40 minutes.
When they are almost done rising this second time. Turn the oven up to 425 degrees. F And place the loaves in the oven. Once in. The oven turn the heat down to 375 F and bake for 30-35 minutes.
Update on life
Not much has really been happening recently I mean I hosted Mother's Day need since then it's really been work work and more work.
I did finally get a mothers days of my own tho. My lovely husband treated me to a day by myself well really 85 minutes. Well to be truthful a little more than that. To start with he got up the kid after letting me get some much needed sleep. Phew filled the dishwasher and ran it he also made coffee so when I finally did wake up I had it waiting for me. Have I mentioned how much I love my husband.
Then after a nice peaceful morning he drove me to Salt Lake City so I could go to the salt lake film society so that I could watch the latest Tom Hardy movie Locke all by myself.
The movie is really good and I had wanting to see it since I first saw the trailer. Mind you being a Tom Hardy fan probably doesn't help. I have to say from all the searching I've done about the film I'm in the I wish it was the journey my father made. More about that at a later date as I don't want to be a spoiler. I would recommend his film to anyone. Really worth the 85 minutes of anyone's time.
Other than that I've been working. Still liking my job but you know. Miss my family at times.
I did finally get a mothers days of my own tho. My lovely husband treated me to a day by myself well really 85 minutes. Well to be truthful a little more than that. To start with he got up the kid after letting me get some much needed sleep. Phew filled the dishwasher and ran it he also made coffee so when I finally did wake up I had it waiting for me. Have I mentioned how much I love my husband.
Then after a nice peaceful morning he drove me to Salt Lake City so I could go to the salt lake film society so that I could watch the latest Tom Hardy movie Locke all by myself.
The movie is really good and I had wanting to see it since I first saw the trailer. Mind you being a Tom Hardy fan probably doesn't help. I have to say from all the searching I've done about the film I'm in the I wish it was the journey my father made. More about that at a later date as I don't want to be a spoiler. I would recommend his film to anyone. Really worth the 85 minutes of anyone's time.
Other than that I've been working. Still liking my job but you know. Miss my family at times.
Monday, May 19, 2014
The most amazing mashed potatoes ever
So this is one of the recipes that I made for Mother's Day when I hosted. All the family asked a copy of this recipe so here it is.
6lbs Yukon gold potatoes
1 stick slated butter
2 Tbs salted butter
2 cups milk
Chives finely chopped.
1 cup Creme Fraiche
Peel the potatoes and half them. Then boil them for 25 minutes.
Once cooked drain the water and mash the potatoes. Meanwhile while the potatoes are being mashed. In a small saucepan heat the milk and the stick of butter. Keep on a low heat until the butter is melted. Once the butter is melted add this mixture to the mashed potatoes and mix. Add the chives and then the Creme Fraiche. Mix well and then serve.
6lbs Yukon gold potatoes
1 stick slated butter
2 Tbs salted butter
2 cups milk
Chives finely chopped.
1 cup Creme Fraiche
Peel the potatoes and half them. Then boil them for 25 minutes.
Once cooked drain the water and mash the potatoes. Meanwhile while the potatoes are being mashed. In a small saucepan heat the milk and the stick of butter. Keep on a low heat until the butter is melted. Once the butter is melted add this mixture to the mashed potatoes and mix. Add the chives and then the Creme Fraiche. Mix well and then serve.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Mothers days
So this year I hosted the family for Mother's Day. My husband is one of 5. So we had 3 of his siblings and a all of there kids and my husbands parents. So when added up it's about 20 people in total. Now I don't host family gatherings not because I don't want to but because usually I'm not in the position to be able to host either in a house that has no space to be able to have family over or I'm working or someone in else in the family hosts.
So apart from freaking out about trying to feed 20 people which my wonderful amazing husband pretty much picked the menu and helped cook all the food. I was working a ton at my new job right now. Which is going really well. I'm enjoying it finally learning everything I end to know ( at least I think I am).
Any way me and hubby love to cook so we made some fantastic food. Recipes will follow for those that are not already on my blog. Just be patient with me. We made ranch chicken, BBQ chicken with a home made BBQ sauce, Creme freche mashed potatoes and just plain old boring rice. Everything was a hit. I'm glad that everyone had fun and loved the food.
So apart from freaking out about trying to feed 20 people which my wonderful amazing husband pretty much picked the menu and helped cook all the food. I was working a ton at my new job right now. Which is going really well. I'm enjoying it finally learning everything I end to know ( at least I think I am).
Any way me and hubby love to cook so we made some fantastic food. Recipes will follow for those that are not already on my blog. Just be patient with me. We made ranch chicken, BBQ chicken with a home made BBQ sauce, Creme freche mashed potatoes and just plain old boring rice. Everything was a hit. I'm glad that everyone had fun and loved the food.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
I know I know
I know I keep saying that I will post daily but time just seems to go faster and faster these days. I have few new recipes that I need to post and a small update on just how life is right now.
So when I have some time I will do my best to catch up and try to stay on top of things.
So when I have some time I will do my best to catch up and try to stay on top of things.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Feeling down kinda day.
Today for some reason I'm feeling down. I don't know why. Maybe it's because it's my last day at my old job. Maybe I'm starting a depression funk again. There could be a lot of reasons as to why I'm down today.
Like I've said before I will be honest with you about my feelings and what I'm up to. So this will be a short post. Today I'm feeling down. And that's really just about it.
I have been posting a lot to hitRECord lately as they are planning on starting season 2 of the television show. People have been liking my ideas but they are from the most popular and they won't be used,but at least people are liking my stuff.
Like I've said before I will be honest with you about my feelings and what I'm up to. So this will be a short post. Today I'm feeling down. And that's really just about it.
I have been posting a lot to hitRECord lately as they are planning on starting season 2 of the television show. People have been liking my ideas but they are from the most popular and they won't be used,but at least people are liking my stuff.
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