Our Daily Bread

I've been obsessed lately with baking bread. Yesterday I didn't get out of my pajamas for A LONG TIME because I downloaded these two books onto my Kindle. My husband was leaving for work and he asked me if I was going to get dressed. Since it was Snowing at that moment, I looked outside and said, maybe not today. BUT since I had to hit the treadmill due to eating the bread, I did get dressed eventually.

I made this huge batch of whole wheat dough for the week, and last night I used it for pizza. It was delicious! This morning it is rising on the counter for today. So when my husband called to say goodnight he asked me what I was doing and I said that I was reading about sour dough starter. He said, "Weren't you doing that when I left this morning?" My friends tease me about having enough time in my day to read about the intricacies of bread making, but I for one am learning a new skill. Might as well jump in with both feet! It saves me from thinking about my son's driving skills. I'm trying to keep the "what if's" from ruining my day.

Our Daily Bread

Trying to Eat a Little More Local and Organic

Ratto Brothers Beets (It's fun to know where your food comes from!)
Aren't they beautiful?

Heres how to roast 'em!

There are two things I hated growing up: corned beef hash (you can just call it like it is ie: dog food!) and beets. Well guess what? Heck no, I am not eating hash, BUT it turns out I love beets. Beets that have been roasted in my oven, NOT slid out of a can or at an all-you-can-eat salad (salmonella) restaurant! ICKK!

AND I am addicted to orange marmalade as well...CRAZY! You put those two together, and you have just created the world's best salad!! I hate eating lunch at home, but if you make a salad like this it is worth it! Yummm...
I think it is nice to know where your food is coming from! Eating Local (as we can right now) and Organic works for me and my family.

I used:
Organic Spring Salad Mix with Herbs
Ratto Brothers Beets (Central California...I grew up there. ok not local NOW but I feel a kinship to Central California)
Yellow Peppers
Avocado
Chopped Beet Greens from the "tops"
Haystack Mountain Goat Cheese (from Longmont Colorado!)
Candied Walnuts (put 1 cup of sugar in a heavy bottom skillet and melt on med-high, throw in some walnuts and stir quickly, it will burn quick, so watch it every second.... when the sugar turns a caramel color, take of the heat and toss with Kosher Salt....EASY!)
You could add Grilled Chicken or Steak for more of a meal.


Salad Dressing: (I threw this together without measuring...it is Salad Dressing...do what you want!)
1 tablespoon Orange Marmalade
1 teaspoon Brown Mustard
2 or 3 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar or White Wine Vinegar
1 tablespoon (or more) of your local honey
Pinch of Kosher or Sea Salt
Olive Oil.....(I didn't use any this time)

Homemade Bread

My kids would fall out of their chairs and feign death if I tried to feed this to them for dinner. So save it for someone with a more mature palate!

Trying to Eat a Little More Local and Organic

Yellow

(image from All Things Thrifty.com)
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Have you noticed the plethora of yellow side tables across the internet? I sure have! I love the yellow and gray combination and have noticed a lot of yellow in my wardrobe lately too!

I wore my posy pin today from The Pleated Poppy (this is a picture of the matching headband, she's sold out of the pins, keep checking back!) whileI gave my girlfriends a quick tour of the G-Dub today.

Anyway....back to the yellow tables. When I was little my dad made these side tables and my mom painted them the exact color of yellow! So weird, everything comes back again. Remember those yellow tables mom?

I can't decide if the yellow tables are cute or not cute....what do you think?

Yellow

Earth Day

I started picking up Pyrex at my local G-dub because I'm trying to cut down on using plastics in my home. "Back in the day" we had glass containers in our refrigerator and yes I'm sure some things got broken but all in all it worked out fine.
But who would have guessed that there is the Pyrex sub-culture out there! I had no idea that it was collectible and highly sought after. Ladies, just go to the G-dub, there is plenty to go around! (Just make sure that you elbow those people that stand in front of the bins coming out! I swear it is like World Wrestling Federation some days.) When did junk get so popular? When I picked these up, there was this nice lady in the front that saw me looking at the Pyrex, so she just kept handing them back to me. I got a ton more that day, but the second batch was in the dishwasher, and I haven't taken photos yet.

Earth Day

Thrifty Thursday

Look at these little lovlies that I just picked up!

Thrifty Thursday

Love is Gone

My son is a sophmore playing varsity baseball. I was worried about him hanging out with the older seniors because well, you know they're SENIORS! That is kind of scary to a mom. The team came to our house for dinner, and they put together this little dance number. I'm no longer worried. It turns out that they are still little boys, in big boy uniforms....We don't have fences in my neighborhood so my neighbors were calling and texting about the dance club we had going on in the backyard. The little girl next door came running out and was doing the dance moves right along with them. I didn't think that the boys would want that on you tube, but I thought it was so cute. (Yes that's me calling out the moves) There is something about my house that calls for a dance party. This was by no means the first!
*My son is the one on the right (that seems to be cut off) he keeps running in to change the music.

Love is Gone

Yes, Please

I'm pretty sure everyone knows that dolls come to life and try to bite you in your sleep. That is why I have to avoid/run panicked through that aisle of the toy store.
HOWEVER a Don Draper Barbie. Bite me.....hard.....(is that too much for a Monday morning? oh good I didn't think so.)

Yes, Please