Sunday, March 24, 2013

Baking Day

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across this blog, Blissful & Domestic.  I love it!  This family lives on very little, but manages to eat healthy and live life well where it counts!  If you know me, you know that I love to save money an I love to make food from scratch!  So, when I came across this blog and her recipe for homemade hot dog and hamburger buns, I thought I'd give it a shot! 






You can get her recipe off the site, but I adapted it.  The only difference in my first attempt is that I used all ww flour.  
  



They turned out delicious, but they didn't rise too much like the blogger mentions.  They were also more dense than typical store bought buns.  Here is a pic of the deliciousness along with our homemade sweet potato patties!


I made a second batch of these buns last weekend, and decided I'd try a 50/50 of white all purpose and whole wheat flour.  They turned out even better than the first batch!  They rose quite a bit and still tasted great while being less dense!  Jon loves them and we eat them up for breakfast w/ honey/pb, as a dinner roll or a sandwich bun!  Such a great find!

My next attempt is going to be a great whole wheat sandwich bread!  I've been making various breads, but we cannot find a great WW version that isn't crumbly, dry or too dense!  I think I might have found the perfect recipe, so will share details once I have a chance to bake up a few loaves!

Sunday, March 17, 2013

A Weekend Away

Kincaid had his first sleepover this weekend!  He split his time between Grandma/Granddude and Grandpa!  That meant 4 full nights of uninterrupted sleep for Jon and me and 4 full days of being spoiled rotten and filled with love and attention from 3 awesome grandparents!  

Here are some snapshots of the first half of his weekend - pics to come of his time w/ Grandpa!






















Farmer in the making

Uncle Tyson is already talking about how nice it will be to have a gate opener here in a few years :) We used to fight over who got to open the gate for dad when we'd go to check cows hehehe!  On our way to see Great Grandma C & Grandpa C, we made a stop to see the baby calves.  Kincaid also got to drive the tractor!

Is this how you do it Uncle Tyson?


This baby was born just that morning!

Will it bite me Aunt Kathy?



This toolbox is cooler than that calf!


Playtime!

Last weekend, we got to spend some QT w/ this sweet and feisty little lady!


I love to her to pieces, and love that you can already see her zeal for life!   Also love her killer stink eye! lol!  I can't wait for these cousins to have more play dates and all of the fun, hair pulling, tears and giggles to come with these two!

 






















Time to master the step!