I looked for this recipe for an hour last night, so it's time I put it in a permanent, findable place. It's one of my favorite things to make in the fall. As you can tell by the looks of it, I have had the recipe for a very long time. The first time I made it was in our first little apartment in Sacramento, when Brad was in law school. I guess that would make it fall of 1978. Emily was just over a year old.
The recipe is from the back of the flour sack; the ingredients are very simple, but this combination is so delicious.
October 31, 2007
October 30, 2007
Cafe Rio Pork
Marie was craving her Cafe Rio fix, so I thought I'd do some scouting around on the internet to see if I could find a copycat recipe. I don't know if this is a good duplicate, but it was definitely a hit. We ate them with tortillas, cheese, salsa, black beans and lots of cilantro.
October 23, 2007
Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal, Walnut and Coconut Cookies
I made these this morning to take to the concert reception coming up on Saturday night. They are sooooo good!!!
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Cream together the softened margarine, sugars, egg replacer, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
Add this to the creamed mixture.
Stir in the remaining ingredients.
Drop by spoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 14 minutes.
Turn sheets around halfway through baking (and switch racks too, if baking more than one sheet at a time).
Cool well before removing from sheet.
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Cream together the softened margarine, sugars, egg replacer, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
Add this to the creamed mixture.
Stir in the remaining ingredients.
Drop by spoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 14 minutes.
Turn sheets around halfway through baking (and switch racks too, if baking more than one sheet at a time).
Cool well before removing from sheet.
October 22, 2007
Dear Mother Nature, Can we have a talk?
Ummm...it's still 80 degrees outside and it is October 22nd. Doesn't Mother Nature know that Chocolate Day is just around the corner? And that we need to have an inside temperature of 66 degrees to dip chocolates? I'm putting in my order with her right now (and I hope that I don't live to regret it) for lower temperatures pronto.
Tortellini with Tex-Mex Cream Sauce
I found this in a magazine some time ago, and made it tonight. Everyone liked it and it was quick and easy. I used green chilis instead of the jalapenos. Buen provecho!
I'm thinking that I might scan recipes as I make them and save them to sets. That way I can find them easily instead of flipping through notebooks one page at a time, as I do now.
I'm thinking that I might scan recipes as I make them and save them to sets. That way I can find them easily instead of flipping through notebooks one page at a time, as I do now.
October 20, 2007
October 18, 2007
Mid-October 07
October 18th: I just took the last batch of cookies to the schools who helped the LSO with venues. I kinda doubt that it will help but it won't hurt either. I'm just hoping that next year, when it comes time to divvy up the dates, they will remember cookies...
Brad's company was bought out by a much larger company. He has been poring over forms and letters to see if he wants to sign with them. Of course he does; it's his job and he actually likes what he does! Benefits differ slightly but all in all, it looks fine. Besides, he got a big bonus just for signing!
This is Homecoming week at Heritage High School and Laura is having fun dressing up for each days' theme. Today was opposites day; She and Francesca are "Rain and Sunshine". Very cute!
Tomorrow is the big game. It hasn't rained here for months; we are in severe, emergency conditions. Of course, rain is forecast just about the time the game begins. We'll see. Her choir is scheduled to sing at the opening ceremonies. The big dance is Saturday night. Check here for pix!!!
Back to practicing; concert is next week and let's just say that scares me....a lot.
October 19th: Big storms headed our way. The homecoming game has already been postponed until tomorrow. Marie and I were going to check out a local candy supply store today, but it started pouring rain just as we were going to leave, so we decided to wait until next week. Gotta get ready for chocolate day!!
Last night our new rug was delivered. Whoohoo! The dining room looks much more complete and warmer now, don't you think?
Brad's company was bought out by a much larger company. He has been poring over forms and letters to see if he wants to sign with them. Of course he does; it's his job and he actually likes what he does! Benefits differ slightly but all in all, it looks fine. Besides, he got a big bonus just for signing!
This is Homecoming week at Heritage High School and Laura is having fun dressing up for each days' theme. Today was opposites day; She and Francesca are "Rain and Sunshine". Very cute!
Tomorrow is the big game. It hasn't rained here for months; we are in severe, emergency conditions. Of course, rain is forecast just about the time the game begins. We'll see. Her choir is scheduled to sing at the opening ceremonies. The big dance is Saturday night. Check here for pix!!!
Back to practicing; concert is next week and let's just say that scares me....a lot.
October 19th: Big storms headed our way. The homecoming game has already been postponed until tomorrow. Marie and I were going to check out a local candy supply store today, but it started pouring rain just as we were going to leave, so we decided to wait until next week. Gotta get ready for chocolate day!!
Last night our new rug was delivered. Whoohoo! The dining room looks much more complete and warmer now, don't you think?
October 17, 2007
October 12, 2007
Catching up....?
9 October:
October is nearly half over, and it's going to be 92 degrees today here in Leesburg. Obviously, it doesn't feel like fall yet. The leaves on the trees are still green, the grass is still brown (we're in a severe drought) and we still have raspberries on our bushes.
So...to catch up: Brad is busy catching bad guys with success. Valerie is preparing for a stake leadership meeting on Saturday the 13th and for a Spook-tacular concert by LSO at the end of October. Katie is deep into photography life at BYU, with a little rumba on the side. Laura is getting good grades at school and working on some Personal Progress projects, that will turn out to be Christmas presents.
See the married children's blogs for their updates :O)
October is nearly half over, and it's going to be 92 degrees today here in Leesburg. Obviously, it doesn't feel like fall yet. The leaves on the trees are still green, the grass is still brown (we're in a severe drought) and we still have raspberries on our bushes.
So...to catch up: Brad is busy catching bad guys with success. Valerie is preparing for a stake leadership meeting on Saturday the 13th and for a Spook-tacular concert by LSO at the end of October. Katie is deep into photography life at BYU, with a little rumba on the side. Laura is getting good grades at school and working on some Personal Progress projects, that will turn out to be Christmas presents.
See the married children's blogs for their updates :O)
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