Jam-o, Bers & bug eyes; McPhee 2011

Monday Musings

Currently eating pan fried mushroom ravioli.
I do need to try my hand at some hand done ravioli.
I have two more three day weekends coming up-I may need to work that into my schedule.

I just put two loaves of zucchini bread in the oven and will clean up that mess to make another with the cream cheese frosting--YUM-M!

What you see next to this text is a photo from last summer.  We were at McPhee reservoir with Mom & Poppie--there was a storm rolling in.  Jamie is the best.  He just hangs out with us and is fun.  I miss Colorado and really hope to make it back this summer.  Jamie will still be in Europe--I wish I could make it over there to spend a few weeks traveling.  That would be amazing fun!

Amber takes great photos with that camera around her neck.  I think she should send me some photos from that trip.  I'd like to see them.  Hopefully she'll be able to make it up to CO if I'm able to go so we can hang out and see old stuff.  There is GREAT old stuff to be seen in Colorado.

Tomorrow is the 100th year anniversary of Arizona's statehood.  That is pretty rad.  They moved the dates of Gold Rush Days this year to next weekend.  I wonder if it had anything to do with the statehood business?

…in other news I bought Scooby Snacks to take to work with me this week.  am I excited???  Yes! Of course I am, sillies!!

Don't they look just amazing??? I haven't tried them yet, but how can one go wrong with cinnamon graham SCOOBY SNACKS?

I also bought a box of Nilla wafers.  Seriously, Nilla wafers and Nutella--yup, that sounds good too.

Oh, and the bug-eye glasses in the photo above--casualty of the TSA.  They ransacked my bags on my last Cali trip and broke the glasses and did some other screwy things in there.  UGH

Lastly…as I was finishing up in the kitchen I received these:

Thanks Poppie!  These are great :)

Yummers!

Guess what these things put together create:

You guessed it! Bread!!


As I was making these loaves I found another recipe that involves molasses....I'm SO using that recipe next time!

Have you been baking anything scrumptious (or not so scrumptious) lately??
Do tell!

Baking day!

Last Monday was my regular day off and it was a perfect day to bake! I spent the morning cleaning up the rest of the house and preparing for making some tasty treats! We had a staff meeting on Tuesday so that is always a good excuse for me to whip up something fun. I also planned to take some pumpkin donuts to CG Tuesday night.

Here is a photo of all the ingredients I would be needing:

Doesn't look like much...and really, the ingredients involved were rather simple. I was going to make some cinnamon rolls with caramel icing, a quick apple crisp and the pumpkin donuts.

The donuts were the most intimidating...and actually were the easiest to make. To bad I was on the phone while mixing the ingredients and forgot two of the key flavor makers so they tasted awful! Ah well, I'm going to give them another go for CG this week. :)


This is one of my favorite gadgets that I rarely have a chance to use.This fall I'm trying to find as many recipes that would require it's use as possible!



These are the fun skins of the apples after being peeled, cored and sliced--I think they're fabulous!



Here are the finished crisp and cinnamon rolls. The rolls look pretty wrecktastic, but they tasted yummy!
Actually, after another look, the photo of the crisp just looks rather boring!
If I do the crisp again I will put a little of the crumble between layers of apple for a little more texture. Always something to improve!










I have no idea why the photo of the rolls is this direction...and I can't seem to fix it!

It was a fun day in the kitchen. I really wish I could afford one of those fancy gel mats to aid in the salvation of my tootsies! Standing for a couple hours on the ceramic tile produces some serious aches! All Fine Kitchen Supply Fund Donations can be forwarded to ocm :)

My next adventure...I want to do some traditional butter cookies. I'm hoping they're yummy and not too difficult. I'd then like to venture into the world of truffles...hoping that in the end I can do some of both for some tasty and lovely Christmas gifts!

We'll see!