Recipes

So here are a few of the recipes that were shared at MNO last week. My sweet tooth says try the Scotcharoodies - sooo awesome! (Are those legible? Let me know -)

And here is my dish & recipe. I made the filling the day before (b/c it has to cool for at least an hour before being used). I made the dough at 5:45, rolled it out and started cutting circles at 6:10. With Paul's help, I finished cutting filling, folding, & crimping the pockets shut by 6:30. They came out of the oven at 7:05, and I got the party at 7:15. Not too bad...

Busy Little Bee

Gma Pat's Salad, originally uploaded by apkoski.

Aside from a coffee run and a walk with a friend, most of my day was spent in the kitchen yesterday.

I made:

- brownies that weren't good enough to share
- Chocolate Ginger Cookies that I did share
-a dinner entree sample that I also shared, at a BabyBootCamp mom's night out recipe exchange (and after sampling all of their entree & recipes, I've determined that I have a decidedly different idea of what is 'quick' and 'easy' for parents with young children to cook!). I made "Camel Pockets" from this guy's book.
- the famous no knead bread start
- Grandma Patterson's cauliflower salad, pictured.

I have to digress and say a few words about Grandma's salads. I think I loved them all as a kid, and remember having at least one to choose from at every family gathering; vegetable marinades, jello with sprite and fruit molds, jello with vegetables, fruit salads, cold spaghetti, 4-bean, that one with peas, bacon, and white dressing... what am I forgetting?

I also spent some time in Grace's kitchen yesterday:

... and in Danielle's for MNO (forgot the dang camera).
... and then again in my kitchen (Paul helped!):

-A