Oct 30, 2009 | Recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized
Well, we made our annual Halloween Gingerbread Cookies.
This year I let the kids make them so they don’t look quite like last year’s,
but were much more fun to make!
Kids rolling out the dough
Getting ready to bake
We only had one minor squirmish (is that a word?) over how many cookies could have sprinkles and how many had to be plain. I used store bought Wilton cookie icing this year. I NEVER use store bought icing and now remember one reason why. It didn’t ooze right and the tip on the bottle was way too big. If you make these use the smallest (#1) tip to get the bones just right!
Finished products
Gingerbread just smells like fall! (Tastes pretty great too!)
Em’s skeleton bear
If you’d like to get in on the fun go visit Better in Bulk!
We had a month’s worth of rain YESTERDAY, so not sure how the Halloween plans will go. I am thinking about doing the Booseum Bash downtown this year. The Pharaoh exhibit at the AAC might be especially fun on Halloween! Still haven’t figured out the kids’ costumes. Know what I’ll be doing tonight!
Oct 29, 2009 | Appetizers & Snacks, Recipes, Uncategorized
My tomato crop has been SLOW going. Still growing but still green.
Made my mouth water thinking about FRIED GREEN TOMATOES!
Step 1-
Wash tomatoes and cut into THIN slices (this is a key factor!) Make sure to use a SHARP knife or you could cut yourself. Dull knives make the blade slip and you get cut much easier.
Step 2-
Put cut tomatoes in milk or buttermilk.
In another bowl mix cornmeal, a bit of flour, salt & pepper, and I like to put some True Lemon powder to give it a tangy taste. Roll milky tomatoes in the cornmeal mixture and then place in hot oil.
*Make sure your oil is hot in an iron skillet preferably. Fry on both sides til done and drain on paper towels.
Enjoy! Nothing better….
Oct 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
We are trying to get into the spooky mood at my house.
The rain is helping.
I am secretly hoping it ruins all Trick-Or-Treating possibilities. I have the “trading” candy already so I could have the kids go from Scott to me Trick or Treating. OK, so that probably won’t work- I can dream though, can’t I?
M being “SCARED!”
(Crazy Hair Day at School today)
Here are some of our spooky decorations this year. Remember, I still don’t have a camera. (Explaining the lack of flash!)
My guard crow
Going to make gingerbread skeleton cookies today. They are so yummy! I have the dough chilling in the fridge, might cut them out with Jac today and bake them so we can ice when the kids get home.
Last Halloween’s cookies
Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Wow, I just noticed this will be my 100th post!
Trying to make this count for my Day 3 of the Gratitude Challenge (I am so slow.)
“Things I am Grateful For Today”
Teams practicing before the game
I am grateful for a wonderful weekend with my honey (alone!)
We are home from a trip to Oxford, MS via Tunica. Had a great time even if the Hogs didn’t win.
Oxford is a beautiful campus town. Looks like it was taken right out of a Southern Living photo shoot. Gorgeous!
This game was played up big because Ole Miss’ head coach, Houston Nutt, was UA’s coach for a long while. I saw this on a shirt at the game:
Arkansas= Mounds
Ole Miss= Almond Joy
(Sometimes you feel like a NUTT, sometimes you don’t!)
Scott and I both went to University of Arkansas, met our second semester of college. We haven’t been to a football game since we were up there so this was different. Let’s say they are WAY more over the top than they were in our day. When we were in college there they weren’t the greatest of football teams and not many fans went to games (students anyway.) Now the stadiums are huge, full, and the scoreboards are amazing. Ole Miss played much better than we did, unfortunately for us. (30-17) They had an amazing quarterback.
We met up with a bunch of Scott’s work buddies and their spouses and had a great time in Tunica!
Blue & White Cafe
Scott’s Chicken Fried Steak at the Blue and White Cafe in Tunica, MS
My Veggies and Soup! (Brussel sprouts, fried pickles, fried green tomatoes)
Cotton along the old highway
Grateful For:
A gorgeous, sunny weekend
Time alone with my best friend
Southern cooking
A fun weekend seeing this gorgeous country
Fun time with friends
Parents who will watch our kids on occasion!
Oct 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Gratitude ABC’s
A: A loving family
B: beaches
C: Chocolate and Coffee
D: Dogs
E: Evening walks and Emily (my kiddo)
F: Friends who know me and still like me!
G: (fried) green tomatoes
H: my husband
I: Ice Cream
J: jammies and hot cocoa
K: my Kids
L: Lemons and limes
M: music
N: Nature
O: Olive oil (the good stuff!)
P: people who smile for no reason
Q: quiet moments
R: rain
S: sunshine
T: Trees
U: understanding
V: vacations
W: washing machines (can you imagine life without them?)
X: x-rays that show nothing’s wrong
Y: you!
Z: zippers
Kids rolling out the dough
Getting ready to bake
Finished products
Em’s skeleton bear
