10/23/2012- Beef Stroganoff, Cold Compress and Cloud Dough

Today was a busy day Pinterest wise. Aaron was home and hurting because he did a 10 mile run a couple days before and his knee was acting up. So, after I started dinner, I made him a cold compress that I found on Pinterest.

First was dinner, Beef Stroganoff made in the Crock Pot! It was VERY delicious. I did, however, forget to put in the cream cheese at the end. I don't know if I would have liked it more or less, but either way, it was yummy!

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The compress is simple, Blue Dawn and rubbing alcohol in a baggie. Simple enough right? Yes, if your bag doesn't leak :-/ Ours did, but I put it inside another bag and put it in the freezer. It'd be good for a quick fix, but certainly not for long bouts of "healing". I took it out and it melted very quickly. I am keeping it to have on hand for helping Noah if he gets hurt. A good 5 minutes should come of it, otherwise it's useless.

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The final project was something called "cloud dough". Basically, it's a crap ton of flour and baby oil. 8 cups of flour to one cup baby oil and it's essentially soft sand like stuff. It's messy but fun!

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10/22/2012- "World's Best" Chicken

The Worlds Best Chicken? Eh. It's ok.....Certainly not the worlds best. Honestly, the glaze/sauce/whatever would taste better on pork in my opinion. It's a simple mix of dijon mustard, maple syrup and red wine vinegar. You pour it on top of some chicken with salt and pepper on top. At the end, you put a bit of rosemary on.

if you eat it as soon as it comes out, it's nice and moist. Let it sit at all (like I had to do for Aaron since he hadn't come home from work yet) and it dries, but all chicken seems to do that. Overall, I'd make it again, but I'd probably make a few changes, like maybe more syrup? Not sure. Either way, Noah had fun making the sauce and pouring it on!

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I also made garlic bread for the first time. I had a Pin for it, but it was too hard to follow because the measurments were different. So, I melted butter, mixed in onion powder and oregano (thanks grandma for the advice!!!) and smothered the ciabatta bread. It was SO delicious! I also gave some to my neighbor a few doors down for her dinner.

10/15/2012 - CrockPot Breakfast Casserole

I decided wanted to start doing 5 new recipes a week. I was going to do 5 dinner items, 2 desserts and 4 new things for Noah, but really, I can't. It was a good goal, but with Mason, it can't happen right now. SO, I do what I can, when I can, when it comes to the crafts for Noah. But, I have been good about doing at least 5 new things for food each week.

It was simple eggs, hash browns, cheese, sausage and some milk. It did say to cook on low for 8-10 hrs, but after 5 on low and 30 min on high, the sides were ALL burned. There wasn't a spot left that was touching the crock pot that wasn't burned. The inner part was delicious once some salt was put on. I imagine it'd taste good with hot sauce or salsa for those who enjoy it.

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Noah even ate it (multiple times), so you know it must have been good!

10/08/2012- Brownie in a mug

What's one of the best treats to have at night that's chocolaty and gooey? Brownies! What do you do if you don't want to make a tray of brownies that takes 30 minutes in a hot oven? Make it in a cup!

I found this amazing looking Pin and knew it was a must. It's disgustingly simple and incredibly delicious. So delicious, in fact, I don't have a picture of it cooked. The first I made was devoured by Noah too fast and the second...well, that was mine.

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