Last week I posted a menu for the next two weeks. We did not have a very successful week, even though I had a list of meals posted. I was sick for most of the week. In fact, I was off of work from Friday until Thursday, minus the weekend. Tuesday was a snow day, and Wednesday was a below-zero temperature day. Ohio has below-zero temperature days a few times during the year. We are so not used to temperatures getting that cold, so we call off of school or have a delay.
I’ve been revisiting my Do It Yourself posts from the past 5.5 years of this blog. I’ve already revisited my DIY Drinks, Coffee, Creamers, and Breakfasts.
Today I’m going to revisit my Do It Yourself snacks and desserts.
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Today I’m featuring my Do It Yourself Breakfast version.
For my DIY Drinks and Coffee Creamers, click on this link.
Granola
Mixes
Happy Eating,
Traci
I’ve only got 3 responses to my Poll so far. I asked what recipes you would look like to be posted on this blog.
One of the responses asked for more Do It Yourself Convenience Foods. I already have a bunch of DIY recipes on my blog. So I’m going to share some of those recipes.
Today I’m sharing coffee creamers and drinks. Later I’m going to share other DIY convenience foods.
Happy Eating,
Traci
I found this recipe and decided to make this for our dinner. We loved that it was made in a pressure cooker. Hubby got a lesson on how the pressure cooker works. He saw how long the recipe was supposed to take so that he could gauge what time dinner was going to be on the table. The problem is that he didn’t factor in the fact that the pressure cooker has to reach pressure before it starts cooking the food.
Hubby and I loved this dinner. It was simple and delicious!
We ate it over rice I had cooked earlier in the pressure cooker. I reheated it with butter, salt, and a Tablespoon or two of water. Then I warmed it up in the microwave for about 3 minutes. Afterward, I fluffed up the rice.
This would also be delicious over pasta. We will save the rest of the sauce and use it over pasta for a quick dinner. Yum!
I used basil garlic pork sausage from Fresh Thyme. It’s bulk sausage, so you can choose how many sausage links you want to buy. I only bought two sausage links since they are huge. Then I cut each one into 4 pieces for a total of 8 pieces.
adapted from Pressure Cooking Today
Happy eating,
Traci
To know what direction this blog needs to go, I have a favor to ask my readers.
What kind of recipes are you looking for when you come to my blog? Please follow the link to a VERY short poll. It’s only 2 questions long.
Thank you so much!
Happy Eating,
Traci
Since I pulled out my electric pressure cooker, I have decided to make most of our dinners using the pressure cooker.
When I menu plan, I usually assign days of the week for the meals, except Saturday and Sunday. This week I’m going to list possible meals. We will not get to all these meals, so these are for the next two weeks.
We had snow on Sunday morning and are expected more tonight into Tomorrow. I’ve been sick with a weird bug so I didn’t really go outside to take photos. One photo is taken from my back door, and the other from my kitchen window.
This year has been weird since we haven’t gotten much snow. Sunday’s snow was the second measurable snow of winter. The first was in December. That snow measured a few tenths of an inch. We got 1.2 inches of snow on Sunday. The worse problem with this snowfall was the wind. It was 50 degrees on Saturday, and the temperature quickly decreased by 40 plus degrees.
Tonight/Tomorrow’s snow’s also going to give us issues because of the wind. It’s supposed to be extremely windy.
What’s on your menu this week?
Happy eating,
Traci
Hubby and I got an electric pressure cooker from his mother on Christmas Day. I had never used a pressure cooker before Christmas. We used it to make the green beans for our Christmas Dinner.
Once it got to our house, it sat on a bench in our kitchen but was not used. It wasn’t used because I did not know what I was doing with the pressure cooker.
This weekend I actually moved it from the bench to the counter. We had soup on Friday night. I’ve also cooked a roast in the electric pressure cooker for tonight’s dinner. Later I plan to make some potatoes in the pressure cooker.
I joke that I can’t make great mashed potatoes or hard-boiled eggs the traditional way. I’ve been “hard boiling” eggs in the oven for 2 years. This morning I attempted to make hard-boiled eggs in the pressure cooker. The Imaginative One told me they were delicious. Success. I’ll share the method I used to make the hard-boiled eggs later.
I hope I’ll have the same success with my mashed potatoes for tonight’s dinner.
Here’s my new pressure cooker. Most people are getting the Insta-Pot, but since this was a gift, I’m not complaining. The problem is there is not much information about the Bella Electric Pressure Cooker on the Internet.
As I experiment with the pressure cooker, I will share some recipes I’ve made.
Here are some blogs that are good starting points if you are going to start pressure cooking:
What are your thoughts on pressure cooking?
Happy eating,
Traci
I’ve been loving making homemade creamers. They are easy to make and delicious.
This one tastes like a cinnamon bun. Yum!
This is one of my family’s favorite side dishes. When I make them, I get a yeah. The Wee One especially loves it when I serve corn, peas, or mixed veggies because he will mix them with the noodles. His dad also mixes his veggies with his rice and noodles, so he comes upon it naturally.
It’s as simple as boiling some noodles and then adding butter, cheese, and parsley.
Happy Eating,
Traci
