mac n cheese

Tonight I made pork roast with BBQ sauce along with peas and one of the mac n cheese bakes I made a few weeks ago for the OAMC. It was pretty good. I added some milk to keep it moist while it baked.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at Davin's parents house with his parents and his sister's family. The kids had fun opening presents (who doesn't) and we enjoyed a great meal. Pics below.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread with Almond Slivers

The chocolate chip pumpkin bread with almond slivers was amazing. Pics below

cookbooks

Even though Davin's mom told him that this cooking thing won't last, I went ahead and ordered 3 more OAMC cookbooks from Amazon today. They were pretty cheap so I feel okay about ordering 3. I read the reviews and am pretty excited to see what I am getting. I'm not an online shopper so hopefully I am a happy shopper when they get here.

Food: Christmas, breakfast, dessert

Today I made the fridge mashed potatoes for Christmas day. We are having roast and fixin's. I also made a new breakfast casserole recipe that I am going to serve on Christmas morning. I made two meals worth of it and will serve one on Christmas morning so I'll have another left over for another day. I also made chocolate chip pumpkin bread with almond slivers (2 loaves). Alea helped me make a batch of brownies with a carmel center (a jazzed up recipe for boxed brownies). Finally, I made a chocolate cookie toffee frozen dessert for Christmas day. Davin's parents are going to spend Christmas day at our house watching Alea open gifts so I wanted to have a few different things for the to enjoy because I know Jo is getting tired of the things she makes all the time (she told me this). Oh, I almost forgot, I also made a frozen pineapple salad (dessert type dish) to go with our Christmas day dinner.

I'm tired!

Davin says the freezer (we have a separate stand up freezer in the garage) is about full so I think we will focus on eating for a little while and focus less on cooking. Tonight we are having one of the rigattoni meals with green beans and parmesean knots. Yum!

cooking again

Today I cooked for my sister and her family. I made them a few dishes to put in the feezer and use over the next few weeks. Here is what I made them:

homeade spaghetti and meatballs
parmesan knots
southwestern casserole
South-of-the-border quiche
chicken and green bean casserole
breakfast casserole

Yummy stuff!

Texas

I am visiting my sister in Texas and am enjoying the weather. Of course my sister and her husband think it is freezing here but trust me...it's not. It was 56 when I got here today. Lovely!!!

Mikaela, it was 54 degrees when I went through Richardson, TX. I thought of you!