Chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

2 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp soda
½ tsp salt
¾ cup butter or margarine or shortening
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
¼ white sugar
1 egg
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
1 cup (or 6 oz) semi-sweet chocolate pieces
½ cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 375 Yield: 42 cookies

Sift flour, soda and salt.
Cream butter (or whatever you use) and then add sugars cream until light and fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
Blend into creamed mixture the flour mix.
Sitr in chocolate and nuts.
Drop by rounded teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown.

From Pillsbury Family cookbook (1963)

One of my moms cookbooks that is now in my collection. I really love this cookbook it holds the banana bread recipe and this recipe plus several others.

I didn’t have any butter or margarine and Greg asked for some cookies. After a internet check I found out that you can use shortening in place of the butter. I like how it held the nice round shape of the cookies instead of them spreading all over the pan.

New recipe - Bacon egg and cheese biscuit casserole

Now I admit that I did not come up with the whole idea for this dish. Greg & I were watching the Chew (ABC daytime show) on casserole day. One of my goals for 2012 is to put up meals in our freezer to use on really busy days. Such as during Christmas season at work – think Christmas time at a toy store.
My version of Bacon Egg & Cheese Biscuit Casserole:
• 1 pound bacon (cooked and chopped)
• cheddar chive biscuits
• 6 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• salt, pepper and chives to taste
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese (grated) or more if you like
I used cheap store brand pop and bake biscuits. I baked according to the directions and let cool. Bacon was also baked (my favorite way to cook it) and cooled. Cut open the baked biscuits and layer the bottoms at the bottom of a baking pan. Top with bacon and then cheese then the tops of the biscuits.
Mix the eggs, milk, salt, pepper and the chives.
Pour egg mixture over the sandwiches and allow to soak into the sandwiches.
Cover and bake in 350 oven for 40-45 minutes.

Results: very good but I did make a mistake. I didn't reread the directions before making so I missed the part where you were to use the whole pound of bacon. At the end I added the rest and more cheese over the top.

But that lead to another thought. I do not reuse a fork after touching it to uncooked eggs - how can I salt, pepper and chive to taste?

Thanks for reading

New kitchen tool

Last year (early Fall) I was given a new kitchen toy. One of our neighbors gave me their old dehydrator. Its a cheap Ronco but I am having fun with it. The past couple of days I have dried strawberries


, cherry tomatoes and currently I have grapes in there.

I am finding that I am not wasting so much food the little bits of vegetables that are looking none to good are getting dried and then used later on. I am really excited about using the dehydrator to help with the garden produce that we grow and or buy.

Day of shopping

Jan 31. 2012

I got out and about for some deal shopping today.

A new sears Outlet store has opened so I checked it out and found 2 new shirts for me. One is a casual and the other is a new one to wear at work.

Kroger (this store doubles coupons to 99 cents)
2 free Sauve deorderants (donation to food pantry)
3 Blistex (donation to food pantry)
6 cans of Hunt’s tomatoes 10 cents each

Target
20 lbs of Tidy Cat litter $5.95

Giant Eagle (doubles coupons to 99 cents)
2 Knorrs noodle packs 50 cents each
2 Wish Bone salad dressings 25 cents each

Meijers
2 Lipton cup-a-soup 20 cents each
4 Knoor recipe mixes 50 cents each
1 Bayer advanced asprin $1.67 plus a mail in refund for full purchase price


Thank you for reading and may you be blessed, Laura

Comfort

I have decided that I really really enjoy the comfort of having blankets on me. I did notice this in the Fall when the heat finally allowed me to add a blanket to the bed. The other night I had to add a heavier comforter to the bed. I really enjoy snuggling under the weight of the 4 sheets/blankets.

This picture shows the many layers of comfort.

this is what my bed looks like until I hop in and snuggle under those delicious layers of comfort.


I plna on enjoying these layers of comfort until May.

Blessings to all, Laura

Recipe review - Bacon Cheeseburger Rice

Bacon Cheeseburger Rice
Taste of Home Simple and Deliousous
Dec/Jan 2011 page 49

Prep/total time 30 minutes
Serves 4

1 lb ground beef
1 ¾ cup water
2/3 cup barbecue sauce
1 Tbsp prepared mustard
2 tsp dried minced onion
½ tsp pepper
2 cups uncooked instant rice
1 cup (4oz) shredded cheddar cheese
1/3 cup chopped dill pickles
5 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled

Cook ground beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add water, barvecue sauce, mustard, onion and pepper.

Bring to a boil; stir in rice. Sprinkle with cheese, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with Bacon and pickles.

The editors called this a kid-friendly meal and they were right!!! It was also adult friendly. No changes need to be made in my book.

Day in the Life of Simba

Little troublemaker was "helping" me set up the Christmas tree. Then when I had AJ, Kelly and my brother Tom over for a birthday party for AJ he was the cordial host.

Checking out the crunchy paper.


Notice who is sleeping right next to AJ.


Still right next to AJ

Kelly and Tom


The finished tree


Simbas usual sleeping spot - under the chair right over the heat vent


Helping with the tree assembly


Then my favorite. When Kelly mentioned it was time to go home she collected the bag in which they brought the Christmas gifts in. But instead of getting out Simba got in was quite happy at the thought of going home with his bestest buddy.