Everyday Food for Busy People
Yesterday, we covered making whole wheat bread. I used 1 loaf of bread dough to make 2 pans of cinnamon rolls. Yum!
The process is easy and not scientific at all. You’ll need the whole wheat bread dough first, of course.
Roll it out to about the thickness of pizza crust. It should look like this: [Read more...]
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When I make homemade bread, I like to make quite a few loaves at once. I don’t have time to make bread more than once a week (and I don’t even make it that often) so I like to have a lot to show for the effort.
This recipe will make 4 loaves. But it’s too much dough for my stand mixer to handle so I make it by hand. I enjoy the process of starting with flour and yeast, then kneading the dough to form loaves. It feels rustic and wholesome and slow. Such a contrast to the rest of modern life.
Of course, nothing compares to pulling hot loaves from the oven and slathering butter over thick slices.
Homemade bread is easy to make, but it does take some time and a little bit of muscle too, if you’re doing it by hand. I’m going to take you through the whole process, so there are a lot more photos in this post than most of my posts.
Tomorrow, I’ll share how to make Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls with part of the dough. [Read more...]
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I don’t often make my own jams and jellies, but I do like to use them in recipes. They’re a quick and easy way to bring fruit flavor to baked goods.
I like to use them in salad dressings too. My favorite packed lunch is salad with a simple vinaigrette dressing made with strawberry or raspberry jam.
Here are a few of my recipes using jam and jelly: [Read more...]
Caramel and pineapple are a surprisingly good combination. The tropical sweetness of the pineapple balances the sugary goodness of the caramel.
This dessert was served to us at a gathering a few months ago. There are only two ingredients and it involves a bit of dangerous cooking.
It takes 3-4 hours of boiling a can of sweetened condensed milk to turn it into caramel. But you must make sure that the can stays completely submerged during the boiling time or you risk the can exploding. Sugary sweet magic happens during all that boiling. When you open the can, it’s full of marvelous caramel!
Chill the caramel and then you can slice it. The slices are wonderful on top of pineapple rings.
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
If you print the menu today (or even if you don’t), I’d love for you to leave a comment. I’m curious how often you use the menus or if this is your first time printing one, etc.
Every week, the menu gets downloaded a couple hundred times. I’m just curious who’s doing the downloading 
This week’s menu is below. If you make the Zesty Chicken in the slow cooker before the Mandarin Chicken Rice Bake, you’ll have chicken to use for that casserole.
As always, you get 6 dinners and 1 dessert. Serving suggestions are included in bold on the recipes and in curly brackets on the grocery list.
Grilled Fish Sandwiches with Homemade Tartar Sauce, Ranch Veggie Salad, french fries
Italian Sausage Enchiladas, salad, chips and salsa
Loaded Baked Potatoes with Homemade Cheese Sauce, salad
Italian Chicken Melts, Pasta Soup, salad
Mandarin Chicken Rice Bake, steamed green veggie
Zesty Chicken in the Slow Cooker with couscous, steamed green veggie
Animal crackers and English Breakfast tea with International Delight Southern Pecan creamer has been my snack of choice this week. We’ve been talking about favorite snacks in the Coffee Talk community. Pop over and join us!
Lots of sunshine goodness was shared in this week’s Ingredient Spotlight: Oranges & Orange Juice. Here are a few that caught my eye:
Blueberry Orange Bread from Hoosier Homemade sounds like a perfect snack with coffee or tea.
These orange bbq chicken kabobs sound like a marvelous way to chase the winter blues, from The Sweets Life.
Cranberry Orange Snack Mix would make a yummy munch with coffee or tea, from Grandma Loy’s Kitchen.
Good for you Orange Creamsicle Smoothie from The Better Baker is a snack with no guilt. She’s got some weight loss tips listed in that post too.
Cranberry Orange Scones? Yes, please! From The Galley Kitchen
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Disclosure: I am compensated for my role as Community Leader for the International Delight Coffee Talk Community.
Ziploc Brand has a new promotion going on called The Great American FreshOver Project. They are also giving one of my readers a prize pack that includes assorted Ziploc products, cooking utensils,and Rachel Ray’ Look + Cook cookbook. The prize is worth $100!
The giveaway info, including how to enter is near the bottom of this post. First, here’s how you can get started on The Great American FreshOver Project:
Best of all, by participating in this program, you can help others! As a part of the FreshOver mission, Ziploc Brand will be donating to Rachael Ray’s non-profit organization – Yum-O! Fans can support the cause by “pledging” to start their families FreshOver project and download Rachael’s exclusive FreshOver Recipe Guide on Facebook.com/Ziploc.
To enter the giveaway:
Just leave a comment here telling me the last thing you used a Ziploc bag for.
Winners will be chosen Monday at 9am and announced on the Eat at Home Facebook page.
Have a cut of beef in your freezer that you need to fix for dinner? Not in the mood for a recipe? No problem!
Here are some ideas to get you started. No recipe required.
These ideas are for roasts or other cuts. If you’ve got a nice steak, you’ll want to choose a different cooking method.
All of these ideas can be done in the oven or slow cooker. The cooking time will depend on the cut of beef and how large the piece is. As a general rule, beef roast or a round steak weighing about 2-3 lbs. will take 6-7 hours on high in the slow cooker.
Before we get to the main point of today’s Ingredient Spotlight, we need to pause for a geeky food blogger moment. If you’ve got no interest in cameras, lenses and don’t want to hear what happens when a camera gets dropped on a tile floor, keep scrolling for the recipe links.
On Monday, one of my children, who shall remain nameless, accidentally knocked my camera off the counter and onto the tile floor. I was upstairs when it happened. Jim came up and told me about the incident, but he thought the camera was fine since it still took pictures.
Problem was, that the lens would not focus or zoom. At all. [Read more...]
Sometimes, when I sit down to write up a recipe post, I can’t find anything to say. This is one of those times.
Because, really, the beauty of this sandwich is that it’s so simple.
Grilled fish that cooks up quick on a George Foreman or other indoor grill.
Cajun seasoning kicks the flavor up a notch or three.
Homemade tartar sauce that is just mayo with a little sweet relish stirred in.
Put it on a bun, serve it with fries and carrot sticks or salad. It’s a little out of the ordinary, but casual and easy enough for a weeknight supper.
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
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