Spring Break Happenings

I wasn't as productive as planned... as usual.

We've been continuing with our themed meals in small group.

GREEN week & MINI week

We took a drive down to Ark City to eat some of Ike's donuts.
Boy, does he make a good Hot Ham & Cheese donut!

We ate with some other friends throughout the week.

Good times! Good {rainy} weather. Good break.

Snickerdoodle Muffins

(from scratch)

• Cream the butter and sugar until soft about 3-5 min. Add the vanilla. Add the eggs one at a time.
• In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar, and nutmeg.
• Add the flour mixture and sour cream alternately to the egg-butter mixture. Start with flour and end with flour.
• Scoop the muffin batter and drop into a shallow bowl filled with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Roll the muffin around in the mixture until it is covered.
• Place in the muffin tin. You should get 12-14 muffins. Bake for 20-22 min. at 350 degrees or until golden brown.

Cake, Anyone?

I haven't posted many of my latest cooking ventures, so... Here they are!

I baked a yummy carrot cake for my husband's 31st birthday. When it comes to cakes, cupcakes, breads, or cookies, I always use a mix from the store. Maybe I'll start baking from scratch at some point, but I'm not at that point yet. My husband requested chocolate frosting, but I thought it might not look as orange. So, I used chocolate frosting in between the two layers of cake. (Thanks, Trish, for showing me how to make a double layer cake last New Year's!) Mmm-mm!

carrot cake, David's favorite

mini 'bran'ana nut muffins

Chicken and rice is one of my husband's favorite meals.
Of course, his plate wouldn't quite look like mine.
He hasn't learned to like veggies yet!

chicken & rice and Mom's green beans

My featured recipe will be the pasta dish I took to our small group dinner last week,
Mom's quick and easy...

Goulash



You will need:

1 lb. hamburger
2 c. macaroni
1 qt. tomato juice
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. dried onion (or you can trade this out for fresh onion)

You need to:

1. Brown hamburger and drain.
2. Cook macaroni until tender and drain.
3. Mix macaroni and hamburger in one pot.
4. Add tomato juice, salt, and onion.
5. Cook several minutes until thoroughly heated.