FOOD

I was making cheesy potato and vegetable soup one day when Scott who refused to eat anything I gave him came up with his own lunch. Pickle Soup! Ingredients - rice, pickles roughly cut, pickle juice, water and much stirring! I'll take the veggie one - thanks for the recipe Grandma B. By the way I would have shown a picture of this but it didn't last! YUM
I sat on the floor with Sophie and broke up a chocolate chocolate chip muffin. She loved it and found the bag on the floor. I thought it was sealed and didn't think anything of it until I heard "MMMM" "MMMM" "MMMM" This was a face of triumph!

Unfortunately her triumph was my demise... or at least my responsibility of vacuuming.


Onion Rings are a weakness of mine but I've never found a good recipe and have just had to settle for restaurants... Well today we made the most fantastic onion rings ever. I don't think I'll ever order them again.

3/4 C corn Starch (yeah I thought it was wierd too.)
1/4 C flour
1 t B.P.
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1/2 C water
1 beaten egg
Enjoy!
Homemade granola. I don't like coconut in my granola. I find that it's lost all it's flavor and just stringy. So I got to make it just how I want it.
quick oats (2 1/2 C)
toasted wheat germ (1/2 C)
sunflower seeds (1/4 C)
sesame seeds (1/4 C)
almonds (as many as you want :)) I toasted these before adding to the grains
craisins (1/3 C)
these are approximations do whatever you like~

It was so yummy we've just been snaking on it a lot. (toast up the oats at 300 f for 20 min add the syrup and wheat germ, seeds and nuts (see below for syrup) and toast at 350 for 5-10 mins add fruit and then toast until golden (about 5 more minutes) cool completely.

(Syrup equal parts of butter brown sugar and honey cooked in sauce pan but not boiled together I used 1/2 C each for the sizes above)