Monday, August 31, 2009

Breakfast:
The girls and I had baggies of Cheerios and raisins as we hurried across town to a doctor's appointment I'd almost forgotten!  Breakfast on the run!
The hubby probably had his usual breakfast - scrambled egg, toast, hash brown & OJ.  He's on his own for breakfast.  I'll buy the groceries, but he gets up super duper early, and let's just say....I'm not a morning person!  :-)

Lunch:
My 2-yr-old and I shared chicken fingers & fries from Cane's.  My 4-yr-old ate a Red Baron (microwaved) pepperoni pizza because Cane's uses eggs in their batter and that is lethal for her (oh, and the manager tried to tell me the egg gets "cooked out" of the chicken - what?!?).  So....she didn't have it.  Man, I have to start getting it together to feed the girls and myself healthy lunches on days I'm working in the classroom.  I'm sure once school starts, I'll get into my routine of sandwiches on whole wheat bread, veggies, and fruit.  As of now....yeah, not so much!
The hubby probably had his usual of two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Again, I buy the groceries, but he's on his own to make his lunch!

Dinner:
We're going to have the last of the lentil vegetable soup with the last of the homemade buttermilk drop biscuits.  If that's not enough to feed all of us, I'll improvise and update tonight!  :-)  Making a new meal in the crock pot tomorrow!

What did your family eat today?

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Breakfast
I had a quick breakfast of a buttermilk drop biscuit leftover from dinner last night before I left for church and 1/2 of a tea cake at church.  Sunday morning...on the go!
The girls were given toast (?) and ham by Daddy this morning, as far as I know.

Lunch
I had a wide variety of yummies at a co-worker's bridal shower.  I brought heart-shaped cucumber cream cheese sandwiches, and some of the other goodies were a cranberry & orange spice cheese ball served with graham crackers, a chipotle cheese ball covered with a strawberry chipotle sauce, crab dip, Cane's chicken fingers, spinach & artichoke dip, chicken salad, chicken/almond/basil sandwiches, and lots of other yumminess!  And, of course, a delicious chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
I have no idea what the hubby fixed the girls or had for lunch.  Mommy needed a break!  Just hope they ate!  :-)

Dinner
After the bridal shower this afternoon, I just had a small bowl of the lentil vegetable soup I made yesterday with a small piece of biscuit.
The girls and the hubby had soup & biscuits, and munched on snacks after the evening service at church.
Again, it's Sunday, the day of grazing and grabbing what you can find!  :-)

What did your family eat today?

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Dinner
Tonight, I've pulled out a relatively new recipe I've only made a few times. It smells delish and I can't wait to eat it tonight! We're having Lentil Vegetable Soup with some homemade buttermilk drop biscuits. I haven't made these biscuits in years, but I'm so glad I did tonight because it reminded me that they're super easy and pretty yummy and I should make them more often!

Here's a recipe I came up with after playing around with biscuit recipes in The Joy of Cooking:
Buttermilk Drop Biscuits

• 2 C Flour
• 2-2 1/2 t. Baking Powder
• 1/2 t. Baking Soda
• 1/2-3/4 t. Salt
• 1/4 C Shortening or 5-6 T cold, unsalted butter
• 1 C milk
• 1 T white vinegar

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine milk and white vinegar in a measuring cup. Let sit for at least five minutes. This is an easy way to make buttermilk when you don't have any in the fridge. Next, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Mix together using a whisk. Using a pastry blender, your fingers, or two forks (I use a pastry blender), cut in the butter or shortening until it resembles peas. Stir in the homemade buttermilk mixture until all of the dough is moistened. If it's too dry, add more milk. If it's too sticky, add more flour. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes (I like to turn the pan halfway so things get cooked evenly). Cool on a wire rack.

BTW...These aren't your typical breakfast biscuits. They're more of a pick 'em up and take a big bite & if you want to dunk them, dunk them...if you want to smear them with jelly, go for it, kind of biscuit! I used butter for the 1st time today instead of shortening and it was delicious finding little butter pockets! :-) Hope you like them, or play with them until you do! I played with many recipes a few years ago until I found this easy & quick combo. They were really yummy w/ the soup!

Enjoy!

What did your family eat today?