Rain, Rain, and More Rain

It is day #2 of the non-stop down-pour, and I don’t think that the rain is going to let up anytime too soon. Both of the boy’s are a little on the grumpy side today, Dylan was up last night until 4:30 a.m. (me too) with teething troubles, and Thade popped up at 7:30 a.m. with a stuffy nose and cough. I think it is just allergies, but I’m really hoping that he doesn’t have another cold. He has used 2 boxes of tissues since yesterday! Time to make another run to the store.

I’ve been busy doing laundry, and baking tasty treats in the kitchen. I whipped up a batch of Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies while James was home for lunch. Some cookies had Hershey Kisses, some were without, both were delicious. I’ve also been working on some baby food alternatives to serve Dylan, we are saying good-bye to the jars this week, and so far he isn’t too pleased with the new menu.

I made him Applesauce with Oatmeal at breakfast, he tried a bite or two and quickly turned his head away. When lunchtime came around I made mini-pasta shells with peas and corn, once again he wasn’t a fan, but he did have a fun time smashing peas into his hair. I’ll be steaming up some Sweet Potatoes tomorrow, we’ll see how it goes ;)

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Tasty Veggies :)

We made a snack run yesterday, and the tasty produce has made a return to the grocery store! I happily stocked up on Yellow Squash, Carrots, Zucchini, Corn, Fuji Apples, Pears, and Bananas too.

I reworked my dinner menu for last night. I couldn’t wait to have the corn, so we had Grilled Chicken with Roasted Zucchini and Squash, and of course super tasty Corn on the Cob :)

 

Locally we have a Farmer’s Market that opens in May, I can’t wait to take the boy’s and stock up on all of the Locally Grown Veggies!

Do you have a favorite Spring-time Fruit or Veggie?

 

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Friday’s Cookies

I was back in the kitchen baking away on Friday, and I was in the mood for a Chocolate Cookie, a cookie from my distant past. A very very very long time ago I was a frequent visitor of a little place called the Blue Ribbon Bakery, and they had an amazing Chocolate Cookie. It was a sugary/brownie/covered in crackled powdered sugar super delicious big chocolate cookie. I haven’t had one since I was about 10 years old or so, and I was hoping to find a way to recreate this beloved childhood treat…

I searched for a recipe and I found one in my trusty Betty Crocker cookbook, but no picture. I hoped for the best, and attempted to bake Chocolate Crinkle Cookies :)

The hardest part about baking this cookie is that you have to wait 3 hours for the dough to set. So I started early in the morning let the dough set the mandatory 3 hours, and baked all afternoon. The first batch that I made was a little too big. By the third batch I had the hang of it. A helpful tip is to keep this dough nice and cold, the cookies roll out much better then. The cookies were delicious :) and I think that they were pretty close to my childhood favorites too.

Thade was also a big fan of the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, he is usually pretty picky even when it is a cookie, but who could resist the Chocolaty Goodness ;)

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