Day 5 in Carri’s Kitchen
Hello my friends! Welcome from the Petersonclan!
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Yesterday was a busy day in the household… my husband had the day off, and took me on a date! We left just after lunch and were gone until almost 11. It sure is nice to have teens in the house so we can do this once in a while.
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Since I was trying to get school done, etc. before our date, it was a busy morning. What day is not busy around here? I cannot remember one. Thank goodness for good vitamins. I can tell the difference when I take them or not. I take the Perfect Prenatals found at Vitacost.
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In the morning, I got the rest of the apples peeled and into the roaster. The children have requested that these get made into apple butter. So they are in the process of cooking down. I added some sugar and cinnamon, and are cooking them with the top cracked on the roasting pan so they cook down.
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We had the choice of toast or packet oatmeal for breakfast. You can find my recipe for packet oatmeal on Day 2. At our house, the toaster is not used when we are making toast for everyone… we use the broiler. It takes careful attention not to burn, but toast from the toaster would take 45 minutes for my big eaters!
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For lunch we heated up the soup from yesterday, added a can of cream of mushroom soup, and made some more Bisquick Biscuits. The seasonings had come together really well, and it tasted GREAT!! I love that it is getting cooler and we can use more soups. They stretch the budget so much!
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My oldest daughter did dinner. She also made another batch of bread. For dinner she made her favorite: Spaghetti. We have a bunch of tomatoes from the garden to use up, so she made a good dent in them. She threw a ton of tomatoes, basil, oil, and garlic, and some cheese and mixed the flavors well… the kids loved it and there is not much left over. She also put some in a Tupperware for Eric to take to work today.
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I’ll fill you in on today’s cooking later… I sure hope you have enjoyed reading about how our kitchen works. My basic theory is that if we are already getting the stuff dirty, we might as well make huge batches of it, and have it for two dinners, or a dinner and lunch, or whatever. Today I will be making granola… I’ll share the recipe for that too!
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Don’t forget to stop by Carri’s blog and real all about her family’s adventures.Â
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Delicious! How great that your daughter made dinner, too!