Sunday, March 1, 2009Their house must be so boring…

We were watching a show on HGTV and the camera was panning around this couple’s house. Adam was watching very intently when he suddenly said:

“They don’t have any toys! Those poor people, they don’t have any toys in their house. They’re so sad.”

Since our living room is basically toy city, he must think their house would be so boring!

Sunday, March 1, 2009Herbed Cheese Biscuits

2 C. flour
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. mustard powder
1 T. chopped fresh herbs or 1 t. dried herbs
4 T. butter
1 C. shredded cheese (whatever kind you prefer)
3/4 C. sour cream
1/4 C. milk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, mustard powder and herbs.
Using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and the pieces of butter are the size of peas. Stir in shredded cheese.
In a small bowl or measuring cup, mix together sour cream and milk. Add sour cream mixture to the dry mixture. Stir until just combined.
Turn dough out onto a well-floured counter and knead a few times with floured hands. Pat dough out with your hands to about one-inch thickness. Cut biscuits using a biscuit cutter or cut into desired shapes with a knife.
Bake at 450 degrees for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.

Source: Unknown website.

Saturday, February 21, 2009The newest members of the Gurney family…

Josh has been obsessed with birds lately and gets very excited when he sees them in the front yard on the bird feeder. So today we went to a local pet store and got the boys their very own birds. The blue one is Adam’s and the green one is Josh’s. Adam has named them Chicken Nugget (green) and Pom Pom (blue).

Sunday, February 15, 2009Baked Potato Soup

1 lb. baking potatoes (about 2), cubed
1 can (14-1/2 oz.) chicken broth
1 cup milk
3 rashers of bacon, cooked, crumbled and divided
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 green onion sliced, divided (we prefer to use 2)
1/4 cup sour cream

Microwave potatoes in large microwaveable bowl on high for 5 minutes, stirring after 2-1/2 min.
Stir in broth and milk.
Microwave 10 minutes., stirring after 5 min. (We did this step twice because the potatoes were not ready.)
Carefully mash potatoes. (You could also run it through a blender for extra smoothness.)
Reserve 2 Tbsp. each bacon and cheese and 1 Tbsp. onions for topping. Stir remaining bacon, cheese and onions into soup.
Serve topped with reserved bacon, cheese, onions and sour cream.

Source: www.kraftfoods.com

Friday, February 13, 2009Cheesy Cod Filets

1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp lemon juice
4 cod fillets

Preheat the oven to 400°.
Mix together the first four ingredients.
Place the fish in a baking dish and cover each fillet with the cheese mixture.
Bake for 20 minutes or until the fish flakes easily.

Source: A website someplace - I can’t remember!

Sunday, February 1, 2009The Metric System…

So here’s a map of countries who don’t yet have the metric system as their primary or sole system of measurement:

Mayanmar, Liberia, and the United States. Seriously people, when are you going to get with the program?!

Sunday, February 1, 2009Puzzling…

Adam is very into jigsaw puzzles. He has passed down all his baby wooden puzzles to Josh and has been doing regular small jigsaws with anywhere from 12-24 pieces for quite some time now, with no problems whatsoever. I also got him a puzzle of the USA a few months ago that has a piece for every state and he has mastered that too!

So today I had to go to a local book store and took Adam with me for the ride. Before I went searching for my book, we had a look in the children’s section to see if they had any more of the cheap paperback Clifford the Big Red Dog books that Adam loves and while there we took a look at what puzzles they had. Since he has been a good boy lately, I helped him pick one out - a 63 piece puzzle rated for over 5 years old with a quite intricate picture to put together (picture above).

Well, wouldn’t you know it? He’s almost completing it on his own already. Tonight before bed he did the puzzle twice with only a small amount of help from James or myself. That’s pretty impressive if you ask me!

Sunday, February 1, 2009Finger Lickin’ Fruit Dip

1 can sweetened condensed milk
3 small limes

Using fine grater, scrape the zest from two of the limesand place in a bowl.
Squeeze juice from all three limes into bowl.
Add can of sweetened condensed milk and stir well.
Refrigerate at least one hour until set.

Note: We dipped strawberries in this dip and it was delicious! My kids love to dip plain animal crackers or graham crackers in it too!

Source: http://www.gourmetmomonthego.blogspot.com/

Thursday, January 29, 2009He stayed dry!

Wow, this is a first and we’re so happy about it! Adam is potty trained during the day but still wears a night time pullup. Last night he got up at 5:30am to tell us he needed to go potty! So he went and his diaper was still dry this morning! Such a milestone! Let’s hope it continues.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009Banana Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended.
Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.
Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Note: This batter can also be used to make 12 banana muffins, as pictured above.

Source: http://www.allrecipes.com