Sadly I don’t have a new recipe to post about. Because with the Italian Meatball Soup and Tortilla Soup recipes, have lasted a long time.
Also I was correct in my statement in my previous post…my hubby got bored with soup after one day of leftovers… He had leftovers one day and wanted something new.
So I made an old recipe I had found on google. Google was my source for recipes before I got the cookbooks.
The recipe is Asian Mini Meatloafs. You make it in a muffin pan. It made a total of twenty-four mini loaves. Enough to last the hubby through his work shifts.
They might not look so great, but they taste delicious! 🤩 (this muffin is one of the best presents I’ve ever received…thanks sister!)
I finished the Italian Meatball Soup on Thursday. I’m still eating the Tortilla Soup….But I’m getting fed up with it too. 😔
I realize this post is not as much fun, but I will be making a new recipe tomorrow! I think I’m done with soup; there is about one serving left…maybe I’ll “make” my hubby’s lunch and serve him the last serving of soup today…🧐
We shall see…Well enjoy your Sunday. Enjoy your day with family or friends. ❤️
My earlier post about my frazzled brain. This comic will explain why…
All drawings are from actual interactions between the two…
What you expect when getting a puppy. Not the complete truth. And you have to know we got him 2 weeks earlier than expected…I was not mentally prepared yet. Elizabeth gives him super hugs. She does love him ❤️Hubby and Elizabeth only saw the happiness of getting him early…the hubby had work the next day…😒Elizabeth has a buddy to chase around and to be chased now…she gets all her giggles and wiggles out when we go outside now!Usually while cooking dinner I have two things behind me snuggling on the floor. However, puppy + 2 yr old is somewhat of a nightmare for mama. Elizabeth got really mad when all of her toys disappeared. She doesn’t understand that when she runs around with her toys it’s teasing him. She also doesn’t understand he will destroy anything he can get. I was dealing with a naughty baby. Then suddenly I heard his howling. Look out the window and his head is stuck in the gate. 😓They do snuggle behind me while cooking dinner, but sometimes he wants to nap and she was to super snuggle. So sometimes the snuggling turns into fighting. And it continues under the couch as well…😒As it says…she loves him so much. Snuggling on the couch watching a movie at night.
Unless he is outside going potty she is always with him. When he sleeps on the floor under the table…when he chills on the couch…when he hangs with me in the kitchen…
But still a 2 yr old and puppy do not mix well. Also you have to know that Elizabeth has been in the terrible 2s even before 2. And he is not fully potty trained…😖
So saying, “pray for my sanity” you will now understand why…
Well the warmth left Montana, so I wanted something warm to eat!! Soup. Soup is always nice on a cold day.
Again I had to choose a recipe from my cookbooks but this one was not marked. Chicken Tortilla Soup.
Still going through the Frontier Cookbook
Reading through the recipe this one will only take 50min cooking time and only 20min prep. So not too bad!!( in the prep time i always add extra time incase Elizabeth wants to help)
Elizabeth helped mix the spices. My big helper!!Chicken olive oiled and seasoned. I like it that the chicken will be baked…less time I have to watch. More time to make sure baby is not being naughty. All the diced ingredients! I like to dice…Mwahahahaha 😂Cooking the veggies. This recipes is super easy. It’s a lot of adding and waiting. I like this recipe 😎The hubby had to taste it…it was approved.
I feel like every time I’m cooking something new, the hubby has to taste it. Which I guess is good; because I don’t like to taste test as I cook…It’s just a mystery when it’s done…🙃
Once again. Add rest of ingredients, chicken, broth, water, extra seasonings, and salt. Then let it simmer 20min. More waiting.
I think waiting is my favorite kind of cooking. I will be doing this recipe again….waiting…🤓
Last step was to add the corn tortilla strips. Finished soup. Topped with sour cream, red onions, and cheese. Yummy!
As I said simple recipe!! This blog seems more relaxed than previous cooking posts because it actually is. It was so easy and chill.
And the family said yum! Elizabeth actually liked the soup this time!! To me that is an accomplishment in itself.
Look like picture: 8…it actually looks similar.
Taste: 10! Hubby went for seconds!! Elizabeth ate her whole bowl; the table had some too….
Easiness: 10! Sweetest and easiest recipe! 😎
I will definitely make this recipe again!! Especially when I am in the mood to be lazy. However next time I might fidget with the recipe and make less of it. It makes 8 servings. The hubby will get bored with eating soup before it is gone…so I guess I’ll be eating soup for the next few days.
Enjoy your Wednesday. Hopefully the snow is gone for good. I’m tired of the snow….🙃
I wrote this last night. Update on weather…no snow, but everything is froze outside. 😱
Park day…a new park for us…this park seemed more like a park for 5yr olds and up…
She scares me sometimes…she reminds me of my older sister…….Wobbly stepping bridge. I almost slipped…but she was holding my hand jumping across…A slick ladder with only two small holes as hand rails…I tried to help her and she yelled at me “Nooo!”Mama is not allowed on the slide…No matter the height or safety of a slide…she will always go down giggling…Oh no…a pup pup…I did ask the pet owner first. She said of course. Elizabeth is not afraid of dogs…maybe small yap yap dogs, but the bigger the dog the better. She does not like the baby styled swings…she is a big girl swing type…Daddy was off at the doctors…mama is exhausted…Around…and around…and around…Once home after long day at park, shopping, and giggling baby they sleep.Original by emily2jane 3-13-21
I don’t know if this was truly about her fearlessness or just her at the park. But she doesn’t fear anything. Remember she is only 2 years old…I miss that feeling of not being afraid; fears come with age I guess. Being a child is an amazing thing.
My hubby has a friend, from work, who is currently retiring and moving; that decided to gift us his cookbooks. I was thinking like 5-6 new cookbooks…more like 3 dozen cookbooks. It was a God send; I was getting bored of cooking my normal go-to recipes.
There were 3 cookbooks specializing on Italian food…like the unusual, adventurous food…we are giving those to a different buddy. We are brave, but not that brave…let’s be honest, I don’t think I could cook the weird things without getting sick…
So my plan is to go through 3 books at a time. The one pictured below, another by the same author but called, ‘Dinner Time’, and then lastly one called ‘Crusts’. I’ve done a few already. They are delicious!! Sadly I didn’t think of writing my experience until now.
This is being used for today’s cooking session. Thank you Ree Drummond!!
This is recipe # 7 so far. Rigatoni & Meatballs. Serves 6-8…we will be eating the is a while. A new recipe of meatballs from scratch…I have one, but this is more complex.
I’ll take more pictures next time…but I’m cooking the meatballs and sauce. The noodles are later.
You know how reading the recipe all the way through is a smart thing…I always forget to do that. I have 20min after I finish the meatballs…haha 🤪
They look like the picture in the cookbook!! Yummy!!72 meatballs later…😳
This recipe in total is 1hr and 4min…so I guess I lied earlier…
“How much longer?”-Hubby
“10-20min”- me, but with 25min to go…🤓
Elizabeth loves to help mama…or at least hang out with mama when she is cooking. She is pointing at the picture and saying, “Yumm!” Hopefully she likes mine just as much…
I think I will rate them one by one after each recipe. Taste for my family. Easiness to follow. And if it looks like the picture…haha 😅
Hopefully all goes well…
Meatballs and sauce is done! Noodles only 2min left!
Finally finished! Her picture looks so much better than mine… rating out of 10…so guess looking like the picture is more like a 4. Taste: My hubby gives it a 10! Elizabeth gives it a “Mmmmmm” so probably a solid 8. I like it too, but I mostly care about their opinion. Easiness…it is not too bad. If I had read through the entire recipe I would have time managed better. I give easiness a 7.
So overall. I will definitely be trying this recipe again!! Tomorrow night we are using the leftovers for a suggestion from the cookbook…Meatball Sliders.
I will make the mini rolls from scratch…we shall see!!
Our breakfasts are usually normal…She ate most of Daddy’s food yesterday so I gave her that today!! Oatmeal, strawberry yogurt, and milk. I always make Elizabeth’s food first so that mine is nice and warm when I go to eat it. Toasted peanut butter honey toast!! Yum!The hubby is happily eating while watching his morning news…Elizabeth is copying daddy and eating like a big girl.You must always get your milk last so it is ice cold when you drink it!! 😎Back to the table…?Please…Not today…😩Munch…munch…munch!! At least she is eating! I guess I’ll let it slide…Round #2!! Drink milk, and get a second half cup to enjoy ice cold milk….Ooooooooo….New warm one hers…half eaten one mine…
I have to look at it from this view point…she ate half of the 1st and all of the second…😮 Her tummy is full!
Yesterday Daddy’s food was hers, today it was my turn. I guess this is what I get for laughing at the hubby having to share his food…haha
Maybe tomorrow we all will get to eat our own food…maybe…or she will decided both Mama’s and Daddy’s food is delicious and needing to be shared…
I was invited to a women’s church event on Saturday. It was going to be from 8am-4pm…so really 7am-5pm. So 10hrs away from home…Daddy in charge of watching baby 🤪…
The longest I’ve been away from Elizabeth was a hair cut 4mo ago and I was gone for 1hr…Off to my adventure… …Destroyer of the house…Frazzled Daddy…Daddy is done…???Being a sweet sweet playing outside…Being a sweet sweet eating her lunch…Watching a movie and snuggling Daddy…Art time!!And then coming home to a napping baby and tired Daddy…Original by emily2jane 3-8-21
The hubby did a good job. she was a stinker here and there but he said it was just small whinny cries. He only had one poopy diaper to change but he survived.
He got to experience somewhat of my day…because I did come home to dishes…a messy house…and still having to make dinner. Which I’m okay with this…
Want to know why…!?! Because if he had done everything, I would have come home to a frazzled worn out hubby, so much so that he would never let me leave the baby with him again. So I’m good, I’m good. 😎
No writing today. It’s our once a month shopping day!!! So it’s a full day of getting necessities from various stores. It’s way cheaper than buying it at our local supermarket. So we drive 45miles to our big city…
So sadly, all this means is I won’t be posting the next chapter of my story until tomorrow. I’ll edit it tonight and have it scheduled to post tomorrow morning!
Have a wonderful Saturday. May yours be filled with family time; just as mine will be today!❤️
You can probably tell from the title it’s going to be “good”…Typing the story. I’m on a roll with inspiration…Pause…what is she up to?Queen Elizabeth is riding her mighty steed…More typing!!!!…I’m being too productive…Oh no….…Candy wrappers everywhere…😔It’s almost 9pm…bedtime won’t be until midnight…😩 Original by emily2jane 2-26-21
Moms out there…if you’ve experienced this you know…😓 She now knows how to open the pantry…all yummy foods must go up…
As you can see in the title I am unable to post a comic because of life. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be posting another crazy happening with my baby…or maybe I’ll draw, “when baby is left with daddy”…haha 😂
We shall see. Well off to the doctors. Have a wonderful Monday ❤️
emily2jane 