Eat What You Want

Honestly I enjoyed making that last blog so much that I want to keep going!  So here is what happened since the last blog: I did NOT use that bread. Only because it was hard like a brick, only itty bitty holes. I think I must have not let it rise long enough? I dunno, it wasn't good, so I pitched it and bought some sandwich rolls from Kroger. I will try again but not just now.   Because of the bread, I didn't use the garlic aoli yet. The plan is to just use regular bread today and make the sandwich. More on that later. Tomato soup and chili - so I am going to have to put them in smaller containers and freeze some because apparently, I don't tend to eat the same things often. And then there is leftovers from really good meals like Thanksgiving turkey dinner and such. Plus there is going out with my family to restaurants which I love to do.  I'd like to talk about the beer butt chicken. The recipe was really invented for the summer, to use with a grill. I figured b...

 If we haven't met before, I'm Vicky and I am a wife, mother, martial artist (Tai Chi and Iaido), and project specialist in battery recycling. My true passion though is cooking and baking. This week I only had to work 3 days with 2 martial arts classes so I have more time to cook and bake. Yay! I dont like sitting around much, so I planned to make some things from scratch that I have not done in a while, or even, ever in some cases.  I started off with planning the meals I wanted to make instead of what I think I need to eat for my constant state of dieting. In this week's planning I included Mom's Thanksgiving (I am making  the deviled eggs and the green bean casserole) as well as using up leftovers from the Vicky's Thanksgiving meal we had on Wednesday. My kids work schedules are crazy so we do it when we can.   Once the plan was done I looked at what I could do to use up leftovers like cranberry sauce and make it into something new. I made room for some sou...