She's not doing a whole lot....but there's a squeak or two...
Monday, September 1, 2008
Just Call Me Awesome...
After finding a bunch of cool blogs owned by very ambitious women/wives/mothers, I was feeling a bit of time-envy. And then I realized that I just have to schedule my time better and I, too, can be one of those crazy women who gets a gazillion things done in one day!
And because I'm pretty proud of myself for getting so much done....I am going to
- Clean & organize the refrigerator
- Clean & organize the freezer
- Juice the rest of our limes (about 5 of them....and it was done by hand...no cool juicing gadget for this gal...yet)
- Sweep and scrub the kitchen floor....with bleach and by hand.....it was too dirty for the crappy Swiffer WetJet to do any good.
- Take out the trash
- Sort and snap green beans, take the beans out of the overgrown pods to dry (will use those in chili this fall!)
- Pick the rest of the green beans and cucumbers
- Wash and fold laundry (3 loads)
- Make cookies
- Load, unload, load dishwasher and wash the ones that can't go in there by hand
- Start homemade fruit roll-ups (watch for the post on this in the next day or two!)
- Recycling and compost scraps to their designated bins
- Clean off the top of the dryer (sounds easy enough, but this is a catch-all space for us...lotsa junk)
- Organize meds that are by the microwave
- Make a trip to Walgreens (where I made $6.46! I went in and spent $8.54 and walked out with $15 in RR...you'll see it Saturday)
- Call my Grandma Hildreth
- Create and order a photobook
- Enter the Coke codes Josh so kindly brought down for us (btw Josh...I'll have 2 coupons for free Powerade in the next few weeks for you)
- And last but not least...blog.
Organized Home is a website with tons of great printable list templates to keep you on-task and...well...organized!
(Like the little to do list graphic? I made it. :) )
Mmmm...
Last week I decided to try my hand at making an apple pie. I "stumbled upon" an easy recipe one day and I just so happened to have an entire bag of apples that Breck wouldn't eat. And I certainly didn't buy them for the compost bin! (apparently he will only eat Braeburn or Fuji...thanks Mom...and I only like Granny Smith or Golden Delicious.)
So, without further ado.....
from the blog: eat me, delicious
For Crust
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
4 tablespoons (about) ice water
For Filling
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 3/4 pounds apples, peeled, quartered, cored, thinly sliced (5 Braeburn apples for me)
1 tbsp vanilla extract
For Streusel
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
5 tbsp (2.5 oz) unsalted butter, chilled
Make Crust:
Blend flour, sugar and salt in processor. Add butter; cut in using on/off turns until butter is cut into 1/4-inch pieces. Add 3 tablespoons water and blend until moist clumps form, adding more water by tablespoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball. Flatten piece into disk; wrap in plastic. Chill at least 30 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated. Let soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.)
(Katie's Edit: guess what I used instead of plastic wrap?! Cereal bags! And I even rolled out my dough on it...MUCH quicker/easier/less messy way to go than flouring your counter top! And it's one less piece of plastic in the landfill!!!)
When you're ready to start putting it all together, position rack in bottom third of the oven and preheat to 375F.
Make Streusel:
Combine the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the dry ingredients. Pulse until the butter is cut into very small pieces, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Make Filling:
Combine sugar, flour and allspice in large bowl. Mix in apples, then vanilla extract.
Put It All Together:
Roll out dough disk on floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Spoon in apple filling, trying to make it relatively level so the streusel doesn't fall all over the place. Evenly sprinkle streusel topping over apples.
Bake pie until apples are tender and topping is light golden, about 45-50 minutes. Transfer to rack. Serve pie warm or at room temperature.
So, without further ado.....
Apple Pie with Brown Sugar Streusel Topping
from the blog: eat me, delicious
For Crust
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
4 tablespoons (about) ice water
For Filling
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 3/4 pounds apples, peeled, quartered, cored, thinly sliced (5 Braeburn apples for me)
1 tbsp vanilla extract
For Streusel
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
5 tbsp (2.5 oz) unsalted butter, chilled
Make Crust:
Blend flour, sugar and salt in processor. Add butter; cut in using on/off turns until butter is cut into 1/4-inch pieces. Add 3 tablespoons water and blend until moist clumps form, adding more water by tablespoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball. Flatten piece into disk; wrap in plastic. Chill at least 30 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated. Let soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.)
(Katie's Edit: guess what I used instead of plastic wrap?! Cereal bags! And I even rolled out my dough on it...MUCH quicker/easier/less messy way to go than flouring your counter top! And it's one less piece of plastic in the landfill!!!)
When you're ready to start putting it all together, position rack in bottom third of the oven and preheat to 375F.
Make Streusel:
Combine the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the dry ingredients. Pulse until the butter is cut into very small pieces, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Make Filling:
Combine sugar, flour and allspice in large bowl. Mix in apples, then vanilla extract.
Put It All Together:
Roll out dough disk on floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Spoon in apple filling, trying to make it relatively level so the streusel doesn't fall all over the place. Evenly sprinkle streusel topping over apples.
Bake pie until apples are tender and topping is light golden, about 45-50 minutes. Transfer to rack. Serve pie warm or at room temperature.
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See, wasn't that easy??? So easy, in fact, a toddler can do it!
Pulse that dough!
making our disc!
he even "does" dishes!
our raw pie
Mmmm....
See, wasn't that easy??? So easy, in fact, a toddler can do it!
Pulse that dough!
making our disc!
he even "does" dishes!
our raw pie
Mmmm....
Mmmm...Apple Peels
Today you get a bonus recipe post!
After playing 6 Degrees of Separation (ok...it was only 2), I found the most amazing website. Bethany, blogger of Happy To be Called Mommy, shares a couple creative ways to use those apple peels that would otherwise be tossed!
Apple Peel Jelly
(here's the direct link to the recipe)
Apple Cinnamon Potpourri
Butterscotch Apple Peel and Orange Butter
(this one's from a different site)
While we're talking about using fruit peels, here are a few ways you can use citrus peels:
Homemade Citrus Vinegar Cleaner
Toss them in the fire place for a fragrant smell
Candied Citrus Peel
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