Forgo The Eggo: Homemade Toaster Waffles

Convenience food is, well, convenient.  But expensive.  We try to make most of our food from scratch around here, but, we're just as busy as the next family.  Most people don't know this, but with a little planning and a little effort, you can easily make your own convenience food... from scratch!  Healthier. Cheaper. And tastier too.  So, go ahead... Leggo That Eggo. 

To make your own Homemade Toaster Waffles, just use your favorite waffle recipe.  (Mine happens to be from The Joy of Cooking) If you routinely use a mix (like Bisquick) that will work too.  I recommend making a double batch... I don't know about you but I hate wasting time! 

Treats and Goodbyes

Today is the girls' last day at "Ms. Michelle's School".  The girls both really love it there and I have some Mom-Guilt about moving them to the Amazing Campus Program that Just. Won't. Go. Away.   So, to commemorate their last day (and because I recognize fabulous-ness when I see it), we decided to make Tie-dye Cookies!  

Everyone was excited to get started.   

Punkin' looking to start a little mischief

What Bad Apples?

If your children are anything like mine, you have about 2 of these left over at the end of almost every day.

If a tree falls in the forest...

I was thinking today...  If you don't post for over a year can you still call yourself a blogger?  Is your dusty old blog still *actually* a blog?  Who am I to keep this blog from fulfilling its purpose?  I mean, all it wants to do is look pretty and have some (hopefully) clever posts on it.  How hard could that be really?

Its not like there were no blog-worthy events over the last year.  There were plenty!

There was the trip to Disneyland...

How to make an apple upside-down cake

Step One:  Figure out what you have in the house that is not going to get eaten before it rots. "Hmm.  Punkin's recently decided she no longer likes apples."  

Step Two:  Try to decide what you could do with it.  "Mmmmm....apple pie.  No, apple brown betty!  Apple turnover?  No, you don't want to put that much effort into dessert.  How about upside down cake?  Why not?"

The Dough-girls

And now for our feature presentation!

The beans and diapers are both soaking (separately of course), I've climbed down from my soapbox, the bread is baked, and the recipe for dinner acquired.  By some miracle, both of my girls are currently sleeping.  What now? 

 Well, I suppose I could tackle the mountain of dishes, or laundry.  I could vacuum or work on Christmas presents.  Naw,  I got blogging to do!  In fact, I have so much blogging to do I'm going to have to break it up into a two or three day event.  I know, I know, you're all so disappointed.  I know you hate it when I blog and the only reason you lurk around (silently) on my site is so that you can tell me that you read it and then have one or two convincing stories to tell when you see me :).  

So, without further ado...