Tuesday February 25th and what have I been doing?

Well, we finished as puzzle, and it was really fun. Have started another one and it is so hard, but we shall persevere.

Both Sissy and Husb have my cold and both are suffering. Sissy is so busy with wedding dresses, and I did manage to make her cookies for church for her.  They are really good.  We have so many dates to use up!

The weather has finally turned warmer and I am four days without cuddle duds on!

We have really been eating out of the freezer and last night I pulled the last of the Prime Rib soup (from Christmas) thawed it and made Popovers (thanks Lori) to go with it!  Darn good I tell you. Everything tastes better with popovers!

We have also eaten two chicken pies and Husb and I will have a beef one tonight and those will be the last, until I make more.

My days are full, and I plan and then Sissy needs something and my plans go awry.  This is okay it is why we moved here.  

This morning, I finally got my Orange Cranberry poundcake in the oven. The batter tasted great, and this is a new recipe, so I am excited to see how it turns out!  If it is good I will make small ones tomorrow to freeze and give away.  Again, we have so many Cranberries to use up.

I pulled chicken legs and thighs from the freezer that were going to get freezer burned and four chicken breasts. I baked the legs and thighs and then put them in my crockpot for 12 hours and took the meat and shredded for Chicken enchiladas and then boiled the breasts just enough to cook them and cut them in chunks for chicken pies.  I got four nice quarts of chicken broth from this endeavor, and I use a lot of broth. I then froze the processed meat.  As long as the meat is cooked and I use it soon, refreezing it into enchiladas and pies is not an issue.  Normally I do not like tom refreeze meat.  But have learned over the years cooking ahead that there is really no harm.

I really want to try and make my own yogurt in my crockpot and am researching recipes. Sissy made blueberry jam, and it would be perfect in yogurt. She thinks it is too thick for jam and too chunky.

We shall see.

I need to run up to Sissy's and dig through Her freezer to see if we have any more piecrusts made.  I also want to make four rolls of pizza dough in her Bosch mixer.  I am craving pizza.  I will also make more piecrusts if we need them.

I am working on a hot pink fluffy scarf for my Auntie who is arriving next Tuesday, and I will need to knit at least two hours a day to get it done. I normally do not put things off but for some reason I did with this scarf and now I am behind the Eightball!

Okay pound cake has been in the oven 45 minutes, and I smell smoke...

This is going to be a failure, as the pan ran over and I failed to put a large sheet pan under it and the bottom of the oven is a mess. So, I clean it as best I could and cake is nor nearly done, covered it with foil and opened every window in the house, set out the huge fan.  Our oven is not vented, and we will have to fix this somehow someway.  Don't know quite how I am going to do it, but it will be a priority.

I also must remember to put a large sheet pan down when I bake. Stay tuned I will let you know?

Hugs;

Kay