Breakfast: Today was the Los Paseos Penguins breakfast fundraiser. But with Chinese, it is harder to go - it starts when Chinese starts. We went last year right when it started and we were done in plenty of time for Jason and Dai to go to volleyball. This year, only Jason and Phyllis went and they had volleyball after so they went at opening. Jason made breakfast burritos for the rest of us before Chinese.
Lunch: chicken salad sandwiches. Pretty much using up the bread, so I really need to make bread again.
Dinner: ham and white bean soup - a new recipe. Dai says it seems a little bland when I let her taste it earlier, but it seemed to go okay - except Cress, who wouldn't eat it. She doesn't care for the ham, I guess. Also had leftover salad and canned green beans. I also made rolls that were rolled in butter and garlic, then Parmesan and baked. These were a big hit - especially with Jason. I think he had five. He is going to take ham sandwiches on them to the range as part of his packed lunch tomorrow.
We made the dough in the bre
ad machine. There were two problems - I think Dai maybe miscounted the flour and we did it before I left for gym, but I forgot to tell Jason so when I came home, it had risen way too high. It was still thin, so Jason added a bit more flour and incorporated it manually. Dai is sure she didn't, but he added about a cup, so I think she did. The good news is that she read the recipe and did it herself (mostly) and that makes me very proud. Dough in the Kitchen-Aid yesterday and in the bread machine today.
I also got the girls to manually grind some wheat. After they went to bed, Jason and I finished manually grinding it and then ran it through the electric to make it finer. I started dough tonight. Dai asked why I didn't just grind it all. I think she meant all the wheat in the can - and eventually i did but it wouldn't initially fit in the spout so I had been measuring it out. Phyllis, my smart little miss-know-it-all said, "Because it isn't as good if it's not fresh." She is right from a nutritional standpoint, but I think it interesting that that piece of info really stuck with her.
I don't mind making bread, but grinding 5-7 cups of wheat is long, loud and lonely. So, I thought I would shake things up by getting the girls' help and they really enjoyed it.
Lunch: chicken salad sandwiches. Pretty much using up the bread, so I really need to make bread again.
Dinner: ham and white bean soup - a new recipe. Dai says it seems a little bland when I let her taste it earlier, but it seemed to go okay - except Cress, who wouldn't eat it. She doesn't care for the ham, I guess. Also had leftover salad and canned green beans. I also made rolls that were rolled in butter and garlic, then Parmesan and baked. These were a big hit - especially with Jason. I think he had five. He is going to take ham sandwiches on them to the range as part of his packed lunch tomorrow.
We made the dough in the bre
I also got the girls to manually grind some wheat. After they went to bed, Jason and I finished manually grinding it and then ran it through the electric to make it finer. I started dough tonight. Dai asked why I didn't just grind it all. I think she meant all the wheat in the can - and eventually i did but it wouldn't initially fit in the spout so I had been measuring it out. Phyllis, my smart little miss-know-it-all said, "Because it isn't as good if it's not fresh." She is right from a nutritional standpoint, but I think it interesting that that piece of info really stuck with her.
I don't mind making bread, but grinding 5-7 cups of wheat is long, loud and lonely. So, I thought I would shake things up by getting the girls' help and they really enjoyed it.
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