More About Food

I made sloppy joes for dinner last night. I realized in the afternoon that I didn't have any hamburger buns, and I didn't want to have to go to the grocery store again, so I made hamburger buns from scratch (well, using my bread machine to make the dough). The buns were so good. I'm pretty sure it has ruined my family for life - as in, they will never want to eat store bought ones again. (Plus, they were so easy using my bread maker on the dough setting.)

We also carved our pumpkins last night. (Pictures on the private blog.) We ended up having four cups of pumpkin seeds, and I made this recipe. They were a huge hit. (P.S. I used my blow dryer to dry the seeds before adding the ingredients, and it totally worked.)

I also made everything cookies. These are basically chocolate chip cookies, with extras thrown in: butterscotch chips, coconut, raisins, oatmeal, and walnuts. I have been shopping around with different recipes, because I wanted to find THE recipe that I would use every single time for the rest of my life. Last time I made everything cookies, I used this recipe from Becky of Pensievity. (Although the recipe itself is on her Misplaced Americans blog.) This time, I used...well, a different one. Christian informed me (in a very kind way, of course) that he liked the last one much better. Becky, I think you've found a winner. I will be using your recipe from now on.

After making hamburger buns, pumpkin seeds, and everything cookies last night, and then not bothering to clean up after ANY of it, you can imagine what my kitchen looks like right now. I guess that means it is time to go clean it up.

But let me leave you with a little story. One of my boys yesterday morning (I won't divulge which one, in order to protect his identity) had his hand in the Cheerios box. I said, "Oh, buddy, have you washed your hands recently with soap? I don't want germs in the Cheerios." He said, "Yes, Mom, I just washed them." I said, "Well, okay then, but it's not really a good idea to put our hands in food because it can make it dirty for everyone else." He said, "But Mom, I was just putting the Cheerios back that had fallen on the floor." .....Um, thanks for cleaning up your mess (instead of leaving it on the floor). So, do I throw the box of Cheerios away, or do I just leave it for the boys to finish eating?

P.S. Sorry for all of the parentheses. I tend to go a little overboard sometimes.