Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my family, friends, and blog readers!

It is just the four of us this Thanksgiving, and I decided that I wanted to make a super yummy muffin to start our holiday morning.  I've made these several times in the past, and they never disappoint!

Orange-Cranberry Muffins from my fav food blogger, For the Love of Cooking!  Surprised?  Don't be!

They really take very little time to put together.  Whatever you do, don't skip zesting the orange.  It makes a huge difference in the recipe.  Another thing to remember is that you want your orange juice and cranberry mixture to cool down before adding it into the rest of your batter.  If you don't, you will end up with scrambled eggs in your muffins.  Ew.

I do think I will cut the sugar by half or three-quarters next time.  Just a little sweet.  I've never really noticed it before, so maybe my taste buds are just sensitive today!

One of these days I'll remember to take a picture of the final product!  

Oh and whatever you do, don't skip the raw sugar on the top!  It really makes them special!

I hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving today.  I have many, many things to be thankful for.  And you, are one of them!

xoxo

Dinner Success!

My children like to torture me.  They hate to eat.  Mostly dinner.  And anything I actually cook.  Typical kids, I am aware, but it is still infuriating.

Last evening was sort of chaotic.  The Hubster got home late.  Big One wasn't feeling well and was whining and miserable.  I was trying to get dinner together and the Hubster noticed that BO was wheezing.  Sigh.

Fortunately, we had Little One's nebulizer and meds from when she was two months old.  So I was able to give BO a treatment and then just call the doc on call.

My point?  Oh yeah...

So I was making blackened flank steak.  For the Love of Cooking is one of my favorite food blogs.  She has never ever let me down.  I have tried many of her recipes, so trust me!  Or go check her out yourself!  I cut the pepper down a bit because I had high hopes the girls would eat it.  AND THEY DID!!!!  It must have been a Mommy is tired and it has been a really long day miracle!

Ours was a little more done than this.  I don't like my meet to moo at me :)

The Hubster prefers to drink his fruits and veggies and I have been rather lazy these days in the cooking department, so I paired dinner with smoothies.  Done and done.

And everyone finished their dinner!

From my kitchen

I've been doing some baking lately.  Getting ready for Christmas.  Sending goodies to work with the Hubster.

Last week I made Never Fail Fudge.  It is the recipe that my mom always makes.  Hard to go wrong with that, right?

Today I made Salted Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Candy.  Half will go to work with the Hubster.  The other half will go to friends in the area.  Man.  It is yummy.  But rich.

And tonight I made Pizza Pretzel Bites.  Oh man.  They were awesome!  Took a little time.  Next time I'll make them ahead of time and then boil/bake when we are ready to eat.  They will keep in the fridge over night without a problem.  We will definitely have them again.  A fabulous Super Bowl recipe.

Tomorrow we've got Big One's ballet recital.  Can't wait to see her perform!

And more cookies to bake.  Presents to wrap.  Laundry to do.  Sewing projects!  Ek!