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The purpose of our blog is to share our journey through life with family and friends while we leave our mark on this world. Our 20's have been very kind to us and as we enter the 30's we are hoping to continue to enjoy our time in this thing we call life. I should have called this blog "Traveling through Life".

Monday, September 3, 2012

For the Love of the Dog

I guess there was one more homemade thing I wanted to try this weekend. I hate buying dog treats at the store just because they seem so expensive at the time of purchase. We have a large dog so we buy a lot of them.  My dog gets at least one dog treat every morning so he will forget that we are leaving him to go to work. It was my way of training him that it is good for us to leave him for a while and I have been doing this for years. It helped with his separation anxiety and he stopped tearing up random papers and books!
I found a couple easy recipes that I like and picked out the ingrediants I wanted. These were really easy.They add a lot of stuff to dog treats so they will keep for a long time so these homemade ones will need to be used in 3 weeks but I don't think that will be a problem for Cody. They received his approval already.
I used this recipe but used 2 1/2 cups all wheat flour and 1/2 cup of oats.Dog Treats
 
 
 

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Long Rainy Weekend = Kitchen Time

This long weekend was going to be used to paint our garage door because it is the one thing we have neglected on our house. The weather ruined our plans though and when I heard how often it was going to rain I planned to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. We have produce that needed to be used and a lot of cooking ahead I've been wanting to do. Our freezer is now full of the following:
  • 7 bags of cooked black beans. We use a lot of beans in this house and buying and cooking in bulk did save us a little money but not as much as I thought. However the amount of sodium it is cutting out of our diet makes it worth it.
  • Homemade pizza dough. Every friday this summer has become homemade pizza night but I have yet to make my own dough. I've been using the Jiffy mix and spicing it up. I'm pretty proud of the dough in my freezer now.
  • 3 loaves of strawberry banana bread. I love baking, especially breads and this is delicious. I made so much because I initially had a freezer full of bananas. I used this recipe and modified it a bit.Strawberry Banana Bread
  • Veggie burgers made from scratch. We eat a lot of these but I never think to make a lot of them and freeze them for a quick dinner.
A big bowl of Tomato and Feta Salad is in the fridge. Our garden hasn't been the greatest this year but we do have a ton of tomatoes. I will probably add basil to this because our basil plants have also survived the drought. I use cherry tomatoes for this or even grape tomatoes sliced in half. Drizzle olive oil on the tomatoes and top with feta cheese. Delicious!

Last night we made a big Italian feast. Homemade Gnocchi and homemade white sauce and we polished off a big bottle of vino.

Needless to say the kitchen has been a wreck all weekend but I'm hoping to give it a rest tomorrow.
I wish I had one full day a week to do this amount of cooking because I really do enjoy it when I have nothing else planned.

(Shout out to G-ma b/c I know you are reading!