How to

How to re-toast meringue:

(Leftover baked Alaska for dessert, just be careful of the wax paper!)

How to dance the flamenco:

We had a quiet Valentines, a few cards and goodies. The kiddos went to school, and Kyle and I went to lunch at Zachs....just side-to-side (as AR says, as in: so-so??) but still, they did the dishes! But I made a really great dinner: the Portuguese chicken from the new Bon Appetit, fresh pasta and bread. It was madly good, I recommend it (with one or two changes...mostly skinning the chicken pieces. Braised chicken skin/fat?? Gross!) Such fun for me to cook something new that I am really interested in. Liam's birthday usually gives me lots of opportunity for this but this year was more about the long cooking things he loves. Except the baked Alaska, that was great fun :)

soft warm buns

The last of the birthday treats requested by Liam-the-teenager:


My favorite recipe for cinnamon rolls, fresh and warm from the oven with lots of vanilla frosting!

13!

old boy

Just some party highlights.....

Spaghetti dinner, and then some present time:


On to dessert!! Very good, this one is going on the make again list :)

Behind.......

Sigh, I forgot yesterday.....so and am and pm post today! Liam is having two parties this year, one for family tonight and a couple of friends over for a trip to the movies on Saturday. Tonight will be a spaghetti dinner and baked alaska for dessert! I have never made one of those before so this will be an experiment. Saturday we will be having grilled burgers and he says a dessert of candies at the movies, with cinnamon rolls the next morning for breakfast. That boy is going to need to learn to cook so he can eat up to his standards when he moves out!

Wordless Wednesday

Breakfast for dinner

Kyle is working nights and Rose had Girl Scouts tonight so we needed a quick dinner. That doesn't mean it won't be a good one though! Really great sausage from Homegrown Market made into gravy, farm fresh eggs, homemade biscuits and fruit that isn't oranges/naners/apples! Yum!!