Cooking with Friends

Last weekend, Naomi had her friend Nicole over for a playdate. The girls were starting to get bored so I had them help me make chocolate chip cookies. They had a blast. Here are some pictures of the girls making the cookies.

Homemade Pizza

In our effort to save money, we have been making our own homemade pizza. The recipe that I use makes very yummy pizza and is quite simple. And as a bonus the girls love to help make it. For those that would like the recipe. Here it is:

In 3/4 cups warm water add 1 tsp of sugar and 2 tsp of yeast. Stir and allow to sit for 10 minutes. Then add 1/2 tsp of salt and 2 Tbs of olive oil; stir. Measure out 2 cups of flour in a bowl and stir in yeast mixture until it forms a ball of dough. Put in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Let rise until double--1hour. When dough is ready, roll out onto pizza pan. Add sauce, cheese and toppings. Cook for 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees. Enjoy!!

Kaylee rolling the dough

Naomi rolling the dough

The dough all rolled out

Naomi adding the sauce

Kaylee putting on the cheese. (Don't worry I took over the shredding!)

What it looks like before going into the oven. Sorry we were hungry so no picture of the cooked version.

Scones Anyone

Today is MLK day so I had the day off. Usually on my days off and on Saturdays, we like to have donuts for a special breakfast. In our effort to spend less money, we have cut out our donuts for breakfast. This morning I wanted to have something special for breakfast but not spend any money doing it. After much thought I decided to make scones. The girls loved helping me make them. The recipe made a plethora of scones. So now we have breakfast for the rest of the week. Oh yes, they are quite yummy too!!

Kaylee rolling the dough

Naomi rolling the dough

All of the scones!! The white ones have powdered sugar.

Eager Chef

To prevent Kaylee from falling asleep before dinner, I had her help me cook. She loves to help mommy in the kitchen. Well today she was a little too eager to cook. I had left the kitchen and went into to our dining room to get a potholder when I heard Kaylee start to fuss and I heard the downstairs bathroom water running. Kaylee then came into the dining room and was covered from head to toe in a yellowish powdery substance asking me to clean her up. At first I could not figure out what was covering her from head to toe but then I figured it out when I saw the pile of cheddar-potato soup mix on the floor. Since she had made a loop from the kitchen to the bathroom and then to the dining room, she left a trail of cheddar-potato soup mix through the whole bottom part of our house. I cleaned up the pile on the kitchen floor before taking a picture but you can probably imagine what the kitchen floor looked like. Needless to say, I had to have David run to the store to get a new pouch of soup mix.