Granola Bar Replacement

Every day, Michael has a short break and has time to eat a small snack.  He was taking a granola bar to eat during those breaks. 

I made him something to replace them!

I know they are not exactly like those granola bars you buy at the store because they are not sticky, ooey and gooey. 

Do you know why?

  Because they are not stuck together with High Fructose Corn Syrup and other unknown ingredients.

Oatmeal Crazin Bars

2 sticks of butter (melted)

1 cup of brown sugar

½ cup of white sugar

1 ½ cups of all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

½ teaspoon of salt

3 cups of rolled oats

1 cup of crazins

½ cup of walnuts (chopped)

2 eggs

1 teaspoon of vanilla

Mix all together.

Press into a 9x13 baking dish

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

These bars freeze perfectly.
(I used Whole Wheat Flour the second time I made them and they turned out just the same.)

The Featherlight Roll

Several of you have asked me how I shape the featherlight roll. 

I have a short video for you. 

You can view it by clicking here.

A big "Thank You" to Hannah for shooting the video!

Bread Dipping Spice

Have you ever eaten at Carrabbas?  If you have, you know how yummy their bread is and how much yummier it is with their olive oil and dipping spices.

I made the French bread and it is very yummy -

BUT MUCH YUMMIER WITH OLIVE OIL AND DIPPING SPICES!!! 

Don't worry - I sliced up more bread to polish off this plate of oil and spices.

I figured out the spices they use and I made some of my own.

This is SUPER easy to make and it makes plenty to refrigerate and use later.

1 Tablespoon of basil

1 Tablespoon of parsley

1 Tablespoon of garlic

1 teaspoon of thyme

1 teaspoon of oregano

1 teaspoon of black pepper

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of rosemary

1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes

1/2 teaspoon of olive oil

1/8 teaspoon of lemon juice

Put is all in a bowl and stir and mash it around with a spoon. 

It will look a little crumbly. 

Mix 1 teaspoon of spice mix with your plate of olive oil. 

ENJOY!

Fortune

Yesterday evening, Michael headed out to a men's Bible Study with a few other guys. Their plan was to swing by Wendy's for supper. When Michael returned, he brought home Sweet and Sour Chicken from a Chinese resturant. He forgot until this morning that he had brought home a fortune cookie for me to eat. He knows I love to eat those little cookies. I always crack up at how silly the 'fortunes' are. Of course, I do not believe them. But, this one had to be the best fortune I have ever gotten. I told Michael it came true before I even broke the cookie!

TOOTHLESS

Check out my toothless girls.

It was quite a funny story.  Michael was in the bathroom pulling Hannah's teeth.  Cari and I were in the bed snuggling and we were praying for Hannah to be brave and for Daddy to be able to get her teeth out.  (I know you have seen the pictures of her crooked front teeth for the past couple of weeks. They NEEDED to come out.  Her gums were starting to turn red.)  About 5 minutes after that, we heard Hannah yell, "MOM!!!"  So, we both ran in there. He had finally pulled the first of her two front teeth. After she got it to quit bleeding, he said, "Let me see the other one."  Cari and I returned to the bed and began to pray for her second tooth to come out.  Then, we were laying there chatting and picking around.  I was tickling Cari and she swung her hand up to block me and popped herself right in the mouth!  Her eyes got HUGE and she said, "I JUST LOST A TOOTH!!!"  I said, "WHAT????!!!!"  Then, she handed me the tooth!  She went running down the hall screaming, "DADDY!!!!!"  Michael was in the middle of trying to pull Hannah's second tooth and was confused about what Cari was screaming.  You have to imagine her trying to talk with a mouth full of cold water and her trying to explain what happened.  I finally got her moved into the kitchen and then in about 2 minutes, Hannah had her second tooth out.  Neeless to say, yesterday was a very eventful day.  First all the snow and then three teeth falling out.  I tried to convince them it was because they ate too much snow.  They kind of looked at me funny and then realized quickly that I was kidding.

Then, today, of course, Hannah said the most hilarious thing.  Michael's grandpaw and uncles always pick with the girls and push out their false teeth.  Today, Michael was talking about them and she said, "Now I'm part of the family!"  I know you are cracking up!  I started laughing about it again just typing it here in the blog.