carrying your love with me

This song came on the radio this morning while my love is on a trip, and I about cried realizing that right now I am carrying his love with me, and what a blessing and privilege it is to be able to carry a life inside me as a reminder or the love we have.

missing the fatherland

braised red cabbage
potato dumplings
spaetzle
rouladen
this will be on the menu in the near future.  yum.

must try this

http://www.franishnonspeaker.com/search/label/pain%20au%20chocolat#axzz1tYMpzgEW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4u4AY0J--c&feature=related

soft pretzels

these are so yummy nice and fluffy on the inside and nice and browned on the outside, everyone loved them.
 
Makes 1 Dozen
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups of Water at 110 degrees
1 Tbsp of Sugar
1 ½ tsp of Salt
1 package of Dry Yeast
2 Tbsp of melted Butter
4 ½ to 5 cups of All Purpose Flour

6 cups of Water
½ cup of Baking Soda

Egg Wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp of water)
Kosher Salt for topping

Process,

1) In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the water sugar and salt, stir to mix and sprinkle the yeast on top. Let it sit for about 5 minutes or until the yeast begins to foam.

2) Add the flour and butter and turn the mixer to low and mix until everything is combined. Turn the speed up to medium and mix for about 5 to 7 minutes or until you have a smooth dough.

3) Brush the bottom and sides of a bowl with some vegetable oil and put the dough in the oiled bowl. Cover and let it rise in a warm spot for about 1 hour.

4) Preheat your oven to 450 degrees, lay 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and brush some vegetable oil on the parchment paper.

5) Add the water and baking soda to a roasting pan and set the roasting pan over a burner and turn the heat on to medium and let the water come to a rolling boil, meanwhile form the pretzels.

6) Once the dough has risen, cut it into 12 equal pieces, roll each piece into a rope and make a U shape, then press the ends of the rope at the bottom of the U shape and pinch the ends. Place your shaped pretzels onto the oiled parchment paper line baking sheets.

7) Carefully place the pretzels into the boiling water for 30 seconds one at a time, remove from the boiling water using a flat spatula and put them back on the oiled parchment paper lined baking sheets. Continue to cook all of them and then brush them with the egg wash and sprinkle each one with a little kosher salt.

8) Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until deeply golden brown.

stuffed mushrooms

http://muslimvoices.org/italian-herb-stuffed-mushrooms/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAb-ISfH2A
These where okay, I mixed the recipes, really I just added the ricotta cheese to the first recipe and they where good but not amazing I will have to try the second one soon to see how it is.

what I hope tastes as good as ice cream

http://healthconsciousmomma.blogspot.com/2011/10/healthy-almond-joy-ice-cream.html

This turned out good, I do not have an ice cream maker and that would have made it a lot better, but as far as the taste goes it was good, I did change it I  did not want the flavor I just wanted coconut flavor so I cut out the cocoa and chocolate chips and nuts, if you like coconut ice cream you will like this.

What we are having tonight

http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/artichoke_chicken.html
This is yummy, I make it into a casserole though.  I mix the sauce and add all the juice from the artichokes as well as some water like 1/3 cup and add 1t chicken bullion then  1t flour just to help it thicken  I put down the cooked chicken then the artichoke harts then pour the sauce on top shake some bread crumbs and some more Parmesan on top to get crispy then bake for like 15-30 min. Then serve over noodles.
It is really yummy and does not take up much time, other then trying to  understand my directions :) fast easy way to make a fancy meal.