Wordless Wednesday

Orange Custard ...mmmmm....

I was lucky enough to be given a subscription to Taste of Home's Healthy Cooking magazine for my birthday (from my mother in law). I love trying new recipes, so when the first issue arrived in the mail yesterday I chose my favorite recipe and started baking. It is called "Soft Orange Custard", and I thought it was delicious. The reviews amongst my boys and husband were not so great. I guess you have to like custard and citrus seperately before you will like them combined. Just in case someone else likes this interesting combination as much as I do, here is the recipe.

2 Tbsp. butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 Tbsp. all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup orange juice
1 -1/2 tsp. grated orange peel
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 cup fat-free milk

1. In a small bowl, beat butter and sugar on medium for 1 minute. Add the eggs, flour, and salt. Beat for about 2 minutes or until thickened. Add the orange juice, orange peel, and lemon juice. Stir in milk.
2. Pour into five 6-oz custard cups or ramekins. Place ramekins in a 13x9 inch pan. Add 1 inch of boiling water to pan. Bake, uncovered at 325 degrees for approximately 40 -50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove ramekins from water and serve warm or chilled.

New Website

My new website is live! Yay! I am still in the process of uploading photos to it, but it is there on the real web, lol! :-) This is something that I have been wanting to do for awhile, and I have been working on switching over to the new site for a few weeks. So, feel free to take a look if you are interested. If not, ignore this post! You can find the link at the side under my "blogroll" section (which also needs updating!) where it says "Capture the Moment Photos". Feedback is always welcome!

Sweet Madelaine

Meet sweet little Madelaine, the 4 year old girl that I got to take photos of this past Saturday. She was a little shy at first, but after a bit we had quite a fun time.

Some very cute kids who had a very hard time sitting still for 2 seconds. :-)

More of This Weekend's Adorable Kiddos...aren't they sweet?

The equation of motherhood :-)

Someone once commented to me that being a stay at home mother would cause me to forget all of my education. Today, I have "proof" to the contrary. When you are a stay at home mom, your math skills must be sharp. Sometimes you must use your powers of deduction to figure out a not-so-tricky story problem. Here, I will let you see if you can use your own powerful thinking skills to come up with the same answer that I did!

As in any equation, there are several factors to keep in mind. First, there is the early morning riser, a certain 4 year old boy with a penchant for mischief. Then, there is the mother who is NOT so much of an early morning person, but must still rise. So, here is where the math comes in. Early mornings + small boy+ tired mother= distracted parenting. Add in 1 cup of coffee and 30 minutes of staring into space sipping said coffee, and you now have 1 semi-awake mother who is capable of resuming parenting duties. As this mother walks down the hallway she sees this:

So, now we have ANOTHER chance to practice our skills, this time our logical thinking is required! Strangely, pieces of fur are lying on the floor in the kitchen. Hmm, the cat must be shedding. I guess we need to get out the broom. Oh wait, there is MORE fur...in a trail down the hallway, across the kitchen, into the playroom...hmmm, whatever this was must have been shedding HEAVILY, or maybe has contracted mange??
So, mother begins the hunt for the animal who is missing quite a lot of fur. All 4 kittens seem to be intact. That leaves only one possibility. Yep, it has to be Spots. Upon closer examination, I do believe the mystery has been solved. That is, unless cats fur tends to grow in choppy,vertical stripes. My findings were substantiated by the small boy who was hiding behind the piano bench with these behind his back...

So, contrary to the comments of those who think my brain is turning to mush, I must say that there is NEVER a dull moment around here. I doubt that any career I could have chosen would involve a trail of cat hair, but hey, at least it keeps me hoppin'!