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Eh....I have made a LOT of bread. It only gets hard like that if you leave it out. If you cover it or put it in a ziplock bag, it will stay soft for several days. My brown bread never gets hard...just molds after about 5 days. Also bread made with water will be a lot harder than bread made with milk. That is why crusty & hard vs soft. The ingredient and science spiel seems spot on though. Very interesting.

Biscuit bowl method is my favorite way. Brenda Gantt nails it. I highly recommend her cookbook 'It's going to be good ya'll' Watch | Facebook

Making a lemongrass Basil curry for dinner tonight so I made onion cheese rolls to go with it. Half batch of Amish rolls with yogurt instead of sour cream. Divide into 12. Roll out. Spread chive onion cream cheese. Fold over, seal center, pinch edges. Put in greased pie dish, sprinkle tomato Basil feta over. Rise an hour bake 30m 350f.

They are currently measuring the angle of my wrist and elbow at occupational therapy. My kids found this fascinating.

Happy mother's day to everyone who has ever loved a child enough to help it in the world. I've had 9 pregnancies, 6 miscarriages, 3 live births and 4 daughters...one from another mother. All children are amazing and both mothers and step mothers are wonderful. Support each other. I am proud of my step daughter's mother and proud of my daughter's step mother. It takes a village to raise children and my girls are amazing.

Occupational Therapy on the hand is going well. I can do some things with it and I can type again. We went to BJs and they had no cashiers, only self check out. I bought a TON of stuff and had to do it all myself with a broken arm. It was terrible. I approve of the mustard stockpiles. We have a quart of powdered mustard, a gallon of mustard seeds, 8 bottles of plain mustard, 3 dijon, 5 spicy mustard, and 3 fancy german types. We are serious about our mustard. I have a magic broom. It looks ordinary, but when I lean it against the baby fence, she will not move the baby fence and stays out of the kitchen. Magic. Neighborhood garage sale is next weekend and we are getting ready for it. My garage is overflowing and we are hoping to empty up some space.

I saw this tutorial and found it useful. How To Make DIY Candle Wicks With Cotton String - 3 Ways - Sew Historically Basically it is #10 cotton thread like you crochet with.

We did a stirfry with the strips and a beef curry with the cubes. Beef Curry Beef Cubes 2 cans diced tomatoes 1 can rotel sprinkle dehydrated jalapenos 3 cubed potatoes 6 baby portabella mushrooms sliced 1 can coconut milk 2 c water 1 onion diced tumeric curry powder cilantro lime salt & pepper seasoning minced garlic Add everything to crockpot. Adjust seasonings to taste. Low 8 hours. Serve over rice. I forgot to thaw anything for yesterday so we had tomato soup and chicken quesadillas. Soup, milk, salsa, jalapenos. heat through. serve with sprinkle cheese and fried onions. Chicken Quesadillas 1 can chicken 8 tortillas small taco bell spicey ranchero sauce (bottle from grocery) Monterey jack cheese Layer chicken, sauce, cheese on half tortilla. Fold over. Fry on griddle to melt cheese. Flip, heat through.

I use a jigsaw app on my phone. Most of them are terrible, but Just Jigsaws has a more natural interface and is lots of fun. Its free, but it is one of the very few apps that I paid for extra features and that is rare for me. Just Jigsaws - Apps on Google Play

DD14 is still doing the bulk of the cooking with my hand out of commission. Last night she used the beef strips we cut off the roast. Stir fried them with some frozen stir fry veggies, a can each of water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, baby corn. Seasoned with a bottle of triple ginger teriyaki and served over rice noodles. It was great and easy. I am so lucky that she likes to cook and is so helpful. I have increased her allowance for being so much help during this chaos.

I thawed a top round chuck roast 3.5lb cost around $12 when I bought it. DD14 has decided she likes cutting meat. She sharpened my knife then I told her how to cut. She sliced off 4 1/2" steaks. Then we cut the rest in half. Half was cut into strips and half was cubed. We packaged everything and returned to fridge. steaks were marinated in balsamic vinaigrette for about an hour then grilled. We served it with a can of lima beans, a carrot dish, and roasted potatoes. Steaks were very tender and good. Carrot dish was a huge hit and I loved the potatoes. Potatoes Wash and cube 6 potatoes. Cut half and onion into big dices. Mix with olive oil. Coat with a package of onion soup mix. Put on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with paprika and Italian seasoning. Bake 450F 40m. Carrot dish 1 can carrots 1 can mushrooms 1/2 onion diced small 1.5 T butter large sprinkle Sazon Simmer 40m.

Be sure to check your insurance. I have really good insurance because Dh works for the department of the Navy (civilian but ex army enlisted). It is the best according to every doctor I've ever seen. I get free meter and strips through livelongo through blue cross FEP. It pays 100% of everything: meter, strips, and sticks. I do not like the meter as much as some others I've had but everything is free so.....I use that. I'm hypoglycemic and tend to run in the 40s to 70s. The downside is livelongo reports everything online and tracks it so my BS is in some database somewhere. I decided that it was worth my privacy to be free. Make your own decision.

Going to add that i always used the dough hook on my mixer to develop the gluten and i never had a problem.

I was a vegetarian for several years back in the early 2000s. This was how I made seitan back then using the 1995 vegetarian times recipe. it is less fancy than the one above. I need to try wynchwood's because it sounds good. Seitan 7 1/2 c whole wheat flour 6 c water Stir water into flour. Knead 10m to develop gluten. Run under water about 10m while stretching dough to wash away starch and bran. Make a loaf, tie in cheesecloth, and boil in stock for 1h. Slice and serve or use as desired. *can add seasoning to stock or loaf as desired before boiling. This is a seitan loaf i served at a vegan thanksgiving around 04/06. I used a mushroom gravy on it. I ate it about 2x a month in various dishes for about 7 years with this recipe.

Last night we had soup for dinner. No clue what is for dinner soup: 5p put pot on stove. Dig through freezer, find 1/3 bag potatoes obrien. Dump in pot. Dump in some garlic minced. Dice a bit of the leftover easter ham and add to pot. Add 6c water, 2 T chicken broth and turn on eye to medium. simmer 15m.. decide it needs something. Add 1 can drained spinach and some italian seasoning. simmer 25. Taste. Add 2 c heavy cream and turn to low for 15m. Serve with garlic bread. It was a big hit, everyone loved it.

DH is a naval architect. He will not let me move anything unless he measured it at least 3 times. He doesn't seem to understand that it has to 'look good' as well as fit. Half our stuff has autocad dimensions of it. Also I am not allowed to hang anything or put anything together for reasons.

Splint came off yesterday and I am in a removable brace now. I can wash my hand. I have limited movement in my fingers and can barely twitch my thumb. 6 weeks of physical therapy coming up. We stopped by Aldi on the way home. No longer carrying several things, not even shelf space for it: asian sauces, pancake on a stick, small cartons of heavy cream, some pasta sauce, rice items, certain bakery mixes,etc. I wasnt looking to buy all that i noticed, but i noticed.

I'm in my 40s. I'm sandwich generation where I care for elders and kids. I think every age has its own issues and advantages. More experience is always welcome.

i forgot to add that my brother has been a GM at a pizza place he's worked at close to 30 years now. he told me to buy a pizza cutter to cut all things. not the wheel type, but more like a boat shape. i havent tried it yet, but he said should solve my kitchen chopping problems. Amazon.com: 14” Pizza Cutter by KitchenStar | Sharp Stainless Steel Slicer Knife - Rocker Style w Blade Cover | Chop and Slices Perfect Portions + Dishwasher Safe – Premium Pizza Oven Accessories : Everything Else

scissors issue is to use fiskars and a rotary quilting blade. works like a charm. mine are the scrapbook type but they work on everything. i will admit to using my quilting blade to cut chicken the other day. seriously, once you get an actual titanium fiskars similar to the one below, you will never go back. i have several pair all over the house. very easy to squeeze. Amazon.com : Fiskars 399241-1002 Micro-Tip Pruning Snips, Non-Stick Blades, 2 Count, Orange : Patio, Lawn & Garden Amazon.com: Fiskars Crafts Rotary Cutter, 60mm Titanium

DH takes gabapentin regularly and it helps a lot. DD18 was on it for a while because she had tics. It worked for her also. i am pro the neurontins. side effect vs results are worth it for us. i have rx voltaren gel and i like it. try a lidocane patch. otc 4% rx5%. i have the rx ones. i LOVE them, but they do best in larger flatter areas like back and knee. havent heard of aspirecream. will have to look it up.

the drawer for my desk fell off, hit my bad hand. lots of pain yesterday. baby did not nap and acted like she found coffee. DD14 home on spring break so i had help. she is the kindest soul. yesterday i went to cook dinner of baked chicken. discovered i had thawed enough for a stirfry but not enough to bake. sighs. got out another pack moved menu up a day. decided to make a chicken casserole from my southern plate cookbook that id been wanting to try. got 80% done making it only to realize it had to marinate overnight. sigh. finished putting it together and stuck in fridge for next day. We ended up having soup and sandwiches. I was in such a bad mood and pain at this point that i got into an argument with my husband on the right way to slice bread. I had some vodka, pain went down, apologies were made and everyone ended on a good note as i went up to bed early.

This is very useful for me right now. It is my dominant hand that is broken and everything is very hard. one of the most useful things is talk to text on my phone and computer. it's not perfect but it's good. in the shower i use a shampoo with a pump it works well. .same thing with soap i pump it onto a pouf and use that. i use foaming hand soap to wash my hand. shower sprayer ftw. i tend to keep good pump bottles. a lot of stuff in my house isnt what the bottle says it is. i keep a tote bag by me to move things from room to room. Doc laughed at me because my perfect sized arm pillow to keep sling away from body at a good angle is a stuffed animal (pusheen as narwhale cat) looks like this one GUND PUSHEEN NARWHAL Plush Stuffed Animal 6050631 12" $17.99 - PicClick

i turned my sunroom into a pantry. i' agoraphobic so we dont have many people over.

I like my spreadsheet. I put in the item i want to stock, how many i want, how many i have and poof: i can see what i need. my menus very, but mostly by spice. so is we eat a pound of chicken per meal 3x per week for 52 weeks... roughly 150 lb chicken. i may break that down into canned, frozen, nuggets, etc but i have a rough estimate on it. Same with veggies. lets say we eat 1 container per day stored. 365 containers. break that up into canned, frozen, dehydrated, pickled, etc. break it further by type. Now in an emergency we would eat more stored and less fresh. I have to decide how much more i want to keep on hand and add that to my list. Same process with tp, soap, medicine, lightbulbs. how many do i use in a week, month, year. that isnt even prepping..its just knowing how many to buy when the sales are good for annual budgeting. yes i am very, very OCD. and typing with only left hand so terrible grammar.