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These calzones can be made ahead of time and individually frozen. If you do not want to make your own bread for the calzones, just use some frozen bread dough from the store. Ingredients: 2 Tbsp yeast2 C warm water5 C flour2 C corn meal2 Tbsp5 Tbsp olive oil Recipe:1. Dissolve yeast in warm water until foamy. 2. Stir in flour, corn meal, salt, and olive oil.3. Let rise 1 hour4. Divide into 12 equal balls and flatten into 12 8-inch rounds5. Put filling in rounds and fold in half6. Pinch edges to seal7. Prick tops several times with fork.8.…

Meal Plan Monday

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We’re going through the pantry and freezer to use up what we have this week. We’ll get our shipment from Angel Food Ministries on Saturday, so we’ll have more food in our house just in time for Valentine’s Day! 1. Pasta Bake2. Mexican Bake3. Tacos or Burritos4. Calzones or Pizza5. Breakfast Food6. Finger Food Night7. Loaded Fries/Potatoes **Lunches will be sandwiches, soup, and leftovers. Breakfast will be eggs, pancakes, cereal, breakfast burritos.**

January 31, 2007

Heather L

Dvd/Cd/Game Storage

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I don’t know about you, but at our house we have a lot of dvds, cds, computer games, and computer software. I was tired of trying to find a place for everything. So, we decided to take all the dvds (divided up according to Mom/Dad movies & family/kids movies) out of the cases and put them in cd storage binders. Next, we took all the music cds out of their cases and put them in cd storage binders. Munchkin has her own cd storage binder for her computer games. I have a case for all my computer related things, and…

January 31, 2007

Heather L

Oatmeal Bars

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I found this recipe over at Kelli’s blog. It’s absolutely delicious. Thanks, Kelli! Fruit Filled Oatmeal Bars 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup quick oats 2/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup butter 1 cup of your favorite jam (we used peanut butter instead) In a mixing bowl combine flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda. Cut in butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 cup of the flour mixture. Press remaining flour mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 8×8 pan. Spread with desired jam. Sprinkle with reserved flour mixture. Bake at 350 for 30…

Tackle it Tuesday: Baking

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Last night, while munchkin was at gymnastics, D informs me that we don’t have anything for his lunch other than the actual lunch. In other words, he needs some snackage. So, today’s Tackle It Tuesday task is to get a bunch of baking done with my daughter. In the plans are: brownies, cookies, and oatmeal bars. Now, I’ve never made these oatmeal bars, but I keep saying that I’m going to try. Well, today, I’ve decided it’s time to do it. We already have all the stuff that we need, so now, it’s time to just get it done. We’ll…