Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Yes, I know this post should have happened yesterday. But yesterday morning, after taking my 4th grader to school, hopping on the elliptical, and doing your basic get-ready-for-the-day-personal-hygiene, I drove my hubby to the oral surgeon’s, waited with him in the waiting room for a frustrating amount of time (because why tell us to be there at 10 instead of 10:30 if we’re just going to sit there until 10:30 anyway?) picked up library holds once he was sedated, waited until he was done and ready to actually leave, and then left him in the car while I picked up his medications before we finally headed home. And since we all know I struggle to write coherently unless it’s relatively early in the day, well–you get recipes.

To begin with, I needed soup for that hubby of mine AND I had some leftover baked potato, so I searched out this copycat Outback Steakhouse Baked Potato Soup recipe. I used evaporated milk instead of cream and more of that than actual milk, I think–I was really low on actual milk–but other than that, I more or less followed the recipe, and I thought it was solid. The same holds for this Cinnamon Spice Applesauce Bread with Honey Butter recipe, which my family demolished for breakfast this morning. Neither one is necessarily a “you must make this recipe immediately” recipe, but both are definitely “if you’re looking for a recipe for such-and-such a thing, try this one” material. I used plain yogurt instead of sour cream and half canola oil, half melted butter, since I didn’t have coconut oil; beyond that, I pretty much followed the recipe, and I was kind of sad that I had to ration my breakfast portion so that my youngest and my hubby also got enough. (I didn’t actually bother making the honey butter.) If you’re looking for a cozy meal, this would be a solid combination.

In the meantime, now that I’m home from Costco and have eaten lunch, I have a list of things waiting for me to do. Hopefully you’ll get a book review tomorrow!