Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2012

Baked Doughnuts

I got a doughnut pan for a Wedding Gift, and I lost the recipe!!

Well, I found it!!!

I also found where someone uses this recipe in mini muffin tins to make home made doughnut holes!

This is the Wilton Baked Doughnut Recipe

2 cups cake flour, sifted 
¾ cup granulated sugar 
2 tsp. baking powder 
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg 
1 tsp. salt 
¾ cup buttermilk 
2 eggs, lightly beaten 
2 tbsp. butter, melted 


Preheat oven to 425*F. Spray doughnut pan with nonstick cooking spray. 

In a large mixing bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Add buttermilk, eggs and butter. Beat until just combined. Fill each doughnut cup approx. 2/3 full. 


Bake 7-9 minutes or until the top of the doughnuts spring back when touched. 

Let cool in pan for 4-5 minutes before removing. Finish doughnut with chocolate glaze, cinnamon sugar or confectioners’ sugar. Doughnuts are best served fresh. 

- Patty
The All-in-One Parent on FaceBook

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Crock Pot Meals - to Freeze, or not to freeze?

I keep coming across all these links on the web for crock pot meals you can freeze.

Sounds great to me! But, I guess if I had to pick, I would take 20 minutes before each meal, rather than 5 hours to fill my freezer with bags of food for my crock pot.

BUT, with that being said - I have my reasons.

I've never cooked frozen fresh potatoes, tomatoes, etc There are some foods I just cant imagine eating after freezing - even if I have bought them from the store frozen, I am always worried I will prep them wrong, and they will come out bad.

So, whats your take on it?

At any rate, I'm going to add some recipes I have collected from the web for Crock pot meals - frozen or fresh!

I hope you all enjoy them!

-Patty H.
The All-in-One Parent on FaceBook

Stay At Home Moms and Dads, Intro

Its not 1950 anymore, and things have changed, a lot!!

Mom's aren't the only ones staying home with the kids anymore! And not all households have a Mommy! Times have changed, and so have us SAHPs!

I remember spending a lot of time at my Grandma & Papa's home. He worked, and she stayed at home. She did the cooking, the cleaning, the washing, and the shopping - My Papa did the working, and the household repairs.

In my home - my Mom & Dad both worked, we didn't spend much time with them. When my Dad became disabled, he did everything - cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc.

On a personal note - I remember my dad always being quite angry, and vocal about it, but when he couldn't work anymore, and became the SAHP, he became even more angry. I am sure he felt emasculated. He wasn't bringing home the "bacon" anymore, and he was doing the woman's work.

I remember thinking, I never want to do that. I never want to make my man feel less than how my Grandma made my Papa feel. But now I realize, it isn't about the man and the woman, its about the roles each plays, and its about each of them feeling satisfied in their roles.

If the man works and the woman stays at home - is he happy leaving the kids behind for work everyday to provide for them? If so, great! Is he able to set time aside on his days off to bond with them? Is the Mom happy spending her time cooking, cleaning, carpooling, and checking homework? If so, great! That's all that matters! And if the roles are reversed, and the Dad is at home, and the Mom is working, great! So long as they are both happy in the role! And if the two parent home is a same-sex couple, as long as each parent is happy in the role they are playing, that is ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!

Remember - even if we don't vocalize how we feel inside, the kids know when something is up!

So, that's what this blog and page are about.
Its about sharing tips about how to handle the household - be it a man or a woman doing the house duties. Cleaning, cooking, laundry, time management - learning to master all these things are what makes the home run smoothly. And even when we do master these things, there is no guarantee that the house will run smooth.

So, here I will share links I found, recipes I have tried, ideas I like to use, and things I would LIKE to TRY and see if they work.

I encourage you to do the same!!

Check out the link to my brand new FaceBook page below

www.facebook.com/SAHMandD

-Patty H.