On my (what I suppose will be lifelong) quest for total domestication, I am suddenly enjoying cooking. Hmmm. Strange. Baking, new recipes, and the like. Hamburger Helper should be jealous right about now!
Do not misunderstand me! I am not referring to the kind of baking that requires a rolling pin (No clue where mine is. I only have one because it was my grandmothers and I keep it for nostalgic reasons.), flour all over the kitchen, or even baking powder. I am in to what I like to call: CHEATING COOKING! What is that? Glad you asked! Well, this morning I cooked some adorable little breakfast puffs that in some parts of the world might have a name in another language and a nice shiny egg white or butter coating. Not here. Here, I simply bought some crescent rolls (the always save, on sale, cheapest ones they had!) and I fried up a little bit of Blue and Gold sausage and added some eggs. I chopped up some green onion and some mushrooms. (Not fresh mushrooms. Just some I had in the fridge in a jar!) Put it in a bowl, mixed in some shredded cheese (bought it that way. My cheese grater is rather a lonely little thing!) and a little sour cream and just wrapped the concoction up in the crescent rolls and baked them! Voila! Also, I have some potato soup in the crock pot. (And, I did not chop up ONE SINGLE potato! I hate peeling and cutting potatoes with a passion!) Here's the "cheating" recipe for that: Easy crockpot potato soup recipe It required opening things and dumping them in the crock pot, but this evening, I will be queen of the kitchen as my family raves about what a wonderful meal it is! (Families rave about lots of easy meals when they are used to Hamburger Helper!)
In an ideal world, I would honestly love to be one of those wives/moms who cooks organic, from scratch meals, leaves out all gluten and processed foods, grows and cans all our own vegetables, and has no clue what the price of a "Wal-Mart birthday cake" is! And, my hat is off to those ladies, in all sincerity!! But, alas, I have 3 children (2 of which are in sports), a husband, 2 dogs, 6 bonus children here for about 10 hours a day, and semi-poor time management skills. So. I need to cheat! I need meals that take 5 minutes to throw in a crock pot and taste like I slaved over them for hours! And, I'm kind of excited about my new found interest! I'm on the prowl for super easy recipes!! And, I have decided to share with you all, all of my best findings!
I made extra of my little breakfast puffs so we can eat them on the way to games Saturday, instead of spending $20 or $30 on breakfast from a convenience store! Thinking ahead! Aren't you proud of me? ;-)