Blueberry Pancakes

Sunday mornings are not complete without Blueberry Pancakes! My family loves these and so does our chocolate lab. These pancakes are a must try. They have a nice crunch on the out side and are very fluffy and moist. You cannot just stop at one.

2 cups flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
4 eggs separated
1 3/4 cup 1% or 2% milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

In separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt, then add the milk, egg yolks, and vegetable oil. After all ingredients are combined, gently fold in egg whites with rubber spatula. Cook on preheated griddle. To make your pancakes have a nice crust, rub butter on the griddle right before you spoon on your pancake batter. I add the blueberries directly onto the pancakes right after I spoon them onto the griddle. This helps prevent your batter from turning blue. Last but not least, Enjoy!!

The Rosier Family

When my sister and I decided to start this blog, we not only wanted to share our favorite things, but also talk about our differences. So this is my family. My husband Troy and I adopted 2 biological siblings. We have had Jackson & Sophia for 4 years now. It has been the greatest blessing in our lives. We live in Price, Utah. We have 2 bengal cats ( pictures coming soon ) and a Chocolate Lab! There are many things that I love to do, but one of my very favorite things is to cook! I love it! I wished I had a fun hobby like Yoga, or Pilates, or Spinning....no, not me. As you can see from my pictures, I like to bake and cook! There is nothing more satisfying than to invite friends over and have a great meal, or to make someone a box of candy. Rhonda is the talented one! She can sew, bake, make crafts...the list goes on and on! We decided by doing this blog, we could each post our favorite things. So this blog is a work in progress, but I hope you join in our experience because we are having a lot of fun!! Julie

Flower Chocolate Cake

It was my niece's birthday this Sunday and they were here visiting. She wanted a chocolate flower cake. So we took some M&M's and then cut large marshmallows to make the flower petals. It was a simple cake but it turned out really cute. The best part, we had a blast putting it together.

Macaroni & Cheese

Forget Kraft Macaroni & Cheese! This is just as easy to make and it is sinfully delicious! It is one of the most requested dishes at our home.

12 ounces large elbow macaroni

2 eggs

1 Tablespoon dry mustard

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 cups half & half

1 pound sharp cheddar cheese grated

Preheat oven to 375 F. Cook and drain the macaroni. In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs with mustard, salt & pepper. Stir in half & half, then the cheese & then cooked macaroni. Pour into a buttered 2 quart casserole dish & bake for 25 minutes.

Sometimes I will add crisp bacon to the top of the macaroni for a garnish, or I will add 1 small chopped yellow onion to the mixture. Either way, it is very easy to make and is a treat!

Vegetable Stuffed Chicken Breast

4 boneless chicken breasts
1 red onion
1/2 cup diced sun-dried tomatoes
1 small can artichoke hearts
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons feta cheese
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons butter
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream.

In a large skillet, heat olive oil and then add chopped red onion, chopped sun-dried tomatoes and chopped artichoke hearts. Saute over medium heat until onions are translucent. Remove from heat and add feta cheese. Let mixture cool completely.

Meanwhile, trim the fat off your chicken breasts, and wash and pat dry. Pound chicken breast until it is 1/4 inch thick. At one end of the chicken breast, add 2 tablespoons of vegetable mixture onto one end of the chicken breast and roll mixture into chicken. Insert two toothpicks to hold chicken and mixture together. Repeat.

In separate saute pan, heat with 1 tablespoon olive oil, brown chicken on both sides and then put into a 350 F oven and cook until chicken is 165 F.

After your vegetable mixture is gone, put your saute pan back over medium heat and deglaze with 2 teaspoons butter, 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream and Parmesan cheese. Cook until bubbly. Pour over your chicken breasts.

Oh where oh where has my little sis' gone

Oh where oh where has my little sis' gone,
Oh where oh where can she be,
With her cooking skills and our favorite things blog,
Oh where oh where can she be.

Oh where oh where have your cooking skills gone,
Please blog and share them with me!

Julie -- we are waiting for posts from you (I know you are still feeding your family).

Love,
your sister

April's scrap quilt

I have been so excited for April to come to share this month's scrap quilt with you.  A few years ago I made a quilt from a fabric line called "Tiddlywinks".  Of the scraps I had left, some pieces were large and others quite small and uneven.  I took a piece and started adding some very uneven pieces to the sides ... and then even more uneven pieces and trimmed the blocks to a specific size and sewed them together.  There is no rhyme or reason to this quilt but I am very pleased with the final result. 

I stayed with my uneven theme and put a row of scraps in the back.  It was a fun addition to the plain brown.

The end.