November 7, 2007

• Beware of When I Can’t Sleep

  Couldn’t sleep this morning.  So I decided rather than risk waking my love with my tossing and turning I got up, said my prayers and went to the kitchen.  Now, we all know that the kitchen is the heart of the home, the main gathering place, the obvious place to go.  But what do you do when you get there?  Eating is out of the question.  For me cooking is the only other alternative. 

  

  So I made a few bread doughs.  After all we were out of bread and then there was that potluck supper that I was going to tonight, then there is that family of 12 that I plan on visiting tomorrow and the friend who has been giving my daughter rides home from school to spare my back too much time in the car.

   

  This is what it looked like when it all came out of the oven.  Boy did Mary-Kate like coming home to that smell. 

  

  Then of course while the dough is rising you have to have something else to do.  So I made sauce and meatballs.  I don’t know how to cook for four yet so I made a lot of sauce.  Around here you can always give away lasagna.  Remember that potluck dinner.  Also lasagna freezes well.  So now we have some “emergency” meals in the freezer for whatever may come along.

  

  Well, while the sauce is simmering and the meatballs are cooking I still have to have something to do……. so I made a pan of brownies.  You never know when someone may need dessert.  Or maybe a snack when they get home from school or work.

  

  Finally, I just had to make a Creme de Menthe cake.  I got to thinking about Jason and praying for him and naturally I made his favorite kind of cake.  Of course it will probably be gone before he gets home on Friday but I can always make another.  This is the problem when mom cannot sleep.  Of course tonight I won’t have the same problem,  thanks be to God!!!!!!!   And an extra added bonus it that my family will eat well as will my neighbor, the people at church, and anyone who has an “emergency” and needs that food that I put away in the freezer. 

  

  So, what do I make for supper tomorrow night? 

  • 3:37 pm
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