day to day

i just spent the most wonderful day at home with my husband, tyler and jake (the dog). just cooking, cleaning and knitting. i lined my soap mold and thought about making another batch, but i just wanted to concentrated on centering the family. spending time taking care of each other.

i made almost everything for the meals from scratch. except these instant augrotten potatoes that my husband likes. i honestly have never tried to make them from scratch, but next time he wants them, i will try it.

i'm trying to find recipes that have a sour dough starter base. i started a new member of the family, this sour dough starter and now i want to find recipes. i read how you can just use water, flour and you can catch wild yeast to make a sour dough starter i'm trying it with another batch. so i got a recipe off the net of sour dough pancakes, i tried them. i'm not a fan i'm still looking for a pancake recipe. you have to kiss a couple of frogs. that one was definely a frog at my table.
also in this book i'm reading about nursing and breast feeding one of the ladies in there used her breastmilk to start a sour dough starter. to celabrate the end of her and her childs nursing relationship. that may not be up everyones ally but people have to do what works for them and forget everyone else.

i made meatballs last night for pasta. and i used the left-over to day for lunch- open faced meatball subs on thick cut garlic toast and melted mozzarilla chesse over them just a few minutes in the broiler and they where perfect. we eat well today.

last night i also checked out my carbon foot print. i was shocked. when we move and start growing our garden it will improve. i was suprised at the things they consider and i never thaught of before.

so for to nights dinner we went to the local famers mrket and bought locally grown corn for dinner. it was way better that the frozen i would have fixed if i wasn't thinking about it.