Beer Bread

I must first start by apologizing to any Pampered Chef or Tastefully Simple reps that read my blog, but I feel my friends and family should have this recipe.

I have searched high and low and finally found a recipe for beer bread. Myself as well as Elly love the stuff, but I always run out of the mix before someone has a party. Another thing, I dislike paying shipping costs on food. (or anything else for that matter)

I found the recipe on recipezarr, but as usual I tweaked it a little and finally Elly gives it her approval.

Beer Bread

3 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 cup sugar

1 can beer

1-2 Tlbs of butter

THE KEY TO THIS RECIPE IS SIFTING THE FLOUR. You can sift once, but for best results I sift 3 times.

Sift ingredients into bowl I usually do 1 cup of flour and add 1 tsp of baking powder in between to make sure evenly dispersed. Put in all dry ingredients and add beer. Mix until blended (do not over mix) pour in bread pan and put melted butter on top. Bake on 350 for 1 hour

Note: I do no have a sifter I just use a strainer to sift the flour. You can also use a wisk. The flour should not be packed.

It is yummy!

St Patricks Day

Dave at work has started a tradition of taking Lisa and I out to corn beef and cabbage. It was delicious. Thanks Dave!

I decided to start a Eaton tradition myself. Green mashed potatoes. Since I worked today I also stopped and picked up some Siever's Ribs. Corn and mashed potatoes are Elly and Parker's favorite sides. It took some convincing, but they ate them all up. Against my sister's dislike for pictures of food, I still decided to attach one (Sorry Gina)

Hair

I am not one to keep things the same. I am always looking for something different. This winter it has been my hair. While it takes a lot of work with my natural curls, I did wear it straight occasionally and I also colored it brown. Elly found my crimper from my middle school years and decided she liked that look.

Super Bowl

Well why I am behind, I do want to post about this years Super Bowl. While my Indy Colts were beat, we had a great night. I made homemade meatball subs and potatoe casserole and went to watch the game with Dad. Mom was working and we took a plate to her. It was great watching the game on the big screen, just wish the outcome would have been better. Parker helped with the subs, but Elly made the cupcakes all by herself. I then turned them into mini bosten cream pies. One of my dad's favorites.

Wizard of Oz

We are soon to have a celebrity on our hands. Earlier this school year Parker and Elly were in the talent show. Both took to the stage very well, Elly was a natural and loved it. She tried out for the musical Wizard of Oz and made it. She will be the Munchkin Coroner that declares the Wicked Witch to be Dead! It will be April 15-18. All family and friends should reserve the date. Parker decided that he did not want to do the singing part and have that many practices (or wear makeup). I did not push it. It will be a lot of work, but I am really excited Elly wanted to take part. She had to sing lollipop guild when she tried out.

Spinach Salad

Elly's favorite food is salad. I should say her favorite food is french dressing. I always thought I was doing good even if she drowned it in dressing, but I recently found out that iceberg lettuce has zero nutrition. So we have started adding dark greens to our salad. When I worked at Rax (the good old days) I liked spinach salad. I made it this week with homemade honey mustard dressing. Dressing had onions, honey, spicy mustard, cider vinegar, olive oil and sugar. About equal parts of each. It was delicious. Elly just ate the spinach mixed in with her iceberg lettuce. We are having baby steps, but on the track to healthier eating. Parker still does not touch the stuff. He eats apples or grapes instead.

Happy New Year the Eaton's are back

Hiatus is over. I had planned on digital scrapbooking this past year and the pictures are just sitting on disks. I have decided to try the blogging again this year. The pictures are from the kids 2009 birthday's. Parker is now 7 soon too be 8 and Elly just turned 9.