Homeade French Bread

I have had 3 different people ask me for my french bread recipe in the last few weeks so I thought it would be easiest to post it on my blog.


1. Dissolve 2 pkg. (4 t) dry yeast in 1/2 c warm water
2. Allow to stand 10 min.
3. Combine in large bowl:
2 c. hot water
3 T. sugar
5 T. oil
1 T. salt
3 c. flour
4. Stir in yeast
5. Stir in mixing well- 3 c. flour
6. Leaving spoon in batter allow to rest 10 min.
7. Stir vigorously- allow to rest 10 min. Repeat #7 3 more times
8. Turn dough onto floured bread board. Divide it in half
9. Roll into a 9 x 12 rectangle. Start at long edge and roll loosely as for jelly roll. Seal edges. Repeat with other half
10. Place seam side down on one large baking sheet.
11. Use a sharp knife and slash top 3 times.
12. You can either brush the tops with a beaten egg before you cook it or brush them with melted butter after you cook it. (I prefer the butter, it makes the crust softer).
13. Raise for 30 min. Bake for 35 min. at 400


I use the leftover bread for yummy french toast the next day.

I love my crockpot

I love cooking meals in my crockpot, it makes life so much easier to make dinner earlier in the day when there is not so much going on. Evening time gets a little crazy around here... the girls need help with homework, Zander gets a little grumpy, the girls need to be run to gymnastics, young women's etc. It gets kinda frustrating to try and find time to make dinner so I use my crockpot as much as possible. If any of you know any good crockpot recipes send them my way, and here is a yummy, easy recipe for you.

Crockpot Lasagna

1 1/2 lb.Hamburger 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 onion chopped 1 can olives, sliced
1 (26 1/2 oz.) can spaghetti sauce (I use Ragu traditional)
1 pkg. Lasagna noodles 1 cup Mozzerella cheese, grated
1 lb. container cottage cheese 1 TBSP. Parmesan cheese
1 TBSP. Basil 2 TBSP. Sugar


Brown hamburger and onion together. Combine hamburger, spaghetti sauce, basil and sugar. Layer ingredients in crock pot as follows: Sauce mix, lasagna noodles, 1/4 cup water, sauce mix, cottage cheese, lasagna noodles, 1/4 cup water, sauce mix, cheddar cheese, lasagna noodles, 1/4 cup water, sauce mix, olives, mozzerella cheese, olives and parmesan cheese. Cook for 3 hours on low.

Stinkin computer!

So it turns out I'm not really a dork after all (what a relief) ! It's actually my computers fault that I couldn't figure out how to change my background. When I sign in, I don't get that little bar on top of my blog that lets me customize, and when I sign in to blogger I can't get the page elements to come up! What a pain, looks like it's time to take my computer in and have it cleaned up. Thanks Kristen for helping me, I love the new look!

Help!!

As I look at all of your blogs I am becoming extremely jealous of all of your cute backgrounds!! I am such a dork and have no idea how to change mine. I like the one that I have ( thank you Jealin) but it has been my background since June and I think its time to switch it up. Someone give me a course on what to do. PLEASE! I have tried to figure it out on my own. But like I said I'm a dork.

This is what happans when kylie gets ahold of Zander

Slacker... Big Time

I know, I am a huge slacker. It's been over a month since I last posted... I can't believe that. It is soo hard to get anything done nowadays. I forgot how much time babies take up. Zander is doing awesome, he is growing like a weed. He is two and one half months old and weighs almost 15 lbs already. He is the cutest little chunk. He is such a smiley happy little guy, and the best news of all....... HE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT! HALLELUJAH!!! We put him to bed at about ten and he sleeps until around seven. It has been heaven!! Baylie and Kylie are loving Christmas break cuz they get to stay home and hang out with their brother all day. I hope all of you had a great Christmas! Ours was good except for the fact that the weather kept us at home. We usually go to my mom's house for the day, but we were afraid to drive through the canyon with it snowing so much. We figured better to be safe than sorry. So we had a quiet Christmas at home. Marks parents came over for dinner and hung out with us for a few hours and that was fun. I am blessed with the most amazing in-laws ever. They are always there when we need anything and we love to be around them. We are going to my mom's tomorrow for a belated Christmas. Hopefully the weather will cooperate! I will try and post some recent pictures soon.