Cake Decorating

I have only decorated a couple cakes in my life time. It is not really something that interests me other than for the kids birthdays. Andrew J turned 1 this weekend and we had a little shin-dig for him. I made sort of a safari type cake and thought I'd share it with you. I was pleased with how it turned out!

December

Okay, it seems the majority wants to skip December. I am kind of with Staci, we are all going to be cooking in December anyway but I am not traveling and I know that adds stress. Alyssa brought up not wanting the blog to go inactive, I really agree with that. How can we make sure that we don't lose steam with an entire month off? Carrie mentioned posting treat recipes (Chic Chefs to Beautiful Bakers! HA!), what does everyone think of that? I like that idea.

Meatloaf! Thumbs up from the kiddos!

So we as a family really like meatloaf. It's always on the menu through the fall and winter, like Eva said it's the ultimate comfort food. We typically do cheesy mashed potatoes with meatloaf and green beans but the girls have been partial to peas lately so that's what we did. This was the first Chic Chef meal that they ate every single thing! So their rating would be a full on 4 stars. I had never done oatmeal before as we usually do bread or bread crumbs. I liked the oatmeal but even though I did 2 fisfuls to the 1 suggested it still could have used a little more as I like it a little firmer. Also I really really really missed the glaze that we usually do and I must say Nikki next time you make your Moms you should do a ketchup based glaze and you'll know what I'm talking about :) That said I think what I've taken away from this recipe that we will add is the oatmeal aspect. Good job Nik!

I'm really close to being all caught up!

So I got off work on Thursday night and went to QFC so i could make up before we start up again. So Thursday night we had meatloaf. It was also my first time making it myself. I think it turned out very well. Nathan said that it was better then my mom's! I did add a little too much oatmeal but it still was good. Friday during Carson's nap i got the chicken ready for the Jooieh Kabab. It was all really easy to get together except for the fact the i forgot the lemon juice and had to squeeze out 2 lemons to get enough juice. Now a swear to you i read the recipe for the rice a few times and for some reason i never processed the 35 minutes it needed to cook again. So we eat in shifts but it was still VERY good. I will for sure make it again as well. Carson just loved eating the "balls" (tomatoes). On Saturday Carson and I had leftovers for lunch and the plan was to make the Greek burgers for dinner but Nathans computer died and what was promised to be a 20 minute trip to the computer store ended up being an hour and 20 minute trip our Greek burgers changed to Red Robin burgers. So i will try again with the Greek burgers someday soon!