Just call me Martha!

Jeremy bought me the Pampered Chef Deep Dish Covered Baker for my birthday along with a new large pizza stone. I've used the covered baker several times to make different dishes. The one I was most proud of would have made Martha Stewart envious! I made from SCRATCH a chicken potpie. The dough was from scratch, the sauce was from scratch and I even cooked up chicken breasts just for this creation. I had never made dough from scratch so I was a little nervous about how it would turn out. It was quite good, and so pretty I had to take a picture.

the new baker

The potpie revealed!

on the plate!

In addition to these cooking adventures with my new bakeware, I've been making from scratch baby food for Evan. Trevor really enjoys helping me out. At first I thought it would be a pain to make food, but it is kind of fun to come up with new combinations of fruits and veggies. Plus I feel like this baby food is better for him since I know exactly what is going into it. I can get 8-10 baby food containers out of one blender which comes out to about 20 cents a serving. Quite the bargain compared to 45 cents at the grocery.

Some of our recent creations include: Mangos & Berries (Raspberry, Blackberry and Blueberry), Apple/Strawberry/Banana, Pear & Pineapple, Ham & Apples, Mixed Veggies & Chicken. Evan LOVES any fruit, and I have been surprised that he even likes the berries with their seeds.

Baby food factory