Cooking

Bread Brigade Monday: Every Monday I make homemade bread while I do laundry. Makes me feel even more productive. Here I will share some of my favorite bread recipes.
http://www.breadworld.com/
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1-Dish Apple Coffee Cake (Round)

Spray deep dish pie plate with Pam.

Pour 21oz can apple pie filling into dish.

Combine:

1-3/4C flour

2 envelopes yeast

2Tbsp sugar

1/2tsp salt

3/4C very warm water (120° to 130°F)

3Tbsp melted butter

Pour over apples.
Stir together 1/4C sugar, 1tsp cinnamon.

Sprinkle over batter.

Bake at 300 for 30min.

Calorie Connect:
http://calorieconnect.com/
---Used this free online service while Kurt was deployed and lost about 50 pounds
---Accurately calculates calories you need to consume/burn to reach/maintain recommended BMI
---Provides detailed food consumption information, exercise data, and personalized charts and tables. 
---Calculates nutrients needed to maintain a healthy diet. Keeps track of fourteen essential nutrients
---Allows you to record diet/exercise information and then act positively to reach weekly/monthly goals

Healing Foods Pryamid
http://www.med.umich.edu/umim/food-pyramid/index.htm
---Created in 2005/updated in 2009
---Balanced way of eating in which food is regarded as source of healing/nurturing rather than energy
---Categories: (Click on each  category for additional information/links)
         Water
         Fruits & Vegetables
         Grain
         Legumes
         Healthy Fats
        Seasonings
        Eggs
        Dairy
        Lean Meats
        Fish & Seafood
        Dark Chocolate (by far my FAVORITE category)
        Alcohol (hey, don't blame me...wasn't my idea(?!))
        Tea

Hungry Girl: Free daily email service that provides recipes, tips & tricks each weekday
http://www.hungry-girl.com/

Menu Planning Central
http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/

---Subscription-based menu-planning service that I've been using for about five years to plan/prepare dinner

---Provides four different  meal plans

          Family-Friendly (this is the one I use)

          Frugal

          Healthy

          Vegetarian

         

Favorite Floyd Family Recipes

Cinnamon Rolls, Cinnabon Style

1/2C warm water
2 pkg. active dry yeast
1Tbsp sugar
1 3 1/2 oz. pkg. instant vanilla pudding
2 cups milk
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
8 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
1+ cup sugar
1/4+ cup good quality cinnamon

---Combine water, yeast, and sugar. Stir until dissolved. Set aside.
---Make pudding mix according to package directions.
---Add butter, eggs, salt
---Add egg mixture to yeast mixture
---Add flour gradually.
---Knead until smooth and elastic.
---Place in very large greased bowl. Cover. Let rise 1hr.
---Punch down. Let rise 45min.
---Roll out to 1/4" thick rectangles.
---Spread 1/2C melted butter over surface.
---Mix cinnamon and sugar together. Spread evenly over surface, leaving 1" margin along one of the long edges.
---Roll up tightly, starting from a long side.
---Press together along the edge not covered with cinnamon sugar.
---Slice. Place on greased baking pan 2" apart. Cover, Let rise overnight.
 
---Bake at 350 for 20min.
---Combine

1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk

---Frost warm rolls with cream cheese frosting.
 

Karl's Homemade Pizza Dough

1 2/3C warm wate

4tsp yeast

1tsp salt

2Tbsp olive oil

Flour

---Mix yeast salt, olive oil into water.

---Mix in flour 1/2C at a time until dough shapes into a ball.

---Knead 10min.,

---Divide into thirds.

---Shape into balls.

---Dust with flour.

---Cover.

---Let rise 30min.

Once a Month Cooking

Epicurious Taco Night
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/entertaining/partiesevents/taconight