We didn't actually find out the sex at the ultrasound but we've searched the web for old wives tales to test out. Here are the results:
Sunday, November 18, 2012
It's a Girl?
As promised we're revealing the sex of little Rabbit. Well... sort of!
We didn't actually find out the sex at the ultrasound but we've searched the web for old wives tales to test out. Here are the results:
We didn't actually find out the sex at the ultrasound but we've searched the web for old wives tales to test out. Here are the results:
Cranberry Sauce
Growing up I hated cranberry sauce. Why? Because we always had that canned jelly stuff, gross. Now that I'm older I love cranberry! Cranberry juice, dried cranberries alone as a snack or baked into granola, bread, cookies, cereal... you name it! Two years ago I made cranberry sauce for the first time using Paula Deen's cranberry-clementine sauce recipe. It was so much better than the canned stuff but super powerful, I could only eat a little. My mom loved it though so I've made it every holiday since.
This year I branched out and I think I've perfected my own recipe. It has a much more mild taste than Paula's recipe which I found way too tart.
Orange Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients:
1 12 oz bag of fresh cranberries
2 large oranges
3/4 cup of sugar
1/4 tsp anise seed
Directions:
In a small sauce pan add cranberries, the juice of one orange including pulp (at least 1/2 cup) plus water to equal 1 cup of liquid, sugar, anise, and 1/2 tsp orange zest. Bring to a boil at medium heat then reduce heat to low. Let simmer until the berries have burst and the sauce has thickened, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, peel the other orange and cut segments into 1" pieces. Remove sauce from heat, stir in the orange chunks and allow to chill before serving.
That's all! Easy, right? I don't know why more people don't make their own cranberry sauce, especially since its best made at least a day ahead of time to allow it to chill.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and enjoy!
This year I branched out and I think I've perfected my own recipe. It has a much more mild taste than Paula's recipe which I found way too tart.
Orange Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients:
1 12 oz bag of fresh cranberries
2 large oranges
3/4 cup of sugar
1/4 tsp anise seed
Directions:
In a small sauce pan add cranberries, the juice of one orange including pulp (at least 1/2 cup) plus water to equal 1 cup of liquid, sugar, anise, and 1/2 tsp orange zest. Bring to a boil at medium heat then reduce heat to low. Let simmer until the berries have burst and the sauce has thickened, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, peel the other orange and cut segments into 1" pieces. Remove sauce from heat, stir in the orange chunks and allow to chill before serving.
That's all! Easy, right? I don't know why more people don't make their own cranberry sauce, especially since its best made at least a day ahead of time to allow it to chill.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and enjoy!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
19 Weeks!
Holy cow! Where has the time gone? Sorry to have not posted in so long!
In my defense, the past few weeks have been pretty busy. Yesterday the Mr, got home from school to find me asleep in bed, where he kindly left me until dinner was ready at 5. I feel like one spoiled gal!
Anyhoo, since my last post I've had both a midwife appointment and *drum-roll please!* ...our first sonogram! I think a picture says a thousand words so here you go:
In my defense, the past few weeks have been pretty busy. Yesterday the Mr, got home from school to find me asleep in bed, where he kindly left me until dinner was ready at 5. I feel like one spoiled gal!
Anyhoo, since my last post I've had both a midwife appointment and *drum-roll please!* ...our first sonogram! I think a picture says a thousand words so here you go:
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| Our little Rabbit is as cute as pie! |