Time Off

Just a quick post to say it's been a busy few days and it will be a busy few more, all good.

• Thursday: Ma came for a visit during her own spring break--she and the kids had fun with fairy houses and then we all went to a Thai lunch. Mama registered the kids for kindergarten (yes, it's true; I didn't help). I went to my PT eval and can bend 17.5 cm to my right but only 10 cm to my left. That night, Mama and I went out to dinner with friends.
• Friday: a usual school day plus a trip to the Whole Foods for yummy things. Then, I had a Mom's Night Out with friends--recipes for Chocolate Monkey Bread and whatever Mama Teacher calls those yummy veggie triangles soon!
• Saturday: full school pic in just a few minutes, then family errands.
• Sunday: morning consultation with tree guy about some clean up then another family outing
• Monday: coffee with a church friend and that night a school meeting about kindergarten
• Tuesday: a church meeting
• Wednesday: restaurant outing with friends

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Chocolate Monkey Bread

2 rolls store-bought buttermilk biscuits (or homemade bread dough)

1/2 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon cocoa

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray Bundt or similar pan with cooking spray.

Combine sugar, cinnamon, and cocoa in a large zipper bag or bowl. Cut buttermilk biscuits into quarters. Shake or toss biscuit quarters in the sugar-cinnamon-cocoa mixture. Distribute them evenly in Bundt pan. Sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips (note: you can also try to stuff 1-3 chips in each quarter of dough. But this is time consuming. The chips don't burn and the bread is not messy if you just sprinkle, especially if you do one layer of dough and then chips and then dough and then chips again).

Melt butter and brown sugar on stovetop or in microwave. Pour over dough in Bundt pan.

Bake approximately 30 minutes or until dough is puffy and brown--check for doughy, uncooked bits and continue cooking in 5 minute increments until done. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto serving plate. Pull apart to eat.

Mommy Hungry

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Mama Teacher's Veggie Triangles

**my guess at her recipe with her edits in red!

1 roll refrigerator crescent roll dough

sour cream

mozzarella cheese

red/yellow/orange pepper, in tiny slivers

broccoli florets, also cut very small (were these precooked?) - no not precooked - just cut very small

were there little bits of carrot? - no

I used red/orange pepper and broccoli - in the past i have used all different colors of peppers and broccoli

Preheat oven to 350F?? yes

Unroll crescent dough, tear into premarked triangles, and cut into thirds or quarters. Spread lightly with sour cream and sprinkle with cheese. Place bits of vegetables on top.

I try and get 4 - 5 out of each triangle - depending on my crowd - i like to have some big pieces and some little pieces.

You need to bake the triangles just until lightly brown - let triangles cool slightly then spread sour cream on top - again depends on my crowd as to how much i use - but it really takes so little *** i have also made them using cream cheese instead of sour cream.

Put veggies on top of sour cream then sprinkle with cheese ***i liked your idea of Mont. jack cheese - might be good

Bake until cheese melts

Mama Teacher