Red letter day in attempted domestication!

So this morning I finished the fruit roll ups... and this afternoon pizza..with a crust from scratch :D Yay me!
Combine-
2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2/3 c. water
1/4 c. vegetable oil

kneed on a floured surface until dough is workable
transfer to pan, stretch out to shape and size desired

Top with sauce and other toppings you want. I did tomato sauce, parm, garlic garlic from Tastefully Simple as well as the Spinach Artichoke dip mix and mozz



place in a 425 degree oven for 20 min and manga!




I did remake this later and put the spices IN the crust with parm and then did some oil over the crust with more parm and prebaked it for 10 min then topped it with sauce and cheese... much tastier :D

Home made fruit roll ups

So my attempt at domestication today is....
fruit roll ups. My munchkin loves these corn syrup filled sugar fruit flavored leathers so when I found a recipe for home made ones on disneyfamily.com... well I figured it cant hurt to try them right?
so this is my attempt...
The recipe calls for 8ounces of dried fruit and 1.5c water well the 8oz packet of fruit was $4 and the 6oz bag was $2...yeah we got the 6oz bag
So you simmer the fruit in the water for about 30 min or so until the fruit is soft...
when they are done they should look kinda like this (I used Apricots BTW)

One word of warning.... that FB message that comes up when you SHOULD be checking on the fruit (cause I dont care that the recipe says 30 min...for me it took like 12) CHECK THE FRUIT! cause this.... is what happens...that was attempt #1 with a mixed fruit of mango, pineapple, and papaya

So move them from the pot to a blender and puree the fruit... BTW this has taught me I want a food processor..specifically the Ninja cause well the blender is evil the 6oz of fruit is hard to puree in a full size blender


so after you have pureed the heck outta the poor unsuspecting fruit pour it onto a cookie sheet lined with tin foil that has been coated with cooking spray. Spread evenly making sure there is no holes in the puree

place in a 250 degree oven for 25 minutes. At the end of the 25 minutes turn off the oven WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR. Let the tray remain in the oven for 8 hours.

Peel the fruit off the tray gently place on wax paper right side up and cut into strips or shapes and NOM but I didnt do that part... I am out of wax paper and have no desire to run out and buy some so I used a cookie cutter and viola I got apricot leather acorns (I'm just not telling munchkin they are fruit leathers...she'll have an 8 year old melt down and well I dont have the energy to deal with that today)

so yeah...

the "holding my self accountable" thing really hasnt worked. I would like to blame the current resident in my gut (aka Baby #2 thats coming around Christmas) for my laziness in all matters cause well he cant argue his innocence in the matter.
I have been failing MISERABLY at trying to be more domestic..le sigh tomorrow is a new day. I did do a bunch of cleaning yesterday but that set off some contractions so... well I always knew housework would kill me one day lol
Oh BTW anyone know how to survive the preteen drama of a little girl? I would love to hear it... my munchkin is KILLING me!!! Her attitude will be the death of me! I hope my husband is prepared to be a single dad cause UGH

Day 2

and it looks like a bust for the goal today... its 4pm and I am still in PJs. I woke up with a migraine this morning that I havent been able to shake all day... this will be a FUN shift at work tonight. Looks like the munchkin is getting spaghettos for dinner and hubby is getting left over sloppy joes from last night

Night One

so I am getting a start on my goal pretty well I think :D I am making dinner now...
sloppy joes, corn on the cob, tater tots and a nectarine galette (well the galette is already done and might not make it whole to dinner since I NEED to try it! I mean look at it! Its screaming to be cut up NOW)

1st post

so I am starting this for a couple reasons... first off I just randomly like to BP&M to the universe since its a great stress reliever but also since I NEED to start being more "domestic" I need to cook more dinners rather then get take out, and I need to get the house in order. How may you ask will adding yet another electronic distraction assist me in this goal? By making me hold myself accountable to something. I will force my self to come on here and post what I cook for dinner and then reward myself for doing a full week with well IDK yet probably whatever I am craving at the time...
I titled this Kinda Crazy cause well thats me in a nut shell. I have a little girl and a furbaby as well as expecting baby #2 this December. My husband is in the Navy so our schedule is made around his, I am a full time student, a part time delivery driver for a pizza joint, and a volunteer for a crisis pregnancy center.. my time is stretched to the max often but somehow I enjoy it like that go figure so heres to a new goal for this pregnancy... be domestic!