Orange Rolls

These are amazing.  Wow.  We loved these!  We liked them so much better than cinnamon rolls, which have a tendency to be overly-sweet.  These were great because the tang of the orange balances the sweetness perfectly.  Make them- and then make everything else on Mel's website. :)  I swear I have at least half of her recipes bookmarked... and then half of my recipe box is from her site...

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

I made this for Thomas for his Valentine's surprise because he LOVES mint chocolate chip ice cream.  It was super simple and it turned out delicious.  I made one more quart than the original recipe does, so I used 2 cups of whole milk, 2 cups of half and half, and 2 cups of heavy cream.  The rest I did 1 1/2 times what the recipe gave amounts for.  It turned out delicious!  It got the supreme "Thomas seal of approval", and he was very sad when it was all gone.  I would definitely say to use the mini chocolate chips or chocolate chunks, if you can find them- all I had were regular sized and they were too big for our taste.

Ethanism

I was holding Ethan on my lap today and he told me this story:

He saw a picture of Jesus on our wall he must never have noticed before.  He pointed and said: "Jesus!"
I say, "yes, that's right!"
Then he says: "Jesus.  Foot.  Running.  Seen it!  Seen it!"
I repeated what I thought I heard him say and he said "Yeah."
Then he said: "People.  Running."
I asked "People are running?"  "Yeah."  "Running where?"  "Jesus.  Temple."

I am grateful for a toddler who reminds me where my priorities need to be.

Skillet Chicken & Broccoli Pasta

We had this for dinner the other night and I wanted to post a link to it- Thomas was impressed with how good this looked!  And it tasted great too!  I substituted 3 cups of macaroni for the penne, I used frozen broccoli so I had to add that a little earlier than she said, and I didn't have sun-dried tomatoes so I just used the same amount of canned petite diced.  It was very very good the first night but after 4 days of eating the leftovers I kind of burned out on it.  So be warned- it makes a LOT for this family of 2 adults and 2 littles!  I wish I could say the kids liked it but they didn't really end up eating much of it at all... *sigh* toddler pickiness.  Does it ever get better?