Monday, April 21, 2008

Paula Dean's PB and Banana Sandwiches

We are not huge PB fans around here, which is probably a good thing, since it is hard to find and quite pricey here! But we do love peanut butter blossom cookies every once in a while, so I brought one PB jar from the States just for that purpose.

I was browsing through some recipes the other day, which I love doing, and found this Paula Dean recipe for PB Banana sandwiches and they looked so good, that I had to give it a try. I have to say, they were VERY GOOD! Warning, though....they are extremely rich and filling and not a great option when counting calories. But really now...whose counting?!



Ultimate PB Sandwiches

3/4 cup peanut butter
3 tbls. honey
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Bananas
Sugar and cinnamon

Mix first three ingredients together and spread on two slices of bread. Cut up some bananas and place on one slice of bread. Place the second slice of bread over the bananas to make a sandwich. Melt butter in a pan and butter both sides of sandwich as well. Once pan is hot, place sandwiches on pan and cook till both sides are slightly brown. In a separate bowl, mix some sugar and cinnamon together. When sandwiches are done, toss in sugar and cinnamon mixture. Cut sandwiches in half and serve!

Makes 4-6 sandwiches, depending on how much PB you like on your bread!

Monday, April 14, 2008

House pics

I have already started packing, so the house is a mess, but I did manage to take a few pictures before opening the boxes! The apartment was furnished, so we haven't done much with it, especially since we were only going to be living here for 8 months. We did paint Aaron's room, because the walls were really stained and I covered the little, red chair in the living room, because it was a very ugly, blue that didn't match anything else!!
Aaron's room! The couch is actually what they had in the living room, which is sooooo horriblyyy uncomfortable!! So we ended up buying a red couch for the living room, so we could have something decent to sit in. We will put it in our guest room when we move to a bigger, 3 bedroom apartment. So, for now, Aaron has a couch in his room!!




Here is our living room! We bought the red couch and brown chair at IKEA. The entertainment center was already here.

Visas Approved

We just found out today that our visas have finally been approved! Praise the Lord! This means that Aaron and I will be making a trip to the U.S. in 3 weeks to pick our visas up in Miami and Jeff will come about 2 weeks later, after he picks his residence card up here in Spain.

This is all really exciting news, but also means that we have precious little time to get things situated here before heading out! So please pray that we find a new place to rent, get things packed up and tie up all lose ends before our trip to the States.

This will only be a short trip back to the U.S. before making our next move to Madrid!

I hate the thought of having to leave Jeff here for two weeks alone!!! But I am so grateful that our paperwork is finally starting to get finished up.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Road Runner

Aaron begged me to take these pictures before lunch today. He wanted me to put a napkin around his neck and then said to take a picture of him about to eat, "...just like the Road Runner, mommy!" He got such a kick out of it! Check out the steam coming off the macaroni and cheese!!



Dinner Bread

Here is another idea of what you can do with the same dough as the chocolate bread recipe. You just pull off a chunk of dough out of the fridge and roll it out. Brush melted butter over it and add favorite spices,...oregano, parsley, garlic salt, etc.. (it can vary). Add parmesan cheese. Roll it up. Let it rise for an hour and then bake till golden brown on top. If you brush the top with an egg wash, it gives the bread a golden look to it. Cut in slices and slap some butter on it..yum-o!