Snow Days Are Good For 2 Things.....

We have had a plethora of snow days this school year.

I find them good for 2 things.

1) Sleeping in

2) Baking

Although I do enjoy sleeping in, Mahlon enjoys when I bake :) Today, on our 11th snow day of the school year.

I took the opportunity

to do a little baking.

Yummo!

Japanese Steakhouse White Sauce :)

Mahlon and I LOVE Japanese food and I have always wanted to make my own white sauce like they serve with the foods at Japanese steakhouses so tonight I gave it a shot! I searched the internet for a recipe and came across "Chuck's easy recipe for Japanese Steakhouse white sauce". Here is everything you will need:

1-1/4 cup	Hellmann's mayonnaise *
1/4 cup	water
1 teaspoon	tomato paste
1 tablespoon	melted butter
1/2 teaspoon	garlic powder
1 teaspoon	sugar
1/4 teaspoon	paprika
dash	cayenne pepper

Using a fork or a whisk, blend all ingredients together thoroughly until well mixed and the sauce is smooth. Refrigerate overnight to allow flavors to blend. Bring to room temperature before serving.

And it was DELICIOUS!

As I was busy making the yummy white sauce, Handy Husband was busy slaving away making fried rice :)

Isn't he sweet :)

Just in case you would like to know how to make this as well I thought I'd include the recipe

Fried Rice Recipe

1 cup of white rice

¼ cup of frozen mixed veggies ( peas, corn, carrots)

Soy sauce

1 tbsp butter

Salt and pepper

2 eggs

Directions:

In a medium sauce pan bring 1 cup of water to a boil.

Add rice and frozen vegetables.

Cover, reduce heat and let stand for 5 minutes.

On a griddle scramble 2 eggs.

Add rice and vegetable mixture to the griddle.

Mix butter, salt, pepper & soy sauce into rice until well blended.

Cook for 5 minutes.

We really guessed on the measurements for the soy sauce,

butter and veggies.

We just added until it looked and tasted about right :)

Overall it was a very yummy meal!!

Home for the Holidays

Although the holiday season has passed, I did fail to blog about our first holiday season as a married couple. For us, the holiday season looked a lot like this:

Our families live 2 hours apart so getting to and from required many hours on the road. We were here there and everywhere in between however we loved

spending every minute we could

with our wild

and crazy

families :)