good morning from the frozen tundra, aka my neck of the woods. hahahaha how was that for a dramatic beginning this morning? hahahaha well, it's somewhat true. it is frozen, with a temp of 30 degrees. it's been hanging in at 30 ever since last evening. the snow has since stopped. it snowed hard all day. most of the day it was small flakes at other times it was larger flakes. the temp got up to 36 degrees while it was snowing, so it was melting on the bottom side and piling up on the top. so at best, we got about 4 measurable inches. I don't mind telling ya, that I'm more than satisfied that we didn't get any more than that. I'll take it any day as opposed to being snowed in for many many days. thank you Lord for hearing my plea. I want to go see my Momma in another state and we don't get out in the bitter cold anymore. so hopefully in a day or two, we'll be able to run up to see her.
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well, this is what looked like out the back door about 2:30 pm friday afternoon. at the time that I was putting this in the blog post, it was still snowing, with the expectation of it continuing on till about 9 pm on friday night. it actually warmed up while it was snowing and it was piling up on top and melting on the bottom. so depending on the temps over night, it could be treacherous. we'll have to wait and see. we don't plan on getting out unless we absolutely have to. and I pray we don't have to.
so I'll update on what the weather does. I hope wherever you are that you can stay warm and safe and have plenty of comfort foods to get you thru till the weather breaks. have I told you that I'm so looking forward to spring!!!!! come on spring!!!!! hahahaha thank you Lord for your safety and protection thus far.
picking back up in Exodus 14 we see that Pharaoh has decided that he want's the Hebrews back in his possession. that's what sin does, it comes chasing after us. the devil is relentless and doesn't want to give us up once he has his vice grip on us. but God!!! that's 2 important words to always remember, but God. when God shows up on the scene, the impossible just became possible.
we're back in the kitchen again today, well it was actually yesterday. so you know the drill, let's do another "2 minutes in the kitchen with me". with the weather happening, my nesting instincts kick in and all I want to do is cook. hahaha and then that requires eating too. anyway, we both love to eat, I love to cook, so it's a win win for me.
I fixed an electric pressure cooker full of pinto beans and they are delicious. that's what was for lunch. we really enjoyed them. and we'll get 3 or 4 more meals apiece from this batch. this is what I always call our "fast food". it's cooked and ready to eat, I know what all the ingredients are and there is nothing I can't pronounce. so that's great!!! and the beans are too.
this is some of the cornbread swirls I made yesterday in my bread machine. I baked this pan full this morning. I've showed how I make these before. you may be able to find it in my blog posts. this pan is full of the smaller pieces on the ends and they rose so good that they filled the whole pan up. down in the right lower had corner is one that's a lot smaller and a lot paler. I don't know why it didn't get any browner. but it was from the last batch that I made before yesterday. it's a little puny scrawny cornbread swirl compared the ones I made yesterday. and the only difference between yesterdays batch and the batch about 2 weeks ago is the flour. the puny one is from Kroger brand all purpose unbleached flour and the ones from yesterday was from Aldi brand all purpose unbleached flour. well, guess what flour I'll be using from now on. and I noticed the same thing with the brioche buns that I made yesterday too. when I took the ball of dough from the machine it was huge and soft and really nice. same with the one I made this morning and froze the buns. they are some of the best looking rolls and buns I've made in a long time. and its all because of the Aldi flour. yay Aldi!!!
after I got the beans done, I cleaned the electric pressure cooker pot up and got it loaded with all the goodies to my famous chicken corn chowder. this is one of our all time favorite dishes!!! more than likely, I have a pot of this in the fridge year around. we eat. we love. therefore I keep it in the fridge. it goes really with the cornbread swirls too.
this is a little bit of a close up of the chowder. oh wow, I can't wait for supper!!! guess what we're having? yeah, that's right, chicken corn chowder and cornbread swirls. this is comfort food at it's best. it makes the cold days so much more tolerable. hahaha
this is so good, we both just love it. I just can't say enough good stuff about it. I keep looking for something else that we could love as much, but we haven't come across it yet. hahaha
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well, that's about it today. as I sit and watch the temp climb a little and finish up this blog post, we'll see what the day brings. I plan on getting another batch of brioche dough made up and in the freezer. I may bake some just for fun. we'll see what comes of it. I pray that wherever you are today that you are blessed with warmth, peace and grace. lets continue to pray for those in harms way of fires and snow storms, those still fighting for their lives in the hurricane riddled areas. lots of people all over the globe are hurting and God is our only source of salvation thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. hugs and love, patty
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