Field Trip Friday! (BabiesRabies.com)

I have been horrible about blogging. Maybe subconsciously I haven't been blogging because I didn't want you all to get any of our germs! LOL

But it's Field Trip Friday again and today we are going to http://babyrabies.com/. Jill is funny and tells it like it is. She's also a cloth diapering & baby wearing momma like myself...so of course I like her.

Check out http://babyrabies.com/ and come back next Friday when we field trip to a culinary delight of mine.

Tipsy Tuesday ~Hot Toddy~

With as sick as my house has been I thought this would be the perfect post for today. When I ran the Karaoke show (yes, I used to have a life that allowed me to get paid to have fun) there were many a winter nights that I needed one of these to help my sore throat. My favorite bar tender gave me his yummy recipe. Mike - thanks. Wherever you are.

Where oh where has Hippy been?

Sick. And home with sick kids. And now Peanut is really sick with RSV. Cooking, dishes and blogging have taken a serious back seat. But I'm hoping to get back on-line soon and have been working on making the perfect chocolate cake for Valentine's Day dessert.

My Team (The Taste Testers and the Sous Chef)

My family are great sports. My husband and son both love to try new foods and my daughter loves to bang on anything she can with a wooden spoon. Instead of the usual Meatless Monday post today I decided to show pictures of my team.

My 2 favorite guys, my husband and my Monkey:


My Sous Chef, Peanut:

Cranberry Orange Scones

This was both a success and a fail in one recipe. The success was that for the most part these were great. The texture was good and the flavor was right. The fail was that I forgot to add the dried cranberries early enough and then I had the oven set too high and didn't watch them like a hawk because I got distracted with the cute baby.

So...they were good and the recipe is good. They would have been perfect if I could have given them my undivided attention. But realistically that won't be happening for a couple of more years. Oh well. At least the top half tasted great. And maybe me forgetting to add the cranberries wasn't such a bad thing because Monkey got to have a few plain orange scones.

Homemade Biscuits

My family loves biscuits. My Monkey is 5 and he said he would eat them at every meal if I made them. My husband also loves them although he prefers that I cover them in a rich sausage gravy. On Saturday he was forced to suffer through only being able to have them with homemade strawberry jam. Somehow he survived.

I tried Paula Deen's recipe from FoodNetwork.com. Overall the texture was great but they were a little on the salty side. Also, they took longer to cook then the recipe said they should and the recipe didn't have a temp to cook them on. I read the comments and tried the 400 degrees that most people used. Next time I'll try 450. I also used sour milk (my substitute for buttermilk in most recipes that require buttermilk) and it really worked out well. Finally, one of the comments suggested to leave the biscuits for 20 minutes after you cut them to let them rest. I left them for just over 10 minutes and really think it helped to keep them so light and fluffy.

I have marked the changed I made or will make the next time I make these...which I will for sure do. Maybe even tonight with dinner.