5 Ingredient fix...

It has been a very long time since we have posted a food blog. During my time off I watched A LOT of food network. A newer show that I would watch occasionally was called 5 ingredient fix. It is a show where the host shows you how to create a dinner in 5 ingredients or less. It makes things very simple for those of us that now don't have time to go through the 20 something ingredients in the Bobby Flay cook book like we may have 3 months ago. Right now our extra time is spent playing with Lauren etc, so the idea of making a delcious supper in a quick, efficient, easy manner, was very appealing. I have yet to dive in an try any of the recipes seen on the show but I have made an attempt to create my own.

Hot Ham & Cheese Crescent Rolls

1 can of crescent rolls
Deli Ham- thinly sliced
Swiss cheese ( or your cheese of choice)

Preheat oven according to directions on the rolls.
Unroll dough on to table & separate rolls
Take 2 pieces of thinly sliced ham and one slice of cheese. Lay flat on top of crescent roll.
Roll dough up with ham & cheese inside :)
Place on cookie sheet and bake according to the roll directions (golden brown)

These were so yummy! They were quick and easy and delicious. 3 ingredients, 5 minutes prep, 15 minutes cook time and voila! I look forward to posting more quick and easy recipes in the future.

P.s. Great DESSERT advice. Save a few of the rolls before stuffing with ham & cheese...Lay flat on counter. Spread an even layer of cream cheese and on top of that strawberry jam.(or jam of your choice). Roll up again and bake according to the directions on can. These were very tasty as well. So there you go folks, you have dinner and dessert in 5 ingredients! I hope you enjoy:)
I apologize for lack of pictures of the dessert portion. I ate those first so I didn't have time to take pictures :)

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This morning my mind is just a blank. So please excuse the rather vague blog title. Please also forgive me for not updating as much as I should and for that fact could be updating. I have just spending all of my time with our sweet baby girl and when she is napping, I have been trying to keep up on housework, etc. Kevin has been gone for about a week and half now hauling beets (with the exception of 3 days when he was home because of bad weather). Lauren and I miss him tremendously! We had Kevin home on Wednesday & Thursday of this week and then he left again for drill at Camp Ripley. We are super excited to see him this afternoon...even if it is only for a few hours before he packs up and heads back to North Dakota to finish the beet harvest. Please pray for good weather, so the farmers can finish harvesting the crop and we can have daddy back!

Things are going to be especially crazy this week with Kevin gone because it is my first week back to work. Luckily Lauren's grandma Kathy & great grandma Ruth are helping us out this week. Lauren has spent a day or two with her Great Grandma and did great! I had said a few months back that we were going to try and have Kevin stay home with Lauren as a "stay at home dad"...after our unexpected move and an extra $750 dent in our budget because of it... we didn't think that would be possible. After some number crunching...we have determined that it will be possible atleast for a few months until we are on to our next adventure ( I will update you on this on a later post). Please pray that we can make it through this tight time and that God will provide our every need. I have faith!

Lately Kevin and I have been really watching what we eat. Before that literally meant watching the food go right into our mouths. Recently we have been very conscious about the calories/fat/fiber etc. I am happy to post that I have lost all 26lbs of baby weight...do my pants fit? NO. Apparently I have another 20lbs to go before I can bend over in my jeans without suffocating myself and ripping the butt out of them. Oh well..I needed to do it anyway! It is nice to be able to do this with Kevin. Even with him gone we still ask each other everyday what we had to eat and the nutritional value. It has become fun for us. Now I just wish it were nicer out so that we could go on walks together!

Lauren Updates: 7 weeks 2 days old

Weight: 12.6lbs (me weighing myself & then holding her & weighing again)

Length- not sure exactly but her 3-6 month onesies are getting too short to snap almost now too! She is going to be tall like her daddy

Lauren has now started "talking"...we just love listening to her little sounds. It's so cute.

Lauren also now follows moving things with her eyes and loves having her picture taken. All I have to do is get out my phone to take pictures and she starts smiling and looking up at it :)

Daddy's little girl

"Since the day they got married
He'd been praying for a little baby boy
Someone he could take fishing
Throw the football and be his pride and joy
He could already see him holding that trophy
Taking his team to state
But when the nurse came in with a little pink blanket
All those big dreams changed

And now, he's wrapped around her finger
She's the center of his whole world
And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect
All American girl"
-Carrie Underwood

Nothing makes my heart melt more than watching the man I love with our baby girl! He is so proud of her. Anyone who knows Kevin, knows that he is slightly obsessed with sports. Of course he would want a little bit of that passion to rub off on Lauren, so he thought he should get started early. Lauren's wardrobe would not be complete without an outfit from every sports team in Minnesota. So far we have 3 Twins outfits and a Vikings Cheerleading uniform. I am guessing there is MN Wild Hockey outfit in the works and maybe a Timberwolves..not sure!
(Grandma Deb, I promise Lauren can wear her Packer PJ's when Daddy is not around!)

Here are a few pictures of Kevin and Lauren from the past couple days!

Daddy & Lauren cheering for the Twins!

The Twins winning the AL Central Championship was just too much excitement for one day!
I kinda posted these backwards but Monday night was another exciting night for sports in Minnesota. Monday Night Football Vikings vs. Packers.

-Kevin ran to Walmart on Monday afternoon to buy a thermos for his coffee for when he harvests beets...He walked in the door and said "Honey I'm home, and please don't be mad at me!" One can only imagine what he was talking about. The first words out of my mouth were "what and how much?" and his reply was "I couldn't help myself, it was the only one left and it was just her size, please don't be mad" He then pulls out of the plastic bag, a Minnesota Vikings Cheerleading uniform. Kevin was so excited about his purchase. I could just see the joy and excitement in his face. How could I be mad at that? Of course it took a whole 5 minutes before Kevin had our little darling changed and ready to cheer the Vikings to a win againts Green Bay.