#2

So a little update: We still haven't refinanced. The refinance guy never showed up, and after fearing the worse (some fraud is running around with our social security numbers!), we found out that the refinance guy's brother passed away. How awful! It was rescheduled for tonight, but my DH just scored box seat tickets for the Red Sox game in Boston and cancelled. Maybe we'll get to it before interest rates start going back up....

Last night, Derek cooked us a great little supper - Swedish Meatballs. They were oh so delicious, and I even took a nice little picture, but I am in dire need of uploading the pictures from my camera, so I'll have to edit this post at a future date. For now, here's the recipe:

Makes 15 (2 meatball) servings.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes

1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup fine dry bread crumbs
2 teaspoons minced onions
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 pound lean ground beef
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons instant beef bouillon granules
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups milk

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat egg and 1/4 cup milk in large bowl. Stir in bread crumbs, minced onions, seasoned salt, garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and allspice. Add ground beef; mix well. With wet hands, shape into 30 (1-inch) meatballs. Arrange meatballs in 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
2. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through. Drain well.
3. Meanwhile, melt butter in large skillet on medium-high heat. Stir in flour, bouillon granules and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Gradually stir in 2 cups milk. Bring to boil and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add meatballs to skillet; cook until heated through.

Calories: 116
Fat: 8 g
Carbohydrates: 5 g
Cholesterol: 38 mg
Sodium: 275 mg
Fiber: 0 g
Protein: 6 g
per serving

We served the meatballs over medium-width egg noodles. Very good, highly recommended.

It's official!

Here I am - My first blog post! I think it's pretty interesting to read and follow other blogs, so I figured: Why not start my own? I am not very interesting after all, but who cares? I am imagining this blog to be a collection of cute kid stories, tales from the Brodeur household, and probably lots of food-related stuff. Good stuff, huh? Don't want to label it a food blog, or a house blog, but rather a life blog. That's more like it....

"And now for something completely different."

So what's going on in our lives? We are supposed to be signing the papers tonight to refinance our mortgage (or is it refinancing our house?) Well, whichever one it is, we're doing it tonight. My husband Derek, who will be now known as DH (dear husband in nestie terms - or you can replace the D word with whatever you'd like), has done ALL the research on it, and apparently our interest rate is going down a full percent, which equates to a $200 drop on our mortgage payment each month. Let's hope that it all works out that way. We shall see...

See? Not very interesting.

Until next time....