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Eating

It’s like Willy Wonka made me dinner!

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Rockford is off doing work things this evening and Poppy is having a sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa. Which means it’s just me and l’il Petey here for dinner this evening. It’s a well-known fact that I don’t do so well with the making of dinner when it’s just the kids and me here. Tonight, though, I’ve hit a new low.

I’m having bread pudding. I blame Angela. (Even though I am a little late to her pudding party.)

Since I was only making bread pudding for myself, I didn’t follow a recipe. I used a couple of whole-wheat Hawaiian rolls, half an apple sauteed in a little butter and sprinkled liberally with cinammon, some brown sugar, milk and an egg for the bread pudding itself. The sauce is butter, sugar and apple juice. Healthy dinner, yes? It does have several food groups in it. That’s something, I guess.

(Pete had a few bites of pasta, a yogurt and a wee fruit salad for dinner. So at least someone is getting nutrients.)

baking

Twisters! And bread pudding!

Nichole’s to do list for Sunday

  • Laundry
  • Change sheets
  • Vacuum
  • Make menu/grocery list
  • Go to the grocery
  • Scrapbook

    What Nichole did on Sunday

  • Change sheets
  • Make bread pudding
  • Hide from two tornadoes

    The bread pudding recipe is from Bahama Breeze. I looked up the site for nutrition information (which I didn’t find) and was very surprised to see that they have a lot of their recipes available online. Rockford had wanted to try the Pina Colada Bread Pudding when we were there the other night, but Poppy wasn’t up for dessert.

    I was getting ready to make the sauce when the tornado sirens started up. We had to wake Poppy from her nap and flee our basement-less home. Fortunately, some of our nearby friends had basement to spare. I came back and made the anglaise sauce after the all-clear, then took it back over and shared with our friends.

    Pina Colada Bread Pudding
    1/4 cup butter
    3 quarts Hawaiian bread cubes*
    1 container egg substitute + 2 eggs
    1 1/4 cups sugar
    5 cups milk
    1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    1/2 cup coconut rum
    1/2 cup shredded coconut
    8 oz can pineapple tidbits
    Coconut Creme Anglaise (recipe follows)
    Toss 3 tablespoons of melted butter with thebread cubes, place on a sheet pan and place in an oven at 350 degrees and toast until golden. Brush a medium sized casserole dish with one tablespoon of melted butter and add the toasted bread cubes. Mix all the remaining ingredients together and pour over the bread cubes. Press down on the bread cubes until they absorb most of the liquid. Bake in a 300-degree oven for 1 hour or until firm in the center. Serve with coconut creme anglaise.

    Coconut Creme Anglaise
    1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
    2 egg yolks
    1/2 cup powdered sugar
    1/4 cup rum
    Add the cream, egg yolks, and sugar in a small sauce pan on medium heat.
    Stir constantly using a cooks spoon until the sauce starts to thicken; about 8 to 10 minutes.
    Add the rum and stir to evenly mix. Place in a clean container and place in an ice water bath.
    Place in the refrigerator to chill to 40 degrees.

    *edited to clarify.