Is there such a thing as "Daddy Nesting" before baby arrives? : ) Andrew has been on super accomplish things mode, and has really been rocking it to prepare for baby. I on the other hand am in slow mode as my belly and feet increase in size and my mobility is quickly slowing down these days...haha...my feet seriously look like giant hobbit feet...it is quite funny looking...my Mom and Andrew have had quite a few laughs over the hilarity of their size. : ) Thank goodness my belly is also growing - so soon I won't even be able to see my feet!
Anyways, please note from the pictures the lovely yellow walls that my husband painted for us, and the grey end tables I finally found to complete the furniture in our TV room! Yeah for baby steps! We have gone a bit paint crazy and have only a few rooms left to paint - can't wait for it all to come together! My goal is to at least get curtains up before baby arrives in a few weeks...too ambitious?
I guess we should focus on more important things like coming up with a name for "Baby". So much pressure and responsibility it is to name a human being...seriously, I don't want to screw this up! : ) I love names so much, and having a good name is so important to me. I think I wrote a million papers in college about the importance of a name, and how it identified some intrinsic thing in each person. Andrew and I can't seem to agree on any names though, so I'm not too sure how this is going to end up : ) We keep revisiting our name list and then crossing things off and giving up. "Benjamin" was the only boys name we agreed on, but then realized our kid would be called "Benjamin Moore" which is a paint company...so there goes that idea : ) Maybe we will just wait for Baby to grow up and he/she can name themselves instead!
At least we can agree on our love of breakfast food! : ) Hubby and I usually have a nice breakfast at least once on the weekend...a nice change from our weekday smoothie or oatmeal. Usually we have pancakes or waffles, but this time I realized all the lovely jams and honey options in our cabinet and decided they needed a vehicle to get into our bellies. These were super simple to throw together and were flaky and delicious indeed! Added bonus I used almond milk to make them - but if you have regular milk on hand - by all means use that instead!
Flaky Almond Milk Biscuits
adapted from the Sunlight Cafe cookbook
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 TBS sugar
6 TBS cold unsalted butter
2/3 cup cold almond milk and 1 tsp vinegar (mixed together)*
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Place the flour, salt, baking powder and soda in a food processor fitted with the metal blade and pulse a few times to combine. Cut the butter into diced pieces and add to food processor - pulse a few times until mixture is a coarse meal. With the food processor running pour the almond milk/vinegar into the processor - pulse 3-4 times until mixture comes together. DO NOT OVERMIX! Pour out dough onto very lightly floured surface - roll into a ball and pat into a flat 8" circle. Using a 2.5" diameter drinking glass cut out 8 biscuits. Place onto parchment lined baking sheet a few inches apart. Bake 12-15 minutes until slightly golden. Enjoy with salty butter, honey, and an assortment of jams and jellies...or make into a breakfast egg sandwich.
*If you have regular cow's milk use that here instead, or omit the vinegar and use buttermilk.
* also if you don't have a food processor you can also make this in a stand mixer or by hand.
