We have made some important changes since our wedding a month and a half ago! Nathana quit her job at the daycare! Instead, I am going to substitute teach on my days off from class! Right now though, I am basically a stay at home wife while I finish getting all of my subbing paperwork in! Today I actually babysat for one of my families from my day care and made a little money! So that was nice.
Zach is also hoping to make some changes too! I had an interview with the electrical union and if I am accepted will then take part in a 5 year apprenticeship. When all is said and done I would graduate with an associates degree! Please remember us in prayer that if this is what the Lord would have him do, he would be gladly accepted!
Anyway, with all of my (Nathana's) "free time" when I'm not cleaning the house, washing clothes, cooking, or babysitting, I have been getting to enjoy having my own kitchen. I wanted to share a recipe I tried out last week and it was SO easy and really yummy! I would say it is fairly healthy too!
Here it is!
Broccoli Beef Braids
Prep/Total Time:30 minutes (haha, it took me a little longer than this! Maybe 40!)
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion (We left this out and it was just FINE)
3 cups frozen chopped broccoli
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup sour cream (I used low fat sour cream)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper (I left out the pepper, but only because we didn't have any!)
2 tubes (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent rolls
-In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the broccoli, cheese, sour cream, salt and pepper; heat through.
-Unroll one tube of dough on a greased baking sheet; seal the seams and perforations, forming a 12-in. by 8-in. rectangle. Spread half the beef mixture lengthwise down the center. On each side, cut 1-in. wide strips 3 in. into center.
-Starting at one end, fold alternate strips at an angle across filling; seal ends. Repeat.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
Yields: 2 loaves
Here is a picture of one of ours! : )
After eating this, I definitely wouldn't even add the onions next time either! It was so yummy as it was! Also, I used my food chopper to get the broccoli a little bit more fine. The cooking time was 20 minutes for our oven. They were a perfect golden brown when I took them out! Zach loved them and so did his parents, so we are definitely going to have these again!
That's all for now folks!
Love,
Zach and Nathana
Zach is also hoping to make some changes too! I had an interview with the electrical union and if I am accepted will then take part in a 5 year apprenticeship. When all is said and done I would graduate with an associates degree! Please remember us in prayer that if this is what the Lord would have him do, he would be gladly accepted!
Anyway, with all of my (Nathana's) "free time" when I'm not cleaning the house, washing clothes, cooking, or babysitting, I have been getting to enjoy having my own kitchen. I wanted to share a recipe I tried out last week and it was SO easy and really yummy! I would say it is fairly healthy too!
Here it is!
Broccoli Beef Braids
Prep/Total Time:30 minutes (haha, it took me a little longer than this! Maybe 40!)
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion (We left this out and it was just FINE)
3 cups frozen chopped broccoli
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup sour cream (I used low fat sour cream)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper (I left out the pepper, but only because we didn't have any!)
2 tubes (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent rolls
-In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the broccoli, cheese, sour cream, salt and pepper; heat through.
-Unroll one tube of dough on a greased baking sheet; seal the seams and perforations, forming a 12-in. by 8-in. rectangle. Spread half the beef mixture lengthwise down the center. On each side, cut 1-in. wide strips 3 in. into center.
-Starting at one end, fold alternate strips at an angle across filling; seal ends. Repeat.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
Yields: 2 loaves
Here is a picture of one of ours! : )
After eating this, I definitely wouldn't even add the onions next time either! It was so yummy as it was! Also, I used my food chopper to get the broccoli a little bit more fine. The cooking time was 20 minutes for our oven. They were a perfect golden brown when I took them out! Zach loved them and so did his parents, so we are definitely going to have these again!
That's all for now folks!
Love,
Zach and Nathana
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