A typical Sunday in the life of Sarah...

Ok...well maybe not typical...but it always seems to be super busy..

8:00 am Got up and tidied up the house- aka wiped down the bathroom and put things away as well as packed lunches for tomorrow and ate breakfast

9:00 am Prepared lesson for The R.S. Ensign lesson on "Courage and being and Example"

11:00 am Started getting ready for church- aka curling hair, makeup, etc.

12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Went to church

3:15 pm Came home and started baking like a mad woman

4:40 pm Went to tithing settlement

5:15 pm Came back home and continued baking like a mad woman

I have prepared Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Brownies, Dark Chocolate Candy Bar Brownies, and Chocolate Caramel Candy

6:30 pm Decided to write up this post:)

I am so excited for Thanksgiving- The desserts will make their appearance Thanksgiving day. I still have yet to finish my Amish Friendship Bread (which will be ready to be baked on Wednesday), make Caramel Corn ( my secret family recipe-this one on all recipes is pretty similar to the one i have), Darin's Orange Pumpkin Soup (super delicious), possibly make some home made sour dough bread/rolls and maybe even some homemade stuffing. Some family will be getting together with Andy and I to have Thanksgiving together- so I don't need to get a turkey, but I would like to get one just so that we can have lots of turkey left overs...yumm yumm...



Darin’s Orange Pumpkin Soup

* Chunks of fresh pumpkin (~1lb)
* Two medium golden onions
* 8 cloves of garlic
* A good chunk of peeled ginger
* One orange with non-bitter peel
* Milk
* Red bell pepper sautéed in Olive oil
* Apple cider vinegar
* Salt and pepper and brown sugar
* Cinnamon, nutmeg, Garam Masala (recommended-an Indian Seasoning) and a little Turmeric for added color
* Coriander seeds (or mustard seeds)
* Corn
* Toasted pumpkin seeds


* Steam chunks of pumpkin in minimum water for 15 min. then cool with ice cubes. Do not drain the vitamin-containing water.
* Blend up cooled pumpkin, onions, garlic, ginger and chunked orange (with some peel) in blender with enough milk to emulsify.
* Slice a few more thin chips of pumpkin and boil in 1.5 cups of water for 10 min with coriander seeds (or mustard seeds) (can do this with first step)
* Pour in puree and simmer ~10-15 min
* Add salt, vinegar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to taste.
* Add brown sugar to taste (may be about half a cup)
* Garnish with your favorite cheese and toasted pumpkin seeds or pinenuts. And serve with toasted bread.

Oh and I am a little sad about the BYU vs UT game- us Cougars need to learn how to catch a ball and how not to throw it the opposing team- that might help a bit- Although I did get a lot of reading for grad school done during it..so I guess us losing had it's up-side

Well now I must go running to burn off the calories I consumed while baking:) I love baking:)

Then I have another 20 million things to do before I go to bed. My next post should be about our Thanksgiving. I hope everyone has an awesome holiday!