messing with me

This getting up at 4 a.m. is clearly messing with me. I just have to find my way back to a more accommodating schedule. I think it's the time change that started this. I feel so much better when I can go to sleep around 9.30 p.m. and get up between 6 and 7 a.m..

When I wake up in the morning I usually can't go back to sleep, so I just get up. Today I am trying to stay up until 10 p.m. and sleep until 7 a.m. Let's hope I get back on track fast, because when I get up early I am hungry all day. Sounds dumb, but that's how I feel. I am probably not hungry but bored since I have all this extra time. I even work out early, but there is still too much time on my hands.

This morning I already made a dress for my grand-daughters American Girl Doll "Blossom" and baked bread rolls. I am trying out my favorite recipe to make sure it still works fine. I want to make them at Thanksgiving and wasn't sure if the yeast is still working. It's been in the fridge for a while since I have not baked recently with it. I tend to eat all the rolls, so I just didn't bake. But we are having Thanksgiving here, so I needed to test my recipe. These rolls are going mostly in the freezer for hubby and me. I take out just 2 rolls at a time for our dinner. I made a ton of dinners ahead of time so all I have to do is pull one out and heat it. They are all portion controlled and low calorie to lead up to the Holiday.

Don't they look great?!

My hubby loves mashed potatoes, so I played around with the "recipe" (who really needs a recipe for mashed potatoes) ... anyway I added cauliflower and carrots to it. I often hide cauliflower in stuff since nobody likes it in our family and carrots because my hubby won't eat them if he finds them in his food. I made cream of broccoli soup earlier this week and did the same thing. I cooked cauliflower, carrots and lots of broccoli and put them in the food processor. When it was basically mush I added it to a can of cream of broccoli, a can of cream of chicken and added 2 can's of fat-free milk. I put all of it in the crockpot, seasoned it and let it simmer all morning. So yummy... made several meals for later, too.