2010 April

craving again…

04/29/2010 by Annalise · Leave a Comment

It took every ounce of self-control that I had to not pack up Bjørn into the car at bedtime last night and drive to the store for some ice cream!

And as you might remember from last time, it’s not just any ice cream that I’m craving… it’s only one specific brand & flavor. Nothing else works… Trust me, I’ve tried!! It has to be this:

Breyer’s Vanilla/Chocolate/Strawberry ice cream! Sometimes with a sliced banana. Sometimes not…

Today, I will have to remedy this problem and stock up my freezer. A pregnant girl with cravings should not have to suffer all night long just because her husband works all night and her baby is sleeping!! :o)

Filed Under: cravings, preggo musings ·

rhubarb sauce for rhubarb yogurt

04/28/2010 by Annalise · 1 Comment

As much as I love all things rhubarb… rhubarb pie, rhubarb tart, rhubarb crisp, rhubarb coffeecake… there is nothing like a bowl of ice cream or yogurt with homemade rhubarb sauce!

So easy, and so good… don’t let all that rhubarb in your garden (or your neighbors’ garden!) go to waste!!

Rhubarb Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

8 cups rhubarb, cut into 1″ pieces

1 cup water

1 - 1 1/2 cups sugar (depending on how sweet you want it!)

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1/4 cup cold water

Directions:

Put the rhubarb, water, sugar and nutmeg into a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, until the rhubarb is tender and has fallen apart.

If you would like a thicker sauce than you’ve got, whisk together the cornstarch and cold water in a small bowl until completely dissolved, and then stir this mixture into your sauce - bringing it back up to a boil for a minute or so, until it has reached the consistency you would like.

Serve warm over vanilla ice cream, or even better - chill overnight and then stir a couple big spoonfuls into a bowl of plain yogurt!

*This sauce freezes wonderfully. Just cool completely in freezer-safe tupperware and freeze for up to a year!

Filed Under: recipes, recipes - breakfast, recipes - desserts ·

I’m PREGNANT!!!

04/26/2010 by Annalise · Leave a Comment

Yep! Baby #2 is on the way!!

I had been having a really crummy week this last week, and finally something clicked this morning and I thought I should take a pregnancy test. (Totally expecting it to be a Big Fat Negative, by the way!)

Well, I first took an ovulation test, because I had one handy and I know that if you are pregnant they will always show up as positive. So yeah, that came back positive, and I thought “good! I’m either pregnant or at least ovulating! Either way, it’s a good thing!”

Then I remembered I had a bunch of super-cheap pregnancy tests (little strips - you pee in a cup and dip the strip in and test that way) that I bought online a long time ago… So I took one of those and it also came back positive! (I’m getting really excited now!!)

But, I just didn’t feel confident enough with those tests to start telling people, so on the way to church I ran in to WalMart for a real test (you know, the kind that actually say “pregnant” or “not pregnant” so there’s no confusion!) and took it with me to church this morning, where I quickly ran into the bathroom and took the test! (After drinking an absurd amount of liquids, of course!) :o)

It was positive!! Yep, the official ‘I’m the best because I use words, not just lines!’ test said “PREGNANT”!!!!

Can you tell we’re a little excited about all of this? :o)