Tuesday - Hot August Nights and Corned Beef and Cabbage!

Picking up Nana at the airport!

Classic car show - Hot August Nights.  Great event every year in Reno.

We then stopped at our new church building and took Nana on a tour.  We even visited the Pastor in his office and looked through the church yearbook. :)

Dinner was one of the family's favorites - 

Corned beef and cabbage!  

Corned beef and cabbage is sooo easy. 

1 corned beef flat brisket

8-10 red potatoes

1 bag of baby carrots

1 onion sliced in rings

1 head of cabbage (cut in fourths)

I split this up into two slow cookers.  Simply cut the brisket in half.  Top with carrots, red potatoes, and onion.  Add spice packet and water.  Cook on low for 4-6 hours (depending on slow cooker).  Add cabbage on top the last couple hours.

I also made a batch of Bread Machine Dinner Rolls by Betty Crocker.  Sooo good!

1 cup water

2 tbsp. butter or margarine, softened

1 egg

3 1/4 cup Better for Bread flour

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp. salt

3 tsp. bread machine or active dry yeast

Measure carefully, placing all ingredients in bread machine pan in the order recommended.  Select Dough/Manual cycle.

Remove dough from pan, using lightly floured hands.  Cover and let rest 10 minutes on lightly floured surface.

Grease large cookie sheet. Divide dough into 15 equal pieces.  Shape each piece into a ball.  Cover and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.

Heat oven to 375 and bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.  Brush with melted butter.

For dessert, Five Minute Cheesecake.  You can find the recipe at this link.

After dinner, we sang around the piano, had family devotions and sat on the deck and talked under the night sky and my solar light jars. :)

Everyday things.