The Nebraska Women's Basketball team is 18-0 this season, which has never happened in the history of women's basket at UNL or the Big 12 Conference.
So, Mike and I went to their home game on Saturday with my grandpa. It was Pepsi Pack the house day, so general admission was $1 (We paid $7 to have reserved seats) and all pop at the game was a dollar. This meant there were a lot of people at the game about 13,300 (a new school record for women's basketball) and there were very long lines at the concession stand.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Mennonite Monday - Taco Salad

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This week, Taco Salad won the top spot in the Mennonite Monday poll. This is a salad that I have always liked. One change I would make to the recipe below is omit the beans and put cold spiral pasta in the salad. That is how I remember the salad from when I was younger and it is a personal preference because I don't care for beans. This recipe is found on page 166 of the white church cookbook.
Taco Salad
1 lb ground beef
1 envelope Lipton onion soup
1 medium, head lettuce, in bite-site pieces
1 small onion
1 package taco chips
1 can red kidney beans, drained
3/4 cup water
1 large tomato, diced
2 cups shredded cheese
Dorothy Lynch salad dressing
Brown the ground beef and the soup mix and simmer for 20 minutes. In a large bowl mix the other ingredients, except the taco chips. Add the ground beef and toss thoroughly. Place crushed taco chips on top. Then pour 1 small bottle of Dorothy Lynch salad dressing no top of this. Refrigerate and before serving toss again.
(Side note: I'm not sure what the 3/4 cup of water was for. I didn't use it)
Taco Salad
1 lb ground beef
1 envelope Lipton onion soup
1 medium, head lettuce, in bite-site pieces
1 small onion
1 package taco chips
1 can red kidney beans, drained
3/4 cup water
1 large tomato, diced
2 cups shredded cheese
Dorothy Lynch salad dressing
Brown the ground beef and the soup mix and simmer for 20 minutes. In a large bowl mix the other ingredients, except the taco chips. Add the ground beef and toss thoroughly. Place crushed taco chips on top. Then pour 1 small bottle of Dorothy Lynch salad dressing no top of this. Refrigerate and before serving toss again.
(Side note: I'm not sure what the 3/4 cup of water was for. I didn't use it)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Mennonite Monday - Runzas

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This week Runzas were voted as the recipe I should make for Mennonite Monday. Over on the right side of my blog, you will see a spot where it says "What should I make for Mennonite Monday?" Each week there are four options. Place you vote every week and see if that is the recipe I make next week. This recipe for Runzas is first recipe in the yellow church cookbook on page 62. There are several Runza recipes between the two cookbooks and they are all a little different. I hope to try one of the other recipes in the future to compare them.
Runzas
1/2 cup scalded milk
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup warm water
1 package or 2 tablespoons dry yeast
3 1/4 cups flour
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Scald milk and mix with sugar, salt, and shortening. Add one cup four to milk, together with yeast and egg. Continue adding four. Let rise 1 hour.
Hamburger mixture:
Brown 1 1/2 pounds of hamburger and onion
Add:
1/2 head cabbage, chopped
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon oregano
Mix and simmer for 30 minutes. Roll out dough, cut in 4 inch squares. Put a spoon of meat mixture on the square, fold corners and pinch together. Turn over on pan with fold underneath. Bake 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Snow Tunnel
Both of our road are finally open today:)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Detour
For the last five days we have been taking a detour to get to our house through a cornfield.
It flattened off at the well (on the right) but this part was really bumpy, so you couldn't drive over 5 mph.
It was a trek and added about 10 minutes of travel time to any trip we made.
Even though the snow stopped blowing on Friday, we still have a lot of digging out to do.
This drift is as hard as a rock.
In anticipation of being able to use our driveway, when the road is opened and having corn hauled off of our yard by semi, we started salting the driveway on Saturday.

Today our road was opened to the north so we don't have to drive through the cornfield anymore, which makes us happy. We just hope our mail man will come tomorrow. It has been 7 days since we received any mail.
I will be posting pictures of the tunnel of snow we now drive through to get home shortly.
Even though the snow stopped blowing on Friday, we still have a lot of digging out to do.
Today our road was opened to the north so we don't have to drive through the cornfield anymore, which makes us happy. We just hope our mail man will come tomorrow. It has been 7 days since we received any mail.
I will be posting pictures of the tunnel of snow we now drive through to get home shortly.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Mennonite Monday - Neighborhood Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Kelsey's Tip: Use butter flavored shortening. I'm not sure why, but it makes the cookies much better.
This is one of the best chocolate chip cookie recipes that you will find if you want soft cookies. This recipe is from the yellow church cookbook on page 27. I really like this recipe because it makes a really big batch, so the cookies last a little bit longer than the normal size batch, plus they are very soft cookies.
Neighborhood Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cream together:
1 1/3 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
Add:
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 Tbl water
Stir well and add:
5 cups flour
2 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Mix well and add:
2 cups chocolate ships (or more)
1 cup nuts
Drop by teaspoon. Bake in 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
Neighborhood Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cream together:
1 1/3 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
Add:
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 Tbl water
Stir well and add:
5 cups flour
2 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Mix well and add:
2 cups chocolate ships (or more)
1 cup nuts
Drop by teaspoon. Bake in 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
Also, this cookie dough is awesome if you eat it by the spoonful. Yes I know raw eggs are bad for you, but I haven't gotten sick from eating this dough yet and it tastes so good. I know you want to try it.
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