An (un)Kosher Sunday......

    Sunday, at our house, means two things   1. Brunch 2. House Cleaning

Now that I am old, there is something so peaceful and easy about Sunday.
There was a time it meant rushing around, trying to get everyone into clean & pressed clothes to sit in a pew for hours of my life that I won't get pack. Power to you, if you do that. It meant starting the week exhausted, and with a mucky house needing cleaned, and clothes needing to be washed and ironed for the next Sunday.

One of the real perks of being Jewish....We start the weekend off with a big party on Friday night! Nothing says, Yippee it's the Sabbath, like a shin dig on Friday night!
Saturday is spent enjoying family and doing things we enjoy- gardening, working in the barn, sewing, reading. It is a day of rest and recuperation from the week, leaving Sunday to get it together....but in a very leisurely manner, starting with a big breakfast (also, equals motivation for the kids to pick up the floor. No small person eats until the floor is done)

While entirely un-kosher, this morning I tried the bacon cinnamon rolls that have been making the rounds on Facebook and Pintrest.  What? Yes, bacon cinnamon rolls.  I suppose someone, somewhere thought about the bacon sprinkles that frequent fancy doughnuts and cupcakes, and decided, why not just roll-up a slice of bacon in a cinnamon roll? Why not?!



Pardon the fuzzy picture, I am not technologically minded, but you get the idea. Delicious, cinnamon-y bacon flowers! Pop these babies on some green pip cleaners and make any girl or boy happy.
I used the cheapy, refrigerator rolls from Wal*Mart, not even the jumbo ones, just the small ones. I cooked the bacon to mostly done before rolling them up, and baked per the directions on the rolls can.  Quick, easy & yummy! While they were good, there was certainly room for improvement.
Next time, I might try a brand name jumbo roll and fancy smoked bacon. Or, suck it up and make my own rolls.
To easily make this kosher, use your favorite bacon substitute! You could really roll up anything- roast beef, ham (not kosher), maybe cream cheese (would that make it a danish?)

We also paused for the boys to model their new Kippot (plural of kippah), or what might be more widely known as a Yarmulke. I found these on Etsy at Kids Kippot. She has a variety of fun and inexpensive kippot for the younger crowd.  Batman picked, not batman, but Legos, and Popeye picked spiderman, and is now anxiously awaiting a scooby doo- because he 'must have variety'.

Why is it so hard to get both children looking the same way, & not making a strange face?
These darling saucers are being held on by Kippah Klipz, neat little clippies that stick with stick-um to the inside of the Kippah and hopefully keep them on the noggins. I see a steep learning curve with these buggers, something reminiscent of trying to get the stick-um + the patches onto the boy scout shirts. But, they are very clever, and reasonably priced with free shipping.

Side note- Husband and I recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of our first date with a romantic evening at a casino buffet, where I ate about 5lbs of the greatest Brussels sprouts ever and something that might have been raspberry pie. Yep, Romance right there folks!