Piggies in a blanket

Welcome to 2018!  We have a whole new year in front of us! 

I, unfortunately, started off the new year with a really bad chest cold.  I was out of the loop for a good ten days, and still had coughing and poor energy for another week.  The Mike even made me go to the doctor!   I haven't been this sick since January 2015, and I ended up finding my Melanoma then. So of course, now I am worrying! 

Road salt crystals building off of slush in the garage

I finally counted up my exercise jar ($1 per exercise day/event) and got my bibs together for 2017.  I didn't even have a hundred dollars, but that is more than in 2016.  My goal for 2018 is to have over $100, but I  am off to slow start.  Yoga, treadmill walking, and weights at the gym have already been done. I lost so much energy being sick that I am being sure to start off slow. 

Exercise jar for me = $1 per exercise per day. If I change clothes/change gear and do another workout, then I add another.  Running/walking is $1, if I do weights that same day it's another $1 and so on.  

Starting off the year with beautify from my Christmas Cactus 

Once I was feeling better, I decided I needed another pair of shoes. Switching from the other brand, due to blisters/rubs, back to Asics again meant that I only had one good pair. Since i want that for the treadmill/indoor stuff, I needed a pair for outside.  Hence, I went to the running store and got a new pair for indoor work :-)  Aren't they preeettttttyyyy? 

 
Other stuff has happened ;)  but tonight I gave The Mike the option of pork chop and left over sweet potato and butternut squash, or pigs in a blanket which I have not made in a long time, maybe in a couple of years. 

Chebe and Teton Waters Ranch mini hot dogs!   

I cleaned out the freezer and found two very little partial bags of potato items!  Alexia are gluten free, soy free, and tasteful! 

When I mixed up the Chebe for these, I used my food processor to get it nice and mixed up/smooth. I added about half again as much cheese, after all I wouldn't be able to add in a slice of cheese for these.

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The parchment paper i had on hand happened to have grid work on it. Turned out this was a good thing today. I made gentle marks through with the pizza roller, and then did the actual cutting after removing the top layer. 

I did roll the dough fairly thin, knowing the Chebe dough would 'poof' up a bit. 

I drained the package of mini hot dog by Teton Waters Ranch, then patted them dry. 

It was VERY easy to make these.  Place the mini dog on a square, fold over one corner, and continue to roll the dog to the other side.  Push down when it's upside down to help set the seam. 

Put upright on the baking pan or parchment paper. 

Beautiful!   

With the leftover dough, I made regular rolls. 

 While the fries were on the pizza stone, I put the pigs in a blanket on the cast iron griddle I'd preheated in the oven. 

 Even baking on parchment paper on the cast iron, they got nicely browned on the bottom. 

Pigs in a blanket, served up with some potatoes and peas :)  um, does the ketchup count as tomatoes?
We had Clementine Cuties as an appetizer, so we did have fruit too!  

Piggies in a blanket aren't for every day, but they are occasional meals. :-)