Last weekend I hosted a dinner party/committee meeting here at our home. As I planned my menu I was looking through this wonderful French cookbook that our kids Anita & Neil gave to me for Christmas. Here are some of the reasons I like this recipe: It’s easy it can be prepared early in the [...]
Meal #3 is made from the backs of the chicken. I usually make rolled tacos with this meat but this time I’m trying out a recipe from this OLD cookbook I bought at a yard sale about 35 years ago. It was originally published in 1948 with a revision in 1965. It doesn’t use ingredients [...]
Today I started out with 3 whole chickens for a dinner party/committee meeting I will host tomorrow and you can see some of what I’m going to do with them. Today’s meal is fried chicken with the 6 wings + 1 thigh (John likes thighs): with pasta & green beans. My menu tomorrow will be: [...]
today…. the 3rd of January… I will continue with the help from the Lord and all who pass through my house… to REDUCE by food storage.. NEW plans are in the works.. NEW goals… NEW ideas, NEW stirrings…. so… I took out of the freezer: 1 small pk of cooked garbanzo beans (chickpeas for those [...]
I have a lot of potatoes. I bought a big bag for 5€ but they are so useful! It looks like we’ll be taking some to Anita & Neil over the holidays. soups * or make any creamed soup and add 1 potato and blended with an immersion blender for a very creamy soup [...]
A few years ago our kids Anita & Neil introduced us to the Moravian Love Feast. This photo is of our table with coffee & the buns, that our Neil took. It was a wonderful time of fellowship with a few families. John and I had never heard of a ‘Love Feast’ even though we [...]
Here are some freezer & pantry items I will be working through: chicken wings- freezer pie crust-freezer bean soup- freezer re-fried beans green chili salsa chalupas~ beans and shredded pork with wonderful southwest seasonings enveloped in a flour tortilla~ yum. I had to market today and bought a package of napkins and 0% fat yogurt… [...]
Instead of the regular sugar cookie, try this one which is tender and soft. They’re a big hit in my circles. Sour Cream Cutouts 1 cup of margarine or butter 1½ cups of sugar 3 eggs 1 cup of sour cream 2 t. vanilla extract 3 ½ cups of flour 2 t. baking powder 1 [...]
Wouldn’t it be fun to empty (by eating it all) the ENTIRE freezer, save the cash and then buy some ‘new food’ or save it for something special? Ok, I confess. I love to buy meat. Just love it! I actually like to buy BIG pieces and cut it up, repackage and freeze…but, I’m controlling [...]
HOORAY! I did it and I was able to save all but 10€ of my grocery money for (hopefully) a celebration trip with my husband in May 2012. I’m a planner… I’ve learned that fun & relaxation just does not happen… I have to plan for it and create it! In any case… I was [...]