My dear friend brought over a truckload
of horse manure. Might need a little more
manure but can only do so much at one time
before becoming exhausted. So will wait
to see after we til in this pile.
Not ready to till into
the garden just yet as I have a gazebo we
need to tear down. I'm going to reuse the
wrought iron sides either as a background
along our driveway fence for Morning Glories
or I can use them against the fence
in the backyard for some beans to grow on.
Either way they'll be put to use.
Tony has a black suburban and I couldn't
resist getting a picture of this pink
Suburban that drove by. I told Tony,
hey it could be worse, you could be
driving a pink 'Burban.
A woman's work is never done. As I walk around the
house, the honey do list gets longer and longer.
Want to power wash the house and get the shutters
painted. Then go around and caulk basement windows
and fill in any cracks in walls. Then get
some acrylic sheets to put up over basement
windows to make a double pane windows.
Still need to get some mulch and put
in the flower beds.
Now I am thinking about putting the boys
back into two separate bedrooms. So there's
another chore. But I think it will be best
and bedtime will be easier. I'll just have to
share my desk with one of their
bedrooms so I can have a place to do bills
and office things. Not much you can do in
such a small house under 1,000 sq. ft.
Well I have to get back to laundry that seems
to grow by the minute! I'm trying to stay on top
of it today.
Got supper in the crock. I skinned some
chicken leg quarters (about 6-7) then will remove
the meat from the bones once done.
Chicken was free, soup was about .25 cents,
cream cheese $1.00, spaghetti .50 cents
TOTAL COST $1.75
I'm guessing about 5 servings
so about .35 cents a serving
I'll have extra chicken left over.
I can add a bag of frozen mixed vegetables
to it tomorrow night and have
Chicken ALa King over biscuits.
CHICKEN STROGANOFF
6 chicken leg quarters
(recipe originally called for chicken breasts.
I use whatever I have on hand.
Chicken legs and quarters are cheaper than breasts!)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 -8 ounce cream cheese
1 box of spaghetti
(or whatever pasta or rice you have on hand)
Use whatever you have on hand. You do not
have to follow some recipes to a "t".
You could also throw in some veggies
or mushrooms.
Cook chicken in crock. Cut up chicken.
In a saucepan add cream of chicken soup
and cream cheese and heat until cream cheese
has melted down and warmed through.
Add milk if too thick.
Mix in chicken.
Boil spaghetti & drain.
Add a little butter. Spoon spaghetti onto
plates and then spoon creamed chicken on top.
Chicken Ala King.
Make chicken once in crock and
get 2 meals out of it!
I always try to use up leftovers
so will cut up a yellow and red
bell pepper to go into the chicken
for tomorrow.
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All you need is 2 UPC codes from a 10 ounce
or more Kellogg cereals and $1.75.
No receipt required.
Limit of 5 bags per household.
They have Toucan Same, Digg 'Em
and Tony the Tiger.
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OK I had a change of heart about stretching
my supper into tomorrow's supper.
We have a neighbor who lives across the street
from us. His wife left him about 6 months or
so ago. She left behind 3 kids, 2 girls about
7ish and a boy about 2. He lost his job
recently. We never
really knew this neighbor until all this happened
to him and he's been coming over and hanging
out. His kids and ours likes to play together.
Plus now Tony has a new friend.
Tonight I decided to make up a big pot
of chicken stroganoff for both our families.
Found a couple packages of dinner rolls
in the freezer and a box of spaghetti
and a box of spiral noodles.
I assumed since this guy's wife left
he and his kids probably hadn't had a
good home cooked meal in awhile.
I stretched the recipe above by adding
in leftover sour cream I had and an
extra can of mushroom soup. I added milk,
season salt and pepper. Then found some
leftover bell peppers in the fridge which
I cut up and put in there also. I diluted
it down with milk and thickened it up
with a little flour, made a bigger
pot that way.
I got everything packaged up for his family
in ziploc containers and put it in one of
my reusable grocery bags. Nobody knew what
I was doing til I handed the bag with hot
food in it to Tony and said go give this
to your buddy and his kids.
It makes you all warm and fuzzy being
able to do something like that for someone
else!!! You get more satisfaction out
of giving than you do receiving!!!
Here is the guy and his kids out front
of our home. Snuck a picture in when
they weren't looking. And a pic of the
large containers of food I sent over to them
to have for supper tonight.
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This evening I was craving something sweet.
I had saved a bunch of bowls from the
Betty Crocker Warm Delights.
Tonight I decided to experiment and make
my own.
1/3 heaping cup of dry cake mix
(I used Red Velvet)
couple tablespoons water
Mix thoroughly. Put in microwave
for 30 to 50 seconds depending
on your microwave.
Removed and put a couple dollops of
cream cheese frosting on top.
You could add whatever you have on
to your cake mix from nuts, to chocolate
chips to caramel, coconut, fudge
marshmallows and so on.
Do you know how much money you could
save by making your own Warm Delights???
You could make MANY of these Bowl Cakes,
the name I gave my homemade version,
out of a box of cake mix that costs $1.00.
I'll have to keep track of how many
I am able to make over time.
Now how much are the Warm Delights?
Off sale about $2 to $3.
I know with coupons and sales I could get them for
.50 cents each. Still not worth it
when you consider how many can be made
from a box mix.
I don't think a snack could be any quicker,
cheaper or easier than this!
Something to curb that sweet tooth
or an almost instant dessert to
serve after supper!
