Freezing Peppers

We don’t eat raw peppers here. I’ve offered them to the kids several times, but no go. We do eat them cooked in with other foods so it’s nice to have some on hand.

Did you know that peppers are a great source of vitamin C? And cold season is upon us.

When I get a bunch for a good price I chop them and freeze them so they don’t go bad. If you have a nice electric chopper it can help you get done a lot faster. Just be careful because I turned one bag full into pepper mush.

It’s easy – and fun – to go to the freezer during the winter and get some pepper pieces to throw into whatever dish I’m making.

And that’s what Works For Me.

Easy Summer Snack – Puppy Chow!

Are you going to a summer get together? Why not take some puppy chow to share? Everyone in my family likes it – including the puppy.

Seriously, it’s quick and fast with no oven required. It always gets eaten. It has chocolate – what else do you need? [Read more...]

Making Red Sauce

This is documentation of my first time making red sauce from scratch. I’ve always wanted to try, but needed a recipe that I thought sounded good. Then Jen at My Kitchen Addiction started her Kitchen Bootcamp and the idea for May was to make a sauce. Just the incentive I needed.

Warning: I’m not a gourmet cook AT ALL. I’m a ready made, box mix kind of girl.

Of course I put it in a video…. [Read more...]

My Ninja Makes Smoothies For Me

If the video doesn’t show in your feed reader here’s a link.

NinjaKitchen.com

My kids liked the orange smoothie, and the peach with orange smoothie.  They did not like the  banana orange smoothie.  Next I’m going to try berries.  I do add protein to the smoothies so my kids think they’re drinking something that will make them strong. Do you make smoothies?

I have noticed myself reaching for this chopper more lately.  My husband liked the apple crisp better when I used the chopper and made small pieces.  Do you have a chopper?

I am making new things in the kitchen and being Blissfully Domestic!

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What To Do With Leftovers

As you know I was a counselor at our church camp a couple weeks ago.  As I know I haven’t told you anything about what happened.  It was a good week and I’m sure I’ll get to that – sooner or later.

Our camp actually serves meals that taste good.  Really.  I just happen to be one of the people that gets to eat some of the leftovers.  I think we went about a week on leftovers this year.

There was turkey and a turkey noodle mix that reheated well by itself.  There’s lots of things you can do with turkey! A casserole with turkey, cheese, and stuffing on top. [The stuffing was also leftover.] Turkey wraps and turkey salad used the last of it up.

There was meatloaf.  It’s okay reheated in the oven once.  Then I mixed it with the leftover rice, added some tomato sauce and stuff, and voila – Spanish Rice.

There was ham.  Cold, warm, hot; and mixed with cheesy noodles – yum!

I’m pretty sure that we got at least 8 family meals out of the leftovers that we had.  That doesn’t count what my husband took in his lunch.  When I change it up a bit it doesn’t feel like we’re eating leftovers all week.  

What is your favorite leftover to have?