Wit & Wisdom from my Journey through Womanhood
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...]
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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!
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?
While I was making supper my 4 year old daughter told me, “We need to make some dessert because we are out of candy.”
I agreed and whipped up a chocolate pudding pie while she was out of the room.
As she was inhaling the pudding pie later she said, “Mommy, did you make this? It’s delicious!”
That’s me. Gourmet with a box and a pre-made crust.
This past weekend my husband and I hosted our church’s annual Sweetheart Banquet. We knew would have a small group this year and he decided to cook the food to keep the cost down. I said, “Go for it, honey. I’ll help, but I’m not doing the main part.” He said, “No problem.” He stayed true to his word.
First we figured out the menu:
Fruit Salad
Potato rolls
Ham or Roast Beef
Green Beans or Carrots
Potatoes – Roasted, Spicy, or Cheesy
A variety of Cheese cakes
Angel Food Cake – Sugar Free Topping or Cool Whip
Iced Tea – Water – Fruit Punch – Coffee
Then his mom did all the purchasing of the food. On the 14th my husband cooked the food, and we took it to the train car where we held the banquet. In the meantime I planned the games, prizes, and decorations.
I forgot to video the dessert – oops. Guess I was too eager to eat it.
What food do you like at a banquet? Do you like to try new things or have familiar things? Have you ever cooked for a large crowd?
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