It has been a while since I have posted and my goal is to post on here at least once a week.
A Lot has happened with out little family, We bought a travel trailer one of the best decisions of our life.
Our oldest daughter has moved out and moved to College Station and is working in a bookstore trying to carve her mark in this world of ours.
Our youngest, Alexa has made National Junior Honor Society for the 3rd year in a row. Was just elected Vice Pres. It is hard for me to believe that they are growing up so fast.
The Twins had their 16 th birthday masquerade ball and I will post pictures and how we did their whole party on a tight budget.
Carrigan is working hard on her gaming world and loves it. She is inspiring to be a graphic artist designer, designing games for a career.
Savanah is working on modeling and we are working on getting her published.
Robert and I are just holding on and loving life!!
Big Hugs!!
Pat
Monday, February 2, 2015
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Breakfast Calzone
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 package yeast
1 Tablespoon Honey
2 cups warm water almost hot.
We use the bread maker
Put the 2 cups warm water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 Tablespoon Honey, 1 pkg yeast in bread maker turn on dough setting. Set your timer for 7 minutes and let the yeast process.
Add the all purpose flour slowly let the machine do the work for you and then add the wheat flour until it forms a ball in your bread maker. This is the time also that I add garlic powder or tarragon in my dough. We also add cheese sometimes in the dough it is really just what your family wants.
This recipe makes 6, so form 6 balls about the size of your fist and flour your board and take a rolling pin and roll out your dough to about 1/4 inch thick it should come out to a flat circle.
In the mean time chop your vegetables and place the pepper and onions in a skillet to start cooking. I do not use any oil, I use just a little water.
On the vegetables you can use any that you like, you will need about 6 cups of vegetables all together. The only thing I cook down is the pepper and the onion so they are not so crunchy. Once the onion and the pepper are cooked were the onion is clear I put the mushrooms, zucchini in a large skillet and mix together for about 3 minutes on a med High heat.
bell pepper
onion
mushrooms
zucchini
I put my burner on high heat and add 3 scrambled eggs and cooked sausage and cook until eggs are done.
3 eggs scrambled
1 cup cooked sausage
and place aside covered off the burner.
If you flour your dough after rolling into circles it will not stick to your baking sheet and you will not have to use cooking oil.
Place your dough on the cooking sheet and put your filling in half of the dough should be about 2 cups and add little cheese and spinach whatever spices you like. Robert likes pic-ante sauce in his and one of the twins likes broccoli in hers, I like fresh tomatoes and fennel seed in mine. So it is really just your preference on what you want.
Pre-heat oven to 400
Once it is filled to your liking then fold over and pinch closed. stab with fork to make holes in the top and by the way this is the girls favorite part of this.(stabbing with the fork) LOL....
Place in oven and cook for 15 minutes.
Let cool and cut in half serve with fruit and or yogurt. Great for the whole family to do and great to make up on a weekend do not cook them and freeze them and then get them back out and cook later.
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 package yeast
1 Tablespoon Honey
2 cups warm water almost hot.
We use the bread maker
Put the 2 cups warm water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 Tablespoon Honey, 1 pkg yeast in bread maker turn on dough setting. Set your timer for 7 minutes and let the yeast process.
Add the all purpose flour slowly let the machine do the work for you and then add the wheat flour until it forms a ball in your bread maker. This is the time also that I add garlic powder or tarragon in my dough. We also add cheese sometimes in the dough it is really just what your family wants.
This recipe makes 6, so form 6 balls about the size of your fist and flour your board and take a rolling pin and roll out your dough to about 1/4 inch thick it should come out to a flat circle.
In the mean time chop your vegetables and place the pepper and onions in a skillet to start cooking. I do not use any oil, I use just a little water.
On the vegetables you can use any that you like, you will need about 6 cups of vegetables all together. The only thing I cook down is the pepper and the onion so they are not so crunchy. Once the onion and the pepper are cooked were the onion is clear I put the mushrooms, zucchini in a large skillet and mix together for about 3 minutes on a med High heat.
bell pepper
onion
mushrooms
zucchini
I put my burner on high heat and add 3 scrambled eggs and cooked sausage and cook until eggs are done.
3 eggs scrambled
1 cup cooked sausage
and place aside covered off the burner.
If you flour your dough after rolling into circles it will not stick to your baking sheet and you will not have to use cooking oil.
Place your dough on the cooking sheet and put your filling in half of the dough should be about 2 cups and add little cheese and spinach whatever spices you like. Robert likes pic-ante sauce in his and one of the twins likes broccoli in hers, I like fresh tomatoes and fennel seed in mine. So it is really just your preference on what you want.
Pre-heat oven to 400
Once it is filled to your liking then fold over and pinch closed. stab with fork to make holes in the top and by the way this is the girls favorite part of this.(stabbing with the fork) LOL....
Place in oven and cook for 15 minutes.
Let cool and cut in half serve with fruit and or yogurt. Great for the whole family to do and great to make up on a weekend do not cook them and freeze them and then get them back out and cook later.
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| Breakfast Calzone Stromboli |
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Pasta Salad Recipe
Pasta Salad recipe
1 bag of bow tie pasta
1 de-boned chicken
4 cups of chicken stock or broth
1/2 small onion chopped
1 bell pepper diced
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 pound of grapes cut in 1/4
1 cucumber diced
1/2 cup zucchini diced
1 small jar of mayonnaise
2 garlic cloves, 1 chopped fine and the other left whole
cubed cheese
We boil the pasta in the chicken stock or broth and add the garlic clove.
In a large bowl, we add the chicken, chopped onion, cut grapes, cucumber, zucchini , bell pepper, garlic chopped fine and jar of mayonnaise. Mix well place in refrigerator.
After the pasta is cooked and drained rinse with cold water until it is cold to the touch remove the garlic clove and set aside. Take your bowl with your mixture out of fridge and add the pasta once it is mixed threw add the cherry tomatoes and the cube cheese along with salt and pepper to taste. I take the garlic clove that was used to cook the pasta and chop it up fine and add to the pasta salad.
1 bag of bow tie pasta
1 de-boned chicken
4 cups of chicken stock or broth
1/2 small onion chopped
1 bell pepper diced
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 pound of grapes cut in 1/4
1 cucumber diced
1/2 cup zucchini diced
1 small jar of mayonnaise
2 garlic cloves, 1 chopped fine and the other left whole
cubed cheese
We boil the pasta in the chicken stock or broth and add the garlic clove.
In a large bowl, we add the chicken, chopped onion, cut grapes, cucumber, zucchini , bell pepper, garlic chopped fine and jar of mayonnaise. Mix well place in refrigerator.
After the pasta is cooked and drained rinse with cold water until it is cold to the touch remove the garlic clove and set aside. Take your bowl with your mixture out of fridge and add the pasta once it is mixed threw add the cherry tomatoes and the cube cheese along with salt and pepper to taste. I take the garlic clove that was used to cook the pasta and chop it up fine and add to the pasta salad.
Kroger have their rotisserie chicken on sale for $3.99 each. So guess what yes, I have coupons for rotisserie chicken $1.50 on 2. So yes, we got 5 only had 2 coupons.
So de-boned 5 chickens today.
We made chicken spaghetti casserole:
4 cans cream of chicken
1 pkg pasta
1 can rotel
1 de-boned chicken
1 pkg corn tortillas
2 cups grated cheese
Cook your pasta per package directions, we put the left over bones in a pan and boiled them and strained the bones out. We used the chicken water to boil our pasta in.
Pre-heat oven to 400
Once pasta is cooked drain and place in large bowl and add 1 can rotel 4 cans cream of chicken and the de-boned chicken. Mix well
Layer your baking dish with corn tortillas and put the mixture that you have in the bowl on top of your corn tortillas. We add pepper on top and then put the grated cheese on top.
Place in oven for 30 minutes.
We froze the rest on the meat except one chicken de-boned and I am going to use that to make chicken pasta salad. I will put that recipe on here, I am going to look up the actual recipe as I just wing it!! LOL...
So de-boned 5 chickens today.
We made chicken spaghetti casserole:
4 cans cream of chicken
1 pkg pasta
1 can rotel
1 de-boned chicken
1 pkg corn tortillas
2 cups grated cheese
Cook your pasta per package directions, we put the left over bones in a pan and boiled them and strained the bones out. We used the chicken water to boil our pasta in.
Pre-heat oven to 400
Once pasta is cooked drain and place in large bowl and add 1 can rotel 4 cans cream of chicken and the de-boned chicken. Mix well
Layer your baking dish with corn tortillas and put the mixture that you have in the bowl on top of your corn tortillas. We add pepper on top and then put the grated cheese on top.
Place in oven for 30 minutes.
We froze the rest on the meat except one chicken de-boned and I am going to use that to make chicken pasta salad. I will put that recipe on here, I am going to look up the actual recipe as I just wing it!! LOL...
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Local Farmers
We usually have a huge garden however this year we had mishaps happen in our family and we were unable to. This being the case we rely on local gardeners or farmers to get our veggies!!
Yesterday we went to our local farmer, Joyce Sanders, and spent $25 and received the following:
Squash
Patty pan Squash
Zucchini
Cherry tomatoes
sugar sweet Melon
dill
watermelon
cucumbers
homemade jam
Acorn squash
I think our girls looked a little funny when we came home with all of it.
We cut the squash and zucchini and froze it; however we took the patty pan squash and scooped out the inside.
Here is the recipe we used and everyone loved it:
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 cup onions
2 cups rice
2 cups shredded zucchini
approx 2 cups patty pan squash
2 cups vegetable or beef broth.
1 1/2 cups of cheese
2 TBS of olive oil
3 bay leaves
2 garlic cloves
pinch of salt
1tsp pepper
Wash and cut the tops off and hollow out the squash.
Putting the inside part of the squash in a bowl for later.
We took cherry tomatoes and onions and cut the tomatoes in 1/4 and the we diced the onions and put them in a pan with 1 TBS of olive oil. Add chopped up Bay leaves and diced garlic cloves
Pre-heat oven 350
In the bowl of leftover patty pan squash that you set aside, add 2 cups rice add 2 cups shredded zucchini add 2 cups broth add 1 cup of cheese. Mix well.
Once your tomatoes and onions mixture is done, add those to your bowl of rice, squash etc.
Mix this all together.
Get your pan and take your olive oil and grease the pan as well as the outside of the squash cups.
When you are done greasing then take a spoon and fill the squash cups up and place them in the baking pan. I fill the whole thing so it is on the outside of the squash cups and fill the pan with the mixture. Take your remaining cheese and sprinkle on top along with salt and pepper for seasoning to your taste.
Cover the pan with foil and cook in oven for 40 minutes covered and then after the 40 minutes take the foil off and brown for an additional 10 minutes or until brown on top.
Even our picker eater loved this and it had no meat in it. So would be very good for vegetarians out there. Our family did not miss the meat at all. So I was very impressed.
Hugs to everyone and I will keep sharing!!!
.
Yesterday we went to our local farmer, Joyce Sanders, and spent $25 and received the following:
Squash
Patty pan Squash
Zucchini
Cherry tomatoes
sugar sweet Melon
dill
watermelon
cucumbers
homemade jam
Acorn squash
I think our girls looked a little funny when we came home with all of it.
We cut the squash and zucchini and froze it; however we took the patty pan squash and scooped out the inside.
Here is the recipe we used and everyone loved it:
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 cup onions
2 cups rice
2 cups shredded zucchini
approx 2 cups patty pan squash
2 cups vegetable or beef broth.
1 1/2 cups of cheese
2 TBS of olive oil
3 bay leaves
2 garlic cloves
pinch of salt
1tsp pepper
Wash and cut the tops off and hollow out the squash.
Putting the inside part of the squash in a bowl for later.
We took cherry tomatoes and onions and cut the tomatoes in 1/4 and the we diced the onions and put them in a pan with 1 TBS of olive oil. Add chopped up Bay leaves and diced garlic cloves
Pre-heat oven 350
In the bowl of leftover patty pan squash that you set aside, add 2 cups rice add 2 cups shredded zucchini add 2 cups broth add 1 cup of cheese. Mix well.
Once your tomatoes and onions mixture is done, add those to your bowl of rice, squash etc.
Mix this all together.
Get your pan and take your olive oil and grease the pan as well as the outside of the squash cups.
When you are done greasing then take a spoon and fill the squash cups up and place them in the baking pan. I fill the whole thing so it is on the outside of the squash cups and fill the pan with the mixture. Take your remaining cheese and sprinkle on top along with salt and pepper for seasoning to your taste.
Cover the pan with foil and cook in oven for 40 minutes covered and then after the 40 minutes take the foil off and brown for an additional 10 minutes or until brown on top.
Even our picker eater loved this and it had no meat in it. So would be very good for vegetarians out there. Our family did not miss the meat at all. So I was very impressed.
Hugs to everyone and I will keep sharing!!!
.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Look out we are going organic
OK watched a show on how the benefits of organic products. Now trying to find good deals and coupons on organic products... That is the question, I have continuously feed my family of 6 for less than $100 a month including all toiletries. So my next challenge is to do this but organically........
Friday, March 4, 2011
February Total $69
February total is $69 for a family of 6. I do realize for March that I am going to have to replinish my staple items. So the first thing that we have done is take inventory again and based our menu for the next 2 weeks on what I already have. Call it a re-grouping of sorts and preparing ahead for Spring which are heavy months for us for extra items on our menus.
Suggestions: Cannot say this enough organization is the key!
Suggestions: Cannot say this enough organization is the key!
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