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A Day for Me

Donna — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:57:34 +0000

This has been a really nice Mother’s Day. I had several glorious hours to myself this afternoon and I took full advantage of them.

Dinner was a strange combination of things that I like and felt like cooking. And I’ll watch TV until it’s time to hit the sack and get ready for another work week.

It’s been great so far. Happy Mother’s Day to all my friends who are mothers!

My Late Night Sweet Tooth

Donna — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:30:13 +0000

I don’t know what got over me at the grocery store the other night. I spent way too money and came home with a ton of chocolates. There isn’t a piece of chocolate in this house and I have been craving chocolate each night the past week, which I haven’t been able to produce to satisfy that driving craving that hits you late at night, when you are too tired to go out anywhere to get what you are so wanting.

It has been a couple of months since the Christmas holidays have come and gone. Along with it went all the Christmas goodies that end up in the house that time of year. Cakes, pies, cookies, candies, chocolates and all the wonderful deserts that people make during that festive holiday season. The house is back to normal (or as normal as it will ever be) and there isn’t a trace of last year’s festivities and summer is on it’s way!

When I went grocery shopping they were having a massive sale on their chocolates and I couldn’t make up my mind on which ones to get so I went a little crazy and bought a bunch of different kinds, just in case. I now have a good sized bowl in the kitchen filled with a nice variety of chocolates that should keep my night time cravings in check for a few months.

Yummy Crab Chowder

Donna — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:59:24 +0000

Crab and Corn Chowder in the Crockpot
Serves 4 -6,
Loosely based on a recipe from Family Circle Magazine

Ingredients

3-1/2 cups low-sodium, 99 percent fat-free chicken broth (2 cans 14.5 ounces each)
1/2 pound white all-purpose potatoes, peeled and diced
1 cup baby carrots, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
1 medium-size vidalia onion, chopped
2 ribs celery, trimmed and diced
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
1 package frozen yellow corn
1 sweet red pepper, seeded and diced
1 can (12 ounces) evaporated skim milk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 package (8 ounces) imitation crab meat

Preparation

1. Combine chicken broth, potatoes, carrots, onion, celery, thyme and Old Bay in a large slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 6 hours.

2. In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch, salt, evaporated milk, and red pepper.

3. Stir red pepper mixture into slow cooker, replace cover and cook on either HIGH or LOW for 1 hour.

4. Stir yellow corn and crabmeat into soup and heat through, about 30 minutes.

5. Serve warm, with hot crusty bread and butter.

Graduated to Grilled Cheese

Donna — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:35:38 +0000

It’s been a rough couple of days lately. I some how got myself a stomach bug that has turned my life upside down but I am finally feeling up to real food again. I made grilled cheese sandwiches and nibbled on a small handful of Lays potato chips. I’m still drinking a lot of green tea, and I think maybe I’m getting addicted to the tea. I have a cup by my side all day and even take a cup to bed with me and leave it on the night stand.

I’ve given up on TV – the only time I turn it on is to watch the 10:00 news and then I shut it off again. I’d much rather listen to the music I have in my collection and have been playing a lot of oldies but goodies to just listen to them again. It’s not as depressing. Found an old album by Robert Cray that’s really easy on the ears. Haven’t listened to him in ages – love it.

Valentines Chocolates

Donna — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:23:36 +0000

Since I am off work tomorrow, this morning when I arrived at my desk I discovered a great big red velvet heart shaped box filled with chocolates waiting for me on my computer desktop. That was such a nice Valentine’s Day surprise!

I love chocolates – my favorite is a dark chocolate piece filled with a rasberry gel. Second best is a creamy milk chocolate filled with buttery caramel. I love both flavors – but to be honest, there isn’t much about chocolate and any filling you can get that I wouldn’t want. So I limit myself to just one piece a day.

In Need of Comfort Food

Donna — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:42:56 +0000

We are snowed in again. This is the third storm this winter that has affected schools and kept me trapped in the house. We have an inch on the ground with more snow predicted tonight and even more predicted next week. I wonder if the Farmer’s Almanac called for this much bad weather this winter? If I ever get out to the store again, I might just pick up a copy of the Almanac and read up on what it forecast for Tennessee.

Muffin Cup Quiche

Donna — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:10:43 +0000

I came across this recipe and don’t want to lose track of it. I’ll come back later and grab the actual recipe ingredients and quantities later. I want to cook this for a lazy Sunday brunch. They look delicious!

Sobe in Plastic?

Donna — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:52:34 +0000

For an occasional treat, I will enjoy a nice cold Sobe beverage. My favorite is the Green Tea, but I also like the citrus flavor and recently tried the Nirvana, which has a melon flavor. All these years the Sobe drinks have been in tall glass bottles. But today when I bought a citrus Sobe, the bottle was not glass – it was plastic. What’s up with that?

Activated Charcoal for Odor Removal

Donna — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:50:09 +0000

This morning I went down stairs to the basement where I have my large freezer jam packed with frozen food, only to find that some how the door was not closed all the way, for god knows how long, and every piece of frozen food had gone bad. I had probably over $1000 worth of food, mainly meats, stored in there. What a bad way to start the week out and what a mess I have to look forward to cleaning up.

I just might call in some professionals, what with Christmas in less than two weeks I really have my hands full. I may have to go online and look for a place that can use activated charcoal for odor removal if the odor is too bad for me to stomach. I’ve used http://www.thesteamteam.com/austin-cleaning-services/ in the past and have been happy with them and what they have done for me in my previous times of need through out the years of home ownership. There is never a good thing for something like to happen but there certainly are worse times and right now is a pretty bad time, argg…

Price of Beef

Donna — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:12:37 +0000

The price of beef has been inching upwards the past few years. It is getting very hard to afford the good cuts of beef for regular family dinners. I have had to cut back on steaks for just special occasions.

I think it is time to start exploring different ways to cook fish. If you have any favorite recipes, please share!