8-27-12

12:30pm

Got some spaghetti sauce going in the crock pot.

2 cans mushroom flavored spaghetti sauce ($1.18),

1 pound ground deer burger (free),

splenda (.05 cents),

onion powder (.01 cents),

oregano (free),

garlic powder (.02 cents)

spaghetti ($1.00)

 TOTAL COST $2.26

Will serve with spaghetti and meatballs

I had in the freezer that was leftover

from meatball subs and bread & butter.

Any leftover spaghetti & sauce

will be put in the freezer for another meal.

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1:25pm


In another crock I added the concord grapes
I had prepped along with some lemon juice and sugar.
I'll let this cook on low
for about 10 hours.
Then I plan to strain the grapes,
add in the pectin to the juice and put into
recycled plastic peanut butter jars
and put in the freezer which will
last up to a year.

Earlier this morning I started chopping
up all my bell peppers, banana peppers
and a couple other hot peppers
to make salsa with.  Why do I need reminded to wear
rubber gloves when doing this?!  Burny Burny!
Another day though
as I'm doing things little by little.
I still have some tomatoes that need
peeled and chopped up.
I'll also add in some onions and celery
along with a packet of salsa mix.

I saved all the seeds from the peppers from the garden
and have them drying in little 
tupperware type bowls I got from one of the dollar stores.
Good seeds to save from your garden
are ones from beans, peppers and tomatoes. 
After drying seeds put into freezer for a couple days to kill
off any pests then store in a cool, dry place.

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4:30pm


The Better Than You Know What Cake

I made must of been pretty darn good.

I knew ahead of time I was getting

$15 to make it for this guy.

Tony just called to say the guy threw

in an extra $5 tip, so $20 for my dessert!!

Woo Hoo!  That made my day.

I tweaked the dessert a little to put

my own signature touch on it.

Instead of just putting cool whip on

top of it I did a mix of cool whip and

vanilla pudding with a chocolate cake on the first one and on 

this recent cake did French vanilla pudding

with a Devil's Food cake.

I think if I made another one I would

like to add a little coffee flavor to

the chocolate cake.

This is the dessert that originally

won the Spring dessert contest at

hubby's work.  Funny things is that

I haven't really gotten the chance to 

even try this cake (other than maybe

a bite while sampling it at the contest)

to even enjoy what it may taste like.