New Recipes to Try

Turkey meatballs with lemon garlic yogurt sauce

Lemon sour cream tart from Mary's One Perfect Bite.

Tomato and grainy mustard tart from Brenda's Canadian Kitchen, a great source for recipes.

Ham and cheese parcels could be perfect to clean out some more stuff in the freezer.

Dry garlic pork these appear to be like Chinese takeout ribs. Crispy shrimp spring rolls from the same site.

Peri-peri chicken goujons strips better than Nandos - a fast food chain in the States.

impossible Cheeseburger Pie

Impossible Cheeseburger Pie made with Bisquick was always a hit when the kids were small. Then when my niece and nephew came along it became a hit with them as well.
As you can see from their website you can add anything you wish to one of these pies.

1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef


1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)

1/2 cup Original Bisquick® mix

1 cup milk

2 eggs





1.Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray.

2.In 10-inch skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in salt. Spread in pie plate. Sprinkle with cheese.

3.In small bowl, stir remaining ingredients with fork or wire whisk until blended. Pour into pie plate.

4.Bake about 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Makes 6 servings

2011 - Week 6 Eating

Last Sunday DH made these cinnamon buns from a package. He did an exact job of icing them.

Since it was Super Bowl we had to have chili which DH made with me as the sous-chef (which menat I did all the chopping, organizing and cleaning up)! Normally we have people over but this year it was just us, but we ended up with a huge pot which I took to work and the "girls" and had lunch for Monday and Tuesday.

Don't think I took a picture of the finished product.

I also made the butternut squash soup that I wrote about in a previous post. Very disappointing, tasted bitter.

For a salad I made a version of this root vegetable salad using what we had, cabbage, celery, carrots, cucumber. I was good and nice to have a hearty salad in winter.

Monday - leftover chili.

Tuesday - plain spaghetti and sauce.

Wednesday - chips (French fries) and egg and beans. Can never go wrong with that.

Thursday - DH was playing squash and I had a desire for onion soup. I did cheat and used a boxed broth rather than defrost a homemade one. But it was so good.

Friday - We had steak, baked potatoes and broccoli.

Saturday - we had friends over for brunch and did a big "English" breakfast and spent the day chatting.

365 Decluttering - Week 6

Sunday Feb 6 - started on my spices. I had little bags and jars in various locations, the fridge, cupboard and even downstairs in the basement pantry. I grouped them all together. On Monday I bought some small plastic jars at the $ store and arranged them. If there was too much spice to fit the jar I threw it out. I still need to get some more jars to finish the job.

I also decided that the "stuff" we had bought on travels that were on the mantle didn't really fit there, they were too small and didn't get any visabilty. The shelves in the "computer" room attached to the kitchen had cute shelves that are built in. That just made me think of my spice decluttering as my mom had used this space as a spice rack here is a photo (not hers) of what it looked like.

This photo is from http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/

Well, my cabinet was filled with cat ornaments and boxes. I looked at them and decided I could let most of them go.

I kept the ones that meant something, the cat from Egypt that my sister had given me, a black cat I bought in Murano (known for their glass blowing) in Venice, black clock I bought I bought in San Diego and the stained glass i bought in Doolin in Ireland. The other black piece is from Mexico City bought near Teotihuacan the pyramids outside the city.

I then took the travel collection from the living room and arranged them on the other shelves. I do think they look mych nicer displayed like this.

Monday, Tuesday and Wendesday were easy, we are moving the office so we are clearing out all the computer equipment. I simply went through our stockpile in the basement and brought it into the office for salvage.

Thursday - I had 2 wooden boxes that were sitting in my kitchen with nothing in them, they are cute but serving no purpose. A friend at work mentioned she needed a sewing box so I brought these two boxes.

I also brought in an Excel Programming book that I never liked.

Friday and Saturday saw 4 more sweaters make it into the charity pile.

New Blogs This Week

Homemaker on a Dime

Copy Cat Chic

Thrift Store Creations love what she did to this black dress.

Rapitude.com has some very interesting articles on not needing "stuff".

ALife Less Cluttered is an inspiration as I continue to declutter.

Hyperbole and a Half has a post that I totally identify with called Why I'll Never be an Adult.

Damn You Autocorrect!

Crockpot Pork Barbecue

Another tried and true favourite. I'm not sure where I got this from but there are many versions online.

1 pork roast

1 1/2 cups cola

1 (8 ounce) bottle barbecue sauce (your favorite)

Directions:

Prep Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 1/2 day

1 Cut all visible fat from roast, put in crock and cook 12 hrs (You could set this to cook all night) on low.

2 Note: I pour a soda over the roast to give it a little extra flavor.

3 Remove meat from crock and drain all juice from crock.

4 Shred meat and return to crock add 1 bottle barbecue sauce and cola and cook 5-6 hrs more.

5 MAKES A LOT!

6 Freezes great.

You could also do this in the oven.
Season the meat with salt & pepper at least 24 hours before the pork has to be cooked. Put the marinated pork in a roasting pan and place it on a rack in a preheated oven at 250 degree F.Add the cola and barbecue  sauce to the pork. Ensure the meat is placed with the fat side up. Bake for at least 8-9 hours

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