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cupboards…

28 Tuesday Jan 2020

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big girl pants, containers, crockpot, cupboards, dinner, experimenting, Instant Pot, mashed potatoes, moments, testing, widow

spent some time reorganizing the container area in the kitchen cupboards…

still trying to figure out the best system, lol… thought I had a perfect plan…

also made a few things in the Instant Pot… mashed potatoes worked well…

sadly, the pork hocks and cabbage didn’t turn out, but then I used the crockpot feature and got it done;-)…

more learning and experimenting required…

bubbles…

05 Thursday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, bubbles, crockpot, Dawn, float, friendship soup, moment, widow

last night I made Friendship Soup that had been a Christmas gift…

the recipe called for a pound of hamburger, canned tomatoes, pepper and water…

it also called for tomato paste, but I didn’t have any so added some Clamato juice instead…

browned the meat…

added the tomatoes and water…

took it to work this morning and it filled the crockpot to the brim… it made a huge amount of delicious soup which everyone loved…

as I was washing the container the Dawn dish soap produced a bunch of bubbles which floated all over the kitchen and brought a smile to my face…

made my day… another awesome special moment…

productive…

24 Sunday Jan 2016

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big girl pants, Bosch, crockpot, dishwasher, microwave, productive, snow

really didn’t want to leave the house today…

eventually I dragged myself out to the car and headed out…

went to a local appliance shop and checked out some dishwashers and microwaves… found a beautiful drawer microwave… of course it was over a thousand dollars, lol… most microwaves are around a couple of hundred… because I use the microwave very little, seemed like a bit much to spend but I sure liked the drawer…

think I’ve found the dishwasher for the new kitchen… it is a Bosch and does a great job cleaning, heats the water to the appropriate temperature, and is so quiet there is a light that shines onto the floor to let you know it is actually running… they will keep it until I am ready to install it…

  
next went to the grocery store and picked up fresh veggies for the week…

  
half an hour and a hundred dollars later I brought home two bags of goodies…

put a frozen roast into the crockpot with onions and red wine; baked potatoes and roasted peppers, onions and mushrooms… finished with our usual Caesar salad… the little kids were very helpful… the smallest is usually the table setter and he’s getting very good at it…  next one loves to chop so he cut up two bags of radishes for me… now I will just pop them into my lunch bag instead of having to prep them… oldest one shovelled the driveway… dad topped up the hot tub and mom searched for a cottage for us to stay at this summer and set up an appointment for me to meet with a kitchen designer…

after dinner, the boys and I tidied up and filled my current dishwasher… we’ve had it for many years… for at least the last five years the soap dispenser hasn’t closed properly and I’ve just put the soap in when it was time to turn it on… every six months or so we have to clean out the holes in the blades… will certainly enjoy a new one, lol…

very productive day after all…

dinner…

28 Tuesday Oct 2014

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aquasize, big girl pants, crockpot, dinner, snow

been a long day… hard to get out of bed as I felt very tired…

on top of that it snowed today… thankfully it melted as it hit the ground…

usually we get our first snow on Halloween…

dark and overcast all day… bit of a downer…

really thought about putting the meat in the crockpot, although I wasn’t sure how long it would take so I decided not to…

when I got home I got the pot with my dinner in it all organized, but didn’t turn it on… still not sure of the new stove so I didn’t want to be worrying about whether the liquid might be evaporating and burning up…

after aquasize I put it on and then watched some tv while it was cooking…

should really have simmered a bit longer, but after an hour or so I had some and it was good…

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surprise…

08 Wednesday Oct 2014

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. soup, big girl pants, crockpot, flower, hibiscus, moon, surprise

had a wonderful surprise this morning when I came downstairs…

IMG_8736.JPGthe hibiscus was blooming… often when you bring a plant indoors it will die back, so this was quite wonderful…

looked out the window and watched the moon… the eclipse had finished earlier and the moon was no longer red, but it sure was big… the picture doesn’t do it justice, lol…

IMG_8739.JPGonce I got home from work I jumped in the car and raced to the grocery store… I am on for soup tomorrow and am doing a recipe I haven’t tried before, and because I didn’t feel great last night I didn’t get the shopping done… once home I peeled carrots and yams and tossed everything into a soup pot and got cooking…

IMG_8737.JPGthe really funny part was that this was a crockpot recipe but I didn’t have time to use the crockpot to cook it…

surprisingly it isn’t as orange as expected because I got yams instead of sweet potatoes and they were white inside…

IMG_8738.JPGthink it tastes okay…

guess we will know for sure tomorrow…

cooking…

18 Thursday Sep 2014

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bechamel, big girl pants, cheese, cooking, crockpot, Pinterest, potatoes, purple

last night and this morning I worked on a crockpot recipe for our potluck today…

for the last year or so we have had Souper Thursdays where we’ve taken turns bringing soup for our lunch…

today was our kick-off meal…

I chose to make crockpot scalloped potatoes… spent quite a bit of time on Pinterest looking for possibilities…

on Sunday I made a test batch which we had to go along with the tacos, lol…

came out very nice and were cooked perfectly…

last night I made the cheesy béchamel to go on top of the potatoes… I have always called it white sauce and have used the recipe that I learned in grade seven home economics class… still have the book… but really béchamel sounds so much fancier, lol…

I also prepped the onions and peeled the potatoes… I enjoy thinking of the people who will be eating my food as I work…

this morning got up, sliced the potatoes and filled the crockpot with the potatoes, salt and onions… then I poured the sauce over and took the whole thing to the office… plugged it in on high and left the crockpot to do its work…

hmmmm, apparently four hours wasn’t quite enough time, so had to nuke them to finish cooking right before our lunch… put a few more potatoes in and guess they needed just a bit more time…

but my crockpot is beautiful…

IMG_8265.JPGmy daughter bought it for me and I traded my black and silver one with her for this gorgeous purple one…

potatoes were good by the way…

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