The ultimate in thriftiness and convenience in the kitchen: recyle left-overs. The first thing that comes to mind- Red Beans and Rice in the crock pot.
In fact I’m dumping the ingredients in the crock pot right now. I plan to be in the garden all day and have to take a dish to the skybox tonight for the baseball game.
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I wish Wal-Mart would assign their customers a number based on age and gender, and allow shoppers to visit only during their appropriate time slots.
Yesterday I was in the middle of house cleaning – I’ve declared the first Wednesday of every month “House Keeping Day” at the Jones abode. I don’t get dressed, don’t leave the house and certainly don’t put on make-up. What’s the point?
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Today is Thursday, May 15. It is the 136 day of the year with 230 remaining. Today is one of my favorite holidays. This is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
I personally believe the best recipe is on the back of the Nestle Toll House morsels bag, but there are several ways you can tweak the recipe for a superior cookie. I learned from years of experience.
_ Always use real butter. I’ve made them with margarine, and butter is better. Plus it isn’t hydrogenated or contain those arterie clogging transfats.
_ Triple the amount of vanilla extract. I learned this the hard way when I got a case of the hickups while mixing the batter. I carefully measured the vanilla and had one of those honking painful hick-ups. I dumped about a jigger’s worth in. Everyone accused me of sipping on the vanilla, but they agreed the cookies were my best effort. (more…)
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