warm summer day

Summer in the northland has arrived and it's warm! The store was buzzing today with visitors to our area! I was looking online today for easy salads, appetizers, and any easy kind of snack to demo for the general public . It's a harder job than most people think, as I don't have access to a stove or oven to bake something wonderful or cook something. What I've been doing lately is cold salads and dips that are easily mixed. Any ideas let me know!
My niece said I should have my photo, several of my grandchildren and one of the store on the site, I just had to laugh! I work at the only grocery store in town, no recent photo of me or the grandkids! I will try and figure it out in the next few weeks!

Monday, Monday

Monday's are the day I set up the demos for the week ahead. It can be a long day especially after a holiday weekend! This day seems to be long for some reason today!
This week we will have 2 easy recipe demos to serve to the public! One is this dessert dip recipe: 1-8oz. package of cream cheese softened, 1-7oz. jar of Fluff. Soften cream cheese and whisk in marshmallow cream. Serve with fruit or graham crackers and a little piece of chocolate(fake out s'mores). You could make fruit kabobs and use the dip on the side! I will let you know how the public liked it! Also, I will give you the other salad recipe tomorrow, so you have to stay tuned for more of this rambling!!

Sundays

Welcome, Sunday, a day of rest! What a great concept for us all! Today is a doing all that I can do day at home before I start the work week again day! I have a friend who every Sunday asks me what am I going to do today after church? I basically give her the same answer, laundry, cook a few extra things for lunches, laundry, clean a bathroom, laundry, vaccum, laundry(how do 2 people have so much laundry?) and maybe read a book. What do you do on Sunday?

Happy Birthday, America!

Hi, it's officially 4th of July! I'm so proud to live in America! So appreciative of the men and women who have served and are serving our country proudly! Thank you from a grateful heart!
Yesterday's demo went well. It was Shrimp dip. Here's the recipe: 1-8oz. cream cheese, 1-10 3/4oz. condensed cream of shrimp soup(yes, there is such a creature), hot sauce like Tabasco about 1 tsp., 1 small onion diced and 1 stalk of celery, diced small. Soften cream cheese, then add soup. I used a whisk to get it creamy, then add the rest. If you taste it now, you'll think it's not so great, but wait till it chills for 2 hours, WOW!!! So stinkin' easy!
I was also given this dip recipe from a customer today for Beer dip. 1 -8oz. cream cheese, 2 cups of grated cheddar cheese, 1 pkg of Hidden Valley ranch dressing(dry), and 1/3 cup of beer. Mix the cream cheese and cheese together, add the rest. Be sure to chill for 2 hours. I don't know if I will be able to make this and serve the public because of the beer, so I'll let you know about that later!
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4th of July

Happy 4th of July America! Tomorrow is the 4th and we usually gear our summers in the north by things happening by the 4th of July! Summer is 1/3 over and rodeo is next weekend, WOW! Summer is flying by!
I am working tomorrow and will be serving the public! Come in and say "hi"! Gordon and I will be enjoying a cookout later that evening with friends! Let me know what your favorite 4th of July food is or what you enjoy cooking out! Remember to sign in the comment area!

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Ok, as I was making the corn salad yesterday, there was in the bakery kitchen a big discussion about mayo vs. Miracle whip! Who knew that this would launch a world wide discussion and tempers would rise over this! I grew up with mayo and have not let Miracle whip cross my lips if I have a choice, but as we all know, when you eat other peoples salads or hot dishes , you have no control over whether they use mayo or Miracle whip! So, let me know what you think about mayo or Miracle whip!
I think tomorrow's demo will be a shrimp dip, made with cream of shrimp soup and cream cheese with hot sauce. I will let you know how it was received and how it tasted!

corn salad

Corn salad adapted from Paula Deen's recipe:
2 cans of corn 10 3/4 oz.
2 cups of grated cheddar cheese
1 cup of mayo
1/2 small red onion chopped very finely
1 green pepper chopped finely
Mix this together and chill. Just before you serve this salad, add a small bag of crushed Frito Lay chili cheese chips. This is so easy!
Come in and let me know if you have seen this blog. Enjoy the holiday weekend! Happy 4th of July! May we continue to be a blessed nation under God!