Tuesday

With today being Tuesday and a work day, I kinda wanted a day off! I know it's the middle (sort of) of the week, but I just wanted a day off. My cousins were coming and a family emergency came up, so that is out! We had leftover spaghetti sauce and penne pasta! Very good! Clouds are moving in and rain is coming! Blessings!

Ruth's spaghetti

Most of my family knows that spaghetti is not my favorite meal! I'm not sure why, but I will eat it when I go to someones house if that is what is put in front of me, but at a restaurant or at home, that's not in my radar! But lately I had spaghetti at my friend's Ruth's house and it was the best! I overheard her tell how she makes it and so I tried to recreate it! I think I did a fine job and Gordon said to please remember what I did so I would do it again! I think that's a fine compliment! So here's what I did: 1 package of beef stew meat(maybe a 1/2 pound), 4 Italian sausages cut up into small pieces, 10 meatballs(homemade is what I used), 1 jar of spaghetti sauce, 2 Tablespoons of tomato paste(in the tube), 2 grated garlic cloves, and 1 green pepper diced. So I browned the meat, added the garlic and pepper, then added the sauce and paste. I did add 1 Tablespoon of sugar towards the end of cooking! The sauce got me and I love it! I simmered the meat for 45 minutes before I added anything else! Blessings!

Miss me???

Well, on Tuesday night my computer crashed! So, different not being able to sit down whenever I want to check emails, blogs, checking, etc!!!! But I'm back up and running! Lost most of my personal files, Kodak pictures, quick books for Gordon's business(thank the Lord that I just had names, addresses and phones, no tax information!)So, back to square one and trying to figure out stuff! So, I will post a recipe in the next few days, just hang tight! Blessings!

nachos

Tonight I made nachos! They are one of our favorite meals, super easy and super good! I read a recipe the other day about adding pickled jalapenos to the nachos, it was good and hot!!! Layer of Scoops from Frito Lay, ground meat that has been browned, grated cheddar cheese, a few sliced pickled jalapenos and topped with salsa! YUM!!!!

class

To start off, I forgot my phone and had to turn around to retrieve that thing, thankfully I wasn't too far down the road, then I forgot my camera! So, I have no pictures of class, but I do have recipes! It was a great class taught by a man! He was so fun! Charlie is a salesman for the Fissler company and goes around the area giving classes for the company! He had some new kitchen gadgets and of course, I bought one! It's a garlic mincer, so cool! I'm very excited to cook something in the pressure cooker that has collected dust in the cabinet! Blessings!

frost

We got frosted again for the second time this fall! It's late as was the first one, but maybe people who suffer from allergies will get some relief! Fall colors are prime and won't last long if it rains and the wind blows! I took a pictures of our oak and it's beautiful when the sun hits it! Hope the photos does the tree justice! Tonight is my cooking class with pressure cookers, I'm pretty excited to go and get some recipes in hand! Have a great day! Stop in for coffee if you are in the area! Blessings!

cranberry weekend fest

This Saturday is the Stone Lake, Wisconsin Cranberry Fest. For those of you who don't live in this area, Stone Lake is a very small town, so this is a huge event! I on the other hand have never gone and I'm not sure about this weekend! Saturday's are very treasured by me because I work all week, but hey, I need to play sometimes! Also Gordon and I were going to try out the smoker with some racks of ribs(YUM)! If I get to go, I will post some info and photos, otherwise I will post photos of the rib fest here at our house! Blessings!