empty freezer

I got cleaning the freezer above the refrigerator on Thursday. I manage to throw out a lot of old and freezer burned items. One outdated item also! Made me look at why I keep stuff for so long! Am I afraid to throw out because we might need it or might eat it again in the near future?? I need to be fearless and throw it out! What about you?? When is the last time you cleaned out that freezer or refrigerator?? I hate throwing out food, just makes me mad that I have wasted this food because I wasn't a good steward of what I bought! Well, back to using up leftovers for this week, hope you will too! Blessings!

Thursday

Today is my day off from work, so what have I done today, you ask???? Well, I made a fruit filled phyllo dough thingy! It's on the order of a strudel! I made apple pie filling this past fall and canned it, yummy! Because apple pie is like no.1 in my book for pie! So, as you can see from the photo, I ate a slice and I must say,"it's superb." Today is also our anniversary! 38 years and "they" said it would never last! I think the "they" were my parents and some friends! Well, ha, we showed them!! Blessings!

Kora

Today is Kora's birthday! She is 4 and she's a corker! I have told her that she is my belated birthday gift from Mommy and Daddy! We celebrated with her on Sunday since we were in the twin cities. We got her a bee necklace(she LOVES bees) and a Webkin hippo who is blue! Well, Happy Birthday, Kora! Mimi and Grandpa love you!!! Blessings!

The party continues!

I love celebrating my birthday, mostly the fact that it continues for a week!!! Saturday, I spent 4 hours with our daughter! We had fun, ate lunch at "The Chattering Squirrel" in Siren(this is in a mini mall)and there is a kitchen store there also! My favorite place to be!! I have always wanted to own a kitchen store and show people how to use all the gadgets!!! What fun that would be!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! Anyway, Erika and Trevor gave me money, of course I spent it right away on Julia Child's book "The Art Of Mastering French Cooking". I also bought a red coffee mug(I love mugs, but please don't buy me any I have way too many now)!!! Then I went and got a haircut(now I have a style), and then we went home!! It was over too fast, but that's the way it goes!! I will blog later on Sunday's fun! Blessings!

gift

I want to tell everyone, "I have the best friends", and I am including my family!! Gordon came through this year with the George Foreman grill, which I wanted(maybe not for my birthday, but hey he's practical)! I made Reuben's last night for supper and they were superb!!! Tomorrow we go to the Food and Wine Experience in the Twin cities for the store. I'm hoping to take photos, but probably can't! I get so many new ideas for demos and hope to see what's new in the food industry! Have a great weekend!

birthday

Well, get your calculator out to figure this out!! Anyway, tomorrow is the 19th anniversary of my 39th birthday! Figure it out, one clue it's not 102!!! I'm so excited about this birthday, ask my family and they will tell you that I get excited about every birthday!! Last year, my sweetheart forgot and was in the dog house for a few days, but it's hard to stay mad at him for long! So, my dear friend, Carol got me a chocolate pearl necklace that I wanted(Gordon was clueless, I'm telling you, it's terrible), so I have no clue what is in store for me tomorrow! Maybe that's a good thing. I'm hoping for apple pie for a treat and a red toaster! Yes, you heard right, I want a red toaster from Kitchenaid($130)! Well, wish me luck on that one! Blessings!

corn muffins

I really like corn muffins! I like corn muffins with peppers,whole kernel corn and maple syrup poured over them! I like corn muffins crumbled up in chili, or served warm with butter, or plain, but not without some sugar in the mix! My mother made Jiffy mix that has a little sugar in it, but down south, they serve corn muffin without sugar, which I can't hardly eat! I know, who knew that would be what I don't like! My grandparents(my mother's parents) lived with us for about 5 yrs. and mother made corn bread almost everyday for them! They loved warm corn bread, but ate it as a snack in a bowl with milk poured over it! Mother always used a iron skillet to make the cornbread! Great memories! Blessings!