pumpkin

What's the deal with the pumpkin shortage??? Last year there was a shortage of pumpkin and now the shelves are trying to catch up! Pie filling has been scarce and just this past week there has been pumpkin on the shelves! Did you know that most canned pumpkin in also mixed with squash?? Usually 2/3 squash to 1/3 pumpkin. Some labels say 100% pumpkin, I'm not sure that is true! So, just remember the next time you have no pumpkin, you could use squash, I have and tricked my family! Blessings!

Mom's Hash

My mom made this hash from leftover pot roast, potatoes and onions, sometimes she would throw in green beans and carrots. I loved it with a little dot of ketchup(when I was younger, everything tasted better with ketchup)! So, for tonight's supper, we are having my country style hash made with venison Cajun burger meat, potatoes from the garden, carrots from the farmers market and onions! YUM!!!!! Thanks, MOM! Blessings!

party

Today I hosted a Mary Kay party. It was fun and only one friend showed up, but we laughed and drank coffee as we got dolled up for nothing! We washed, creamed our faces, scrubbed our faces, moisturized our faces, powdered our faces, lined our eyes, glossed up our lips and laughed some more!! It's fun to laugh and be girls! Have a great evening! Blessings!

Saturday

Saturday is demo day at the grocery store! So, if you missed it, I gave out cupcakes! The bakery was featured today with the many choices of their frosting flavors! There is white, chocolate, peanut butter, Oreo, chips ahoy cinnamon crunch, caramel, cookies and cream, strawberry and mint! It was a fun day! So many choices, not enough days to try them all out! Stop by next time and say "HI". Blessings!

meatloaf and not the singer(sorry)

I really love meatloaf! I love the many ways and combinations that some people come up for making a very simple meat dish! Some are very great tasting and some I wouldn't feed to the dog(which we don't have anymore)! I got this latest recipe from thepioneerwoman.com website(I love that site), thanks Ree! I made a few changes as I didn't have everything that she uses on hand, so here is my take: 1 cup of canned milk, 1 cup of bread crumbs, 2 pounds of ground meat(I used venison),1/2 cup of parsley chopped, 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoned salt, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 4 eggs(beaten).Preheat oven to 350. Mix the bread crumbs and milk, add meat, salts, black pepper, cheese and parsley, then add the eggs. Mix well with your hands. Place into pan, I used an iron skillet! Glaze is 1/2 cup of ketchup, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, and 1/4 cup of mustard. Pour this over the meatloaf and bake for 45 minutes at 350. Very pretty and excellent taste! Blessings!

pie

Here is the pie and all her glory!

Paula Deen

I really enjoy Paula Deen, some people don't and that's ok! But I had leftover squash from supper tonight and decided to make a squash pie, then I decided to make Paula Deen's pumpkin pecan pie using squash! Who knew!!!! Anyway, here is her recipe with my twist: 3 eggs, 1 cup of corn syrup, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 3 tablespoons of melted butter, 1 cup of squash pureed, 1 cup of pecans and 1 9 inch unbaked pie shell. Preheat oven to 350, using a mixer add eggs, sugar and corn syrup, mix well, then add the squash, butter. Place pie shell in pan and arrange the pecans on the bottom of shell, slowly pour the mixture over the pecans. Bake for 1 hour or until the knife comes out clean, this is very important, PLEASE cool the pie before serving! YUM!!!! Blessings!