Cold Comfort
Now that summer has finally arrived in WNY these frozen adult treats sound perfect! I am adding Citron Vodka & Bourbon to my grocery list.
Peach Recipes
I missed strawberries, raspberries are almost behind us but now is time for peaches!!!
Fresh Peach Jam in the Microwave Recipe
4 cups peeled, pitted and finely chopped peaches
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 box (1-¾ oz) powdered fruit pectin
5-½ cups sugar
In 3 qt casserole, place peaches, lemon juice and pectin. Stir well. Cover. Microwave on HIGH 8-10 minutes, or until mixture is at a full rolling boil. Stir.
Add sugar to boiling mixture, stirring well. Microwave on HIGH 7-8 minutes more, uncovered, stirring after 4 minutes, till mixture reaches a full rolling boil again, then set time for one more minute of boiling. Skim off foam and stir jam about 5 minutes before ladling into prepared jars. Seal. Keep in refrigerator. (Note: For longer storage, use the waterbath canning method.)
Makes: 3 pints
Recipe courtesy of CDKitchen.com
Simple and Easy Perfect Peach Preserves
2 (29 oz.) cans peaches in heavy syrup
2 cups sugar
Pour peaches and syrup into medium sized pot. Heat over medium low heat for half an hour, stirring occasionally. Gently stir in sugar. Raise heat to medium and continue cooking for 1-½ to 2 hours, or until the peaches have cooked down to 1/3 or ¼ of their original volume and have the consistency of jam or preserves. Remove from heat. Store in refrigerator or in pantry if canned properly.
Peach Marmalade
1 small orange
1 lemon
¼ cup water
3 pounds peaches
1 (1-¾ oz.) package powdered fruit pectin
5 cups granulated sugar
Cut orange and lemon in quarters; remove seeds. Slice orange and lemon quarters crosswise in very thin slices.
In medium saucepan combine fruit slices and water. Cover and simmer orange and lemon mixture for 20 minutes.
Peel, pit, and finely chop peaches. In 8 to 10-quart kettle or Dutch oven combine orange and lemon mixture and chopped or ground peaches. Stir pectin into fruit mixture and bring mixture to full rolling boil. Stir in sugar; bring to full rolling boil again, stirring constantly. Boil hard, uncovered, 1 minute.
Remove from heat; quickly skim off foam. Pour at once into hot sterilized jars; seal.
Makes 7 or 8 half-pints.
Recipe courtesy of recipegoldmine.com.
Peachy Jalapeno Jelly
12 peaches, skinned and seeded
7 large jalapenos, chopped
5 to 6 cups granulated sugar
1 package pectin
Cook peaches until done, but not too mushy. Add jalapenos and cook until tender. Add sugar and cook until thickened, then add pectin. Cook an additional 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
Pour jelly into sterilized jars, filling to a half inch from rim. Tighten the lids and put in a hot bath for 20 minutes.
Recipe courtesy of recipegoldmine.com.
Peach and Bourbon Glazed Roast Chicken
1 whole chicken (about 4 pounds)
½ cup peach jam
¼ cup orange juice
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. Bourbon
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
½ tsp. dry mustard
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. black pepper
Preheat oven to 375°F
Combine ingredients (except chicken) in a saucepan. Simmer over medium heat, whisking, for 3 minutes. Reserve ¼ cup of glaze to serve with the cooked chicken.
Place chicken on rack in roasting pan. Add 1" of water to bottom of pan. Brush chicken entirely with half of glaze. Roast 45 minutes to an hour, or until chicken is done; baste occasionally with glaze while roasting. If necessary, add more water to bottom of pan to prevent glaze from burning. Loosely cover chicken with foil towards end if glaze is getting too brown.
Remove from oven and let rest 15 minutes, loosely covered with foil. Cut into quarters; spoon reserved glaze over chicken before serving.
Serves 4.
Boneless Pork Loin With Honey-Peach Glaze
1 cup peach preserves
2 Tbsp. honey
Juice of 1 small lemon
1 boneless pork loin roast (about 3 pounds)
Salt and pepper, to taste
In medium saucepan, combine peach preserves, honey, and lemon. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Set aside.
Heat oven to 350°. Line 13x9x2-inch baking pan with foil.
Sprinkle pork roast with salt and pepper. Place roast, fat side up, in prepared pan. Roast for 1 hour.
Brush roast entirely with peach glaze. Continue roasting for about 30 to 40 minutes, brushing frequently with glaze. Remove roast from oven when meat thermometer reads 160° when inserted in center.
Serves 6 to 8.
Fiery Peach-Glazed Alaska Salmon
4 (4 to 6-oz.) Alaska salmon steaks or fillets
¼ cup peach jam (or marmalade)
1 tsp. soy sauce
¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp. ground ginger
2 large bell peppers (any color)*, seeded and thinly sliced
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
*Zucchini, leeks or squash may be substituted for peppers.
Preheat broiler or grill to medium-high heat.
Place salmon on a non-stick or vegetable cooking spray-coated baking or broiler sheet.
In small bowl, blend peach jam, soy sauce, cayenne pepper, and ginger. Brush glaze on salmon. Place sliced vegetables on baking sheet, brushing lightly with oil; season with salt and pepper.
Grill or broil 5 to 7-inches from heat, turning vegetables once, about 10 to 12 minutes, or until salmon flakes with a fork.
Serves 4.
At least for now, my email "food" file is under 300 messages, most of them have been archived for ages!
I have 2 batches of dough going right now. The first is white bread from Jersey Girl Cooks. Second, is a pizza crust from All Recipes I am using the overnight in the fridge method. I'll post the results tomorrow after they've been baked.
I also made stuffed shells for Valentine's Day dinner. I made enough to put a second dish in the freezer, all ready to go in the oven. I added some pre-made meatballs to the freezer meal. Hubby sliced some beef tenderloin & wrapped it with bacon & then made a sauce, I'll have to get the recipe out of him...
The stuffed shells were easy, I put spinach in them, cuz that's how I roll but you don't have too. This is sort of the recipe I followed, I'm going off the top of my head...
1 box jumbo shells, cooked
1 jar spaghetti sauce (I had an extra large jar for the 2 meals)
1 2 pound container of ricotta cheese
1 8 oz bag of shredded mozzarella cheese
3 eggs
about a cup of food processed spinach leaves
1 spinach leaf for each shell (optional)
1/2 c Parmesan cheese (I forgot to add it to the mix)
Mix the ricotta, eggs, shredded spinach & Parmesan cheese together.
Pre heat oven to 375 degrees. Spread enough spaghetti sauce on bottom of a large casserole dish to cover the bottom. Place a leaf in a shell & top with a large spoonful of the cheese mixture, then place cut side up in the casserole dish. Repeat until dish is full. Top with sauce & shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake 45 to 55 minutes.
Quick Caramel Frosting
1 stick butter
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 cups powdered sugar
Melt the butter and brown sugar in a heavy bottomed saucepan; stirring over
moderate heat until sugar is dissolved. Add the milk and blend; cool. Then
beat in the powdered sugar until thick enough to spread.
Makes about 1 1/2 cups.
Frosting Recipes
Cake Frosting
Welcome 2009!
My favorite 12 recipes from 2008!
January - Parker House Rolls
February - Copy Cat IHop pancakes
March - Oven Puff Pancake
April - Chocolate Sourdough Cake
May - Bread Dough
June - Grilled Cheese Sandwich Pie
July - French Onion Soup
August - Hot Artichoke Dip
September - Mexi Lentil Rice
October - Cheesy Mac & Cheese
November - Blackberry Pie
December - Truffles
CRANBERRY RELISH TNT
1 bag cranberries, fresh or frozen
1/2 c. sugar (if make with half sugar not so sweet)
1 t. cinnamon
Mix together. Cover and bake at 350? for 45 minutes. Cool.
Add 1 jar Smuckers orange marmalade
1/2 c. pecans Refrigerate.
Magnalight.com has a huge variety of specialized light fixtures. Don't think pretty, think industrial!
They have a huge selection of explosion proof lighting. Including flashlights, hand held (like for under the car hood), stand work lights, ceiling fixtures, tank lights. If you need to light a confined space, or just want to make sure your lights don't set off an explosion... I can see this being a big deal in an earthquake area, or even in your home's garage. Especially if you do a lot of work with paint or chemicals. Who couldn't find an excuse to own a waterproof explosion proof flashlight??? I'm wondering why we don't already.
What caught my eye are the wireless remote control spotlights- AC and car battery DC. I'm not sure if it was the camouflage casing or the huge candle power ratings they have, but these are cool! The men in my life would freak out to open one of these on Christmas morning. I just know that this would have come in handy the other night when my hunters were out bow hunting & lost the deer's trail. They had to call in a dog tracking service. I imagine if they had been able to better illuminate the area they would have saved a few hours of their evening!
The cool factor comes in with the remote. If they had mounted it to my brother's 4 wheeler, or had it hand held they could use the remote from up to 150 feet away. If you are out in the woods tracking after dusk, you never know which way your trail will lead. This would be so helpful! Of course the deer tracking service wouldn't have gotten the donation my Dad had to pay to have them come.
If you had been enjoying the steady posts I apologize for the lapse in posts. My Mother in law passed away last week and I managed to run out of pre-scheduled posts on Thursday.
There is a weeks worth ready to go now, so I won't fall behind again!
I found this website "stumbling" around the net I really liked Calvin & Hobbes, but the snow art always made winter a little more fun!!!
Calvin's Snow Art
I took the quiz and it made me feel a little better about my situation! Only a little though. It could have been worse, I got a B (83%). No surprise I scored the lowest in the debt section, but the reality is that while my student loan debt seems MASSIVE to me it is a fraction of what my neighbors is. I was shocked to see that my next lowest score was in the Life Plan. Guess I need to implement a better life plan!
I scored the highest in budget, probably mostly because I have one! It's not a very strict budget but so far we've managed to eat and pay our bills. The car repairs budget has been overlooked for far too long though!
When I compared my results I am below average, big shock! I guess when I think of an IQ it is usually based on knowledge. It's not that I don't KNOW, it's that we don't DO! We have a plan, we know what we are supposed to be doing, implementing seems to be our struggle. I have started to build an Emergency fund, my goal is to get it to a weeks pay in a year. I know, it's not much, but with hubby going back to school in the fall, unless I get a full time job money will still be tight.
At least I won't be needing to declare Bankruptcy any time soon.
I resovled for 2008 that I would do better at sending out cards for special occasions to family & friends. Well the USPS postage increase and the fact that all my cards were lame & missing envelopes put an end to that! If I had found these birthday card packs last year my goal might not have been so daunting. I'd have only had to contend with the postage.
The birthday value pack figures in at only $1.60 per card after shipping (cheapest option). That isn't so bad considering the last card I bought at the store was $3.89. There might be some money left over for the stamp. The savings in gas alone...
I know that it's the worst to try to pick out a card while doing your regular shopping. I have recent experience with this one, baby shower, eeek. This means I will have at least one kid & a hubby in tow. It either becomes a futile effort of reading the funny ones or an argument with the kids about not touching EVERY card.
I usually don't care for the selection of cards in value packs, there usually seems to be a couple good ones & then a bunch you wouldn't even dream of sending to your Grandma. The selection of cards in the value packs seemed decent enough, even a little high class. No weird pictures of birds or cute little cartoon lambs, LOL!
Explore GAF Roofing Options!
I am starting to look at roofing materials again. We just attended a home show & I found the neatest product, looked like slate but wasn't. Of course for the money they wanted I could do slate!!!
So when I stumbled across these GAF Elk Camelot Slate look tiles I am more than a little interested. These tiles come in a wide array of colors & from the pictures on the website sort of look like slate, which is the look I'm going for. I'd have to look at the samples in person but I'd lean more towards the Williamsburg Slate or the Sheffield Black.
My roof isn't one that we can just climb a ladder & lay down some shingles. I wish I could say that it was but 3 1/2 stories above ground & very sloped is not where I would want to be!!! The site allows me to look up local distributors & I found a few I just haven't found a price. That is the biggest concern. I want the most bang for my dollar ya know!!!
It is over 400 pounds per square (which is heavy?) & claims to be 60% thicker than most other premium shingles, I haven't verified that claim yet. It has stain guard & was tested in a controlled situation to withstand 110 mile per hour winds.
I am looking for a LONG warranty, preferably lifetime & transferable, which these claim to be. I'm sure there are stipulations that have to be followed for installing to keep the warranty (aren't there always). But again, it's not like I'm going up there with a bucket of nails & some shingles anytime soon!!!
Of course the Camelot aren't the only GAF choices, there are plenty of other styles & lots of colors. And I’m sure your contractor can get them (or special order them from your local lumber supply place!)
0 Point Soup Recipe
Ingredients
* 2/3 cup sliced carrot
* 1/2 cup sliced onion
* 2 garlic cloves, minced
* 3 cups fat free broth
* 1.5 cups diced green cabbage
* 1/2 cup fresh green beans
* 1 TBS tomato paste
* 1/2 tsp dried basil
* 1/4 tsp dried oregano
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1/2 cup diced zucchini
1. In large saucepan, sprayed with nonstick spray, saute carrot,
onion, and garlic over low heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
2. Add broth, cabbage, beans, tomato paste, basil, oregano and salt.
3. Bring to boil.
4. Lower heat and simmer covered about 15 minutes or until green beans
are tender.
5. Stir in zucchini and heat 3-4 minutes.
6. Serve hot.
Comments
0 points per serving.
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Café Ole Mix
1 6 ounce jar 1 1/2 cups powdered non dairy creamer
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup instant coffee crystals
dash of salt
Combine all ingredients and store in a air tight container.
Makes 2 cups mix.
For one serving: mix 1/4 cup mix with 2/3 cup boiling water. Stir well to
dissolve.
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Oven-Puffed Pancake
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup fat-free milk
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 large egg white
1 tablespoon butter
Confectioners' sugar (optional)
Preheat oven to 425 F.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine
flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through egg white); stir until moist.
Melt butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Pour batter
into pan; cook 1 minute (do not stir). Bake for 18 minutes or until golden.
(Pancake
will deflate when you remove it from the oven.) Sprinkle with confectioners'
sugar, if desired. Cut into quarters; serve immediately with sliced fruit
or berries. Makes 4 servings.
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Title: Bailey's Irish Cream Balls
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings
3 c Nilla wafers; finely crushed
1 c Pecans; chopped
3/4 c Powdered sugar
1/2 c Bailey's irish cream
3 tb Light corn syrup
1 1/2 ts Unsweetened cocoa
Recipe by: Rose Ray DSJN00A
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until
well
blended. Allow to stand 5 minutes. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll
balls in powdered sugar. Allow to dry on wire rack 1 hour. Roll in
powdered
sugar again if desired. Store in airtight container between layers of wax
paper.
A few must save recipes from Our Recipe World, my most favorite yahoo recipe group!
NO SKIPPIN' BREAKFAST MUFFINS
4 Tbsp. Skippy® Creamy or Super Chunk® Peanut Butter or Reduced Fat Peanut Butter Spread
2 English muffins, split and toasted*
1 medium apple, cored and thinly sliced
1 banana, sliced
1. Spread 1 tablespoon Skippy ® Creamy Peanut Butter onto each muffin half. Top with sliced apple and banana.
*To make an even more wholesome snack, use whole wheat English muffins.
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 5 Minute(s)
Boneless Buffalo Chicken Appetizer
CHICKEN:
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup chili sauce
4 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon cumin
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves cut crosswise into 1/2" wide strips
SAUCE:
1/2 cup blue cheese salad dressing
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese, if desired
In medium bowl, combine all chicken ingredients except for chicken; mix well. Add chicken and toss to coat well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to marinate. Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine salad dressing and sour cream; mix well. Refrigerate until serving time. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium high heat until hot. With slotted spoon, remove chicken from marinade; reserve marinade.
Add chicken to skillet; cook and stir 4 minutes. Add reserved marinade; cook over medium high heat for 6-7 minutes or until sauce thickens and chicken is no longer pink, stirring occasionally. Spoon dipping sauce into small serving bowl; sprinkle with parsley and blue cheese. Place bowl on serving platter; arrange warm chicken around bowl. Serve with cocktail toothpicks.
12 Servings.
Easy Pantry Minestrone Soup--Vegetarian
(enough for a crowd, and makes great leftovers)
Submitted by Deb Carpenter 28 September 1999
Ingredients
1 28-oz can peeled tomatoes in juice, chopped, and one can water (or
liquid from canned items, below, to make 28 oz)
1 medium onion, minced or equivalent amount dehydrated (2-3 Tbsp)*
3-4 cloves garlic, baked or microwaved until soft (this removes some
of the sharpness) minced, or equivalent amount dehydrated (1-2 tsp)*
1-16 oz can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1-16 oz can great northern beans, drained and rinsed
1-16 oz can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
1 can kitchen cut green beans or 1 10-oz package frozen Italian green
beans, drained
1 can baby lima beans (optional), drained
1-8 oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 small can sliced black olives, drained
2 medium or three small zucchini, cut into thin slices with skin,
larger pieces quartered
1 medium red pepper, seeded and diced
1-10 oz package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well
Seasonings: (to taste, or in the following amounts)
1 tsp onion salt
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1-1/2 tsp sweet basil leaves
1-1/2 tsp oregano leaves
1-1/2 tsp chervil (or parsley)
1/2 tsp thyme leaves
1/2 tsp freshly-ground black pepper.
*Actually, if you roast or bake the onion and garlic first, this adds
wonderful flavor and no fat.)
Preparation
In soup pot over medium-high heat, put tomatoes, juice, and water and
mix thoroughly. Add onion and garlic, canned items, and heat
thoroughly, stirring occasionally. Add zucchini, pepper, and spinach
and cook over medium to high heat until very hot. (Approximately 30
minutes, but this is very flexible, depending on your schedule).
Liquid will reduce, and it will take on a "stew-like" consistency. Add
seasonings last, taste, correct if you wish, and cook another 5-10
minutes before serving. Very low fat, high fiber, and it gets rave
reviews even from our non-vegetarian friends!
Source: All Creatures
Eggplant & Mozzarella Supper
Source: Kikkoman
Yield: 4 servings
Vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 large clove garlic, pressed
1 cup Kikkoman Bread Crumbs (Panko)
1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, crumbled
1 pound eggplant, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
1 package (8 oz.) part skim mozzarella cheese,
cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups prepared marinara pasta sauce, heated
1. Pour enough oil into heavy-bottomed skillet to measure 1/4-inch
deep; heat over medium heat to 375°F. (Oil is ready when pieces of
bread crumbs are added and sizzles.)
2. Meanwhile, beat eggs with garlic and 1 Tbsp. water in shallow bowl
until well blended. Combine bread crumbs, pepper and oregano in
shallow dish. Dust both sides of eggplant and cheese slices with
flour, then dip into egg mixture and finally coat thoroughly with
bread crumbs mixture.
3. Add 2 to 3 eggplant slices to hot oil. Fry about 1 minute on each
side, until just lightly browned; remove and keep warm. Repeat cooking
procedure with remaining eggplant, and ending with cheese slices.
4. Arrange eggplant and cheese slices on serving platter and serve
with warm marinara sauce.
Beef 'n Broccoli Noodle Bowl
Source: Kraftsfoods
Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 20 min
Makes: 4 servings, about 1-1/2 cups each
8 oz. (1/2 of 16-oz. pkg.) linguine, uncooked
1 Tbsp. oil
1 lb. boneless beef sirloin steak, thinly sliced
1 cup broccoli florets
2 carrots, sliced (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup beef broth
1/3 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup KRAFT Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
1 Tbsp. minced gingerroot
COOK pasta as directed on package. Meanwhile, heat oil in large
nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add steak, broccoli and
carrots; cook and stir 4 min. or until steak is evenly browned.
ADD broth, hoisin sauce, dressing and gingerroot; stir. Cover. Reduce
heat to medium-low; simmer 3 min. or until vegetables are crisp-
tender, stirring occasionally.
DRAIN pasta; return to pan. Add steak mixture; toss lightly.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Nutrition Bonus:
Enjoy! The carrots in this tasty meal are rich in vitamin A.
Diet Exchange:
4 Starch,3 Meat (VL)
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 480 Total fat 14g Saturated fat 3g Cholesterol 60mg Sodium
660mg Carbohydrate 57g Dietary fiber 3g Sugars 7g Protein 29g Vitamin
A 80%DV Vitamin C 15%DV Calcium 4%DV Iron 30%DV
Martha's Meant to Be Cheese Danish
This recipe came from Laura's Recipes on WTSP TV station in Tampa, Fl
2pkgs. refrigerated crescent rolls(8 rolls ea.)
16oz. cream cheese, softened
11/2 cups sugar, divided
1egg
1tsp. vanilla
1/2cup butter or margarine, melted
1 tsp.ground cinnamon
1cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease a13x9 in, baking dish. Unroll
one can of crescent rolls
and press in to the bottom of the baking dish, pressing perforations together
to form a flat sheet
of dough. Ease edges of dough slightly up the sides of dish. Combine cream
cheese,1 cup of sugar,
the egg and vanilla. Spread over crescent roll dough. Unroll other can of
crescent rolls and place
over cream cheese layer, pressing perforations together. Press edges together
to seal.
Combine melted butter, remaining1/2 cup of sugar, the
cinnamon and the nuts.
Spread evenly over the top layer of dough. Bake about 30 min. or until
golden.
To serve, cut
into rectangles.
Note: I keep in the refrigerator but serve at room temperature. Tastes best
when cheese is softer.
We will be adding landscape lighting low voltage lights to our front yard & maybe the back yard this year. I would prefer them to be LED. My Mom has a couple of the old solar powered stake lights & they just aren't bright enough for me. After buying & using a couple LED flashlights I think they would be a fantastic choice for our very large dark yard.
We have a security light on the garage but it hasn't worked right since we moved in so the back yard is very dark. LED lights are far better an option for outside, no moving parts, they are durable, remain cool, shock resistant (I can testify to that one after dropping one of our LED night lights about half a dozen times!), and they are highly energy efficient. So the electric bill won't go up!
We picked up a few window candles that are LED, they are bright & efficient. They are battery powered so we didn't have to worry about running extension cords all over the place. The best part is that they have a sensor that turns them on at dusk & off at dawn. That was a big selling point because I didn't want them on 24/7 and I also didn't want to run around the house turning them all on and off (we only have 5 right now but plan to add another 10 or so by next year).
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Publish Postights, spring will be here before we know it, RIGHT???
I have often felt like it would be cheaper & easier to replace my printer instead of the ink cartridges! Especially the old Lexmark all in one that we have, the cartridges never worked right after they were refilled. I actually did buy a small printer that came with the ink, put the printer by the curb for some lucky free-cycler!
Now I have an HP Desk-jet D4160. It's a nice printer & the ink has lasted forever, but we are nearing replacement time. And I am left facing the option of going to Wal-mart on Friday & paying $34 for a new & very similar model or going to Cartridge Finder to find replacement cartridges. The Frugal Momma in me is torn, while replacing the cartridge is the "greener" option but with $17.99 - $28 for the color ink & $16 - $22 for the black ink the new printer is the "cheaper" option.
The more work I do on my house the more "envious" I am of my sis, who cheated & bought a modular frame house. It may have taken 6 months start to finish to get into it & their yard was a mess for a year after, but she has a nice, clean, fresh house! I have an icky basement, need a new roof & don't get me started on the electrical. Makes me wish for a clean slate, start over & build our own house!
If we do decide to move our biggest issue after finances will be where to build. It's not like there are tons of 10 acre plots out there just waiting for me to come put a house on (ok maybe there are, but I'm not gonna have the $ left to put a house up!)
We found a nice plot of land, or so you could say, but the house currently on it would have to go! Then our problem becomes the lot is a tiny beach community lot. There was maybe 1/4 of an acre I believe, so tons of room considering the usual beach cottage lots! The solution could be Narrow Lot House Plans. This website has plans for everyone! There seem to be lots of narrow lot plans in all sizes! I know our basic requirements are 3-4 bedrooms (depending on if there is a basement or not) & 2 1/2 baths. Mostly because I want my own bathroom in the master suite & a 1st floor half bath is great for everyday use.
Of course when I typed in my "dream home" requirements I ended up getting try again!!! Of course I'm sure that my idea of a "dream home" wouldn't fit on a narrow lot either. I know that everything I want in a house isn't going to be found in a 1100 square foot bungalow. But keep in mind we are spread out over about 3000 square feet now, so losing 2000 square feet would seriously cramp our way of life!!!
Sorry! I just needed to freshen things up. As soon as I can figure out the create your own template thing I'll have something prettier!
Is up over at Sun Comprehending Glass.
I may not be Irish, but I do so love Shamrock Shakes & St. Patty's Day parties! I could live without the corned beef, just not my thing! But I am looking forward to reading the other submitted recipes!
It is going to take me FOREVER to rebuild my recipe database so bear with me, our harddrive crashed & it's gonna cost us big time to have it cracked! Thank goodness I have put up the recipes I have... don't know what I'd do if I had lost all of them!
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