About Me

Who Am I? Family of 3 adults plus 1 pet kitty on 1 income trying to live like I have an unlimited budget & I have to STOP!!!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Book Tracker

I have decided to keep track of the books I read in one place so I can quickly locate them for quick review or be able to share w/ friends

  1. Immortals: The Gathering by Jennifer Ashley (4th book in series need to read others)
  2. Sleeping with the Fishes by Mary Jane Davidson

Wasted Food Saturday

This week I wasted

2 pieces of store bought brownie mix yuck it was hard

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Wasted Food Saturday

Well I am a few days off but here is what I wasted

  • Turkey Lunch Meat misplaced into the bottom salad drawer

Monday, July 12, 2010

Cat

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I just wanted to give everyone and update pic of my daughter kitty
we got last year as she can see with lots and lots of TLC she grew
& is currently nice fat and happy...

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Wasted Food Saturday

I am starting today to be more accountable for the food wasted in my house..I am already very good at putting leftover right into the freezer or using for lunches but as the weeks coming up are going to be a lot more challenging due to my work schedule changing to nights..I have to take charge now...

Today waste is 1 cup of taco meat it was hiding in the refrig.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Toaster Oven Cooking

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Nothing sounds good to eat or it's too many steps during the summer time here in Phoenix where it's already say 110*F so baking it out of the question all summer longs for most people. As well as turning on the oven for say meatloaf well not for me I use my toaster oven year around I recently purchased a new toaster oven. You see I am a thrift store junky but I have not been able to find what I have been looking for in local stores except at Walmart in May of this year. So I had a yard sale and was able to use the $ from that to purchase this expense....it's was not overly expensive $60 however it was more then most toaster ovens you can pick up for $20ish but the reason I wanted this one was it had 2 row of racks..:O) it's great here is the reasons why.



8 x 8 pan is the perfect size for toaster ovens so I can make the following things
  • Brownies or a nice
  • Meatloaf
  • Roast veggie
  • Garlic panko bread chicken
  • Cookies
  • Garlic Bread sticks
  • lots and lots of things
Plus I am not heating up my house which I am already fighting to try to keep cool plus w/ a family of 2 right now it's perfect to create meals in it.





Friday, July 2, 2010

July Menu

1-Pot stickers
2-Turkey Burgers & Corn on Cob
3-Leftovers
4-Turkey Burgers & Corn on Cob & Noodles
5-?
6- Layered Chicken Enchiladas w/ Mexican Rice & Beans
7- Sloppy Joes Mac & Cheese w/ Corn on Cob
8- Chicken Broccoli Divan over Potatoes
9-BBQ Meatloaf Baked Potato & Leftover Divan/w/ Corn on Cob
10-Meat Ball Subs w/ Herbed Potatoes
11-Potstickers & Rice
12- Southwestern Eggrolls & Mexican Rice
13-Tacos
14-Turkey Burgers w/ Cheese potatoes and broccoli
15-Leftovers
16-Homemade Pizza
17-Lentil Chili w/ Fixings
18-Leftover Chili
19-Taco Salad
20-Leftover Taco Salad
21-T- Burgers w/ herb roasted potatoes
22-Southwestern Egg Rolls-work night
23-Fix it yourself-work night
24-Chicken Wraps-work night
25- Lentil Chili Leftovers-work night
26- Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup and Sandwiches
27-Southwestern Egg rolls w/ Leftover Chicken Noodle Soup
28-Meatloaf/ Sweet Potatoes/ Carrots
29-Free Chicken Dinner from work
30-Leftover Free Chicken Dinner from work
31-Black Bean/shredded cheese/green onion quesadilla