The other day when I was making my chicken flavored noodles from a chicken base. It didn't give me a good idea on measurement so I had to punt and hope for the best. It turned out a bit to salty for my family. So I called my mom and she remembered hearing years ago to add a potato to it. It turns out the starch from the potato draws out the salt. Take a regular size white potato and cut it into at least 4 chunk sizes and drop it into the pot and let it cook with whatever your cooking and it will draw out the salt. It turned out perfect once I did that. If ever you run into a problem like that try cutting a potato next time and see if it works for you!
Blessing,
Sherry
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Todays thoughts and dollar stretching.....
Today is a beautiful day sun has been out and birds are chirping. God is showing us such great beauty. Today I've gotten a load of dishes going and some laundry going. My wonderful husband and two beautiful daughters are spending the afternoon together. My husband got a free pass to go tobogganing, so they went to do that today since this is the last day to do it and the weather is pretty good. I stayed home and decided to get a few things done before we have to go to our nephews birthday party. He turns 16 today and so the family is getting together to celebrate it with him. While I've been enjoying my quiet time here at home, I've got a lot on my mind on how to fix up a bigger garden spot and make the ground more fertile. Our ground is not the best ground to grow on. We've always had a pretty good crop but the drainage isn't that good. So, I've been thinking to add some sand, manure, and straw. Where we have our garden their must have been a building their at one time. We are always digging up all kinds of tools and glass and pottery. I planted inside in a pot a couple of weeks ago some cilantro and it is growing up into a nice plant. This just excites me to start planning my garden. I have two spots and one is for vegetables and the other is mainly fruit and flowers. I have got to do better on my weeding this year. I don't fair well in the heat and humidity.
The other day I bought a two packs of chicken breast. Our local grocery store had a good deal on them and so I bought two. It didn't look like that their was enough for four people so I decided to cook both packages. When I opened up the first one I sure was surprised to find out that these breast were bigger then I had thought and their was more to the package then it showed. So, I decided to still cook them all and make them into several meals. These chicken breast were so large that the four of us were able to split each breast in half and that feed us for several meals. The first meal I made baked chicken with potatoes and a salad and biscuits. The second meal I made still baked chicken, chicken flavored noodles and green beans. I was short on time so I had to make it quickly my husband had a deacons meeting so it was a quick meal. The next day I took the rest of the noodle and chicken and made chicken noodles and mashed potatoes and corn. I could have made part of it into chicken salad for a lunch but my family was getting tired of eating the chicken, so I went to freeze the rest for meals later on. If you find a good deal like that is can make your family several meals and in the long run it saves you so much money. I try to find deals like that to streetch my dollar out and make several different meals out of one meal or meat. I had spent $5 dollars on 6-7 chicken breast and $3 dollars on the package of noodles. The rest I had at home. Now you could make your own noodles but I dont'. I am planning on trying to make my own noodles, cause their is nothing better then homemade noodles. So I had three meals on $8 dollars for three days and some was frozen so I actually got more then my moneys worth. My corn and green beans is what we froze or was already in the freezer. The potatoes I had already on stock along with the biscuits. Share your ideas with me.
Blessing,
Sherry
The other day I bought a two packs of chicken breast. Our local grocery store had a good deal on them and so I bought two. It didn't look like that their was enough for four people so I decided to cook both packages. When I opened up the first one I sure was surprised to find out that these breast were bigger then I had thought and their was more to the package then it showed. So, I decided to still cook them all and make them into several meals. These chicken breast were so large that the four of us were able to split each breast in half and that feed us for several meals. The first meal I made baked chicken with potatoes and a salad and biscuits. The second meal I made still baked chicken, chicken flavored noodles and green beans. I was short on time so I had to make it quickly my husband had a deacons meeting so it was a quick meal. The next day I took the rest of the noodle and chicken and made chicken noodles and mashed potatoes and corn. I could have made part of it into chicken salad for a lunch but my family was getting tired of eating the chicken, so I went to freeze the rest for meals later on. If you find a good deal like that is can make your family several meals and in the long run it saves you so much money. I try to find deals like that to streetch my dollar out and make several different meals out of one meal or meat. I had spent $5 dollars on 6-7 chicken breast and $3 dollars on the package of noodles. The rest I had at home. Now you could make your own noodles but I dont'. I am planning on trying to make my own noodles, cause their is nothing better then homemade noodles. So I had three meals on $8 dollars for three days and some was frozen so I actually got more then my moneys worth. My corn and green beans is what we froze or was already in the freezer. The potatoes I had already on stock along with the biscuits. Share your ideas with me.
Blessing,
Sherry
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Today's thougts....
As I hunker down preparing for the snow storm that we are to get again, I have thought a lot about my children and getting ready for planting of my garden and planting new trees. I purchased yesterday a new homesteading book called (The Backyard Homestead) I have only had a chance to glance through it and have not had a chance to dig into studying it. But it is something I've been wanting to do here but not all of it. But it does make me think a lot more as the gas prices rise higher and higher. It is going to come to the point to where I won't be able to afford hardly anything anymore. With my children it makes me worry what will my husband and I be able to leave our children. Will it leave us homeless or will we be able to manage to hang on as we slowly seek deeper into a depression. It makes me think with more and more people loosing their homes and jobs what is going to happen this world. As I talked to my dear friend Miki today we both talked about and have thought about for sometime that will we return to the prairie ways of life. To me it doesn't seem that far fetched. They had something going for them, a much cleaner world and lived more simply. I have been trying these past few months tried to be more simplified. I have a long ways to go but will get their. We live in a world that I must have it and got to have it no matter what it takes. What is that teaching our children. Do I think that the modern world is a bad thing, no I don't but the instant gratification I do on the other hand dont' think it is all that is cracked up to be. My children are less patient and I find myself to be less and less patient as I use to be. It is funny that my husband and I talk about that we didn't have remotes and our kids looked at us like we lived in the dinosour age. Now we spend hours on end finding the remote instead of walking to the t.v. to push a button. Now that is crazy! Their are things I wouldn't mind living without but my computer isn't one of them. I use to pick up a piece of paper or phone a friend but now I keep in touch with friends via e-mail or facebook or even blogging. Blogging at least with the old blogg site I use to belong too I made some wonderful friendships with. I no longer have kept up with them since I can no longer log into it since I forgot my password, I would say it is a age thing but it is due to things in life that kept me from getting on and due to such a long time I no longer remember. My dear friend had joined this site and due to her, I trust her judgement and know that this is the new place I am to be. So while I am leaning this new site for me I hope that life leads me to new friendships and simplier ways to keep in touch.
Blessings to all of you,
Sherry
Blessings to all of you,
Sherry
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Hello
Just a quick note to say hello. Since this is my first day on here, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am a stay at home mom who has been homeshcooling my girls now for about 8 years. My family and I have around 2 acres that we garden and can our produce. I work two days a week taking care of an older lady from my church. She really gives me a lot of enjoyment of learning about life and friendship. God has blessed me and my family in so many ways. About a year ago we had a big scare when my husband was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. You never think that those words would be said to you and your loved ones but when they do they sure do give you different perspective of life. I thought that day my life was going to end as I knew it. I was so scared and felt so alone. Even though my family and my husband was their, I was alone. I didn't know what I was going to do, how was I going to take care of my girls. I didn't have a job other then taking care of my older lady from church. This is only two days a week for a few hours a day.This was not going to provide an income nor keep our home. All of these thoughts were screaming in my head. I was never so scared in my life. I cried myself to sleep several days and was so emotional. I thought I only have a few years of college with no degree. Do I go back to college, what do I do. I never thought about death so much as I did then. Thank God was God was their with me and reminded me that I was not alone and that he had it in His hands and was in control Praise God my husband is now cancer free and I no longer have that worry. Now I must share this with you. My husbands aunt and two cousins from the same mother all had the same cancer. Please dont' let anything go unchecked especially if it is the smallest thing. Life is to short and scary enough.
Blessings to all,
Sherry
Just so you all know their are places that can check your genicts out to see if you are a carrier of the cancer gene.
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