My son cleaned out our pantry (dry goods) about 10 days or so ago. My son, who is 24, works in Retail/Grocery so he's the king of expiration dates. He went through and tossed anything that was expired. I had to fight to get him to leave some canned stuff alone. Mostly I let him do it because if we haven't eaten it by now, we aren't going to eat it.
I need to do the two basement freezers some Monday night during the winter. Trash day is Tuesday and I don't want the feral cats making a mess I have to clean up.
We have empty shelves..lol. There is a certain comfort level in having a full pantry. I'm trying to resist the urge to fill them up again just so they look like we have enough food.
Can you guess the oldest thing we had in the pantry?
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Found the recipe
I was cleaning out my blog bookmarks and found the chicken and Italian dressing recipe. I was right. It was at a home schooler's blog. You can find it here. Thanks Jerzy.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Ipod contest & recipe hunt
Set up:
In the super early hours of Monday morning, I was browsing home schooler's blogs. At the same time, I was recipe hunting. I didn't find one I that fit my ingredients so I gave up.
Fast Forward to Tuesday evening:
Today I went grocery shopping. I remembered a chicken and Italian Dressing recipe that sounds good so I buy Italian dressing. I already had chicken breasts. I came home to look for the recipe just so I could be 100% sure I make it right. My memory don't work so good any more. (yeah, lousy grammar but fits) Trouble is that I can't find the recipe. Figures right!!! I open my history and search all the recipe websites I looked at the other morning. No luck. It must have been on someone's blog so I go a searchin' some more. Home schoolers are great about posting recipes. I open my entire folder of home schooler's blogs. I start skimming looking for that elusive recipe.
I told ya all that so I could tell you what I found. An Ipod contest!!!
I went to Bonnie's Bits and read her 9/17 post about a Ipod contest. The website hosting it is It's Write Now and the contest post is here. Go take a look!
If ya made it this far, thanks.
In the super early hours of Monday morning, I was browsing home schooler's blogs. At the same time, I was recipe hunting. I didn't find one I that fit my ingredients so I gave up.
Fast Forward to Tuesday evening:
Today I went grocery shopping. I remembered a chicken and Italian Dressing recipe that sounds good so I buy Italian dressing. I already had chicken breasts. I came home to look for the recipe just so I could be 100% sure I make it right. My memory don't work so good any more. (yeah, lousy grammar but fits) Trouble is that I can't find the recipe. Figures right!!! I open my history and search all the recipe websites I looked at the other morning. No luck. It must have been on someone's blog so I go a searchin' some more. Home schoolers are great about posting recipes. I open my entire folder of home schooler's blogs. I start skimming looking for that elusive recipe.
I told ya all that so I could tell you what I found. An Ipod contest!!!
I went to Bonnie's Bits and read her 9/17 post about a Ipod contest. The website hosting it is It's Write Now and the contest post is here. Go take a look!
If ya made it this far, thanks.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Hodge Podge
Several thoughts today....computers, career, Dixie Chicks, peanut butter, weather and celebrities I'm sick of hearing about and of course a couple of quotes.
Kiddo got a brand new computer. It's his Christmas and birthday present from Gramma. He's not getting a drivers license or a car so this helps ease the It's an HP Pavillion m7750n He is really enjoying it even though it's not the one he wanted. They were out so we had to step up to get what he wanted (2 gig of Ram). We wanted a computer that would run World of Warcraft. Between Vista and the game 1 gig of Ram will be used up. Unfortunately, there have a few bugs. His DVD/CD-RW didn't want to work at first. The computer didn't seem to recognize that it even existed. He seems to like Vista, but Explorer seems to crash a lot. Not sure if we need to take it back. We have 14 days to take it back to Best Buy without having to deal with HP.
Tuesday was pretty good for me as I signed up for a medical transcription course through Career Step. It's an online class. It's 640 hours and self-paced. I am really excited about this new adventure. I will eventually be able to work from home. If things go right, I can be working by the end of the year...maybe by fall.
My favorite band did great at the Grammys. One all five of their nominations. I know, I know... I'm a bad Republican, American, country music fan, and Christian for liking this band. (yeah, I'm being sarcastic). I like the Dixie Chicks! I love their music! I missed the Grammys, but I found a video on YouTube of them winning album of the year. I have been reading several blogs and comments about how unAmerican they are, how awful it is they won, how it's a a Liberal plot, how they have no fan base anymore, etc... Get a grip folks. Liking The Chicks is not a crime nor is it a sin. They are not responsible for any problems our troops are having. They are not responsible for our country's image abroad. Egads! They are just a group of musicians. Get over it folks. They are not evil nor as powerful as some seem to think.
On to something else...peanut butter.
I am so glad I am a choosy mom :) I have never liked Peter Pan and now I have a reason. Salmonella Outbreak
Weather.... We have had 19 nights of subzero temperatures. This is January weather in February. No wonder I'm cold all the time. BRRRRRR.
Two people I am SICK of hearing about: Anna Nicole Smith and Britney Spears. It is sad that she died and lived such a wanton life. It's sad that her baby lost her mother. The media frenzy is NOT helping anyone especially not the baby. Brittney is just sickening period. What a waste of a life.
I'll end with quotes so it's a bit more positive.
Kiddo got a brand new computer. It's his Christmas and birthday present from Gramma. He's not getting a drivers license or a car so this helps ease the It's an HP Pavillion m7750n He is really enjoying it even though it's not the one he wanted. They were out so we had to step up to get what he wanted (2 gig of Ram). We wanted a computer that would run World of Warcraft. Between Vista and the game 1 gig of Ram will be used up. Unfortunately, there have a few bugs. His DVD/CD-RW didn't want to work at first. The computer didn't seem to recognize that it even existed. He seems to like Vista, but Explorer seems to crash a lot. Not sure if we need to take it back. We have 14 days to take it back to Best Buy without having to deal with HP.
Tuesday was pretty good for me as I signed up for a medical transcription course through Career Step. It's an online class. It's 640 hours and self-paced. I am really excited about this new adventure. I will eventually be able to work from home. If things go right, I can be working by the end of the year...maybe by fall.
My favorite band did great at the Grammys. One all five of their nominations. I know, I know... I'm a bad Republican, American, country music fan, and Christian for liking this band. (yeah, I'm being sarcastic). I like the Dixie Chicks! I love their music! I missed the Grammys, but I found a video on YouTube of them winning album of the year. I have been reading several blogs and comments about how unAmerican they are, how awful it is they won, how it's a a Liberal plot, how they have no fan base anymore, etc... Get a grip folks. Liking The Chicks is not a crime nor is it a sin. They are not responsible for any problems our troops are having. They are not responsible for our country's image abroad. Egads! They are just a group of musicians. Get over it folks. They are not evil nor as powerful as some seem to think.
On to something else...peanut butter.
I am so glad I am a choosy mom :) I have never liked Peter Pan and now I have a reason. Salmonella Outbreak
Weather.... We have had 19 nights of subzero temperatures. This is January weather in February. No wonder I'm cold all the time. BRRRRRR.
Two people I am SICK of hearing about: Anna Nicole Smith and Britney Spears. It is sad that she died and lived such a wanton life. It's sad that her baby lost her mother. The media frenzy is NOT helping anyone especially not the baby. Brittney is just sickening period. What a waste of a life.
I'll end with quotes so it's a bit more positive.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Fortune cookies
We love Chinese food. Well...we love what Americans call Chinese food. Of course, everyone knows how you get this cookies with silly "fortunes" in them. My mom is the only one who eats the nasty cookie as kiddo and I won't touch them.
I saved the fortunes with the idea of posting them on my blog. I figured that since I love quotes these would be great to post. Okay, I'm lazy and this sounds like an easy thing to do. Problem is I have about a hundred of the little slips of paper in my purse and another 50 or so on my desk. Another one of my great ideas that never came to fruition.
I'm going to try to post a few of these and toss the rest. I wish I had thought to write down who got which one :(
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
By listening, one will learn truths. By hearing, one will only learn half truths.
By listening, one will learn truths. By hearing, one will only learn half truths.
Don't be surprised by the emergence of undiscovered talents!
Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you.
Better is the enemy of good.
Believe in yourself and others will too.
If strength were all, tiger would not fear scorpion.
They say you are stubborn; you call it persistence.
(I got this one & it fits me. lol)
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.
It is better to be looked than to be overlooked.
(I think the word over should be after looked.)
The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it.
To give happiness is to deserve happiness.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil ignorance.
(This sparked a great conversation between the three of us.)
Do what is right, not what you should.
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
You have at your command the wisdom of the ages.
(I got this and believe it refers to my mom :) )
A day of worrying is more exhausting than a week of work.
(Ain't that the truth!)
Express yourself: Don't hold back!
(I believe kiddo got this...)
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everyone.
Generosity provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.
It is a silly fish that is caught with the same bait twice.
Old friends make best friends.
May my faith always exceed my fears--the price is too great to go through life afraid.
(I love this one!!!)
Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you.
Better is the enemy of good.
Believe in yourself and others will too.
If strength were all, tiger would not fear scorpion.
They say you are stubborn; you call it persistence.
(I got this one & it fits me. lol)
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.
It is better to be looked than to be overlooked.
(I think the word over should be after looked.)
The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it.
To give happiness is to deserve happiness.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil ignorance.
(This sparked a great conversation between the three of us.)
Do what is right, not what you should.
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
You have at your command the wisdom of the ages.
(I got this and believe it refers to my mom :) )
A day of worrying is more exhausting than a week of work.
(Ain't that the truth!)
Express yourself: Don't hold back!
(I believe kiddo got this...)
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everyone.
Generosity provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.
It is a silly fish that is caught with the same bait twice.
Old friends make best friends.
May my faith always exceed my fears--the price is too great to go through life afraid.
(I love this one!!!)
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