Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

well, ya,ll Hope you have a good night.
I see ya Wishing but my battery is gone.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

I can tell Robert wants to do it. he just needs guidance . Instructions are all pictures. LOL

Bet he could do it then

 

[ChickenLady2014]

well, ya,ll Hope you have a good night.
I see ya Wishing but my battery is gone.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

I'm headed out myself, have to pick up the kiddos tomorrow. This Nana needs all the rest I can get before then lol. Night grannyland

 

[h2oratt]

Night all

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Phooey! Missed you again.

wish I felt like canning them. Tomatoes are over a buck a can.

Freeze them. Wash, dry, put in the freezer. Keep them from sticking together if you put them on a tray where they don't touch, put in a bag after they're frozen and use a few at a time. Run frozen mater under hot water and the skin comes right off.

ok, I give up. LOL What do you do with salsa ? I know people dip chips in it but thats a lot of chips.

I love tomato salsa... good on rice, fish, salad, polenta, beans, a spoon! slurp!

Gotta figure out some inexpensive sides.

Yes, there are good starches that are very inexpensive if you buy in bulk. I buy 15-25 lbs of rice in big bags. Lasts forever and cheaper than 1 lb bags. Dried beans are good too. Soak them over night, simmer on the stove in some water with a bone (beef or ham) if you have it. After they are soft, add some sauteed onion, meat (bacon), some of them frozen tomatoes, salt and seasonings, cook a bit more and serve with corn bread, or regular bread, or by itself in a bowl. Beans are healthy!

I'm with Lisa on pasta. Whenever I see it for $1 a lb or less, I buy a ton and keep it in the pantry. We eat a lot of pasta, and the boys could fix it themselves at a young age. Potatoes are easy too, and have to be cheaper than the instant stuff. Peeling spuds is a kid job, as are mashing them.

In our household pasta is are go to when money is tight. I make macaroni & tomatoes or goulash. Goulash has the ground beef so it is more filling.

Sounds good. Like granny's chicken with frozen veggies and cream of chicken soup. Pour that over a pile of cooked pasta, and you will have a very filling meal.

Pam, you need to get yourself a good size microwave dish with a lid. Easy peezy to cut up potatoes in chucks & nuke. Takes about 10 mins to cook if you don't cut them too big. All you need is a little water in the bottom & they will steam themselves.

It's just the initial doing that is hard. Once you get used to it, it becomes a new habit. Unprocessed food is cheaper and healthier, but it does take a bit longer. Use your little minions to do a lot of the work. CB can chop things, littles can open cans and fetch and carry, bigger kids can peel potatoes, mix ingredients, and get it on the stove.

takes me an hr to do one. thats all I can do at a time. LOL

Can you just skin it instead of plucking? Especially if it's going in a stew pot. Don't need the skin. Maybe CB can be your assistant.

well, ya,ll Hope you have a good night.
I see ya Wishing but my battery is gone.

We got pretty close!
Taking #1 to purgatory the car show tomorrow. It's supposed to get over 100 degrees. We are leaving at 6:30 in the morning, so we can see everything before the heat builds. He's going to owe me big time!

Hang in there. It will get easier.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Mornings, Thought if I let the kids stay up late they would sleep in and I would have some time here. I thought wrong . I even stuck the dogs in Toms room with him so they wouldnt wake up. LOLOL Second I sit down w/ coffee.I hear Im hungry , can I have some cewe-al ? I go potty come back and everyone of them is in the torture chamber.

 

[campingshaws]

Mornings, Thought if I let the kids stay up late they would sleep in and I would have some time here. I thought wrong . I even stuck the dogs in Toms room with him so they wouldnt wake up. LOLOL Second I sit down w/ coffee.I hear Im hungry , can I have some cewe-al ? I go potty come back and everyone of them is in the torture chamber.

Waiting or taking care of each other? DD and bubba can both make their own cereal and pb sandwiches. Bubba fixed my supper plate last night and brought it to me, then put my plate in the sink when I was done. I think he missed me.

 

[h2oratt]

Morning!

I agreed to work today. I work occasionally when someone is on vacation.

Must get up and get moving..

Have a great day everyone!

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Mornings, Thought if I let the kids stay up late they would sleep in and I would have some time here. I thought wrong . I even stuck the dogs in Toms room with him so they wouldnt wake up. LOLOL Second I sit down w/ coffee.I hear Im hungry , can I have some cewe-al ? I go potty come back and everyone of them is in the torture chamber.

Pam were the kids fixing their own breakfast? If so tell them to help Kolton with his & that they are to cleanup afterwords. New granny rule, granny has 1 hour coffee hour on Saturday & Sunday mornings. And that you are not to be bothered unless it is an emergency. You need a new place to plug in your computer cord than what you have now so that it can be trasported to your bedroom. It will take them a bit, but they will get it. That's what I did when my gd was younger & stayed the summers.