I'm Getting My Wish.....

SATURDAY MORNING arrived and I'm sitting in my sea foam green colored chair by the lace covered window, wearing my pink housecoat while sipping hot coffee out of my THRIFT purchased coffee cup.  

ADMIRING the shape and size of the coffee cup holding my coffee.  Especially like the coffee.

THERE'S Cream in my coffee as snow sprinkles downward covering 'the everything' outside.  My wish was for one more deep snow. 

I had wished earlier in the month for another snow before SPRING comes to where I can stay indoors drinking coffee while watching it snow.  WARM environment.  WARM thoughts.

Coffee happened.  Snow is happening.  Deep hasn't HAPPENED yet.  I have time to go to the local store to purchase toilet paper, paper towels, 
coffee pods.  
Maybe a few more things that I see fit to get.

A quick trip to the Post Office then to our Booth to deliver some more goodies to share with the public.  Yes.  A beautiful and slow paced Saturday.

We did the Utility room shuffle.  Hooray.  It HAPPENED. Loading the Baker's racks with smaller Kitchen appliances that will eventually go to the cellar on muscles racks.  Mercy....it's morphing along when becoming a more functional Kitchen.  The Kitchen in my Dreams has a Butler's Pantry to hold these things, but my reality is what I have to live with.  This Cottage Kitchen has no Butler's Pantry other than the one we are making in the Utility room with Baker's Racks instead.  


As I stacked the THINGS on the racks, 
I took note that I still have quite a lot of extras.  Every warm blooded American HOME KEEPER needs a little extra something.  When the time comes to being a Julia Child impersonator, I'll fit the bill.  I looked up info about Julia.  Her Kitchen that she used was built by her Husband to suit her 6' 2" frame of a woman.  She was taller than I.  I come in at a close 5' 10" heavy weight champion.  

Julia's Kitchen is in the Smithsonian.  I would like to go visit the Smithsonian again.  BUT first I'd like to study up on what is there to streamline the visit and go directly to what I would like to see.  I can no more tell you what I saw when I was there before umpteen years ago.  We only stumbled into a small section of it as we didn't know we were going to be in the neighborhood when we first visited a friend in New JARsey.

On our way HOME we drove to Washington D.C. and drove past the WHITE HOUSE.  This was when I faced reality that the WHITE HOUSE is only so big.  I questioned, "That's the White House???"  It appeared so much smaller to me than what I had originally thought it was.

When reality hits you between the eyes, it sometimes seems unreal.  Takes some time to soak in.

Anywhoo...Julia Child's Kitchen is in the Smithsonian.  I don't suppose the Smithsonian has a room where snow falls as you sit in your comfy chair that you consider to be your Institution of Higher Education.  Or do they?  Can you help me out here?

In the middle of KANSAS in the Flint Hills sits a middle aged over weight House Wife that enjoys sipping coffee with cream in it while she sits by a laced covered window typing on a laptop computer that bares an apple on it.  Some days, this apple is the only fruit I consume.  A apple a day keeps the doctor away.  Good health is important to me.  grins.  

It's sprinkling snowflakes outside my window.
I'm getting my wish,
d

Feeding Your Family For Less

Ways to Spend Far Less Money

and still enjoy LIFE.

Wanna share.

Hello from The PRAIRIE.  

I'm wearing my ruby red slippers 
somewhere in the Kansas Flint Hills 
and thinking about ways to SAVE money.  

Glad you've stopped by,

d

I am a turkey lover.

Gobble Gobble.

Turkey isn't just for Holidays.

Many times I have substituted ground turkey for ground beef.

Pound for pound ground turkey is less expensive 

than ground beef and has by far less fat.  

That's the secret to saving and feeding your Family for less.

TURKEY and baking it in a small oven.

Turkey works well in Chili, Tacos, Spaghetti, Turkey Burgers, 

and Turkey Stuffed Baked Potatoes.  You name it, just about anything you use for a ground beef dish can be substituted with ground turkey.

  

Ground turkey works well 

and can be seasoned to taste really great.

Much like Meatloaf, there's Turkey Loaf.

I was given a 24 ounce can of fully cooked turkey and wasn't for sure what to make with it.  
Didn't want to make turkey salad sandwiches so I didn't.
Took my chance with Turkey Loaf.

  

Ground turkey might have been easier to mix up and less time consuming, but decided to take the blunge.  I took a fork to the chunk of cooked turkey until it was finely crumbled in the bowl.  Seasoned with pepper.

I had really good luck NOT crying when chopping this onion.  First, I ran cold water over the onion, sliced the ends off and peeled the onion skin away.  Rinsed again and chopped.

Add a half cup of ketch-up to 24 ounces of cooked turkey, 

2 TBSP. of dijon mustard,

one chopped onion,

2 eggs, 

plus a cup and a half of bread crumbs.

Mix well.

Grease the baking dish.

I placed mixture in my favorite glass meatloaf pan.

Baked for an hour at 350 degrees in small De LONGHI oven.

Add ketchup on top then baked an additional ten minutes.

Allowed Meatloaf to sit in pan for 10 minutes before serving with mashed potatoes and cream style corn.  

Was tasty and well liked.

Bon Appetit!

Enjoying the FOODIE FRIDAY PARTY at Michael Lee's

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