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Country Homeschool in the City
Jun. 15, 2009
How Clean Is Your Fridge?
The fridge is looking great . . . looking empty . . . looking like I am saving money from not grocery shopping because I can't drive there so it's just not getting done.
On the upside, I still have some meat from #801 and we tried tenderloin steak last night. OH MY GOODNESS! They were soooooo good and tender! None of us (well considering 2/4 were our kids) had ever had tenderloin before. Soooo worth it. Sooooo going to spoil us. Anyway, I made sure to save about 1 1/2 for today, with no specific plan in mind. Well, I had 2 tortillas left in the fridge and the lettuce is growing well outside. I sent DS outside to pick 6 lettuce leaves for dinner, I cut up a tomato and DD cut up 1/3 of a cucumber I was surprised was still okay to eat. I got out a package of pitas from the freezer, thankful for Costco and their mega packs. Sauteed a bit of red onion for DH and myself and then warmed up the meat. Spread some dill ranch dressing (thanks Costco) on the pitas/tortillas, added the veggies and meat and ta da! A great dinner!
I also made a smoothie out of some, um, er, VERY old yogurt - that still smelled fine (little containers I bought at 1/2 off), the mixed frozen fruit mix (I think this is a Costco commercial) and milk. I also wanted to make DH a "round bale" dessert since he has gotten in all our round bales and that is no small feat! THere would've been over 200 and considering he can only take 13 in a trip, well, you do the math. I thought a rocky road type of square with mini marshmallows to look like round bales would be in order. mmmmm, was so good - and easy to make! Basically:
2 cups graham crumbs, 1/2 cup melted butter and 1/3 cup sugar. Mix together, save 1 cup for the topping and press the rest into a greased 9x13 pan. Next time, I'd not save the whole 1 cup, I think 2/3 would be enough.
Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Melt about 300g (I just guessed, maybe 2 cups) chocolate chips, spread over slightly cooled bottom layer and top with 2 cups (or so) of mini marshmallows, pressing into chocolate lightly.
Sprinkle with remaining crust stuff and put back in the oven. They had it go under the broiler for 30 seconds but I opted to bake it lower for longer.
Let cool and dig in!
I cut this recipe out of a parents magazine July 1999!
FarmMom
PS Jodi, I can't drive because I had a seizure and after one, you can't drive until you've been seizure free for 6 months. I'm 1/3 into it now. |
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