Jori

I put up a gallon of chopped green peppers, 1 1/2 gallons blueberries, 1/2 gallon of corn, and a few beans.

Have a wonderful day!

Attached is one I used Dinner Menu.doc

I've fallen out of the habit but when I did it I had a general schedule rotation (2 actually, one for each week). I would have two or three things I would rotate each week soe more than others depending on meat costs. M T W Th F Sat Sun M T W Th F Sat Sun We had soup and sandwiches/salad/potato once a week. The soups rotated (Veg/Beef/Barley, Chili, Potato, Chicken Noodle, Minestrone, Tortellini/Sausage) 3 on each side so you had some variety, Crockpot Chicken Beef (burgers went here with black beans & rice) Pasta or Stir Fry Sat was Pizza (I make dough so had to do on a day I was home) Sunday traditional (roast, meatloaf, stew, duck) Depending on how much soup was left, I would put some in freezer for quick meal or if someone was sick. Leftover meatloaf, stew, and lasagna (or shells) went in fridge for lunches for DH. Hope this helps a little. I think I have one saved. If I do, I'll attach it.

Is there any question that you would be missed.

Nope! Time to start looking at some gorilla gardening. Maybe time to commandeer the back yard at the office for some things people won't notice.

goatherder! It's great to hear from you!

Awesome!

Have a wonderful day!

It's dry here. Heat is suppose to hit tomorrow. Hoping for rain friday or Saturday.

It went into the trash tonight. Trash pick up is tomorrow morning. Great lesson to learn. Thanks everyone

Yes, I did. I pulled it out from the deep freeze around noon and just saw it on the counter (19 hours). It was frozen solid when I pulled it out. It feels room temp, the paper does. Do I need to toss it? Or can I use it? I was going to make chicken soup to can.

So in one of my not so with it moments, I put flour in a ziploc bag when I pulled it out of the freezer and forgot to label it. Do I use it for bread in the bread machine? What do I do????

Sorry it took a few days but glad to do it!

I'm so sorry for your loss. Dinner sounds wonderful!

Doughbox Bakery Cookies Archbold, Ohio Midwest Living March/April 2010 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 1/4 c vegetable oil 1 1/4 c granulated sugar 2 1/4 c packed brown sugar 2 1/4 t baking soda 2 t vanilla 1 1/2 t salt 5 eggs 5 1/2 c all-purpose flour 2 12 ounce packages semisweet chocolate pieces (4 cups total) ** ** I never use 4 cups of semisweet chocolate chips, I mix half and half with semi, bittersweet, m & m's, milk chocolate chips, etc. I play with the combination all of the time but my personal favorite is semisweet and bittersweet mix. 1. In a very large mixing bowl, beat butter with electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add vegetable oil, sugars, soda, vanilla, and salt. Beat until mixture is combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on medium speed after each additional until combined. Add flour, one cup at a time, beating in as much as you can with mixer on low speed. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon until combined. Stir in chocolate pieces. 2. Drop dough be rounded tablespoons or by using a small cookie scoop 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in a 350* oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light brown and centers are set. Cool on cookie sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; cool. Makes about 80 cookies. (I get closer to 8 dozen)

For Cat and Andrea~ (Since I had to get the recipe, I figured I would make them using peanut butter chips and bittersweet chips. Doughbox Bakery Cookies Archbold, Ohio Midwest Living March/April 2010 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 1/4 c vegetable oil 1 1/4 c granulated sugar 2 1/4 c packed brown sugar 2 1/4 t baking soda 2 t vanilla 1 1/2 t salt 5 eggs 5 1/2 c all-purpose flour 2 12 ounce packages semisweet chocolate pieces (4 cups total) ** ** I never use 4 cups of semisweet chocolate chips, I mix half and half with semi, bittersweet, m & m's, milk chocolate chips, etc. I play with the combination all of the time but my personal favorite is semisweet and bittersweet mix. 1. In a very large mixing bowl, beat butter with electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add vegetable oil, sugars, soda, vanilla, and salt. Beat until mixture is combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on medium speed after each additional until combined. Add flour, one cup at a time, beating in as much as you can with mixer on low speed. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon until combined. Stir in chocolate pieces. 2. Drop dough be rounded tablespoons or by using a small cookie scoop 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in a 350* oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light brown and centers are set. Cool on cookie sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; cool. Makes about 80 cookies. (I get closer to 8 dozen)

I thought you said Elvis when I first looked at it. Kids have been watching Lilo and Stitch.....

Enjoy the time. And I do know what you mean that it all follows you. As much as I love the lake and cottage, there isn't a break for me when we go, in fact, it's usually more because of the lake with the kids being little. But take some time and recharge!

That girl ain't right!!! You have to teach her the art of *chocolate*!!! :24: I usually add coconut flavoring to my chocolate chip cookie dough, along with the vanilla. It adds an elusive "what makes them taste different?" flavor that we like. I didn't have any left, so I added something I bought from "King Arthur Flour Company". http://www.kingarthu...di-sicilia-1-oz I'm not sure I like it as much. It adds a kind of "orangey" flavor that just isn't the same. ((((((((((Jori))))))))) Hunt me down any time! I have a recipe that calls for oil and butter. They stay so soft and two different types of chips. So good!!

I promised the kids we would make them as a belated homemade father's day gift and that's what dh picked. Cat- i almost tracked you down to see what you would say. I told the kids we could make chocolate chip peanut butter chip cookies this weekend (want some in the freezer). DD informed me that chocolate chips are too messy. I told her to eat them faster. LOL

Interesting. Thanks for sharing! DH and I have actually talked about using the back yard of the office for extra growing - raspberries, more blackberries, things that can look "wild", since we could hike there in a pinch. Maybe additional root crops scattered in, too.