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Sunday, February 24, 2013 Ninja Master Pro

I finally got the Ninija that I wanted. There were so many various set ups but I went with the pro because basically it's two blenders and two food processors in one. You get two plastic blender containers. One is bigger than the other and two processor bowls. I used them this last week. I made cupcakes and cinnamon frosting. The cupcakes I made in the blender. I had to scrape down the sides of the blender a couple of times but it was fast and tons easier than getting out a bowl or using my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. Plus cleanup was super easy. Washed up in a couple of seconds. I just poured the cupcakes out of the blender. Normally I use a ice cream scoop to measure them all to be the same size but it worked out fine.
The cream cheese frosting for the cinnamon rolls whipped up in literally 2 seconds. I pushed the top and whirl whirl it was done. If I had done it in the Kitchen Aid it would have taken forever.
I'm still looking for things to use it for. I want to do onions and traditional food processor things but I just cut & bagged a bunch of  onions and green peppers just last week.

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Saturday, February 09, 2013 Monday Menu Plan

1.Chicken Tetrazini/salad
2.Shepherds pie/mashed potatoes
3.Cabbage, sausage & potato bake/bread
4.Getto Mac
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=328261
5.sloppy joes/french fries
6.Skillet taco rice
http://www.food.com/recipe/beef-taco-rice-skillet-160564
7.Hot dogs with dog sauce
http://www.food.com/recipe/aiken-pool-hall-hot-dogs-102525/review

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Friday, February 08, 2013 Sweet & Sour Meatballs over Rice

Phoenix my 12 year old and I made Sweet & Sour Meatballs over rice using the recipe from here tonight. It was excellent and super easy to throw together. The only change we made was to use canned carrots. I flipped flopped back and forth between using a jarred sweet and sour sauce I already had up the cabinet and just doing the recipe. I am glad we decided to go with the recipe. It made more than enough and the jar wouldn't have gone very far.
I have been working with Phoenix on her home skills. She is doing dishes more often and cooking more often. This was perfect for her to do. It was simple enough for her to follow and complete without me hovering to much.



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Wednesday, February 06, 2013 My Weekly Aldi Trip 2/6/13

Here's what I picked up this week at Aldi----
 
  • Navel oranges, $1.49 per 4-lb bag.
  • Anjou pears, $1.99 per 2-lb bag.
  • Clementines, $2.99 per 3-lb bag.
  • Gala apples, $2.49 per 3-lb bag.
  • Cantaloupe, $1.49 each.
  • Pineapple, $1.99 each.

  • Chef’s Cupboard beefy onion soup mix, $.99.
  • Baker’s Corner honey or cajun cornbread mix, $1.29.
  • Uncle Ben’s Country Inn rice, $.99.
  • Reggano couscous, $1.49.
  • Savoritz cornbread snack crackers, $1.29.
  • Fit & Active yolk free noodles, $.99.
  • Happy Harvest fire roasted diced tomatoes, $.89.
  • 32 oz Breakfast Best pre-cooked sausage patties, $4.99.
  • Aunt Maple’s 24 oz syrup, $1.69.
  • Friendly Farms 32 oz half & half, $1.49.
  • Peanut Delight natural creamy 16 oz PB, 18 oz creamy or crunchy PB, or Berryhill grape jelly & PB stripes 18 oz, $1.99.
  • Brookdale luncheon meat (looks like SPAM), $1.59.
  • Anchor Hocking 6 piece glass bowls with lids, $9.99.
  • .Boulder flex odor control drawstring trash bags 34 ct, $3.99.
  • Boulder 8 big roll ( = 10 regular roll) paper towels, $5.99.

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S'mores Pie

OK, so I made this pie yesterday and it was the biggest pain in my ass I have ever attempted to make. I started with the wrong fill filling and then once I realized it was the wrong kind I couldn't find a chocolate homemade replacement..So I just proceeded and hoped it would come out OK. I figured everything alone was good so even if it didn't set well we could just eat it anyways.
Then I tried to "spread" the marshmallow cream into the bottom of the crust. This just wasn't happening. It kept pulling up the crust. I had to wet my fingers to smooth it out. Then the same thing happened with the Nutella. I couldn't spread it at all. So I dumped it into the freezer. I thought if I could get the marshmallow cream solid maybe it wouldn't be so sticky! It work well enough but then I put the pudding in and it was just to watery. My girls ate it all so there was no waste but I will never make this pie again the way it is currently written.
I will be attempting to make this pie soon instead.

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