Hit a Wall

Remember this post from last year? Well since so many of you inquired, and I always give the people what they want, here's what we did:

Care to know what it looks like now, nearly 7 months later? Well not that different. Until recently... stay posted.

Done Deals

If you remember this post and this post, then you know that I like buying food and I like a good deal.

Here's my results from a trip to Vons. If you can't tell what I got, well here, let me list it for you:

• A box of cereal
• organic milk
• orange juice
• pomegranate blueberry juice
  
• 2 cans of baked beans
• 2 jars of peppers (jalapeno and cherry)
• 3 jars of pasta sauce
• butter
• 2 boxes of spaghetti
• 2 broccoli crowns
• 3 ears of corn
• 2 green bell peppers
• a loaf of sourdough bread
  

Total: $32.66


Next up, Ralphs:

• 8 rolls of paper towels
• a bottle of shampoo
  
• 24 rolls of tp
• a head of lettuce
• 2 bunches of 'red tag' bananas (but they're still green, see?)
  
• 2 containers of organic strawberries
• a cantaloupe
  
• 2 organic avocados
• a bag of organic baby carrots

Total: $26.72

Together that's less than $60. And it includes organic stuff and cleaning stuff. That's a good deal people. Right?

Meat Market

These bad boys make a great appetizer. What's the secret?

Halfsies (pork and beef). Take that Ikea!

Sprinkles

We have all kinds of sprinklers on our property. We've got the standard pop up kind:

A slightly taller and older pop up kind:

The really tall stationary kind:

The kind that I mow over:

And the old timey kind:

The last one's my favorite. Because it sprays high. And you can run through it. And so can dogs. Know anything about sprinklers? Do they have more technical names?

Hairs Out of Place

It's that time of the year again folks:

When will I learn from my past mistakes?

Joyride

Rylie and Karma on a car ride...

to nowhere. Sorry girls. Actually, they don't even look disappointed...

Showing Signs

Earlier this week I saw a panhandler holding 2 signs that read:

"Hungry it's summer let's bbq"
"Do black panthers scratch and bite?"

I liked his spirit in the first sign. But what did the second one mean?

Feel your Oats

Now that it's almost summer, don't you want a steaming hot breakfast in the morning? Well I sure do! Here's how:

Slow Cooker Oatmeal

What you will need:

• slow cooker
• oatmeal (1 cup steel cut)
  
• water or milk (4 cups)
  

Use steel cut oat meal, it's so much better. Those rolled old fashion ones are good for cookies but not for breakfast.


Add 1 cup of steel cut oat meal to the slower cooker. Then add 4 cups water or milk (I've tried both):



Cover and turn on low and let it do it's thing for 8 hours. I always do this before I go to bed. Nothing gets me out of bed faster than potentially cleaning out burnt oatmeal from a slow cooker.


And wake up to yummy gooey oatmeal. I've dressed mine up with maple syrup, blueberries, but my favorite is sliced strawberries and brown sugar sprinkled on top:

Yum.

Green water

It's no secret that I love artichokes. And I like to steam them.
But I am left with this afterward:

It happens every time. Is this normal?

Purim Luck

A couple months ago I found a reusable bag full of these in celebration of Purim (it's a very Jewish area):


The bag has since been lost (I hate when I leave them in the shopping cart) but I did learn about this holiday:

Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.

It's basically a Jewish Mardis Gras. Minus the cause for bead throwing.

Anyway, the recipe above is for hamentaschen. It's a jam filled pocket. I haven't tried it yet but that's what the round cookie cutter is for. The biscotti and granola bar didn't stand a chance.

Have you found anything surprisingly fun and educational and possibly edible?