Sunday morning I slept in for a bit before getting up to
begin our Easter. It was pretty low key
this year as you can imagine. I cooked
up a nice ham with all the trimmings. I
made macaroni & cheese and baked beans for the girls along with a fruit
salad made with canned pineapple and sugar free lime gelatin, deviled eggs and
steamed asparagus. For dessert we
enjoyed a slice of low carb coconut cream pie.
We had the best Easter dinner |
I put together Easter gifts for my girls by taking a couple
cosmetic bags I'd picked up at Wal-Mart $1 each (after Christmas clearance in
January 2019) and filling them with full sized candy bars I'd found on sale and
clearance in the past two months. They
loved the bags and the candy inside.
Surprisingly our week went by fairly rapidly. Every evening I came home and worked on either
my garden plans or my prepper pantry. It is going to be a process to put together
this pantry and I know I have a long way to go, however I am really enjoying
the work I have done so far. Every day I
come up with another idea too and add it to my list. And
I've got tomatoes sprouting!
I got started on my Prepper Pantry |
I did not do any shopping or grocery shopping last
week. We are blessed to have plenty.
Ham broth, leftover ham and veggies made up a nice pot of split pea soup I made cornbread to go with it and the girls loved it |
Saturday was my busiest and most productive day spent
cooking, cleaning, washing a load of laundry, prepping, doing some small
projects and just enjoying being inside my home. Obviously the extended stay at home order
isn't bothering me too much. The girls
were both at work so that left me with most of the day to myself and I was able
to get quite a bit done. I even ordered
myself an early Mother's Day present and I can hardly wait for it to get
here! I'm so excited!
I made a double batch of homemade granola |
Our weather has been nice enough to turn off all of the heat
in our house and open the windows on occasion for fresh air and some much
appreciated sunshine. We're a little
late, but the pear and apple trees are starting to bloom finally and I've got
tulips in the yard. Our mornings are
still pretty chilly, but once the sun is out it warms up quite nicely.
I boiled up a dozen eggs using half of them for egg salad |
We gave the chickens loads of yummy kitchen scraps and in
turn they gave us a load of delicious eggs.
We gave a dozen eggs to our neighbors as well as another dozed to some
friends. Normally we sell our extra eggs
to offset the cost of food, but it just feels better to give them instead right
now.
I washed out several Ziploc bags to reuse.
Prepper Pantry =
5 packages of rice (8 cups each), 4 packages of popcorn (6 cups each), 2
packages of flour (10 cups each), 6 seasoning packets (au jus, chili, taco), 4
boxes of gelatin, 8 cans tuna, 4 cans chicken, 4 bricks of coffee (6 oz each), 4
packages of pinto beans (2 cups each).
A little bit of Barkeeper's Friend will remove the stains from inside your slow cooker. Looks almost new again. 😊 |
Some of the 15 Minute Chores I accomplished to keep my home in order:
Laundry Room & Half Bathroom -
vacuumed & mopped floors. Daily
swish & swipe.
Dining Room - vacuumed & mopped
floor.
Kitchen - vacuumed & mopped floor, cleaned microwave,
bleached sink.
Bedrooms & Main Bathroom -
vacuumed & dusted. Scrubbed sink,
mopped floor. Daily swish & swipe.
Other - two large loads of laundry,
vacuumed & dusted living room, hallway & entry, mopped both entry ways. Swept front porch.
How was your thrifty week?
I haven't been to a store. We're eating of the fridge/freezer/pantry. Tonight we will finish the remaining broccoli (roasted) and mushrooms (sauted) along with fish from the freezer. Tomorrow will be leftover stew and cornbread from this past week.
ReplyDeleteI just had a grilled cheese sandwich for brunch-it sounded so good and a friend gave me a loaf of amazing sourdough bread as a gift for 8 facemasks I'd sewn for her.
Life is good even if we are Shelter-in-place. This too shall pass if we all comply!
Happy Monday :-)
I have to be completely honest. My life hasn't really changed much since all of this began and I'm happy to stay home. The bare shelves at the store were a bit disconcerting, but we'll get through it. More things are becoming available. And I won't complain about the price of gas right now!
DeleteDo you have a food saver?
ReplyDeleteI have a Seal A Meal. I've had Foodsavers in the past though.
DeleteI also use bar keepers friend on my crockpot and for hard water build up in our porcelain bathroom sinks and around the faucets. We have hard water here. Sounds like a lovely Easter. We had a nice turkey breast and all the fixings for dinner the Sat. before Easter and my boys had plenty to eat at home that way. Lots of leftovers. Take care.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a delicious Easter dinner. I love all the leftovers. Stay well Crystal. :0)
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