A Lovely Evening-


I was counting down the days till my new boss showed up. I decided I needed to eat something I hadn't had in a while.

It was Friday and on my hot bar run, I found some buffalo skirt steak and asian spice runned pork chops.

My plan is to pair the pork chops with tortellini with pesto and mache with peprcorn vin. I know it will be amazing.

When I figure out what I want to do with the buffalo, I will blog it.

Tummy Ache Days-

I am not a big fan of the change of seasons. I am a Northeast American big city child so I do need to see all four seasons of the year. The problem is that when the weather goes from hot to cold suddenly, my stomachs wacks out and cramps for a day or two.

For these days, the only things I eat are chunky applesauce with cinnamon, bananas and rice.

Hot Bar Dinner-

I treat myself on Fridays to a medium container from my favorite hot bar.


This past week, I got some great pulled pork and a bit of mac and cheese. There was salad and honey balsamic vin in the fridge at home and I had a fabulous no cook dinner for $6.00.

MYO ( Make Your Own) Sauce-

I found this recipe for teryaki barbecue sauce on Cook.com. It yields 10 oz. of sauce . It is not too complicated and tasty. I like BBQ sauce and have been looking for different flavors that what I normally see in the store. This will keep a week in the refrigerator.


3 tbsp. butter
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 sm. onions, chopped or finely sliced
3 c. catsup1 tsp. chili powder
3 tbsp. mustard
6 tbsp. Teriyaki or soy sauce1
2 tbsp. brown sugar


Melt butter. Saute garlic and onions together until tender. Remove from heat. Add catsup, chili powder, mustard, and Teriyaki or soy sauce. Stir until well mixed. Add brown sugar. Stir while adding.

Excellent for pork chops, ribs, chicken, beef cubes, steak, and chopped meat (hamburger or meat loaf).

Coolness-

I got a present today -

Easter Sunday on the cheap-

I like lamb and found some really nice chops the last store visit. I had my brother up for the weeknd so I had to get an extra chop. Frozen peas were steamed and scented with butter and garlic. Rice is a staple and I added furikake for a little dash of flavor.

Candy was half price so I got my first chocolate in 40 days for $1.98.

Dinner and dessert for 2 people was under $7.

We had a blast and enjoyed an NCIS marathon to boot.

Today is my sister's birthday -

I sang her happy birthday and we chatted for a while.

I reminded her that today is a legal holiday so she was allowed to have dip. This particular dip a favorite family comfort food and I will not write down the recipe today but after the week I had, I will make some for myself.

Breakfast of this champion...

I firmly believe in eating breakfast to get going in the morning. Way before McDonald's made breakfast, I use to make breakfast to take it in to work - I had a mason jar full of flavored coffee (I added flavoring to half caff coffee grounds) and made the following sandwich -

1 toasted cinnamon raisin bagel
2 slices of cheese
3 breakfast turkey sausages

The sandwich is 450 calories and energizes me until lunch.


I started bringing into work a few weeks ago and the men who work for me ask me for one every day. Maybe I will surprise them next week and bring some in.

Loving it...

I decided to see what else I could do in fifteen minutes.

I got a cloth basket that had come with some stuff in it and put it by the front door - voila - an instant inbox. I gathered up all miscellaneous mail in the living room and cleared off the coffee table.

The day before trash day, I went through my inbox and shredded junk mail for fifteen minutes. The inbox lost 75% of its contents and the table is still clean.

Today is the day...

I decided I needed to eat my own cooking today. I decided I needed chicken with mushroom gravy, rice and galic scented peas.

For the chicken

1 package of chicken leg joints (4-5 pieces)
1 can of reduced fat cream of mushroom soup
1/3 cup of sour cream

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. If you don't have a fancy dancey stove that automaticlly preheats, it takes about 15 minutes for the stove to come up to temperature.

Clean the chicken under cold water and pull out extra fat pockets. Place in a shallow baking dish and lightly salt.

Mix sour cream and cream of mushroom soup and pour over chicken.

Cook for 1 hour. If the pieces are large, add 15 minutes. When done, poke with a fork and make sure juice runs clear.

For the rice


1 cup of uncooked rice

I use a rice cooker. I rinse the rice until the water runs clear. I then cover the rice with water until I have the first bend in my index finger is covered. I flip the rice cooker on and it clicks when it is done.

For the garlic scented peas

One bag of steamer peas and mushrooms. Five minutes in the microwave and it they are done. You will get a facial when you open the bag so be careful.


Dinner was delicious and my roomate asked for a plate. I spent just under $5 for the package of chicken legs. I jhad everything else in the house. I had to buy everything, it would have been $2.5 for the peas and 20 cents for the rice. For under $8, I had dinner for 4 days.

That kind of a day.....

I had a very rough day today. I had to drown my frustration in twinkies..... I know it was 300 calories but it was the leaset self destructive thing I could do.

And Then....

It was a I want to redecorate and I don't have any money day. What I did was to move some chairs, change the chachkas and baskets around and took some sheer fabric to drape over the windows. The place actually looked different and I was able to say I had a NO-DOUGH makeover instead of a low-dough one.

Today's stuff-

It was the day for jokes and I was really not in the mood for them.

My house "had gotten away from me" (Mommy's euphamism for it's a mess) because I had been runnig full tilt at work for six weeks.

I decided to clean for fifteen minutes today and my target was the bathroom. I took a shower a little earlier. Before I went into the shower, I powder comet in the toilet and sprayed the sink with scrubbing bubbles. When my shower was done, I sprayed the shower down with scrubbing bubbles. I literally swished the toilet bowl clean, wiped down the outside of the bowl fixture and cleaned the sink with the water I used to brush my teeth.

After the morning toilette was done, it took me five minutes to wash out the tub. Add another two minutes to wipe down the mirror and the bathroom was cleaned except for the floor. And I only spent an extra 10 minutes in the bathroom.

When I came home from work that evening, it was nice to know that I actually did a chore and it didn't kill me.