The Worst Sweet Tea~Ever!

Last night when Cas came in from work we finished getting dinner together and I said "we need to make tea"!  So I went ahead and made it! Then the DB poured it in the pitcher and added water and sugar. After eating some of my food I grabbed my tea and drank a big gulp of not so sweetness!  YUCK!  Cas looked at me and asked what was wrong and I was like "OMG our tea tastes like coffee!"  I thought we really needed to clean our coffee maker because that is some foul tea!  Not to refreshing NOR sweet.  After finishing the DB got up and cleared the table and went and looked in the coffee maker and exclaimed that "I(me) was such a dummy because I didn't take the coffee grinds out from that morning!"  Well he being a dummy too would have realized that if I had just made tea there would have been tea bags sitting in there as well!  I sat there and thought back a minute and realized that I had emptied the old coffee grounds and then went back to start the TEA and I played the motions back in my head and I realized that I grabbed more coffee grounds, because they sit right next to the coffee pot, and I put those in there instead of grabbing tea bags!  WOW!  You know he mixed up the "tea" he didn't realize it didn't smell so "tea-ish"?  Gosh really?  I can't be responsible for all of my own actions!  Yes this is a true story and Yes I brewed coffee to go with my delish roast I slaved over crock-pots are the best ALL day! Thank You, Thank You!  I think I might should up my vitamins or something else;)

Oh What A Day

Oh what a day for the nasty rain...........

Gosh I don't think it ever stopped. Thank you Ida!  Now where do I send the receipt for the row boat and rain boats I need to get from the house to the car?  Oh and convinceing Maggie to go potty in the pouring rain was a "boat load of fun"!  I had to lasso her up and go stand out in the middle of the yard with her while she shook until she decided she better go because Mamma was not taking her back in until she went.  Meanwhile I was getting soaked!  When Cas left for work yesterday he told me not to go anywhere because he did not want me out driving in the downpours because he knows I hate driving in the rain.  It has ended up bad for me before!  Wellllll I decided to save more money and get more items around here I was going to have to start shopping at Publix!

Oh what a day for savings.................

Well we don't have one here in town yet.  They are supposedly building it but they need to build faster.  We have some within 30 minutes of the house.  Their sales go from Wednesday to Tuesday like Winn-Dixie.  I have shopped them before when I in town I have just never made a habit of going.  Well if you read a lot of food saving blogs Publix seems to be a phenomenal place for savings.  So I suited up in my raincoat and rolled the bottom of my jeans up don't you just hate when they get wet and then your whole leg gets wet.......? and grabbed my coupon novel along with the plethora of ones I found online for Publix and ones that went with their BOGO's  of the week.  I set out in the downpour to drive to LaGrange because it was the last day of the sale and there were a lot of things we needed so I had to get there come hell or HIGH water! And high water I did see.  So I gripped the steering wheel and prayed to get to the grocery store to tell about it blog about it.  The Publix I went to, I clocked it, it 30 miles from our house.  Normally I get to LaGrange pretty quick when I go visit a friend so it is really not that big of a deal.  I have to drive no matter where I go grocery shopping.  I made a list off of their website of all of the BOGO's that I had coupons for and I set out to only get that stuff, other than milk because we needed it. 

The Tylenol was FREE and the tape was almost free.  They had a $3 coupon in the Publix coupons inside the store and $1 off online and each box is only $3.99!  Pup-Peronis are for Christmas! LOL I am really sad I did not go ahead and get the chocolate chips that were a major deal.  I have some but I will probably need more for holiday baking! Sigh.......

It is hard to read but it says I paid $37.46 and saved $74.13!

I am pleased but still not thrilled!  I know it could have been better!

A friend of mine, who has a husband and three boys to feed went yesterday and spent $29.70 and saved $124.93!!  She also said had she realized she could have saved another $13.00 on top of that! Now that is what I am talking about!  Until we meet again next time this week Publix!

Sunday

For Soup Saturday/Sunday we are having the yummy potato soup that I mentioned before from soupsanddips.com.  I went to Christmas in the South Friday just to buy some along with a couple of other fantastic flavors!  Yes I do make alot of soups from scratch but I like to have these on hand too!  I just love making soups on cold days.  I can also go about what I need to do and not have to worry about cooking and soup is loved around our house.  Hope you all have a blessed Sunday!

BOO-Tiful Treats

I have made a few Halloween treats this week!  I made the first two treats to send to work with Cas today!

Did you guess they are ghosts??  I have mad these before and I think they are so cute and they are sooo simple!  All they are is Nutter Butters dipped in white chocolate and then you use candies for the eyes.

1 pack of Nutter Butters

1 whole tray of white bark

Candies for the eyes, I used Hershey's Triple Chocolate Dessert Toppings found with Ice Cream Stuff

Tip: Instead of melting your chocolate in the microwave, because it usually burns that way, use a large pot on the stove and fill it with water. Find a glass bowl that sits down in the top without falling in.  Put your chocolate in the bowl and turn the water on to heat.  The chocolate will melt this way and not burn!

Oreo Balls

Cas's Aunt makes these and we got the recipe from her.  Super Simple!

1 pack of Oreos

1 8oz box of Cream Cheese, leave out until soft

1 package of Chocolate Bark

Any toppings of your choice or you can leave them plain (I have done them in white chocolate as well for Valentines and drizzled with pink chocolate)

Put 1 package of Oreo's in your food procceser and one box of cream cheese in with them and mix until everything is crushed and mixed together.  Roll into small balls and dip them in the chocolate and then garnish them with any seasonal topping of your choice!

I also made this cake this week to take to Jason and Renea's for dinner. Renea bought me the pumkin shaped cake an last year so I made this cute cake.  Excuse his crooked smile :/

Soup Saturdays and Sundays

I decided with Fall here and Winter coming that I would plan to make soups on Saturdays and or Sundays.  Some weekends we are gone one of the days or we are in and out.  If we are here then usually Cas is watching football and I am either on watching another t.v. or working on a project only 500 more to go!  The crock pot and I are total BFF's!  I throw food in her and she cooks for me!  She doesn't talk back or want anything except a bath in return!  So far I have made our favorite Taco Soup a couple of times, Potatoe Soup, Chicken Tortilla Soup, Chilli, and this past weekend I made Renea's vegetable stew!

Homemade Chilli with Cornbread

 

Potatoe Soup garnished with cheese and bacon bits! Delish!

I will post the recipe for Taco Soup soon! The Beef Stew I made was Renea's recipe, Cas was really wanting me to make a beef stew.  The Potatoe Soup and the Chicken Tortilla Soup come from a company online www.soupsanddips.com.  I add potatoes to the potatoe soup and add chicken to the Chicken Tortilla and add tortillla chips.  It is one of my faves as well!  I bought these at a show but you can just as easy go online and get them!  They are cheap and easy and great on a cold day!  What soup shall I cook next?

Show Us Your Life-Desserts

It is Friday again and Kelly is blogging about desserts today!  So I have a few to share!

One of our Favorites is "Better Than Sex Cake".  If you are taking it to a church function or to some older folks you might want to refer to is as "Better Than Anything Cake".

This of soo simple, did you expect anything less, ha!  So here is the run down:

1 Box of Devil's Food Cake Mix

1 Can of Condensed Milk-It calls for one but sometimes I put 1 and 1/2

Caramel Syrup-normally I buy the regular jar last time I bought the big bottle so I could put more on

Large Tub of Cool Whip-a regular size doesn't seem to cover it for me

Candy Topping-I like the Heath Bar bits but the BF doesn't so I grate the Hershey Bar

Make Cake according to directions

When it comes out poke holes all over the top

Pour Condensed Milk over it while warm and let it soak in

The add Caramel

After this has absorded into the cake then cover the whole top with Cool-Whip

Then just add your topping of choice to the top

 

Waa-Laa you have a great cake!  It tastes even better after it sits in the fridge for the night!

Here are two more I really like on my Cooking Blog.....stiiiilll to be updated! I want to redesign it!

Orange Juice Cake and Chocolate Chip Pie

Happy Friday~Enjoy!

Giveaways and Recipe

As I was "Blogging It" today I came across Angie at Bring the Rain and Kelly at Kelly's Korner are both giving away the new David Crowder Band cd!  Who doesn't love a give away?  Just this week I was downloading some of his praise songs!  I luuuv "All That I Can Say" by DCB!

Simply Mommy is giving away giftcards in support of Breast Cancer.  Go check it out!

Simplified Bee is giving away a great book on photography.....which I love!

If any of you know me you know I LUV jewelry! So of course I would love to have this necklace that Julie of Julie Ellyn Designs is giving away!

Craft Queens this giveaway will make your heart pitter patter!  The Mod Podge Rocks blog is awesome!

Also, Shannon at Bless Our Nest has a Fall giveaway as well!  I have not had any luck winning anything yet but I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Lastly I read one of my bestest friends Renea's blog all the time but she also has a cooking blog that I have linked on my cooking blog.....her cooking is way more advanced than mine.....but I read it today and found she had blogged about my birthday and the ice cream she made for me.  So you can make it too!  Please invite me if you make it! 

Berry Good

I made the bread listed in the blog below with strawberries this time and it was good as well! I think my favorite is with the bananas though. I meant to take a picture of it but forgot. :(

Going Bananas

I made some delicious Banana Bread last week. My friend Meg had it posted on her blog and had made it with strawberries in it and I intended to make it when I bought strawberries. She said some of the ladies she works with used the same recipe and used bananas! Well what do you know I had two bananas sitting on my counter that were waiting to find their purpose in life before they ended up in the trash can! So I set out that afternoon to give them a purpose and make me something yummy to eat! I made one big loaf for us and three little loaves to share! April devoured hers in the car and I took 2 to share with Renea and Jason! It is very very yummy! Strawberries are B1G1 at Winn-Dixie this week so guess what Melissa will be making???? Yep Strawberry Bread!!!! Thanks Meg for sharing this recipe!