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If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

March meals and other home things

I made this list for the fridge,  it’s my version of menu planning.
After we shopped,  I wrote down meals I could think of that could be prepared with ingredients we have on hand.  
I don’t think I’ll cook all these things in March but this gives me a daily aid to decide what to cook as the month goes on.  




One of the first meals of the month was a whole chicken cooked in the crockpot.  I just put the plain whole chicken with onion and celery scraps in the crockpot and covered it with water.  It cooked about 5-6 hours. 
The chicken was so moist and tender 😋




If you want good broth,  make your own. 
That simple cooking method made the best, flavorful chicken broth and it wasn’t full of salt like most canned varieties.  




With that broth and some of the chicken,  I cooked a bag of noodles in the broth and added diced potatoes, chicken and some frozen vegetables.
It was so good with the homemade broth and made 3 meals for us.  



This shrimp is from Aldi and I think it’s ones of their special items and not something they will carry all the time.  It was $4.79 at my Aldi. 
I cooked it just like the package said and served it on top of hot rice. 
It was just delicious and tasted like a good restaurant meal.  

If you like an easy meal every so often, we highly recommend them.
It’s also nice to find convenience foods that aren’t just highly processed too.  



BEFORE 
In February, I did a few organizing tasks.  
The silverware drawer was so full and very unorganized.  I really had just got frustrated with it wasn’t even trying to keep it organized. 
And sorry about the horrible photo quality ........


AFTER

After a lot of downsizing,  this drawer is functional and not frustrating anymore,  
Having dividers helps but I think the real key to organization is not having too much stuff.  


SEWING 

Am I the last seamstress to make one of the quick table runners?  I think they are called 20 minute runners and there are tutorials all over Pinterest and YouTube.  I made this one for Valentine’s Day.  
If a person can follow directions and sew on any level, they could successfully sew up this runner.  




I was scrolling through Instagram one morning while grandson JJ sat by me.  
He got bug-eyed when this photo came by and said 
“That’s not right, that’s just cray-cray” 

I think this little terrarium is rather cute and shows it’s OK to just use what you have.  



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Hope you all have a great week ❤️



12 comments:

  1. I need to check that shrimp out the next time I go to Aldi. That sounds yummy.
    I so need to clean the kitchen drawers - thanks for the incentive.
    I love the menu ideas - helps keep yourself motivated.
    Have a good week.

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    1. Hi Cheryl. We really enjoyed the shrimp and I bought more. I’m already looking forward to an opportunity to cook it again.

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  2. I love to make my own broth. so much beater than canned or boxed. Love that you are posting more.

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    1. I think it’s cute too but 5 year old JJ didn’t.
      It might be a fun prank on April 1 to get a thrift store carafe and plant a terrarium in it and switch it out with the real coffee pot 😂😂😂 but only temporarily if you live with serious coffee people.

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  4. Your chicken and the chicken noodle dish look really good. Though I don't eat it, nice to know that Aldi has wild-caught seafood now. I like their organic line of foods. A terrarium in a coffee pot...hmm! Though that's a great way to re-use something and would probably look cute in a kitchen.

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  5. Thank you for the chicken recipe!
    I never tried that, but will do it this weekend.
    Always happy to see your posts. : )

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  6. That's an unintimidating way to plan your meals; there is room to move around because you are stuck with a decision that you made at the start of the week. Thanks for sharing! I think I'll adopt that method,hmm, if you don't mind...

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  7. Ooops. *... you are NOT stuck with a decision...

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  8. I love the idea of the list so sat down and made my own list. This will be a great help to move some things out of the freezer not to mention easy meal planning. Thanks!

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  9. Stopping by for a visit. Great dresses for the dolls! I see vegetarian is out. We went right back to meat after the vegan thing, however, Bali and I are on the vegan kick again and he's losing a lot of weight. I was and then I got into the creamers and sugar and not having much success. Sigh. Love your blogs, they make me happy.

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