BEDA #5 breakfast, junk mail and supper

Breakfast was Banana Pecan muffins. The recipe is from YouTube, Collard Valley Cooks. 

https://youtu.be/WhkiEbBtQqU

I recommend their channel if you’re looking for something fun to watch,  but it might be most  interesting to Southerners, and maybe not to people from other regions 

My husband got our mail today.  He opened this envelope that I would of just thrown away.

It was a survey request and had a brand new $1 bill in it.  

I still don’t like mail from things I didn’t ask for but I guess it would be a good idea to open mail, just in case.  


When our son moved,  we got their kitchen pantry, household stuff  and frozen food items,  

We’ve already used or eaten some of the things.  I especially like a huge bottle of Trader Joe Olive oil with a pour spout.  

Our supper tonight was boiled shrimp - a bag of jumbo and 1/2 a bag of medium shrimp with homemade cocktail sauce, tater tots and Cole slaw.  

It was all delicious! 

And tonight was just hubby and I here for supper.  

This is the Rubbermaid Party Platter that I use so often.  I first bought two  at a Military commissary and have since repurchased more for gifts.  

Walmart sells them too and maybe Target and other grocery chains. 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NPT8REO?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder-t1_ypp_rep_k2_1_10&amp=undefined&crid=1BC97Q9K5QMNL&sprefix=rubbermaid&th=1

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-Inc-Party-Take-Along-Platter/118084191

❤️Rhonda 

BEDA #4 Thrifty Thursday - dishwasher tips

Hello everyone 

With 7 people in our home, our dishwasher normally runs at least 2 full loads daily.  

My favorite and cheapest dishwasher detergent is the Great Value powder one.  It gets all the tea and coffee stains off of white mugs and leaves everything squeaky clean.  I fill the soap cup just half full too.  

My dishwasher requires a rinse agent.  Without it, the dishes are so wet after any cycle.  I’ve tried vinegar but it didn’t help at all and generic rinse agent didn’t help either.  

Name brand rinse agents are in small 8 ounce bottles and are about  $5 at my stores.  Then I found the huge 32 ounce bottle on Amazon for about $10.  I’ll keep buying it from Amazon if this price continues.  

I’ve discovered my dishwasher does an excellent job of cleaning everything on the speed cycle.  It’s about 60 minutes and the other cycles are 2 - 21/2 hours.  It’s kind of tricky to set the speed cycle though.  So to remind me and the others in our home,  I marked the buttons with the order to push them to run the dishwasher on the speed cycle.  

That part of the dishwasher only shows when the door is open.  So there aren’t any sharpie marks causing an eyesore in my kitchen.  

  

Thank you everyone who answered about the mystery gadget.  I’m pretty sure it is a no touch door opener. 

I had no idea.  

❤️ Rhonda