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

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

Friday, June 12, 2020

June Homemaking #4- sewing, a frog and a Stromboli




This weeks finished sewing so far- 
16 off white napkins
9 checkerboard napkins
4 kitchen towels
All made with fabric on hand that I got who knows where 



All will be used in my kitchen 




Can you see the tiny tree frog sitting on top of this ceramic tile sign?  
At first I thought it was a leaf and almost brushed it off.  
He was sitting on top of the outdoor smoker last week.  






Homemade Stromboli by my daughter and son in law 



 "we just rolled the dough out on the counter, put on sauce, cheese and toppings, then you roll it up like a cinnamon roll.  Seal the edges and the end and put it on a baking sheet.  I brushed the outside with an egg wash and sprinkled with garlic powder and Italian seasoning.  Then I baked it for 10 minutes at 500°, then for about 15 minutes at 375°."


Covid cases are going crazy in our little town- 25 new positives in the last 2 days- 
I thought we were almost in the clear but apparently we are not.  
I’ll just keep staying home and taking all the precautions we know to do.  

Let’s stay home ❤️ 🏠❤️
Rhonda  

Monday, June 8, 2020

June homemaking #3 - just a jumble of stuff

Good morning 🌞

First, here is my new to do list 


I’ve been busy already and have walked and weeded and have a red, sweaty face to show for it 



My husband picked a few edibles this morning 


And he picked up our weekly Walmart
It’s not much but we had plenty of other stuff on hand.  Not shown- 3 boxes of Great Value ice cream sandwiches already in the freezer 


I’ve talked about zinnias many times. I’m so happy this batch of  volunteer zinnias in a front flower bed are starting to bloom. 
I didn’t plant this batch this year,  they grew from seeds spread from last year’s zinnias. 



He’s a little late but one solitary Easter lily is also blooming in that front bed 


Here’s a quick meal a put together in about 10 minutes.  Our oldest and 2 grandsons were here one day helping with a backyard irrigation pump (in the end it didn’t work though and the pump is going back to Amazon)
The veggie tray was already made and the onions cut up.  
I took 2 packs of franks and 1 pack of buns from the freezer- cooked the franks in water on the stovetop and toasted the buns in the broiler.  



We ate on the patio and there were no leftovers except chips.  
We have enjoyed so many meals on the patio this spring but summer heat is here now and we probably won’t be eating out there much at all.  

I hope you all are fine. 
I must confess I have had some “down” days,  just feeling so bad about so many things.  
But staying busy helps much more that just sitting so that’s my plan.  

❤️ Rhonda 







Tuesday, June 2, 2020

June Homemaking #2 - vegetables

Hello everyone,  
Today I prepared vegetables to eat today and to have for meals during the week.  



I made more pico de Gallo as there were some tomatoes in the fridge that needed to be used and we have cilantro growing in the backyard.  
My husband ate some with chips for an afternoon snack. 



I used all the chopped onions I showed last week so I chopped more today. 
I also fixed a simple crudités platter for lunches and snacks. 



A very simple dip to eat with those vegetables- about a cup of nonfat Greek yogurt and 2 teaspoons of dry Ranch mix.  

All these veggies made me want veggie soup so I made a half pot full of  basic veggie soup with ingredients on hand


It was carrots, onions, celery, cabbage, a few new potatoes, frozen green peas and corn —the wet ingredients were a 8 ounce can tomato sauce,  a 16 ounce can diced tomatoes and enough water to make it all soupy.  The seasoning was 2 tablespoons of dry onion soup mix, salt and pepper.  
We enjoyed it very much even if it was 88 degrees outside.  

What did you all cook today? 

❤️ Rhonda 

Monday, June 1, 2020

June homemaking #1 - to do list and a link to a good recipe



Good afternoon 🌞 
What a weekend, right?  And that’s all the political talk you will read from me.  
This is a homemaking and family blog only.  




 
I didn’t take a photo because it’s not a photogenic dish but I made LiteCraving’s 
Copycat Panda Express Chow Mein.  ◀️ Click on the blue words to go directly to original recipe 
and it’s really good!  I made it like the recipe except I cut up a head of cabbage instead of using a bag of cole slaw.  The only really odd ingredient is the sesame oil and I think it could easily be left out.  I couldn’t even taste it anyway.  Next time,  I’d like to add carrots and maybe mushrooms.  

Hope you all are fine 
❤️Rhonda 


Saturday, May 30, 2020

May News #11 weekend reading

Posting about noteworthy internet things for Weekend Reading is something Terri  @ Blue House Journal and Down To Earth  do and I’m going to share one to start.  
Like Merchant Ships  was one of the first blogs I ever read.  Meridith was the author and she published between 2005-2010.  She lived a very frugal life and did it with much beauty and class. 


She doesn’t seem to be still be blogging but does very occasionally post a link on Tumblr and that is linked in my favorites in the sidebar here. 
Meredith has beautiful photos and isn’t long winded so it’s easy to read her blog like a magazine.  I think most of her ideas are timeless too.  
I find her very inspirational and just pleasant to read.  

Look up  
Like Merchant Ships - I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.  

Do any of you know if she is still online anywhere? 



It’s been a busy week here.  Grandchildren were here lots while one of their parent’s  had outpatient surgery and is recovery very nicely now.  

We had fun going on walks,  making lots of Perler bead things and eating most meals on the patio.  

I’m afraid I let them use devices quite a bit too but I do monitor what they’re playing. 

3 little boys all clean after evening showers 


Yesterday was just my husband and I.  
I made some fresh salsa- or pico de gallo 
I used grape tomatoes because they were on sale and have lots of flavor, garlic powder, red onion, fresh jalapeño, fresh cilantro  and lime juice.  


The tomatoes are a bit tedious to chop but with a sharp knife, it goes fast.  
There are no specific amounts - I used 2 boxes of tomatoes, about 2/3 onion, all of the jalapeño (it was a mild one) and all the cilantro in the photo.  Then add garlic salt and lime to taste,  

We had it was a pantry meal - what we call nachos.  
Spread refried beans on tortilla chips, tostado shells or taco shell broken in half.  Top with jalapeños as desired and grated cheese as desired.  
Bake at 400 degrees until hot. 
Last night we used jarred nacho cheese sauce instead of fresh cheese and it was delicious. 


Serve with fresh salsa and it was so good! 

This is a quick meal when you need to feed people and don’t want to serve meat or don’t have meat thawed out.  


Hope you all have  a nice weekend 
❤️ Rhonda