I neglected to post the menus and I didn't even make a grocery list from the menus because I knew what I wanted and how I planned to make the meals, and then realized that sure wasn't helpful. So, here's the menus for this week: Triple C Soup (Cabbage, Carrots + Cannellini) Ocean SOS (Shrimp On Seashells) in a Lemon Dill Sauce w/ Sprouts Chickpea Casserole (Chickpeas, Carrots and Spinach with Chicken) Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchiladas (using Egg Wraps instead of Tort

Every year it's the same. We don't have enough water. It's way too hot. Everything is all dried out. The fire danger is in the red zone. Then...let's set off fireworks on the dry grass and desert sage. Oh say what?? !! There's a fire? No, there's a dozen fires. Sheesh. You'd think they would do something different. You'd think that. But they don't. I know they tried. For the big fireworks show they started out with drones and that was really cool. It cut down on all the loud

Yes, this seems to be my week for problems. I still haven't gotten my phone/camera to be able to share pictures or download pictures to my laptop. I really have to have that going on. My laptop is where I will polish up pictures, edit videos, be able to upload pictures and/or videos to websites, like this one. I never had any problems doing this in the past. It's a new thing that started with the most recent Microsoft updates. This weeks' menus has also turned out to be a bi

There is a fruit stand, produce market, farmer's outlet, whatever it is called just a 2 block walk from my place. I love that. They regularly have a 'dollar table' where they bag up produce that is on it's last leg and sell it for only $1. It's a good deal even if the items are less than perfect. Over ripe bananas make good banana bread, they are super sweet. Mangos that have gotten a bit too soft are great, that's the way I like them. Soft apples make pretty good apple crisp

Finally getting back on schedule. Well, at least for the menus and shopping. Groceries coming early Thursday morning. Menus all planned out on Wednesday morning. And here they are: Butter Chicken on Brown Rice with Sweet Peas Sweet Potato and Black Bean Bowls with Lime (Caribbean Style) Teriyaki Salmon, Baked Potatoes with the fixins, and Green Beans Red Pepper and Cashew Pasta with Cauliflower Yes, I'm still making up stuff. LOL. The weather here has been all over the pl

Still having internet issues so no promises on this post, but going for it anyway. And how's YOUR day going? I so almost all my shopping online. For clothing, for garden supplies, for critter food, for my food, for household supplies, all of it is ordered online. I have had some troubles with that of course, often getting a message telling me that an item is unavailable or finding out it has a ginormous shipping charge attached to it. The problem with ordering clothing online

I have a bunch of those little OUI jars done and I think they are just so cute. You cannot microwave them unfortunately, but they are good for everything else. Anywho, I am making up recipes again. This time I am attempting to incorporate super foods into every single day of the week so I am grabbing those super foods that sound tasty to me and adding them up together and trying to come up with a complete 'dish'. I started with this: A salad made with Arugula (Rocket) as the

I am super conservative when it comes to spending money. I am constantly figuring out ways to save money, to spend less (is that the same thing?) to maintain a tight budget. This applies to everything; clothes, furniture, linens, shoes, socks, office supplies, craft items, and of course food. So I have been doing some comparison 'looking' before shopping. Now that Amazon has food beyond that expensive stuff at Whole Foods, ie: their own brands and stuff, and they offer free