It was COLD today. It began with 1*! I promptly closed the door (after letting the Dog Norman out to do his business) and drew a hot bath with Frankincense oil … ahhhh. No work today. Not only does Frankincense relieve stress (an oil of Kings) but the whole house smells wonderful.
Part of homestead is using our food storage or as Dude says... "it costs too much to go to the store any more!" We have been pretty successful of not going to the grocery store for weekly grocery the last two weeks. I may by the end of the week but for now we are set.
Here is the rest of the week's menu form our storage and things we grow.
Tonight - Hawaiian Pork Chops. I found two thick pork chops in the freezer. We store rice and cans of pineapple. 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup soy, 1/4 cup ketchup, 3 tablespoons of cider vinegar, a 2 clove of garlic minced, mix together. Mix separate 1/2 cup water and 3 tablespoons of cornstarch. Mix both sauces together and layer all ingredients (1/2 sauce, chops, pineapple , top with remaining sauce) in the crockpot. Ready in 4 hours on high or 6 on low. Use crockpot liners to make clean-up quick.
Wednesday - Putting baked ziti in the crockpot. We store pasta , all kinds, in the pantry. We buy marinara when it is a dollar a jar (buy 10-12). We freeze cheese when it goes on sale.
Thursday - Leftovers
Friday - Fish dinner. We love fish and freeze when on sale I think we have 2 packages left of cod and whiting.
Saturday - Sweet and Sour Chicken - we raise meat hens twice a year. It is the same recipe as the Hawaiian pork chops but instead of pineapple I am adding peppers and onion plus minus the soy.
Sunday -Epiphany - Texas Chili. My nephew gifted us some Texas chili mix. We don't usually eat beef but I did find a pound in the freezer plus our dried onions, our canned black beans, and tomatoes.
I did spend time getting sewing projects ready for the year, writing in a new gratitude journal, exercise and reading.
Made meals in a jar for the pantry. Cleaned out a lot from the pantry.
Today's meal in a jar is cranberry couscous. We will make on Monday for Meatless Monday.
We had a new visitor today... A red tail hawk. Doesn't look like he's starving!
You can't go forward without acknowledging the past. Here is our 2018 review for the first 6 months.
Time to bring in more firewood and add a quilt to the bed. Sweet dreams.
peace
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