Saturday Fun

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Sometime late last evening the snow finally stopped falling.  I actually had a FUN day in the snow.  First of all it was kind of fun to drive to work fresh snow on the roads.  At one point the Focus felt like it was off roading in the snow. ☺

This afternoon kiddo and I headed out to the River Valley with the dog.  We spent 2.5 hours out in the snow.  Part of that was that it took longer to get any where!  There were drifts in the Valley that were 2+ feet deep and so hard that I could stand on top.

Kiddo and Dog had a great time:

Back at home we made hot chocolate and for dinner we had Turkey chili with all the trimmings; corn chips, avocado, green onions, salsa, sour cream, and sharp cheddar:

So yummy and filling.

After dinner I spent a bit of time in my craft room and assembled another A and B arc set for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.  I think I only have two more sets of these to make before next weekend!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Farewell Spring Break 2016

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Well, Spring Break is officially over and now it is back to work for the next 3 months until I start Summer Vacation....seems so ominous ☺

Since it was Sunday kiddo and I decided that it should be Awful Waffle Sunday today so I made multi grain waffles with strawberries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.  Seriously.  DELICIOUS:

Plus, there were left overs so now we have breakfast for all of this week!!!

This afternoon I decided that I really should use up the turkey in the refrigerator, so I packaged up into 1 cup portions the left over turkey and with the rest I made a Turkey Casserole for dinner:

YAY!!!  Dinner this week as kiddo is back to school and extra curricular activities and somehow I am working 5 days straight this week!

After walking the dog and getting kiddo off to bed, I finished the latest sock that I am working on for hubby.  Used a different brand of yarn than I had for his socks previously, so when I verified this sock against his foot I had to take down several rows.  Here is one sock done:

It's a PERFECT fit.  Go figure..  The yarn is from Biscotte Yarns.  I do not know the color as I think I got it a while ago, but I still think it is awesome!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

A Non-Productive Day????

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Well, I had big plans for today, okay well not really, but probably bigger than what I did accomplish.

After breakfast I took a nap with kiddo (he got up way too early after going to bed late last night).  Had left overs for lunch and spent the afternoon watching various episodes of sitcoms and educational shows on television.

Whilst doing that I did do some knitting and finished putting the binding on the baby quilt I made for one of my physician colleagues.  I had the quilt sent out to a new friend for long arming so that I could get the quilt done on time because as usual I started this project later than I should have.  Here is the completed quilt:

 A close up of the bunny print:

 A view of the backing:

Dinner was left over turkey transformed into a casserole:

Now off to watch a movie with my son.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Oh S"crap"! It's Monday...

Hello Internet Friends. 
Today was that dreaded return to work day.  However, I actually was looking forward to returning to work.  I kind of missed my colleagues and the patient's that I see and did wonder how they were doing over Christmas so it was nice to get back and catch up with everyone today : )

Now, of course the age old question starts!  What's for dinner?

Well there was some left over turkey that I had tossed in a freezer bag in the freezer the other day and two assorted bags of broccoli in the refrigerator, so I made my usual last of the turkey casserole:

- fill bottom of casserole with left over chopped turkey
- top with vegetables, I used broccoli, carrots, onions, and celery
- add 1 1/2 cups rice
- mix together one can of cream soup (mushroom, chicken, I've even used cheddar) with 1 soup can of milk, 1 chicken bouillon cube, 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup mayonaisse
- add salt, pepper, garlic powder, some bbq powder as well and what ever else you have that you want to
- Bake for one hour at 350F covered, then bake for 15 minutes more with cover removed.
We had this along with a green salad.
While this was baking lunch bags were unpacked, homework was completed along with piano practice and now off to play some Wii before bed!
Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Crock Pot Turkey

It may not be Thanksgiving Day here, but it is somewhere else, and besides it's still a month til Christmas turkey!

Today, I decided I would pull out my ever favorite dinner tool; my crock pot and make Turkey for dinner in the crock pot.

There are a lot of different ways to do this I have found online, so with the ingredients I had I made:

I used one frozen Turkey breast (I got mine fresh at Costco, then froze it), 1 can of cranberry sauce, 1/2 cup water, and 1 package of onion soup mix.

Place the frozen Turkey breast in the slow cooker, mix the remaining ingredients together and pour over.  Cook on low, mine was probably cooking for close to 11 hours by the time we got home, boiled potatoes, steamed broccoli, made a salad, and gravy from a package.

Delicious.

Turkey sandwiches tomorrow!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

What's For Dinner?

Again, with this question!!!  What is wrong with my family?

This evening, I went all out...., no really, I found at Costco this weekend a really big bag of zucchini that I could not leave behind (you know how it is when you shop there)!

Well, another question.... what to do with it now?  Tonight, I made dinner with it.

I used this Zucchini Pizza Casserole Recipe, and it was awesome.  I especially loved the carbohydrate content of this recipe.  I switched the ground beef ( : (( ) for ground turkey, and it tasted awesome.  Left overs for tomorrow ; )

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Thank Goodness It's Thursday!

This has been a really long week, and it's not over yet!!!!!

Yesterday evening after my son's swimming lesson and eating the last of the "left overs" I realized there was nothing for dinner tonight, and unless I wanted to be cooking this evening after riding, I better do something about this.

While looking through my cupboards the other day for something (?) I stumbled across one of my  Pampered Chef cookbooks with a recipe for a very quick and tasty (as I now know) turkey chilli.

This is dinner along with toasted bread (yes the one that was almost lost in the fire of the other day).

Yummy for  a really cold day like today!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Left Overs Day ???? +1

Okay, so by this evening, I really have a left overs festival for you.  We leave back for Canmore tomorrow, and I still have left over turkey etc., in the refrigerator.  Now, if you know me, you will know I believe in the "waste not" principle.
This "casserole" for lack of a better word uses some more of the left over turkey, the rest of the mashed potatoes, and veggies, cut up celery, onions, an instant package of rice, the remainder of the sour cream in the refrigerator, the last of the ranch flavor salad dressing, and the remainder of the cheese.  Stir this all together and spread out in a casserole dish.  But Wait!  There are three flavors of potato chips in different bags around the villa, so I crushed them up and poured over top.
Bake at 350 F until the food reaches 75 degrees C, (my food thermometer only measures in C) and serve with a fresh green salad.  Not bad really, give it a try with your leftovers and see!

|Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Left Overs Day ????

Okay, so I know most of you including myself are sick of looking at that turkey from Tuesday sitting in the fridge....

So, when I asked the family if they were ready for left overs yet again this evening when we got back from skiining Fairmont, the looks that I got were hilarious to say the least.

Hmmmm, what to do?

I made a salad out of the left over cranberries (from Santa's cookies), most of the left over fresh veggies in the refrigerator, and of course the formidable turkey!

Served with some garlic toast straight out of the oven, it was a nice break from left over potatoes, stuffing, boiled veggies and turkey.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Oh S"crap"! It's Monday...

Okay, so who is sick of that turkey by now??  I know I am.  

This casserole is my last attempt at getting rid of that stuff.  Here is the recipe:

Turkey Broccoli Casserole:

4 cups chopped up left over turkey

1 can cream of chicken soup

4 cups of broccoli (fresh or frozen)

1 package chicken flavored rice 

1 1/3 cups of milk

1 cup chicken broth

3/4 cup mayonnaise

1 cup chopped celery

1 chopped onion

1 can chopped water chestnuts

Mix all ingredients together.  Bake at 350 F for 1 hour in a casserole dish.  Sprinkle French Fried Onions on top and bake another 10 minutes.  Enjoy!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Canning Soup

Today I began to use up the left over turkey.

What better way to use it and the broth up?  Turkey soup!

The broth and left over turkey meat were combined with tomatoes, carrots, onion, and celery, and a wee bit of sea salt.

I boiled it up, added to jars, and then processed for 10 minutes in boiling water.

Easy Peasy.  When it's time to use I will bring this mixture to a boil and add either pasta, rice, or potatoes and boil for 10 minutes and have a hearty soup for dinner quickly.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy