Would turn into this!
Mitchell and I have been trying to focus on emergency preparedness and budgeting recently. One of the lessons I have learned through experience is that planning ahead can really cut costs. This month I am going to make a conscious effort to plan meals ahead of time and make one trip to the grocery store per week. If I do this our grocery bill is considerably less than when I go to the store before preparing every meal. Not to mention that it saves massive amounts of time! Monday I decided to plan the week's meals and make a grocery run. I asked Mitchell for input on the kinds of things he would like to eat this week. He came up with fish and roasted vegetables, clam chowder and sourdough bread. Then he threw me a curve ball. His exact words were "something creative with pork and beans." Huh? Something creative? Are we talking sculpture? Modern art? How about pork and bean muffins? They were really good! Find the recipe here:
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In other news, the semester is really coming to a close. There is only one week left of instruction, then finals. Wahoo! Mitchell will be graduating in 16 days! It is a little anti-climatic though, because a week later he starts right in on his Master's degree. I am getting excited about going to Peru. I met with a group of students and an instructor who are going to Ecuador today. We worked out details of the health fairs that we will be putting on in the respective countries. I am excited to use the skills I have worked hard to obtain, both in nursing and in the Spanish language, to bless the lives of those who are in need. Life is wonderful!
3 comments:
Wow! They look really good. Leave it to Mitch to think of something challenging yet odd. :) I can say that as his sister! So, another recommendation I might make is that I often make two meals and freeze one as it is very cost effective as well. Keep inspiring me to get my food storage and preparedness done!
Looks like you also have food photo skills. I was impressed with how you arranged the ingredients for the the picture. When I worked at the WIC clinic, we used to make fudge from pinto beans, so nothing surprises me anymore.
oh wow that really does look good
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