Browsing articles from "January, 2009"

How to Make: The Best Cheesy Potatoes

Jan. 27, 2009

I’m gonna warn you: these are super delicious, but they are kind of annoying to make– at least for me.  Mostly because I don’t like cutting the Velveeta slices and the boiling potatoes.  Anyway, the end product is well worth it. Ingredients: 6 large potatoes 1 can cream of mushroom soup 5 oz of evaporated milk 5 oz of water 1 stick melted margarine 1 lb. Velveeta cheese Directions: Peel potatoes and boil whole until [...]

How to: Make Snow Ice Cream

Jan. 21, 2009

Last year, we actually got a lot of snow, considering we live in the South, but so far, we haven’t gotten any this winter.  But last winter, I got to make some Snow Ice Cream.  I know some of you are lucky enough to be getting snow this season,so I thought I’d share the recipe with those of you who have/will be getting snow. Ingredients: 8 cups of fresh, fluffy snow.  The FLUFFY part is [...]

Making Baby Food, pt 2

Jan. 13, 2009

In this post, I talked about the financial benefits of making baby food.  Today, I’ll let you know a little of the baby food making process. So, you have to buy food: either fresh or frozen.  And then, you cook them: either by baking or steaming.  And then, you puree them in a baby food processor or a blender.  After getting the food to the right consistency, I pour the food into ice cube trays, [...]

Making Baby Food

Jan. 9, 2009

Is making baby food worth it financially? Miscellaneous Info: one ice cube=1 oz 3.5 oz = one individual pack of Gerber baby food one individual pack = $ 0.55 Abby eats about 3 packs a day, which is 90 packs a month. About a month ago at Walmart, I spent: $3.11 on one butternut squash.  It yielded 40 oz, which is equal to 11.5 individual packs.  Would’ve spent $6.33 on Gerber.  Let’s see how much [...]

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