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Monday… stew with cornbread

Tuesday… hopefully leftover stew for matt and kids… I’ll be at FLO! I have to take a dessert… maybe these:

FESTIVE CARAMEL BARS
32-36 Individually wrapped caramels
2/3 C. Evaporated milk
1 C. Flour
1 C. Oats
1 C. Nuts (I used chopped pecans)
1/2 C. Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 tsp. Salt
1/2 C. Melted Butter
1.5 C. M&Ms

1. Combine unwrapped caramels and milk in heavy saucepan.

Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until caramels are melted.

2. Combine flour, oats, nuts, brown sugar, soda and salt in a bowl;

add melted butter, mixing until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Reserve 1 C. of mixture and press remaining mixture into bottom of

a greased 9X13. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

3. Sprinkle 1 C. M&M’s on partially baked crust. Pour caramel mixture

over M&Ms. Sprinkle reserved crumb mix and remaining 1/2 C. M&Ms

on top. Continue baking for 20-25 minutes.

4. Cool slightly and chill for 30 minutes. Cut into bars.

Wednesday… tuna on wheat toast (matt’s request)

Thursday… Baked chicken and dressing… baked pot. … carrots

Friday… taco soup

Emelia came home from school early today. She called from school because she had a temperature. She ended up sleeping almost all day. I had a weird piercing sinus headache and Izzy didn’t seem like herself either.

Amanda is all signed up and scheduled to take her ACT in December. She was very sick the day she was supposed to take it. She has decided to apply to OU and is planning to room with her friend from school. I like this friend and they are both very studious so I think it’s a good plan. Senior year is crazy! Yearbook $80. Each ACT pop is over $50. Cap and Gown $200. Senior pics $100 so far. College Apps. $40 and up. It’s something every few days!

We had a meeting last night about our monthly “for ladies only” service. This month we’re giving away turkeys to single moms. So we discussed collecting and distrubuting the turkeys. We serve dinner to any ladies (and their kids) who attend the service. I look forward to it every month. Bailey is going to help collect turkeys and then carry them to cars for the ladies.

Here are the instructions:

1. Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2. Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3. Put in red any items that you would never consider eating.
4. Optional extra: Post a comment here linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (I'm counting Alligator, which I've had several times!)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (Nothing like 'em!)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (Ew!)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche (Oh yeah, baby!)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (in college!)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (Deer that's been accidentally run over)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox (What's a Saturday morning without this?)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Eeek, I've only eaten 24 of them.
And maybe on a VERY adventurous day, I'd try one or two of the others.
But in most cases ?
I'm strictly a meat and potatoes and junk food girl with an occasional fruit or veggie thrown in to pacify the food pyramid police :)

And YOU ?

recipe

I made the mexican lasagna last night.
It made so much!
I made two huge pans of it and hope everyone is up for leftovers. I may freeze one.

amazing race

You know what is aggravating?
I tivo'd amazing race last night, well Sunday night.
The news ran late and so only half is recorded!
UGH!

debate

So, the debate is tonight.
Palin and Biden are going head to head.
Who's your favorite?

dinner.

What's for dinner tonight?
I'm making burgers.
I am running out of creativity.