I am going to try out my new pressure cooker with some dry beans and ham and tasso. I hope it turns out good. I will have a small cornbread with it.

Supper will be shepherd's pie, steamed green beans with red peppers, and spinach salad. Probably yogurt with cherries added for dessert.

Nicole, Yasso bars? I love the mint chocolate chip!

Today Krogers is giving them away free if loaded to your card. I hope they haven't run out! I'd like to try them.

We have been running all day, Dr.appt, grocery shopping, to the mall to take advantage of a couple good buys, and also picked up a supply of seed and peanuts for the birds. Dh just informed me that supper would be "quick and easy". When he says that, it means that he will be happy with cold cereal and peanut butter toast. I won't argue, 'cause I am tired. There is a package of brown 'n serve breakfast sausages in the freezer. I will add that to the table. Later, I think we will try the apples that we got today at the grocery store.

Leftover Linguine with Clam Sauce that I made Saturday with a big green salad. No dessert as there are plenty of carbs in the meal.

We are having shrimp and veggies, fruit of some kind.

I picked up free Skippy PB and the Yasso bars today at Dillons. They still has plenty left and you are able to use the coupon for 2 weeks.

Meatball sub casserole

Salad

Turkey breast, creamed spinach and a baking powder biscuit. I always buy a turkey breast. One Thanksgiving dinner is never enough! I don't know what possessed me to buy a 6 1/2 pounder though. We'll have plenty now!

Red beans and rice with ham bone.

Pork enchiladas and homemade refried beans.

Tamale pie and a Mexican influenced salad of greens, corn, tomatoes, jicama, avocado and a lime/jalapeno/cilantro dressing. The salad and dressing is a recipe I found on the internet and this will be the first time making it.

nicole, you are the queen of bargains. I want to hang out with you!

Bobbi....lol AND he's picking up a REDBOX video rental for .15cents. Use code Happy15DVD

He got choc chip cookie dough Yasso bars. Yum!

Well, I had a slice of apple pie around 4:00, then stood in front of the fridge, gazing. Had a nibble of cold stuffing and the same of cold green bean casserole. Needless to say, I wasn't very hungry!

I had made a tomato/chicken/cabbage recipe in the slow cooker, and today with most of it eaten, we added some ingredients to extend it. It became different enough that we don't mind eating it again, and also tastes pretty good!

I put a chicken in the rotisserie a while ago and will baste it with herbed butter as it's cooking. A multi-grain pilaf and roasted Brussels sprouts, too.

I am starting to think maybe we should have gone out to eat. I took what I thought was chili out of the freezer Saturday night. Tonight I opened it and it is baked beans. So I thought what will I make now. I made Lipton noodle soup knock off with extra noodles and I will make grilled cheeses with it. DH isn't here yet and since I never ate dinner I thought I would have just a little of it. I always put cinnamon in my CN soup. Well it didn't look very dark to me and I figured it was ginger instead right away. Yes I was right. I had to get that out of there. Good thing it was thick so I could just take the noodles off that it was on. Then I put some cinnamon in it, and I could taste the ginger just slightly.

Today I started putting some of the baskets together that I need for Friday. I also made another pan of bars and this caramel sauce from GeniusKitchen.

READY IN: 15mins

YIELD: 2 1/2 cups

UNITS: US

Ingredients Nutrition

• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Directions

1. Combine butter, brown sugar, water, and salt in a medium sauce pan, over medium heat, stirring constantly.
2. Bring to boil for 3 to 5 minutes depending upon thickness desired.
3. Remove from heat and stir in evaporated milk and vanilla/

I boiled it for 5 minutes. If you want a thinner sauce you don't boil it as long. It turned out really good. I put some in a 1 cup jar and stacked 2 red delicious apples on top of it and then put the cellophane on it. I had seen this at a bake sale 2 weeks ago. I thought it was a cute idea/

Last of the cornbread dressing, gravy and turkey all mixed together. Dessert is long gone, so got into the Harry and David's Peppermint Bark........just a little . Worked outside today cleaning flower beds, so I was HUNGRY!

Shrimp gumbo.

Cheeseburgers grilled out.

I officially love my new pressure cooker. I bought it for one specific reason. You cook dry beans with no soaking, in 30 to 40 minutes. I had to see it to believe it. They were some of the best beans I have made. Anasazi beans with onion and garlic and ham and tasso with a little tomato. Fantastic. I did them for 40 minutes actual cooking time, I would probably go 45 next time but I like my beans easily smashed.