In the Kitchen Today

Chocolate chip cookies with leftover Christmas smarties

I sure bounce around a lot, don't I? I planned to continue organizing and cleaning up my Craft room but that didn't happen. I started this morning by driving to Costco for the bakery pick-up. When I got back I went straight to the kitchen to make my breakfast and then I started to bake some cookies. I knew I had some smarties left from Christmas that the boys hadn't found, so I decided to use some of them up.  I finished up the last of the walnuts that I buy in bulk and keep in the freezer so they last longer, and I used butter flavoured  shortening instead of using up my margarine. Afterwards, since the oven was already preheated, I decided to make some doggie biscuits because we were almost totally out.  My husband needed to pick up a couple of prescriptions in Amerstview so off we went. One prescription is not covered by the government's prescription plan and his retirement drug plan does not cover 100% of the cost of this drug, so we needed to pay $10 for his pain medication. I did some shopping at Shopper's Drug Mart for milk, bread,  and eggs because they have the best prices for all three of these basics. And while I was there I discovered some packages of spaghetti that were being clearanced for $1 each. This is not the best price for pasta but I am out currently, and I have not found any good sales on pasta for quite some time now. The total expenditure for these groceries was $16.50  I also put $50 of gas in the gas tank but that comes from a different fund. 

SDM grocery trip

The pea soup and chicken veggie soup that I made at the beginning of the week has lasted us all week for lunches. Tonight I am warming up some leftover boiled potatoes from a couple of different meals, by roasting them in olive oil and my homemade Ragin' Cajun seasoning. Along with that, I will heat up some Highliner fish fries from the freezer and some frozen veggies.  I haven't done anything crafty for a couple of days now, so I may start another knitted dishcloth after supper. Have a great weekend everyone. Be safe and stay warm.