Yep, I'm late getting this post done this week. What can I say, it has been a really busy past few days!
But I'm here now, so let's get started ...
The theme for this year is "Laser focused, hunkered down and spending as little money as possible.”
We're talking gardening, bargain shopping and pantry building and how we utilize all three to keep us fed and cared for without breaking the bank!
This just keeps getting harder and harder to do, doesn't it? I hope you will share in the comments, how you're managing. We all could use some inspiration and new ideas to consider.
In the garden: My one lone pumpkin was ready to harvest this week and I, with great pomp and ceremony, took my clippers and harvested it right off the dying vine!
I have watched and babied this one pumpkin ever since I realized that it was the only one the vines were going to produce this year.
Why all the babying? It's an heirloom pie pumpkin and I wanted to at least have one so I could save the seeds. Of course we will enjoy the pumpkin, but it was those seeds that I'm after! The variety is called 'Luxury' in case you're wondering.
I harvested our sweet potatoes and as you can see it was a small harvest.
We got these from 7 plants, so if you stop to think about it, I guess that isn't too bad.
This year was a brutal growing year for us coupled with health issues for my hubby, so we are thankful for anything that gave us a harvest.
In the kitchen: A friend shared a recipe for sausage ball muffins that were supposed to taste like sausage balls. We love sausage balls, so I was eager to try it. This recipe did not disappoint!
Here's the recipe plus a few variations ...
1 lb of sausage cooked into crumbles and drained (you can substitute turkey sausage if you prefer). If your sausage is dry, I would not drain it, meaning that if it doesn't cook out much grease, then it's dry. It is my and my hubby's opinion that for making sausage balls, the greasier the sausage the better tasting the sausage balls are. Just our opinion!
1 cup Bisquick
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (you can substitute pepper jack or other varieties of cheeses)
4 eggs
onions to taste (chopped), any variety including green, leeks and shallots. I found this addition when doing a quick search online for variations of this recipe. I didn't add onions, but I don't add them in my sausage balls either.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease a 12-cup muffin tin, I used muffin liners that I got on clearance
In a bowl whisk eggs, stir in cheese, Bisquick and sausage
Fill muffin tins 2/3 full
Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
Thrifting, bargain, and/or loss leader shopping at the grocery store, farmers market, etc: None this week!
In the Pantry: I jarred up several herbs that have been drying and added them to the medicinal part of our pantry.
In other news:
Our hearts and prayers continue to go out and up for all those who are, were and continue to be affected by Hurricane Helene. The physical and mental experiences they are enduring will shape their future decisions on preparedness in all areas of their lives. While I will be the first to say that you cannot prepare for everything, I'll also be the first to say to prepare for what you can. While there are some who say that preparedness didn't help those who lost everything in a matter of minutes, I say, 'you're right,' but to those who didn't instantly lose everything, if they had any level of preparedness their preparedness made things doable and bearable until help could arrive. It's not an all or nothing thing. We do what we can, build a community of friends and neighbors who are willing to help each other when needed and pray for God to do the rest.
In our Winter Preps Challenge we restocked our sugar supply and that really finishes up the food part of our winter preps. I also started some cider fire for the medicinal part of my winter pantry. Next up is to get some elderberry syrup made.
In my sewing this week I did a bit of prepping the drawstring bags I'm working on such as cutting, pressing and getting everything ready to sit down at the machine and sew.Those long strips lying on top of the stack are the side handles ... in case you were wondering! You can read more about this project HERE.
The introduction to our study on Martha in our Thursday ladies Bible class has been posted HERE.
In case you missed my 'Mornings' with Me' posts this week, you can find them here ...
Mornings with Me: 9/26/24
Mornings with Me: 9/25/24
Mornings with Me: 9/24/24
That's it for me this week, what has your week looked like?
until next time,
She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27
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