The Barecupboard Carnival

Welcome to the May 1, 2009 edition of the bare cupboard. I would like to thank all of those who submitted this week. Thank you very much Wenchypoo for your all of your wonderful tips. I am sure we all look forward to learning more from you.

desserts

Wenchypoo presents Recipe: Watchagot Cake posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

main dishes

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Cutting Food Costs: Consumers Switch To Spam posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "In defense of spam!"

Bobby presents Lasagna Roll Ups Recipe posted at Free Online Recipes Free Recipes, saying, "better than lasagna"

side dishes

Local Nourishment presents Seasonal Veggies: Chicory and Leeks posted at Local Nourishment.

tips

Jessica Nagel presents Eating Water Based Food posted at Sustainable Halo, saying, "Jessica writes about healthy eating at Sustainable Halo."

FitBuff presents First week of Raw Veggie's - Workout Recap (April 12-19, 2009) posted at FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, "I'm currently experimenting with a raw vegetarian diet, and here are some of the things I've been eating..."

Wenchypoo presents Revised: Cheap Eating with Cost-Per-Serving posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents The Meat Manifesto posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents Filling Up On Fewer Calories with Less Food—Negative Calories and Volumetrics posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents How I Create (and Re-Create) My Own Kitchen Convenience posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents Updated: Comparing the Cost of Canned and Frozen Meat to Fresh posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents Two Games You Really Don't Need posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents Frittering With Cookbooks posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket: Calculating Meat Cost Per Serving posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket: Comparing the Costs of Canned and Frozen Meats to Fresh posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents The Mighty Egg posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

Wenchypoo presents More False Economies posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the bare cupboard using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Things Kids Say

I am not sure who wrote this, but I would like to share this with you.

The teacher called on little Charlie, "Tell me what you know about George Washington. Was he a soldier or a sailor?"
"I think he was a soldier," replied Charlie.
"Why do you think he was a soldier?"
"I seen a picture of him when he crossed the Delaware and any sailor knows enough not to stand up in a rowboat."

Gobble to Goop from my son (five-years-old)- Squashed Up Bread and Sauce

If you ever want something good ask me. I have a good recipe. It is called squashed up bread and a sauce for all of you. If you have ketchup you can make a good sauce. You need oregano, garlic powder, onion powder and Italian seasoning as you like them. That is all you need. Mix the seasonings with the ketchup and just pour the sauce over the squashed up bread. The squashed up bread will be delicious. The end.

Strawberry Gelatin

Strawberry Gelatin

Dissolve 1 large package strawberry gelatin in 1 ½ cups hot water. Add 1 small can crushed pineapple -undrained- and 1 pound package frozen strawberries partially thawed.
Makes 8-10 servings.

Gobble to Goop from my son (five-years-old)- The bears and the fish

The bear was sitting in the bank. So was a 2 sitting in the side of the river bank. They used a van to get to the bank. At the bank they were catching fish with fishing poles. The end.

Peace For You

I do not know who wrote this, but I wanted to share it with you.
May today there be peace within.
May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are.
Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.

The Homesteading Carnival

Please join me today for The Homesteading Carnival. This week's edition is posted at Walking Therein, hosted by Jacque Dixon. In it you will find articles about Managing the Home Budget, Making a Beautiful Home, Crafts and Homemade, The Garden, and Recipes and more.

Super Potato Salad

Super Potato Salad

12 medium potatoes cooked with skins on
6 hard-boiled eggs
1 cup mayonnaise
½ cup plain yogurt or sour cream
1 medium onion chopped
1 ½ teaspoons mustard
2 tablespoons vinegar
½ teaspoon salt

Boil the potatoes. While they are cooking make the dressing. Peel the eggs, mash the yokes and dice the whites. Add the egg yokes to the wet ingredients, if the dressing is too thick milk can be added. Peel the potatoes and dice. Pour the dressing over the warm potatoes and add diced egg whites. Chill well. It does not taste good warm. Serves six.

The First Edition of THE BARE CUPBOARD

Welcome to the first edition of the bare cupboard.

I would like to thank Jon T. and Noel Chapman for their submissions. Please check out the rest of my blog for other recipes.

main dishes

Jon T. presents Meat Loaf Recipe posted at The Mustang Ride, saying, "Enjoy this meatloaf dish I have enjoyed time and time again."

tips

Noel Chapman presents Raising Healthy Kids~Healthy Options For Lunch Noel's Kitchen Tips posted at Noel's Kitchen Tips.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the bare cupboard using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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A New Blog Carnival- The Bare Cupboard

Today is the last day for submitting to a new Blog carnival called "The Bare Cupboard."

This is a carnival to give us all an inspiration for meals. It seems that our cupboards are always bare until we have ideas for the meals. We are all looking forward to your ideas.

Submit your blog article to the next edition of the bare cupboard using our carnival submission form.

The Homesteading Carnival THC

I really enjoyed reading all of the posts for this carnival. Thank you very much. I hope everybody had a nice weekend and are ready for the week!!!

Karen Southernbelle presents COUNTRY LIFE - Pictures, Pictures, Pictures! posted at Southernbelle, saying, "Here's a recent blog entry of spring photos around my country place."

Abi presents 3 dimensions.... posted at lighter side.

Sandy Wong presents DIY Instructions of Tabletop Garden - Bento Box Gardening on Cloud 9 posted at Gardening on Cloud 9, saying, "With an elegant garden container, 10 pots of indoor plants, moss... I've made this beautiful tabletop garden as a great home decor, table decoration, in my house..."

Lara DeHaven presents Rule Your Roost posted at Texas Homesteader.

Make it from Scratch presents Crab Stuffed Shrimp posted at Make It From Scratch.

Wendy Piersall presents Garden Craft: Plant Markers Free Pattern Download posted at Craft Jr., saying, "Thanks for considering my submission! :)"

Neighbor Nancy presents The Backyard Flock: You Can Build a Brooder posted at Recession Depression Therapy, saying, "It's time for chicks! They'll need a warm, healthy, easy to clean brooder. If I can do it, anyone can. Trust me."

The Family presents Making goat cheese and instructions/recipe posted at Once Upon a Family.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Dave Ramsey Budget: Budgeting Tips For Successful Savers posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Here are some great ways to live frugally."

Mike Lawson presents Raising Turkeys for Fun and Profit: Basic Facts and Terminology posted at The Chicken Coop.

Emma presents Easter + chocolate + kids = dilemmas for parents posted at Baby-Log.

Check out a recipe for Potato Salad I posted on one of my other blogs!

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the homesteading carnival thc using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Please note the carnival host for April 20 will be Jacque at Walking Therein.

No-bake Brownie

No-bake Brownie

1 package chocolate chips
1 can evaporated milk
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups mini marshmallows
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon flavoring

Melt the chocolate chips, evaporated milk and flavoring together. Put all but ½ cup of the chocolate mixture into the dry ingredients in a greased 9x17. Mix. Pat with greased fingers. Spread with ½ cup chocolate mixture. Refrigerate. Makes 32 brownies.

Enjoy these No-bake Brownies!!!

Tomatoes and Chives update

I have been able to cut the chives that I have moved to the window. I still have had no luck with the tomatoes. They are still green. I have been using a small space heater to try to warm up the room. It has been getting warmer outside, so the house should start warming up soon. I suppose I could also move the AeroGarden to the window. What do you think I should do?

Gobble to Goop from my son (five-years-old)- Old Wyoming

This picture was taken of a parade a long time ago. I think it was in Wyoming.

Little Kangaroo jump and play. Done. Jump like a kangaroo. Done. But a bar was in a bear's home. Meat too for the supper in a cookbook called meat, soup and ground turkey pies. And a bear was standing outside a vulture's home, which had lots of meat too. It had old dead bears that died. "I want to have some grass," said the bear. The bear was hungry. The coyote wanted to visit too. He was knocking on the door.

The End

Potato and Corn Flake Casserole

Potato and Corn Flake Casserole

1 pound sliced or diced potatoes, cooked
1 pound medium or sharp shredded cheddar cheese
16 ounce container of sour cream
1 medium finely diced onion
2 cups slightly crushed corn flakes mixed with 3 tablespoons olive oil

Layer the potatoes, sour cream, onion, and cheese. Cover with the corn flake mixture. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes. Serves four.

Tomatoes

I wish I could tell you that we are eating tomatoes. We still are not. I look at them every day and they are the same as they were last week. I think I need to find a warmer spot in the house for them. The Aerogarden does produce some heat, but things just are not growing. On the plus side I moved out the chives and the lettuce and put them in some water and set them in the window. They are now doing very well. I need to cut the chives. I would say in a couple of weeks we will be able to have some lettuce. I might just have to use a little heater to warm the room where the tomatoes are. Happy growing!!