Stretching a dollar

Hi everyone! I know I’ve mentioned that I am not a fan of Asian food. I can do sushi once or twice a year, and every time we go out…

Hi everyone! I had mentioned previously that my daughter, son-in-law, their 4 kids and Bella, their dog, had visited us for a week. Now cooking for this many people wouldn’t…

My husband had an incredible childhood. His father was an international businessman, and in the 60’s he moved the family to Brazil, where my husband attended middle school and all…

Hi everyone! We took the week off because our daughter, son-in-law, 4 kids and dog came to vacation with us for way too few days. We visited the Melbourne Zoo,…

Hi everyone! Whenever I want to make a meal special, I serve asparagus. I’m not sure what it is about the vegetable. Maybe it’s because asparagus seems to be the…

Hi everyone! I know I’ve said it before, but I love chips. I could live a very happy life eating nothing but chips. And my very favorite chip is the…

Hi everyone! Well, I have a half pound of bacon left over from the Napa Cabbage and Bacon dinner, and I’ve got a dozen eggs that I should use pretty…

Hi everyone! We’ve been really lucky with our lettuce production this summer. We’ve had many really delicious salads with a variety of dressings, vegetables and meats. However, although the lettuce…

Hi everyone! I am a fantastic pepper grower! Back when I started my garden in March, I went to Home Depot and bought some plants that were already started, along…

Hi everyone! I love holidays. I have holiday-specific socks and earrings for just about every holiday on the calendar. Being in Florida now, the socks don’t get used much, but…

Hi everyone! I love my garden. The new crop of beans is doing great, and I’ve added new lettuce to the lettuce pot. I'm getting excited to harvest them! But…

Hi everyone! 4th of July is coming soon, and we’ve been invited of our good friend’s soon-to-be world-famous enchiladas. I don’t know what they will be needing us to bring,…

Hi everyone! I’ve got quite a few hot baby bell peppers that definitely need to be used, and that means chili! Who doesn’t love a warm, spicy bowl of chili,…

Hi everyone! I know I’ve mentioned before that I live on the east coast of central Florida, and I really do enjoy the heat! However, this has been a particularly…

Hi everyone! I had mentioned before that although my cabbage did grow, I probably won’t be planting any more cabbage plants. In a garden the size of the one I’m…

I am exhausted. We just had a week of having family stay with us, and it was really fun, but very tiring. I was even too tired to go out…

Hi everyone! First an update on the garden… In the last post, I mentioned that the bean foliage was turning yellow, and no new beans were developing, and the something…

Hi everyone! Some bad news about the garden: the cucumbers won’t produce anything other than flowers, and although they are really pretty, it isn’t what I had in mind when…

Hello everyone! First an update on the garden. I got a new tomato plant, and there are a lot of tomatoes coming in. But the first couple that I picked…

Hi everyone! I don’t know if you have seen it yet, but HGTV.com is currently having a ‘Blended Burger Recipe Contest’. I'm having issues putting the website to the contest…

Hi everyone! My lettuce is officially out of control, so it will be salads for the next few days. Here are a few of my go-to dressings: Basic Vinaigrette 3…

Hi everyone! First an update on my garden: The herbs are doing beautifully. I got an additional tomato plant, and I’ve got about a dozen new tomatoes coming in. I’ve…

Hi everyone! My husband and I took a long weekend off and took a road trip to visit our son and daughter-in-law in Atlanta. Based on the mileage, the trip…

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day. We had some friends over, along with my mother-in-law. The weather was perfect to sit outside in the lanai,…

While I’m waiting for enough of my veggies to ripen, be picked and used in recipes, I still need to get some kind of vegetables on the table for dinner…

Hi everyone! Here is my latest garden update. The peas and radishes are goners. I think the peas were too crowded, and the radishes didn’t get enough sun. But the…

Hi everybody! Hope you had a wonderful Easter. We did here. We had my Mother-in-Law, two other couples and my husband and myself. I know this blog is about stretching…

Hi again, everyone. It’s me, Lesley. Here is a quick update on my garden. I’m disappointed in the radishes. I planted the radish seeds because they are supposed to be…