Corn Chowder Crockpot
6 slices bacon cut into small pieces
2 Cups potatoes, diced (you can peel them if you want)
2 10-oz. pkgs. Frozen corn kernels (or 2 cans)
1 Can cream-style corn
1 Medium onion, chopped
1 Rib celery, chopped
1 Small red or green pepper, diced
NOTE: I add 1 can of chicken broth. If I want to thicken it a little, I will add a few instant mashed potato flakes.
In a skillet, fry the bacon until it is crisp. Remove the bacon, save the drippings.
Add the onion and potatoes to the drippings and saute to soften. Drain.
Put everything in the crock pot; stir well. Cover. Cook on Low setting for 4 to 7 hours. If it looks to thick - add water or chicken boullion/broth. If it looks to think, stir in a few instant potato flakes.
Carrots with Herbs and Apricots 6 Servings
Note: Goes great with baked or grilled fish
8 Carrots, sliced
9 dried Apricots, sliced or chopped
1 TBSP Butter or Margarine
1 TBSP Brown Sugar
1 TSP Dill or Dill Weed
1/2 TSP crushed Fennel seed
1/8 TSP Ground Mustard
Cover carrots and apricots with water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Cover and cook until carrots are tender but still crisp (about 5-8 minutes depending on thickness). Drain. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until butter is melted.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
First Week in November - The Flock Is Flocking!
First of November I woke to 71 degrees – leg and hip moving pretty good – managed to get the laundry done before they started giving me trouble. Turkey leg in the crock pot had the RV smelling like Thanksgiving! Put it in the crock pot with a wild rice/brown rice mix, added some walnuts and cranberries - I'm such a gourmet!
Kathy sent me some tourist magazines and info from Iowa – guess it is time to start planning my day trips for next summer! I know Bea will be sooo happy when I tell here where WE are going!!
76 degrees, sunny and muggy on the 2nd of November! Been sleeping lots better. Wake up about 1 AM - take some advil or aspirin and end up sleeping til nearly 7:30! YIPPEE!! Rest is good!
Met Donna for lunch at Apple Dumplin'. 1/2 of an egg salad sandwich and cup of baked potato soup! OK, so most folks don’t go out for lunch to order egg salad – but I love egg salad! Brought an apple dumplin' home for supper. Price is still $2.75 but they seem to be getting smaller every time!
Stopped at the veggie stand and pick up stuff for soup - cold front's comin'! Corn chowder in the crock pot. Still warm enough for Li’lBit and me to spend the afternoon outside.
Thursday 57 degrees - wind started blowing about 2 AM and really blew! Had to get up and close my vents and windows and find a blanket! It is NOT January and I refuse to turn on the furnace, so I baked a pie, put a chicken casserole in the oven, baked a batch of cookies and put a pot of soup on the stove! Good thing I have a bigger freezer in this new refrig so I can freeze some of this stuff! If it's still chilly tomorrow, I'm going to run out of freezer space!
Got a little rain but just enough to streak the windshields! Looking to the north, if I was further north, I'd think we were in for a hellofa snow storm - huge dark 'blue-norther' coming in - doubt there will be any snow when it gets here! Winds are still going 20-30mph. Have my hoodie on. Heard on the news there was a horrible apartment fire in Rockport – buildings totaled and 2 deaths. The winds just took control of the blaze. How very sad!
Went out to get the space heater from the under-compartment and take off the empty propane tank (the one I thought I had filled before I went to Iowa in the spring!) SURPRISE…when I disconnected the propane tank, it felt too heavy to be empty. Put it back in place, hooked it up again – hhhmmmm… it’s nearly full! Guess there was something wrong with the connection.
Got a little drafty around the new fridge. There is about 1” top and bottom that has direct flow to the outside thru the refrigerator vent. I cut a piece of gray foam pipe wrap to fit there - will put it in at nite or when it is really windy from the north.
Typical Texas gulf coast day - cooked all morning to warm the place up. Then, by afternoon I had the door and a window open!
Friday Li'lBit and I didn't get out of bed until 8AM and probably not then except Holly was scratching in the kitty litter! Tinga was a good girl and keeping quiet until she heard me ask Li'lBit if it was time to get up and then she starting wanting to 'come out' and mimicing my morning cough. She has that cough down pat. Tested out the furnace to make sure it works. It does.
What a difference an hour makes – went into town with a jacket - came home and opened the door and a couple of windows! What a difference a month makes – my electric bill was over $50 less this month than last month!
Saturday was the welcome back supper at the park. Tony and Allison provide some really yummy brisket, potato salad, pinto beans and dessert.
Sunday church, laundry, and ice cream social. Rough life here in the RV park! Before I went to bed I turned my clocks back (!) and put a turkey leg in the crock pot on low with some left over broth I had in the freezer. Diced up a little onion and grated a carrot or two and added that. When I woke up Sunday AM, the place smelled wonderful. Dumped a box of stove-top style stuffing mix in the broth before I went to church. Came home, opened the door and it smelled like a holiday! Immediately went to the fridge, took out some cranberries and mixed them with a little orange and sugar and put them on the stove. Oh, how wonderful it smells in here today!
Daily more and more are coming in – ‘the flock is flocking’ – nice to see the familiar faces. Praying for safe travels to all the others enroute!
Kathy sent me some tourist magazines and info from Iowa – guess it is time to start planning my day trips for next summer! I know Bea will be sooo happy when I tell here where WE are going!!
76 degrees, sunny and muggy on the 2nd of November! Been sleeping lots better. Wake up about 1 AM - take some advil or aspirin and end up sleeping til nearly 7:30! YIPPEE!! Rest is good!
Met Donna for lunch at Apple Dumplin'. 1/2 of an egg salad sandwich and cup of baked potato soup! OK, so most folks don’t go out for lunch to order egg salad – but I love egg salad! Brought an apple dumplin' home for supper. Price is still $2.75 but they seem to be getting smaller every time!
Stopped at the veggie stand and pick up stuff for soup - cold front's comin'! Corn chowder in the crock pot. Still warm enough for Li’lBit and me to spend the afternoon outside.
Thursday 57 degrees - wind started blowing about 2 AM and really blew! Had to get up and close my vents and windows and find a blanket! It is NOT January and I refuse to turn on the furnace, so I baked a pie, put a chicken casserole in the oven, baked a batch of cookies and put a pot of soup on the stove! Good thing I have a bigger freezer in this new refrig so I can freeze some of this stuff! If it's still chilly tomorrow, I'm going to run out of freezer space!
Got a little rain but just enough to streak the windshields! Looking to the north, if I was further north, I'd think we were in for a hellofa snow storm - huge dark 'blue-norther' coming in - doubt there will be any snow when it gets here! Winds are still going 20-30mph. Have my hoodie on. Heard on the news there was a horrible apartment fire in Rockport – buildings totaled and 2 deaths. The winds just took control of the blaze. How very sad!
Went out to get the space heater from the under-compartment and take off the empty propane tank (the one I thought I had filled before I went to Iowa in the spring!) SURPRISE…when I disconnected the propane tank, it felt too heavy to be empty. Put it back in place, hooked it up again – hhhmmmm… it’s nearly full! Guess there was something wrong with the connection.
Got a little drafty around the new fridge. There is about 1” top and bottom that has direct flow to the outside thru the refrigerator vent. I cut a piece of gray foam pipe wrap to fit there - will put it in at nite or when it is really windy from the north.
Typical Texas gulf coast day - cooked all morning to warm the place up. Then, by afternoon I had the door and a window open!
Friday Li'lBit and I didn't get out of bed until 8AM and probably not then except Holly was scratching in the kitty litter! Tinga was a good girl and keeping quiet until she heard me ask Li'lBit if it was time to get up and then she starting wanting to 'come out' and mimicing my morning cough. She has that cough down pat. Tested out the furnace to make sure it works. It does.
What a difference an hour makes – went into town with a jacket - came home and opened the door and a couple of windows! What a difference a month makes – my electric bill was over $50 less this month than last month!
Saturday was the welcome back supper at the park. Tony and Allison provide some really yummy brisket, potato salad, pinto beans and dessert.
Sunday church, laundry, and ice cream social. Rough life here in the RV park! Before I went to bed I turned my clocks back (!) and put a turkey leg in the crock pot on low with some left over broth I had in the freezer. Diced up a little onion and grated a carrot or two and added that. When I woke up Sunday AM, the place smelled wonderful. Dumped a box of stove-top style stuffing mix in the broth before I went to church. Came home, opened the door and it smelled like a holiday! Immediately went to the fridge, took out some cranberries and mixed them with a little orange and sugar and put them on the stove. Oh, how wonderful it smells in here today!
Daily more and more are coming in – ‘the flock is flocking’ – nice to see the familiar faces. Praying for safe travels to all the others enroute!
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