The Sewing Mom

WOOHOO! It’s Friday (almost!)!! I am really celebrating because Friday is my final day of having to drive in for my training class. I get to go back to working from home starting Monday. While I will definitely miss the personal interaction, I won’t miss the commute and the expenses connected to commuting. My life will start feeling more like normal again and it will free up more of my time.

To celebrate, I’m getting back to something very normal for me, my favorite meme. If you want to participate in < a href="http://funcraftsandrecipes.com/index.php/2010/four-foods-on-friday-107/" target="_blank">Four Foods on Friday, feel free and be sure to visit Val and leave her a comment!

This weeks questions:

1. Name two items on your kitchen counter. Coffee maker and toaster

2. What’s in your sink now? Something I hate, dirty dishes. (I haven’t had time to unload the dishwasher so I can reload it!)

3. What’s on your stove now? A teapot.

4. What’s in your oven now? Not a thing!

Visit Fun, Crafts and Recipes if you’d like to participate in this fun weekly meme!

This week there is just one simple question, What are four spices you must have in the house?

1. I have to have salt. I use it in just about everything I cook, although I don’t normally sprinkle it on food that I’ve all ready made.
2. Garlic salt. This is another spice I use in just about everything I cook.
3. Slap Yo Mama cajun spice.  This is a new favorite.  The whole family loves it on fish, chicken and even in soups!  Make sure you have water on hand to drink.
4. Celery salt, I love this in soups.

I’m late with this, but I have a VIP in my house this week (my mom!) and we’ve been super busy. I have a project almost finished that I can’t wait to share with you, but for now, I’m going to post my favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday, hosted by Valmg.

This week’s questions and my answers:

1. What do you do with turkey leftovers? This year, my husband make a big pot of turkey soup and I made a turkey pot pie. Of course, we always have turkey sandwiches!

2. How do you make split pea soup? I don’t care for split pea soup so I don’t make it.

3. What do you like on top of your pie? Most pie flavors I eat by themselves, I don’t care for ala mode, but pumpkin pie has to have a good whip cream!

4. What kind of turkey do you usually buy? I buy whatever is on sale. This year I had a Jenny-O brand and it was quite tasty.

Wanted to post this earlier, but time got away from me. I ran a couple of errands this morning after dropping my daughter off at school and before working my morning shift. When I got off work at noon I headed to the grocery store to pick up a few items and just got home and ate some lunch. So, I’m finally sitting down to write my favorite post of the week, Four Foods on Friday.

Without further ado, here are this weeks questions and my answers:

1. How do you make mashed potatoes? I peel and cut up potatoes and boil them until they are soft. I add milk, butter and salt and beat with my mixer until all the lumps are gone and they are creamy in texture.

2. What do you wash pots and pans with? Some pots I put in the dishwasher, others I was in hot water with Palmolive dish soap and a soft dishrag.

3. Name something red in your refrigerator right now. Strawberry jam.

4. Do you prefer to use boullion cubes or the boullion powder mix? I prefer powder, I can never seem to get the cubes to dissolve all the way!

There is one simple question this week.

You’re making an ice cream sundae. What four ingredients do you want in it?

First, I have to start with hard vanilla ice cream (but will take soft serve!)

1. Hershey’s chocolate sauce
2. strawberries
3. pineapple sauce
4. whip cream

If you would like to participate in this week’s meme, give a visit to Fun, Crafts and Recipes.