Finding Treasure in a moment of Darkness

SO last night I made cake pops for the first time and it was not difficult, but it was a longish process. I found a great tutorial at divascancook.com If you Google Divas and cake pops and they have a website and a YouTube video.

I bought white chocolate to did them and I was running out. It was 11pm. I was not going to the store. SO to use up this month of may I looked in my cupboard and found... white melting chocolate. SCORE!!!! Mixed it with the last of the white chocolate and boom. Done. If I can get a picture of the cake pops in their final element I will post. It was for a baby shower.

I have decided that Pinterest is great but sometimes it is easier to just serve cake. I like little details, don't get me wrong, but sometimes we can get caught up in the little things and miss out on the big picture.... and yesterday I was getting caught up in the little things and it affected the entire day and stressed me out.

And in the night after all the pops were done and I tried to wind down, playing Candy Crush and Words with Friends, I took a deep breath and realized that I needed to focus on the big picture. I decided to do this because I wanted to co-host a shower for my friend. I would figure out the small things and make it all work out. I made the list mentally of items to do the next day and finally, my brain started to wind down.

Sometimes getting caught up in the trees, we can't see the forest. And we cannot see the log in our own eye. I have been extremely guilty of that... and today is the day to do better. The world needs more optimists.

Using up the Month of May

So I made a decision by accident really.

I was supposed to feed 30 people on May 1st and I forgot about it until April 30th. I had no time to go to the store.

I had 3 pounds of ham, 2 pounds of chicken and various and sundry items that had been squirreled away in my cupboard  and fridge for a while. So I ended up making:

A plate of Ham
Chicken rice casserole (Gluten Free)
Pasta and Sauce
4lbs of Carrots
Avocado, Tomato and Cress Salad

I had gone shopping the last week in April. There were many things on sale. I brought them home and had no place for them in my cupboard and fridge. I did not have room for all of it. That annoyed me

You must understand something. I was brought up by a mom who had to feed three kids. She bought things in bulk. My grandfather's home was always filled with food, even though the 5 children had grown and gone (including my mom) many years earlier. I come by it honestly. If I had to make 3 or four more of these dinners, I could still do it and not go to the store.

So my thought was to use the things I have, make it so I don't have to go to the store. So I plan on making this month a special month wherein I use up all the cake mixes and other "easy use" items that seem to be full of stuff that we shouldn't eat... and I will replace it by the staples that make the base of all the other "easy use" items that have been in my cupboard of late.

So the basics of my kitchen is a 20 cu ft side by side fridge with the freezer stuffed to the gills. Cupboards plus storage in my basement of food. I should be able to do this. One thing I know is I will have to make a concession for milk and eggs. Green leafy veg, which do not keep well (unless you're talking about frozen spinach). And an occasional piece of meat to keep my husband from rioting. But when it comes to carbs and grain, I think we will be OK.

So more on this in the month to come. I will include recipes as well if I can remember to do it.

It Is What It Is - It Is So

Why in the heck is this blog named this way?

Folks in my workplace use this saying, It is what it is.

My husband insists that the correct English for this phrase is.... it is so.

So now I say them both.

So there.