Just trying something here...

I have accomplished NOTHING tonight. Call it a lazy Friday night. Well, I did make a delicious dinner of Ham and Split Pea Soup with Spaetzle Dumplings.

Shawn was at work and McKinley is spending the night with a friend, so Kennedy and Reagan and I had plenty with the 12 servings between the three of us.

I personally did my part.

Anyway, I have stumbled upon some great blogs while surfing the night away. I'll share those in a later post. But I have to try this tip that I found to make pictures bigger without using Flickr or Photobucket.

And it looks like it worked! Now, who knows if I'll keep up with it. I do tend to post picture heavy posts and this takes a lot of stinking time.

We.

Shall.

See........

Yes, I'm cheap

Have we discussed this before? I, apparently, am cheap. It doesn't mean we're rolling in money because of my thriftiness, but I do try to conserve money where possible.

To that end...I wanted to let you in on a little trick of mine.

I don't like peppers; red, green, yellow, or orange. I do however feel like some recipes just aren't the same if you leave them out. Plus, I promised my mom I would make my girls eat food that I personally don't like. Another example; mushrooms. Bleck!

Okay, back to the cheapness. I buy peppers in bulk from Sam's, dice them, and freeze them. That way when I need some for a recipe, there they are! Ready to go.

Although I don't like them...they are pretty.

First, I lop off the top, clean it out, slice into strips, and dice away.

By the time I'm finished I have at least a six month supply waiting for all those recipes that have to have them.

Maybe I'm not as cheap as I think. Maybe I'm just a genius!!