Choice Morsels

Greetings my excellent friends! Last week of April! We had the good time at our retreat this past weekend (April 2014) and there will be pictures on Thursday this week as a "place recently visited" topic for Mama Kat! For today's Good Eating I have some frozen convenience food favorites to share, because sometimes we all just something quick and easy to fix for supper! Cheesy Kielbasa & Broccoli A super easy meal: just buy your boxes favorite mac & cheese, enough for the number you're feeding. Make up the mac & cheese in pot large enough to accommodate both the pasta & later the Kielbasa & veggie.  Cut up a head of broccoli, put in a large frying pan or wok & saute. While that's cooking, slice up your favorite flavor Kielbasa & add it to the broccoli. You can also add chopped onion or minced garlic if you like. Once Kielbasa and broccoli are hot, add to the mac & stir in until well combined. (If you're not a bro...

Greetings!  I'm back from my brief holiday road trip with my 2 sisters and mother.  I flew to Indiana, then from there we drove to southern Minnesota and stayed in Albert Lea. I haven't flown for 20 years and things have changed--a lot! Printing my own boarding passes was a novelty. Also I didn't know the proper dress for the security inspection: on the flight up, I wore a jacket and a scarf, which both had to come off. For the flight back, I dressed smarter in stuff I didn't need to take off. lol. One of the highlights of the trip was visiting the SPAM museum in Austin, Minnesota, which is Hormel headquarters. I didn't realize how popular SPAM was. It's even celebrated in Hawaii with a yearly festival. SPAM surged in popularity worldwide as a result of WW 2, since it was shipped everywhere a easily stored & long-last convenience food was needed from soldier to hungry allies. Tons of recipes at their website! Also in Austin we sample "looses meat...