Friday, November 7, 2025

2025 Frugal Friday File, November 7...

 

1.  Planned overs from beef stroganoff.  Heated stroganoff leftovers, with added packet of brown gravy mix and water, diced potatoes, sliced carrots.  Voila!  Beef Stew, and made cornbread to serve with it.  Felt like a new meal from scratch, but with hardly any work or time.

2.  I responded with regrets for a 50th anniversary celebration for my bestie since grade school.  I would dearly love to go, but a ten hour round trip with a hotel stay doesn't seem doable for me when I know I will need to be at my best the next week and weekend for oldest grandon's wedding.  (The steroid shot in my right knee is wearing off, and I worry that keeping it bent for entire drive, and perhaps walking standing more than usual would be pushing it when I need it working for wedding.)  It feels like I'm wimping out, but I just am more limited than I used to be, and I have to take care of what I can.

3.  I made a gallon-jar-full batch of homemade brownie mix for the pantry.  And while I was at it, I noticed that my gallon jar of homemade pancake mix was empty too, so I made a batch of that as well.

4.  It is that beautiful weather time of year that I love.  And have to admit that the old electric bill being lower is one thing that makes me love it!  However, I think we are supposed to have a freeze this weekend.

5.  The fall garden has not been a huge success.  We have gotten a couple of meals worth of green beans, and that may be the beans end of season.  We should have a good harvest of spaghetti squash.  Neither the Brussels sprouts nor the beets even come up.  And the carrots...well I'll let you be the judge:

The one in the middle is about the length of a U.S. dollar bill.  So sad.  I hope Carey is still willing to try again in the spring.

What we ate this past week:

Saturday:  Family supper at Kasey & Beau's

Sunday:  Beef Stroganoff, Garlic Fried Green Beans

Monday:  Homemade Biscuits w/ Sausage Gravy,  fruit

Tuesday:  Beef Stew w/ Cornbread

Wednesday:  takeout burgers

Thursday:  Jalapeno Sweet Potato Soup

Friday:  leftovers

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