Cooking Class

Someone at church talked me into giving some cooking lessons.  So, I sent out a "feeler" to see if there was any interest and listed some categories.  I had 14 people express an interest in Quick and Easy Meals and Easy Ways to Save Time and Money in preparing those meals.  So, Tuesday night I had the first class, and 17 people came!  I was excited to see so many there.  I made a 16 page booklet for everyone, and it contained ideas, easy one-dish meals, and easy desserts.  I also included a page on What Can I Do With White Sauce? 

I began by talking about having the right tools to make cooking easier.  I focused on knives and a good sharpener.  As you can see, I talked about good kettles, storage containers, cooking salt and pepper shakers, Johnny Salt and a good cutting board. 

I asked for someone to help me, and we each made a white sauce.  She turned hers into egg sauce, and I turned mine into Chicken Mushroom Soup.  That was fun and "amazing".

  I had made some of the desserts to sample, and after talking about them, we all ate them.  Everyone liked that!  Above, you can see Banana Split Cake, Tuti Fruiti Pudding or Pie, Chinese Noodle Treats and 60 year old cake!  They were all a hit, and the recipes were in their booklet.

Here we see Creamy Tacos, Frito Pie, Add Anything Dish and Spam Loaf.  We made the egg sauce for the Spam Loaf.  Everyone liked all of the dishes, and everyone was surprised at the Spam loaf being so good!

Of course, I fixed a pot of My Favorite Vegetable Soup in the Crock Pot!  It was a big hit. 

Sorry, I didn't get a picture of everyone eating, but I was kind of busy answering questions, etc.  There was very little food left.  All in all, it was a fun evening and I had fun preparing!  They asked me to do more classes, and I agreed to do one in June, but probably wait until fall to do others. And, they LOVED the recipe book!

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Saturday--Beautiful Weather, Not too hot or too cold--Wonderful, Modern Ball Park

This great day found us in Baker City watching Trampis blay baseball.  Ontario JV against Baker City JV.  He had several really good hits.

And off he goes. . .

He played catcher the entire first game.

All in all, it was a great way to spend the afternoon!   Good job, Trampis!

By the way, they won the first game and lost the second.  Trampis played 3rd base for 5 innings and catcher for 2 innings the second game.

Simple Pleasures

Today I decided to blog some miscellaneous tidbits, since I don't lead a real exciting life.  Well, some days are exciting, but everyone already blogged about branding, so that's out.  So, I'll just entertain you with some fun things from the last few days.  The picture above is Ella.  She came to visit and claimed I had no pictures of her on my camera.  So, she took a picture of herself!  Well, she's wrong, too, because I have several hundred pictures of sweet Ella.  But it's always fun to have another one!
The picture above Ella is supposed to be next (can't figure out what's going on this time with the blog. .  )  Anyway, we were all in the kitchen eating after branding, when someone looked out the window and saw a coyote!  He played around quite a long time, so we all got a good look at him--that was a fun addition to the day!  The picture above the coyote is my empty living room and dining room.  In August, 2009, I bought a carpet shampooer.  Before it arrived, I had an inflamed syatic nerve, followed by back surgery--you all know the story--Well, Monday I decided I felt good enough to put it to use.   My carpets were driving me crazy and needed shampooed.  So, I decided to just do the two rooms, so I wouldn't overdo it.  The machine was easy to use, and the floors look great!  I am very encouraged and excited about doing the rest of the carpets.  However, I have to wait a day or so in order for the two I did to COMPLETELY dry!!

What happened?  The picture loaded right!  Anyway, Kres gave me this funky candle holder for Mother's Day.  So, I turned it into a vase, and I think it looks really nice.  I needed something for the new TV stand.  So, here's the look.  I love the stand and the look.  Fun, but simple!

Here's the whole view.

That's enough excitement for one day!

I love everyone's blogs, so keep up the good work, and I'll try harder to do better next time!