Nip in the Air
The nip in the air this morning has now been overtaken by a quiet 47 sunny degrees. Being at the mercy of some of the strong winds of late has still been easier to take than winds such as that with snow on the ground.
When we were in Sam’s Club last, one of the endcaps featured Betty Crocker Peanut Butter cookie mix. Hmm. I have seen similar boxed mixes but never tried them. For the price of $6.98 the box held three pouches of mix. Each pouch needed one egg, 1 Tablespoon of water and three tablespoons of cooking oil. I made sure I had mixed up the egg well. The number of cookies per pouch depended on how large you rolled the ball of dough. This pouch gave us 17 fairly large cookies. Our local grocers makes a dozen cookies for $4.49 per carton. Their cookies are better than any others from different stores.
In recent times I have difficulty with measuring dry ingredients so what is needed actually gets in the mixing bowl. Yes . . . I have paid the $4.49 per dozen. Would I tackle a mix similar to the one of today? Yes. The ingredients that were called for was a bit of a challenge to get stirred together. I didn’t have to get it done in five minutes. I took my time and set the bowl into the sink so the height of the bowl was easier for me rather than the counter top. When Dennis came in, he commented on how good the kitchen smelled and offered to wash up the few dishes I had dirtied. Sweet!
Megan texted this morning and she will board a plane at six tomorrow morning (Saturday) to come to Minnesota over Thanksgiving. I haven’t seen her since last Thanksgiving. I saw Nicholas at Easter of this year. I plan on sitting back and letting my grandchildren tell me whatever they feel I need to know. Tee Hee.
Dennis had coffee company in the patio porch this morning. Lots of farm visiting. According to Doug, this year’s harvest equaled last year’s. One would have thought the dry conditions would have made a bigger difference.
Last night we had a Bird’s Eye frozen skillet bag meal. Lots of sauce with chicken, carrots, broccoli, peas and pasta. There will be a repeat this evening as it made a huge skillet. For the price of $5.98 on sale, it was a well-balanced meal.
With that I take my leave. ♥