New Scary Life

     Last month my husband separated from the Air Force. I miss that life and my friends. We are living with my parents again, that is a headache by itself. We are living in 1 room with 3 cats, we have very little room to sneeze.
     Today my husband is doing the necessary things to try and get a job with the post office. I really hope that happens so that we can get our own place.  I don't have a recipe for you guys today but just wanted to let you all know what has been happening.

                                               STRESS is my middle name right now.

Temptations review

They said it wouldn't chip or scratch but our bakeware has chipped  and scratched.  Ours serving spoons that I got the handles won't stay on. And all of this is with minimal use.   They are pretty but not useful and they too expensive to end in the garbage.

                                                    Don't buy temptations they don't work.

Panko Bread Crumbs

I had thought these bread crumbs were going to be tasteless and tiny, but what I found out was that they are not tiny nor tasteless.  The crumbs are bigger and they come in a variety.  So far the only choices I have seen since I have a limited choice of anything because of the commissary is, plain and Italian.  I will use the Italian for anything I used Italian breadcrumbs before mainly because they have more flavor cause they soke up flavors better.  On to my next point they soak up so many of the flavors, when I make meatballs they are so much more flavorful even with the plain ones (I do a mixture of plain and Italian flavored).  I belive that because they are just a little bigger than regular bread crumbs that is why they are so good for meatballs.  Also my husband has this recipe that basically dips chicken breasts in garlic butter then breadcrumbs, I use the panko Italian breadcrumbs with a little of the regular cause the size of the panko sometimes can be overwhelming on this dish but I use them because of they way the soak the butter and the chicken drippings. Sooo Good, I am glad this is what we are having for dinner.

Happy Halloween!

I am excited to OD on sugar and the cuteness that is bound to hit my door at sometime tonight. For dinner it is going to be Turkey shepards pie(recipe is going to be posted after Thanksgiving) and Mulled Cider.

Happy Halloween!!

Thanksgiving Spotlight

I know it is only September but this is a question about Thanksgiving.

What is your favorite dish and piece of cookware?

It could have a spotlight on my blog. 

Alright a sort of change.

Instead of this blog being mainly about how we get to a vacation on our budget. This blog is going to be a recipe blog with information on how much we pay and how much this helps us stay within our budget and in turn how it helps us get to our vacation dreams.  I will add posts about what we are doing here in Germany while we are stationed here as well.

So to start this recipe idea off.
Prep:5mins Cook:15mins
Fettucini Alfredo
(ok we like linguini but you can use fettucini)
1lbs of linguini
1 stick of butter
1 cup of freshly shredded parm
1 cup of cream
1tbls of minced garlic

Cook your pasta to al dente while making the sauce. in a small to medium sauce pan melt butter over medium heat. Add Garlic and Cream and let simmer until noodles are almost finished. Add cheese.  Pour alfredo sauce over hot noodles and serve.

This recipe has cost us as little as $6  to $11 for 4 servings. We use this as a date night meal, add a movie at home on the couch that saves us almost $50 which helps us get to our vacation goals.

Hello Everyone!

Sorry that it has been so long. In that time we have lost some friendships, gained some new ones along with perspective.  I am tired of being emotionally and religiously drained around our old friends.  So we have been praying about it for the whole weekend and we came to a family decision, althought it was them who broke the relationship off I believe that god was helping us because we didn't have the heart to break the friendship because of the relationship between the husbands.  I love all of you who are on our new path with God and righteousness. 

On a lighter note, we went to a marriage retreat this past weekend and we spent time focusing on our relationship.  I love my husband. God truly blesses me everyday with him and all my friends.