Going Organic

The husband has decided that he wants fresh jalapino in our little household so he has decided to grow them himself. The little sprouts are looking so cute! What shall we grow next?

Visiting the fish mart

Everytime I go to the fish market, all of my childhood memories come pouring back to me. I have always gone there with my family on Saturday afternoons, Sundays after church, and early mornings before breakfast. The other day I went with father. I took a couple pictures to make new memories.

Then I went home and fried up some fish and shrimp for my husband and had a great time eating dinner with my new family . I am excited to make more memories at the fish shop in the years to come.

Trying my hand at a little Indian style

Here is my first attempt at Indian style cooking. I used a pre-packaged sauce that I poured over broiled chicken and served with rice and vegetables. It tasted pretty good. I think I'm going to like Indian!

Bottling Time 2!!!!!

Sup ladies and gents. Time for a little mead update. After waiting for quite some time, the Cranberry Mead has finally been bottled. This by car has been my most popular mead from the samples I have given. The big bottle is all mine, the smaller ones will be gift bottles. I don't know why the corks look like that. Someone told me next time to soak them in water to reduce the mushroom effect. I think I will open the big bottle a year or so from now. I need to make some labels.

I did not take a final gravity reading as I broke my hydrometer. I am excited to give these out. I already want to make another batch. Comment, tell me what you think!

Homemade Pizza Is Easier Than You Think

The other day I was sitting around craving pizza. Now I knew I could run across the street to the Dominos or down the road for Papa Johns (gross) or Pizza hut. I didn't really want to spend the money on it though. So I figured why not make my own.

The first thing you need to do is make the dough.

Basic Dough Recipe

3 and a half cups all purpose flour
2 and one fourth teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive or grape seed oil
Around 1 to 1 and one fourth cups of water

**Before you start this clean off a large flat area and coat with a healthy layer of four.**


1. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make a small well in the center of the dry stuff and add in your oil and one cup of water. Mix it together(Get your hands in there!) until it starts to form a dough. If you want a softer dough or if needed add more water.

2.  Roll your dough out onto your flowered area. Knead the dough until it has become elastic and smooth.  ( A link there in case you don't know how to knead). Once you are satisfied with the consistency of the dough roll it into a ball.

3. After you get the dough into a ball, wash and dry it. Lightly drizzled the oil of your choice inside the bowl, place your ball in the bowl and roll it around until it is fully coated. Place a layer of saran wrap, or a towel over the bowl and leave it in a warm place for an hour or until the dough has doubled in size.

4. Once your dough has risen, take it out of the bowl, preheat your oven to 425 F and cut the dough into fours with a + type of cut. On a floured surface using your rolling pin roll the dough out into circles or near circles, whatever don't judge me.

Once you have your dough rolled out you can coat it in whatever you want. Below is mine before and after it went into the oven. 

 Yes the pizza is almost the size of a cookie sheet.

All that food for the cost of ingredients you probably having laying around anyways. I would give this a 10/10 for cheap eats.

Cheap Eats, a Beer Review

Hello to all! On this edition of cheap eats we take a look at brand of beer. This one is called "Third Shift". I picked it up at the local food depot for $5.12+ tax.

I am no beer snob so take this with a grain of salt. This beer is decent. It is golden in color, but tastes like a darker beer to me. It is drinkable and I enjoyed it with a burger and fries I made. I would rate this 7/10 for value because while not on my top list of beers I can see this being in the fridge for the price. I am sure a beer drinker would enjoy it more than I.

New Series of Post Starting, Good Food and Drink at Cheap price

Whoo time to blow the dust off of this. We are back again after a brief hiatus. We have lots of new stuff coming up. I have a few mead updates. A brew my brother and I started, beer reviews etc. We will begin the new content with what is going to become a series for the blog. Good food and good drinks that are cheap. Now normally cheap and good don't really go together (I'm looking at you Mcdonalds) but with carefully hunting it can be found. 

The Wife and I will scour markets and try stuff that is cheap just to see if it is good. Our first entry is a bottle of Moscato wine. 

The Wife was working late one night and I decided that I wanted to make some pasta. Shrimp alfredo for her, chicken for me. White wine is a great pair with these foods or so I've been told. I am far from a wine stop. I couldn't name more than 2 types of white wines. I know that moscato due to it's sweetness is easy on the tongue. We have had a few before and even have a favorite. I was at Walmart the haven of cheap food. After looking at the moscato I settled on this one. The marketing drew me in claiming to have one tons of awards. Upon further inspection I noticed it had a screw top. That is the hallmark for cheap wine. 

Looking at the price of $5.97 I decided to bite the bullet and go for it. 

Here is the table set with the plates.

My impression of the wine was it was decent. It was not a sparkling moscato just regular. I prefer sparkling. (As do I. I found it to be passable and good. The more you drank the better it tasted.-The Wife )

If you are in a pinch and need a cheap but decent wine this one will do. I give it 8/10 for value on the cheap scale.