Not only smart but oh so cute!

Not only smart but oh so cute!

This is our sweet Lucas reading to his class! I love how he's showing pictures to his classmates!

I had fun yesterday with some money-saving activities. First of all I made some chicken broth using some chicken bones that I brought home from Becky's. I added some leftover onion skins and other veggie scraps that we save in the freezer to the bones in a crock pot and let it cook all day. I then strained it into a large pitcher and let it cool in the fridge overnight. I'll process it in my pressure cooker tomorrow.

The other money saving thing I did was to make and freeze some potato jojo's. I did this a couple of years ago and we really enjoyed them!  We had gone up to the 5-mile garden and someone had left out some of their potato crop for anyone to take. I brought home a good sized bag  and proceeded to cut them into 1/2 inch slices with the peels on. I put them into a bowl and added oil and garlic salt and paprika and shook it all up. Then I cooked them at 375 degrees for 20 minutes and put them into freezer bags. Makes me happy to know that I won't have to buy potato jojo's but I can just get them out of the freezer.

And now I am 2 for 2 not buying food for dinner. I pulled out some bacon and cooked up 6 slices and then I made french toast. I found the recipe on Allrecipes.

Ingredients

• 6 thick slices bread
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)

 

• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• salt to taste

Directions

1. Beat together egg, milk, salt, desired spices and vanilla.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Dunk each slice of bread in egg mixture, soaking both sides. Place in pan, and cook on both sides until golden. Serve hot.

I love saving money!