Quick & Creamy Dreamy Stroganoff-ish Sauce

Hubby wanted meat balls and spaghetti sauce with dinner tonight. I had no tomato products in the house so I had to make something up.  So I flung together this Stroganoff-ish sauce. It was incredible!  I added my big ole meatballs, penne pasta and a thrifty meal was born.

Ingredients:

1 can fat free low sodium Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup chicken or beef broth
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon Sea or Kosher Salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan and heat on cook until heated through. Or if making with pasta simply add all ingredients to hot pasta pot and mix with pasta. Enjoy!

So Crisp! So Cheap! Micro Popcorn NOT in a paper bag!

You've probably seen on Pinterest the idea of popping corn in the microwave in a paper bag. I tried it, loved it for the most part. But the bag can tear open and it's wasteful.  So I thought I would try a regular microwave container and voila!

Fast, healthy and easy popcorn in minutes. And is is SO crisp and fresh. I use my Pampered Chef Micro Cooker but any plastic microwave container and lid will do!

I use 1/4 cup corn kernels.  (I buy the Store brand for 39 cents a bag and get about 20 bowls of popcorn NOT BAD!)

Important! Make sure you use a lid but I would recommend NOT attaching it.  For example, the micro cooker lid snaps on but I just lay it on without snapping, in case the popcorn overflows.

Cook for about 1 minute 45 seconds to 2 minutes or more, depending on your microwave.  Take out when popping slows.  I add a splash of melted butter, a dash of Parmesan and sprinkle of sea salt and pepper!

Note: You will more than likely have a good helping of unpopped kernels.  I save these and toss them out for the squirrels.  Or you can put them in a Ziploc baggie and put them in the freezer for a no mush ice pack for kiddies boo boos!

Less than $4 Halloween Door Decor

Scrapbook paper and clothes pins! Easy Peasy. Took 30 minutes to do.

6 pieces of 12x12 patterned paper ( I used 3 double sided!  Cost: $1.80!)
White glue (I like ULTIMATE GLUE but Elmers is fine too for $1)
Scissors
Salad sized plate
30 clothes pins ($1 for 36 at Dollar Tree)
Scrap yarn
Scrap Cardboard
Paper trimmer or ruler
Black Sharpie

 1. Take one sheet of patterned paper to use as the center.  Lay salad plate on paper, trace then cut (does not have to be perfect, pins will hide imperfections. repeat with cardboad

2. Glue paper circle to cardboard.

3. Attach pins to circle, simply clip on!

4. Measure length and width of pin.  Cut 6 measured strip of 5 different patterns.(30 strips total)

5. Spread glue thinly to first pin, lay paper strip on top and smooth.  Continue with other 4 patterns and then repeat patterns until all pins are covered.

6.  Hand cut 4 triangles for banner. Hand write EEK! or any other words you like. 

7. Glue yarn under 2 pins.  Attach each triangle with thin line of glue in back of each banner.

Hang with command strips or string ribbon or yarn from back with tape!