Get Rid of Crap Steak Stew

I made another "get rid of the crap that's going bad" meal tonight. This one's not for the kiddos (unless yours like spicy soup), but my husband likes it and so do it. My potatoes were about to spud, my red and green peppers were slightly wrinkly, and I needed to do something with a leftover steak.

Get Rid Of Crap Steak Stew
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-1 red bell pepper, diced
-1 green bell pepper,diced
-1 large cooked steak, cubed
-1/2 large red onion
-7 beef bouillon cubes
-7 cups water
-1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
-parsely
-garlic salt
-6 potatoes, cubed

1. Turn your crock on high.
2. Dump everything in. Go easy on the garlic salt, liberal on the parsely.
3. Let that sit for 5-6 hours.


You'll learn that dumping a bunch of leftovers into a crock is one of my favorite things to do. I hate wasting food, and you can make almost anything taste good in a soup. Empty out your fridge and give it a try tonight!

Gazebo Bird Feeder

I found these tiny gazebos that had fake flowers sticking out of the openings at garage sale a few years back. They were absolutely ugly, yet I had to have them. They sat in my basement for two years. Then I finally got a brilliant idea for them.

Gazebo Bird Feeders

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-pole

-metal plate with hole (diameter of the pole)

-mighty putty

-screws

-gazebos

-spray paint

***an easier way to do this is with a threaded pipe and nuts, but I found that they were much more expensive that way, and I'm cheap, and this way works just as well.***

1. Spray paint your gazebo. I did mine in white.

2. Attach your plate to the bottom of the feeder with your screws. I used long screws so that it would stick out a bit. Squirrels aren't as graceful as birds, and it does help ward them off.

3. Put a bunch of mighty putty in the hole, then stick the pole in the hole. Wrap a bunch more of mighty putty around where the pole meets the plate for added security.

4. Let that dry for about an hour.

5. Stick the pole in the ground, fill

with bird seed, and watch the birds!

German Spud Chowder

I made a great German chowder yesterday.

German Spud Chowder

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-1 pkg bacon

-1 chopped onion

-3 carrots, chopped. Or half-bag of baby carrots, chopped

-3 stalks of celery, chopped. Or half of a head of cabbage, shredded

-1/4 cup flour

-7 beef bouillon cubes

-3 cups water

-3 cups milk

-6-10 potatoes (depends on the size of each potato) diced

-salt, parsely

1. In a large pot, begin boiling the water, milk, and cubes.

2. Chop up all the bacon into inch-long pieces or smaller. Fry this up really good.

3. Add in your chopped carrots, celery, diced potatoes, and chopped onion

4. Drain the fat from the bacon into a seperate bowl. Add the bacon to the pot.

5. Add the flour to the fat and stir until the flour is dissolved. Add this to the pot.

6. Season with salt and parsely (go nuts on the parsely)

7. Kick the heat down to low and let that cook for about an hour.

Window Trellis

I finally took some pictures today. Sorry about the terrible quality. It was actually raining when I was taking these. Anyways, here's the how-to on my window trellis.


Window Trellis
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-Old window
-stain
-screws
-chisel
-rubber mallet

1. Smash out all the glass with your rubber mallet.
2. Clean up all the edges with your chisel
3. Clean and stain.
4. Screw onto your house.



I added a big wreath I had lying around to it. My trellis used to be screwed onto two boards and stuck in the ground with a bunch of birdhouses on it, but it looked sloppy. I hated it. Now I love it all over again <3

Bird Cage

I just want to show off a cool garage sale find. It's my favorite find from the past few weeks. It has threading on the bottom so that you can attach it to a pole, but I like it hanging out on my patio table.

It's the weekend, Happy Hunting!

(How-to posts will come soon, I just didn't have time to take, edit, and post pictures. I'm working all day =P)