Productive Procrastination . . . ?

At least, that's what my sister-in-law once called it. I had every intention of being very productive this weekend. The result . . . I got almost no school work done.  I got up a little late on Saturday, went grocery shopping and decided to put some of my pinterest finds to good use. That has to count for something, doesn't it? And, for those of you family members who tease me about getting excited about a good deal . . . I got $56 worth of food at the County Market for $20.64 - sweet!! AND it was the milk sale. I LOVE milk sale weeks and my sister-in-law always teases me when it comes around. But seriously, 50% off milk? And I know it's 50% off a price already much higher than Aldi, but skim for $1.74 and whole for $2.12 does make me and our food budget happy!
We also had Christmas with Matt's Dad's family, moved our snow blower back home after being fixed and I started the December sales taxes for Matt's parent's business. Looking back I guess I got a lot done, just not in the school area of life. Check out some of these awesome recipes I tried this weekend . . .

Peppermint Puppy Chow - found the idea on Pinterest but changed it because of my love for chocolate

Ingredients:
1 box of Aldi brand chex cereal
1 12 oz pkg. white chocolate chips
1 12 oz pkg. chocolate chips
1 (heaping) Cup crushed candy canes
Powdered Sugar

I split the cereal in half, melted the white chocolate and mixed half of the cereal. I poured half of the crushed candy canes in while mixing. Then I put some powdered sugar in the bottom of a Ziploc, added the mixture, put a little more powdered sugar on top and shook. After that was powdered nicely I did the semi-sweet chocolate.  The semi-sweet chocolate seemed to stick together with the cereal in chunks but the white chocolate separated nicely. At the end I mixed both in the bowl.  It's the perfect mix because Matt's favorite is white chocolate and I love the cocoa.

Grapefruit, Orange, Pomegranate Salad

I experienced Pomegranate for the first time this weekend. Isn't God's creation amazing? I cut it in quarters and revealed the beautiful, sweet, juicy fruit inside. I called Matt into the kitchen to admire it as well.  We removed each juicy seed from the inside and then mixed it with several grapefruit and oranges. In December we purchased fruit from some family friends to support their upcoming trip with the high school music department. I look forward to the sale each year because the fruit is better than any you find at the local grocery store.

Turkey Cranberry Salad Sandwiches - I actually followed this recipe the whole way except we used 12 grain bread and no lettuce, salt or pepper
http://easy.betterrecipes.com/turkey-cranberry-salad-sandwiches.html

Ingredients:

2 cups	Cubed Cooked Turkey
½ cup	Dried Cranberries
½ cup	Celery, finely chopped
3	Green Onions, finely sliced
½ cup	Mayonnaise
¼ cup	Plain Yogurt
2 Tbsp	Lemon Juice
	Salt & Ground Pepper
	Lettuce
4	Croissants

Directions:

In one bowl combine turkey, cranberries, celery, and onions; mix well. In another bowl mix mayonnaise, yogurt, and lemon juice together. Sprinkle to taste with salt and ground pepper. Pour over turkey mixture; stir all together. Refrigerate 1/2 to 1 hour. Spoon turkey mixture on sliced croissants; add lettuce and croissant top.

Pictures are to come . . . for some reason Blogger is not letting me upload pictures from my computer.

I guess IE isn't working anymore to upload photos. Today (after two weeks of trying to upload these photos) I tried Chrome. Works like a charm.