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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Coca Cola Vegetable Storage Bin

Posted by ~3 Sides of Crazy~
I ran this last year this time at 3 Sides of Crazy, but it worked so well I thought I'd share it over here.

I needed a vegetable bin, but just don't have a place to put a free standing one. I was going through closets today and trying to gather more items for the VFW rummage sale that's coming up in a few weeks when I ran across this old Coca~Cola bottle crate and had this AHA moment. For the moment this will work for small potatoes and onions.

It's now mounted in a out of the way corner and is sooooooooooooooo handy!
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Chocolate Upside Down Cake

Posted by ~3 Sides of Crazy~

Magazine Mondays is hosted by Ivonne over at Cream Puffs in Venice.

CHOCOLATE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
CAKE
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon cocoa
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts, minced
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Sift together flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and cocoa.
  • Mix in buttermilk, butter and vanilla.
  • Fold in walnuts.
  • Pour into 8x8 or 9x9 prepared pan.
TOPPING
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup water
  • Whisk together and pour over unbaked batter.
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until set.
  • Cool and invert onto a platter.
  • Enjoy.
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Conversions

Posted by ~3 Sides of Crazy~
I know many people are finding delicious recipes from all over the internet these days. Some of the most unusual and tasty ones I have come across are from Australia and Europe. These are also the recipes that give me the most pause. Mainly because I now have to think. I have to do the dreaded math and convert from metric to standard. So I'm offering this handy conversion chart for those of you having the same qualms. I have found many different charts, but these particular measurements seem the most consistent and commonly used weights and volumes for the cooking we most commonly do for our families.

U.S.

METRIC

VOLUME

VOLUME

½ teaspoon

2 milliliters

1 teaspoon

5 milliliters

1 tablespoon

15 milliliters

¼ cup

50 milliliters

1/3 cup

75 milliliters

½ cup

125 milliliters

¾ cup

175 milliliters

1 cup

¼ liter

WEIGHT

WEIGHT

1 ounce

28 grams

1 pound

454 grams

TEMPERATURE

TEMPERATURE

Fahrenheit

Centigrade

325 degrees

165 degrees

350 degrees

175 degrees

375 degrees

190 degrees

PAN SIZE

PAN SIZE

9X13 inches

23x32.5 centimeters

9x9 inches

22.8x22.8 centimeters

8x8 inches

20.3x20.3 centimeters

15.5x10.5 inches

Jelly roll pan

39.3x26.6 centimeters

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Martha's Menu Plans

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Menu Plan Monday is hosted by The Organizing Junkie!

Daily:
Breakfast - yogurt
Mid morning - fresh fruit
Lunch - vegetarian

Dinner:
Monday - London broil, twice baked potatoes, lemon butter asparagus
Tuesday - Fajitas (using up leftover steak)
Wednesday - Grilled lime chicken breasts, spicy yellow rice, steamed broccoli
Thursday - Chicken Caesar pitas (using leftover chicken breasts)

No weekend meal plans - not sure of the plans for the holiday weekend yet.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

3 sides of Crazy's Menu Plan for the week

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Menu Plan Monday hosted by Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie

DATE
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
DINNER
MONDAY

6/29

Honey Nut Cheerios with sliced Bananas
SANDWICHESFrench Onion Soup
TUESDAY6/30

TOAST
LEFTOVERS
Seafood Salad
WEDNESDAY7/1
YOGURT
SOUP
SAUTEED POTATOES & ONIONS
THURSDAY7/2
FRUIT
CHEESE & FRUIT
JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD
& CARROT TEMPURA
FRIDAY7/3
Maple Brown Sugar
Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal
C.O.R.N.

POTATOES TAMY
SATURDAY7/4
FRENCH TOAST
leftovers
GRILLED SAUSAGE & CORN
SUNDAY7/5
SCRAMBLED EGGS
& TOAST
Tuna SaladGRILLED CHICKEN & SALAD
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It's all about homestyle and easy...

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Be sure to pop over to 3 Sides of Crazy and join in with Simply Delicious Sunday.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Stretch Your Food Dollar & Simple Summer Supper Recipes

Posted by ~3 Sides of Crazy~
Martha from Menagerie and Tamy from 3 Sides of Crazy have started this blog as a home for two new memes here at the Krazy Kitchen.

We both have similar styles and beliefs in feeding our families. First and foremost is saving money and not wasting food which ultimately leads to menu planning and food preparation that makes your life easier. Our goal here is to offer home style, traditional recipes that taste like grandma made them, but with the ease and short cuts that modern technology and our experience affords us.
In an effort to share our ideas, recipes, helpful hints, short cuts and budget ideas, Tamy will be hosting the Stretch Your Food Dollar Recipe Round-Up meme on Wednesdays and Martha will be hosting the Simple Summer Supper Recipe meme on Saturdays. Look for the details to come.
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Mission Statement

Posted by ~3 Sides of Crazy~
We are a group of dedicated Bloggers whose main goal is to provide a fun and informative forum for new and forgotten recipes via fun daily memes. If along the way we have some laughs and learn some new techniques we are the better for it. If along the way we grow, no pun intended, all the better yet. We’re here to have fun and share the gift of food and its ability to bring us together at the table.
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TECHNIQUES TO MAKE WEEK DAY MEALS EASIER

Posted by ~3 Sides of Crazy~

There are many ways to make your life easier in order to still have made from scratch recipes every day of the week and not resort to hamburger helpers or take out.

By having a menu plan ahead of time you can get organized whenever you have the time. When I do the shopping, I buy in bulk to cut the cost and since I have my menu plan ahead of time, I break down the bulk package into meal appropriate sizes before freezing when I get home. During the winter, I like to spend Sunday afternoons preparing for the week's meals. If I know we're heading into a particularly busy time I always make double batches and freeze half for another meal. There are times we literally eat out of the freezer for the whole week, but they are all homemade meals.

Remembering to defrost your meat is key to easy meal preparation on weekdays. The most time consuming part of cooking with fresh ingredients every night of the week is the chopping and preparation of vegetables. If you are sticking to your meal plan you can do these all at once. For example if you are going to need a 1/2 cup chopped onion for each of 3 meals, then choose a large onion and chop the entire onion, storing it in Tupperware and taking out what you need for each meal as you need it. I also gather together the seasonings for each meal and have them ready to go.

The key here is to be able to start cooking immediately and just add ingredients without having to do chopping and prepping.

To recap:

  1. Menu Plan
  2. Defrost Meat
  3. pre-chop vegetables
  4. pre-measure seasonings
  5. pre-set table when/where possible
  6. prepare double batches when appropriate
The original post ran here.
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Do it Yourself ~ Etched Kitchen Storage Jars

Posted by ~3 Sides of Crazy~
I found the coolest idea over at Martha Stewart. The following instructions are from her site. All of my glass jars are written on with Sharpie on the rear or the bottom, but this idea of Martha's would be soooooooooooooooo much better.

Martha Stewart Living

Keep pantry staples organized with a set of glass storage jars customized with etched lettering.

1. Clean and dry the glass. Using painter's tape, mark off the area you want to etch. Attach vinyl stick-on letters and decorative tape; press hard to ensure they are attached firmly.

2. Cover work surfaces (be sure to work in a well-ventilated area). Put on protective gloves and an old shirt with long sleeves. Paint an even layer of etching cream onto glass. Let stand for amount of time indicated by manufacturer's instructions.

3. Rinse with warm water in a stainless steel sink. (Avoid porcelain sinks; the cream damages glazed surfaces.) Remove letters and tape.

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