Today is a little bit different from most days because it’s
Super Bowl Sunday! You may remember that we don’t have a television in our
house. For that reason we went to our pastor’s house to watch the game with his
family. So we didn’t have to cook! But we did bring a dip over and some
cupcakes over to their house. So here are the recipes we used for Sunday and
the meal breakdown.
Cheese Dip
1 block (1 lb.) of Velveeta cheese
1 pound of sausage
1 can of tomatoes with green chilies
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
Brown the sausage. Combine all ingredients in a crock pot
and cook it on high for one hour.
The cupcakes we took to the party were sent in a care
package! We get care packages fairly often, and this week three of us got
packages at one time, so we took the cupcakes to the party to share our
fresh-baked bounty. The benefactor of the cupcakes also sent powdered sugar to
make frosting for the cupcakes, so I made cream cheese frosting, too. Here’s
the recipe:
Cream Cheese Icing
3 cups powdered sugar
1 package cream cheese
1 stick of butter
½ t. vanilla
Combine ingredients and mix until creamy.
Red velvet cupcakes in a football formation!
Here’s the cost breakdown of Sunday’s groceries:
Cream Cheese $1.49
Sausage $2.29
Velveeta Cheese (off-brand “Marvella”) $4.99
Can of tomatoes with green chilies $.63
The other items we already had: cream of mushroom soup,
powdered sugar, butter, vanilla
TOTAL: $9.50
Today’s meals demonstrate an important aspect of our lives:
other people looking out for us. Our friends love to provide for us, and we
always have enough. Sometimes we have abundance! As noted above, we receive a
few care packages throughout each month. We also have friends in the
city—neighbors, co-workers, church friends—that invite us over to parties, take
us out to lunch, or bring us fruit. So thanks to everyone who cares for us. We
would get by without you, but it makes it easier to have you helping out!
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