Meal Planning with Connie

We have had a pretty full day working around the house today. We were making some progress on a couple of projects, and I needed to make something quick supper. The other day I noticed that I had a can of lump crab meat and a can of tiny shrimp in the pantry that I had bought during a sale several weeks back. I decided to try this recipe. We all liked it, except M.C. She thought she would have probably liked it without the pimentos. I thought it was a pretty good dish, especially for the time and energy expended on it. We ate the rest of the Leftover Wedding Salad and a loaf of French Bread, and we baked 4 cookies from our freezer stash! It was all very filling and didn't take long to make! Easy Seafood Au Gratin Easy Seafood Au Gratin 1 sm. onion, diced 2 - 4 tbsp. butter 2 tbsp. flour, rounded 1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk OR 1 1/2 c. milk 1 can lump crab meat 1 can shrimp 1 sm. jar pimiento, drained Salt & pepper to taste 1 c. sharp cheese, grated Buttered bread c...

I made some cookies for the freezer the other day. These come in really handy for a variety of reasons. 1. When the kids have friends over, they all like to pull some of these out and bake them. As a matter of fact, Logan and friend baked some of these macadamia cookies and some of the Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookies (both from our freezer) just yesterday! 2. If you need a "happy" for a friend, a batch of cookies, on a cute plate. makes a great little gift! 3. There's always a need to carry a dish to an event. On those occasions when you're really crunched for time, cookies from the freezer are great for this! 4. We use them for a quick dessert for the four of us on week nights. I like that I can just bake four cookies, which helps with portion control. I do usually cook an extra one or two to put in Larry's lunch the next day! As I've shared before, I make my dough, line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper, using a cookie dough scoope...