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Frugal Gift Ideas & Golden Curried Split Pea Soup - HBHW Newsletter

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November 4th 2009

Editorial

I hope everyone had a good weekend and beginning of the week. It poured down rain Halloween night - much to my daughter’s dismay because it cut her “trick-or-treating” short.  Since then it has been beautiful and sunny and we were able to enjoy spending some time outside.

Stores are already busy displaying all their holiday fare and has gotten me thinking about the two big holidays (here in the US) that are coming up - Thanksgiving and Christmas. With that in mind, let’s share some of our favorite holiday recipes. I set up a new category or section on the site for holiday recipes and have set up a page that will allow you to submit them. Here it is:

Submit Holiday Recipes

Which reminds me… I wanted to address the frugal tip, recipe and “I’m looking for” submissions. Most readers are using them exactly as intended, but a few still seem to be confused. Here are a few tips to use them as well as a refresher on what to do and what not to do.

  • Be sure to include a title and make it as specific as possible.
  • Capitalize the first letter of each word in the title (but do not use all CAPS - that’s considered shouting online).
  • When answering a “I’m Looking for Request” leave a comment on that request. Do not create a new request.
  • Try to be as specific and detailed as possible in your requests. If you are looking for a particular recipe, try to describe what you think was in it, what the texture was etc. This will make it more likely you will get exactly the recipe you were looking for.

The “I’m Looking For Requests” and most recipes and frugal tips will be published right before the next issue of the newsletter comes out.

That’s it for this week. As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions. Feel free to email me at susanne@hillbillyhousewife.com

Warm Regards,

Susanne - The Hillbilly Housewife

Inspirational Quote

“Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Shared by Ellie Mae, one of our members in the Hillbilly Housewife Club

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News From The HBHW Club

This is a new section of the newsletter. Each week I’m going to share some tidbits of what’s going on at the HBHW Club with you. I hope you enjoy these extra tips, recipes and ideas and of course would love to have you join the club.

As a HBHW newsletter subscriber, you can join for only $10 per month here: http://www.hillbillyhousewifeclub.com/special.html

And to make it even easier, I’ll let you try it out for just a dollar for the first 7 days.

Here’s one of the recipes that were submitted this past week.

Golden Curried Split Pea Soup

* 2 cups dry yellow split peas
* 3 cups fresh cold water
* 6 cups chicken stock
* 2 small yellow onions, diced
* 1/2 tsp curry powder
* 1/8 to 1/4  tsp grated nutmeg
* 1 tsp salt
* pinch black pepper

Put split peas and water in big soup pot, bring up to almost a boil, and immediately turn heat down to a slow simmer.  Cover and simmer about 1 hour, or until the peas are soft but not mushy.  Stir often.

Scoop out 1 cup of peas when they are cooked and blend in blender or food processor until smooth like a puree, then return to the soup pot and stir until combined.

Add the remaining ingredients to the soup pot, stir gently, and bring up to almost a boil, and again turn the heat down to a slow simmer.  Cover and simmer together slowly for about 30 minutes.  Be sure to stir once or twice.

And here are some of the other recipes that have been added in the past few days.

  • Tangy Macaroni & Franks
  • Cool ‘n’ Icy Pumpkin Pie
  • 6 Ingredient Apple Crisp
  • Newlywed Pumpkin Pie Filling
  • Pumpkin Custard Squares
  • Nutty Pumpkin Bread

All in all, we have over 230 new recipes in the member area already.

What else has been going on at the HBHW Club? We’ve been talking about meal planning, using craigslist to sell stuff instead of holding a yard sale and our favorite Thanksgiving dishes.  I’m sure you have a lot to contribute to the conversation. Ready to join us? Try The HBHW Club for only $1. We’d love to have you! http://www.hillbillyhousewifeclub.com/special.html

Featured Article

Now that the leaves are turning and it’s getting cold even down here in the south, I’m getting a little more serious about my Christmas planning. If you’re like me, you have quite a few frugal minded women that you want to get a little something special for. That’s what today’s featured article is all about. Enjoy!

Frugal Gift Ideas For Frugal Housewifes

Frugal Tips

    Frugal Thanksgiving Decorations
    Since Thanksgiving in the US is just a few days away, I thought I’d share some of my favorite frugal Thanksgiving decorating tips. Anything from pumpkins to fall flowers can be used to make a prett …

    Grocery List
    I make a grocery list with the following heading: Meats, Produce, Dairy, Can Goods, Frozen, & Misc: No Eat. In doing this I can get in and out of the grocery store without back tracking through t …

    Frugal Vegetable Soup Mix
    I keep leftover vegetables in a gallon bag in the freezer. When the bag is full, it’s simple to add hamburger or other meat and make a great soup or stew since the vegetables are already seasone …

Do you have a tip to share? Fill out the submit a frugal tip form and I’ll be glad to add it to the site and share your tip in an upcoming edition of the newsletter.

Recipes

Here are some of the most recent recipes that have been added to the HBHW site. Enjoy!

    Pork & Kraut with Dumpling’s
    3-4pd. pork roast, add 1 medium sliced onion,1qt.jar of homemade sauerkraut (or 2cans of sauerkraut),caraway seed, pepper&salt,1/2 stick butter or margarine,add water to the roast alittle less tha …

    A Different Green Bean Casserole
    1 lb frozen french cut green beans 1 can cream of celery soup or 10 oz of the homemade equivelant. 1 cup slivered toasted almonds Mix green beans with 1/2 cup almonds and the cream of celery soup and …

    Sweet and Sour Chicken and Rice
    Suggested ingredients and amounts (all are adjustable to your taste) 3-4 cups cooked rice 1 cup broccoli florets or peas 2-3 scrambled eggs 1-2 cooked and cubed chicken breasts (optional) 1 bottle swe …

    Cranberry Chutney
    4 small oranges 2 cups sugar (or sugar substitute) 4 cups fresh cranberries 1 cup chopped unpeeled apple 1/2 cup seedless raisins 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1 Tablespoon vinegar 1/2 teaspoon ground ginge …

    Delicious Beans and Potatoes
    Make mashed potatoes. While they are cooking take cooked pinto beans, drained, cooked kidney beans, drained, or a mix, or leftover bean soup or leftover beans that kidney or pinto beans are in them, …

Do you have a recipe you would like to share? Click here to send it to me and I’ll be happy to add it to the website.

I’m Looking For:

This section is going to be all about you. If you are looking for a particular recipe or a tip on how to do something, submit it here and I will post it in an upcoming newsletter. I’ll give you my input and other readers of the newsletter will have the opportunity to share their recipes and tips as well. So take a moment to post your questions and of course if you have a tip or idea for any question posted in this section feel free to leave a comment under the appropriate post.


I’m Looking For Requests

    Scratch Jiffy Cornbread Recipe
    looking for a from scratch recipe for cornbread that tastes like the Jiffy brand. I’ve tried adding sugar to some recipes, but they still don’t taste similar. My son prefers this to sout …

    In search of gluten-free lemon bars
    Lemon bars are an economical sweet and have always been my favourite but now I must cook gluten-free meals (no wheat or wheat byproducts, read flour, etc., etc., - everything, especially prepared food …

    Closet Damp Absorber
    Hi Just wondering in any readers have any ideas on how to make your own closet damp absorber, you know the sort that collects the humid water in linen closets etc. Gayle This post was submitted by gay …

    Egg Nog Recipes
    I am looking for a variety of egg nog recipes out there. If you have a great traditional recipe, or one with a different twist or flavor to it, I’d love to hear about it. This post was submitted …

    Homemade Johnson’s No More Bedhead spray
    I have boys with thick hair that needs quick taming in the morning. Plain water isn’t controlling it. I sometimes use No More Bedhead or No More Tangles, but it’s too costly anymore. I won …

    Cooking Turkey
    Last year there was a post on how to use your oven as a slow cooker and cook a turkey overnight. My turkey turned out fantastic!! But, I lost my directions. Please help! This post was submitted by …

    Chicken and Dumplings Recipe - Homemade
    looking for homemade chicken and dumplings made the old- fashioned way.thank you. From Susanne - Here’s my chicken and dumplings recipe. My biggest trick is to start the day before by cooking th …

    Sweet Potatoe Cassarole
    I am looking for a sweat potatoe cassarole that has the marshmellowes on top and has a thick like syrup and fruit cocktail in it. my aunt used to make it but she passed away and no one remembered to b …

    Pie Shell Cake
    I’m looking for a recipe for a cake that was baked in a pie shell. It may have had chocolate syrup on the bottom. It was great and my kids loved it. Now I would like to make it for the grandk …

    Removing Rocks in Beans
    Does anyone have a method for removing all the pebbles from pinto & other dried beans? This post was submitted by Nancy.

I’m Looking For Responses
Below you will find some of the recent responses to the “I’m Looking For” Requests. You may also want to go directly to this section and browse through all the recent submissions and replies. To do so, click on “I’m Looking for” here, and start looking through them.

Inspirational Story

THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES

By Francis William Bourdillon

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of a bright world dies
When day is done.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.

Final Thought

That’s it for this edition of the Hillbilly Housewife Newsletter. I hope you’ve had as much fun reading it as I had creating it for you. I also hope that you have found the information helpful and useful. And by all means feel free to forward the newsletter to family and friends or even better, encourage them to subscribe to it.

Do you have a question, a tip, a recipe or a story you’d like to share with us? Email it to me and I’ll include it in a future issue. Can’t wait to see what you have to say.

Warm Wishes,

Susanne - The Hillbilly Housewife

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2 Responses to “Frugal Gift Ideas & Golden Curried Split Pea Soup - HBHW Newsletter”

  1. Denise Says:
    November 4th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    Susanne,

    Thanks for another great info-packed newsletter. The frugal gift basket ideas were great. I almost fell on the floor laughing at your parenthetical notation about rubber spatulas. I have the same ongoing argument with my husband. To me, a scraper is a hard plastic slightly curved thing you use to scrape bread dough and other stuff off the cutting board. A “spatula” is that flexible rubber head with a handle you use to get the last bits out of a jar. And that thing you use to flip stuff while you are cooking (or to serve lasagna out of the pan) is of course called a “pancake turner” (what else?). My husband mistakenly calls a pancake turner a spatula. He calls spatulas “scrapers” And he doesn’t know what to call scrapers because he’s never before seen one in his life (what the heck is this for?).

    Although I live way too far north to be a hillbilly, and my house is way to messy for me to deserve the title housewife, I am definitely a “frugal gal” and just love your website!

    Denise

  2. Beth Says:
    November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    Great newsletter, Susanne — thanks so much for what you do for us!

    Just a response to Denise’s post.. I know what you mean about the debate between you and your hubby on what to call those utensils. I think I might have you beat on one of them, though.. my hubby is a former Brit (by way of Hong Kong), and what you call a “pancake turner,” my hubby calls it a “fish slice.” [BTW, I'd call that a "spatula" (but I also call the rubber-headed thingy a "spatula", too]. Ah, the joy of colloquialisms :)

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