Dabbling Divas

Do you know how much you spend on groceries each week? Each month? Well the government has an idea as to how much the “average American family” spends. There is an online calculator to try out here. I calculated mine and it was almost $900 a month!! I have NEVER spent $900 a month to my knowledge. Try it out. How much do they think you should spend? Leave a comment and check out our discussion boards.

I love to learn and lately the “learning bug” has been biting.  Maybe I could take class at a community college?  That just takes time away from my family and my work schedule is never the same from week to week.

As I was surfing the net, I came across a blog called The Frugal Queen.  She posted a link about online learning sponsored by the state of Ohio.  You don’t live in Ohio?  Well……anybody can use it, no matter what state you live in.  At LearningExpressLibrary.com you can take skills improvement courses in Algebra, practice for a Nursing School Entrance test or practice your business writing skills (do you think it would help with writing blog posts?)  They even offer some of the tests in Spanish.

Go ahead.  Check it out.  You might learn something new today.

Go to our discussion forums and tell us what you learned.

My kids love Snickerdoodles and they are easy to make so it’s a good recipe they can help out with. It’s great for all these cold days that we’ve been having and they are so yummy fresh out of the oven.

Snickerdoodles Recipe

1 cup Crisco
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
2 ¾ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cream of tartar

Also:
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

* If more sugar/cinnamon is needed for rolling, just be sure to mix with a 50/50 ratio.

Directions: Mix Crisco and sugar well in a large bowl. Add eggs. Mix again.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar.
Pour the flour mixture into the Crisco mixture and mix well.Chill for one hour.

Roll into balls about the size of a small superball.
Combine the 2 tsp sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl. Roll the cookie dough balls in the sugar and cinnamon. Shake off excess coating. Make more sugar/cinnamon mixture as needed.

Bake 8 to 12 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet at 400 degrees.

Find more great recipes on our message board or post your own!