Leftover Coffee Now = Cold Coffee for Later

I have figured out what to do with my abundance of leftover coffee.  My husband and I both require coffee to function. He works nights and I work (ie. watch the baby and manage the home) during the late morning to late night. (I do too have a job!)  Normally I see Drew for a few hours before he goes to work. (It's hard work! Especially in a 512 sq ft apartment and needing to keep the baby entertained so Drew can sleep!) Due to opposite shifts we tend to make two pots a day and have lots of leftover coffee, which has been wasteful and expensive.

My solution for leftover coffee is cold coffee, which tastes a lot like grocery store Starbucks Frappuccinos. I put leftover coffee in the refrigerator in sealed containers, like my Magic Bullet cups, and add 1/3 milk and 1 tbsp sugar for each cup of cold coffee. Stir and cool thoroughly.

I don't like iced coffee (coffee with chunks of ice), but if I did all I would need to do is add ice to the cold coffee when I'm ready for iced coffee and stir. I could also pop the cold coffee in the freezer and let it get slushy like a real Frappuccino. Num!

An added benefit to not wasting this precious nectar from the gods is I don't have to make or wait for coffee in the morning (ie. my "morning"). It's a nice treat and makes me feel fancy.

Huzzah for innovation through necessity!

The pumpkin pie shake at Jack In the Box is tasty! We got a free one and are going to get another :D

Homemade Soup

Well, I got hungry and didn't want to make a big elaborate dinner that took 30 minutes or longer to cook. There was some tomato soup, so I got a can out. Tomato soup isn't very filling to me. I chopped up some vegetables from my fridge and some lunch meat. It turned out really good and tasty. I should have made more. Drew liked it very much and is beginning to think I got this cooking this down.

Lunch Meat Vegetable Soup

A can of tomato soup
1/4 yellow onion, cut up
1 radish, cut up
1 clove of garlic, cut up
½ inch of celery, cut up into very small pieces
Sprinkle with savory, oregano and pepper
3 slices of lunch meat, cut in large pieces

Cut everything up and put in a sauce pan. Add one can full of water and stir well. Boil for 15 minutes or until vegetables soft. Stir occasionally.

"Let's Roll."

Did you know that Todd Beamer said "Let's roll" on September 11th, 2001? He said it just before he and the other passengers of United Flight 93 attacked terrorists that had hijacked their airliner. United Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field. The White House is believed to have been the terrorists' target.

How does this pertain to me? Well, every time I cook it's like I'm saying, "Let's roll," and off to battle the kitchen and food in a vast, epic battle to concoct something to eat that may or may not end badly. After a month and 14 days of marriage, I haven't failed too badly at cooking--yet. I've made some original AND tasty things: Two tomato soups, my mom's soup, chicken, spaghetti and meatballs, filet mignons and some other things.

But what I've failed at cooking has been relatively easy things like mashed potatoes, omelets and waffles. I accidentally poured the potatoes down the sink when I was draining off water and the waffles stuck to either side of the sandwich/waffle maker and cooked funny.

I don't remember exactly about the omelets. I think I just cooked them too long for the veggies and tasty things to be cooked into the omelets, so it was like an egg tortillas.

My husband Drew does cook regularly and help me often with cooking. Luckily, he's not like a lot of guys and actually cooks and helps around the house. I haven't become his maid...yet.

*evil mwuhaha laughing*

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"Housekeeping! Me join in?"