Could we all just be Divas?

A simple little book I picked up in a Dollar Store for one simple little dollar and six cents tax, has really got my mind spinning!

The book is called "Dining with the Dollar Diva" by Elizabeth J. Fisher. Now the title of this book grabbed my attention right away, as I am sure it would have grabbed any one's attention who is on a budget! I didn't page through the book while in the store, it was only $1 what did I have to lose. I came home and packed all the unnecessary stuff I had bought at the Dollar Store away and put the book on the table, and thought "Well I will get around to reading it soon". We happened to be snowed in for a week, and when cabin fever set in, I certainly needed a distraction.

I picked up the "Dollar Diva" and proceeded to take a long hot bath while reading it. The titles to the recipes sounded great, however, upon reading the ingredients I kept finding myself replacing them with goods bought at a Kroger or Walmart or Publix, which as you may have guessed would not be "Dinning with the Dollar Diva" anymore. This got me thinking, was it that I didn't trust the goods sold by Dollar Stores? Not at all, I have bought many many things from Dollar Stores.......but have I ever consumed anything that I had bought at a Dollar Store? Right there was my answer.....NO! Why not? Dollar Stores sell name brand items, and what if my situation was one where I could not afford the name brand item! Oh the HORROR!

I saw a movie called "Julie and Julia" and was pretty impressed by Julie who took on the task of preparing every single one of Julia Child's recipes! So I have set this task out for myself with the "Dollar Diva". I am going to make every single one of these recipes using ingredients from the Dollar stores or 10 for 10 deals at other stores but I will make sure that none of the ingredients cost more than a good old American Dollar! Just to see how much of a Food Diva I really am!

This is not going to be easy for me, as I am extremely picky about what I eat and feed my family. With my youngest son being allergic to all Poultry and my husband being allergic to any and all Shell Fish, you can imagine the menu that this household is accustomed to!

I hope you will all take this journey with me, I will blog after every recipe, adding the cooking experience and the taste and the reviews from my family. I truly hope that this will transform me from a $10 Diva to a $1 Diva.

Penny for your thoughts
Jacki

Funky at 40

I had to laugh when I got the call to do this cake! The person this cake was for is a Lacrosse coach at Georgia Tech, who apparently likes to wear eccentric pants and socks! I thought his wife was kidding when she said his choice in Pants is "out there" well while making this cake I could not wait to meet him.

I am happy to say that he was blown away by his cake and he was even more impressed with his pink pants! What a nice couple. It was such a pleasure to make this cake for them. Happy 40th birthday Ken!