A Culinary Triumph!

Well, never let it be said that in my cousin's house that the cupboard is bare. It very nearly is. But not BARE.

This is what I scraped together today while she was at work:

Kraft Mac -n- Cheese, Bush's Baked Beans and assorted mixed frozen veggies.

I began with boiling the water, while I chopped red onion,

"Wendy," I asked the oldest daughter, "do you think we'll need two boxes or just one?"

"Just one," she said.

While I was waiting for the water to boil, I made a cucumber sandwich to serve as an appetizer. A white bread roll, heated until steaming in the microwave, slathered with mayo, then cucumber slices -and last, celery seed to finish it, was served promptly. Wendy finished it gratefully and fed some of it to the children (there were children present).

The youngest child (my cousin's grandchild) David walked around carrying two cucumber slices, one in each hand. A double fisted eater!

To the macaroni, I added four tablespoons of real butter, the cheese sauce mix (a disgusting orange color, to be sure) and the onion. It looked a bit dry and I was about to add some milk. But the milk in the refrigerator did not have one of those reassuring "we don't use RBST on our cows" labels. I'm sorry, without that label? I'm not drinking it. The last thing I need is to have some weird hormonal thing happen to me because I had the misfortune to ingest such a noxious substance. So I moistened it with almond milk and you'd never know the difference.

The baked beans went into the pan and cooked while I microwaved each plate with frozen veggies. I fed Wendy first, then Isobel her sister (mother of David) and then myself.

It was okay. The mac-n-cheese needed more flavor, but if you mixed it with the baked beans, it was pretty good.

Wendy failed to eat her veggies.

I was sad about that. But at least she helped me finish off the rest of the mac-n-cheese. She was right. We did only need one package.

Until next time, my loyal fans..

KISSES!!!