Yummy Tuesday

Ok, so I was trying to find places where I can share posts.  I am  making a weekly schedule, a different theme each day.

Over at Women Living Well, Courtney shared her waffle recipe.  She shared her post at Blessed with Grace blog.  The button is above to link to this blog.

At the same time daughter was making a fruit salad.   This reminded me of a favorite treat that Mexican like. It is called a "bionic".    It consists of fruit, and a milky, sweet sauce, and your favorite toppings: nuts, seed, raisens, shredded coconut, or what ever else you like to add.

The milky, sweet sauce is made with one can of sweeten condensed milk and one can of evaporated milk.

Daughter does not like the sauce, so we did not make the sauce today.

St. Joseph Feast Day

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I know my non Catholic friends will think I have gone crazy. Putting up an altar to a Saint. Why do Catholics do this? All over the world and for many years, Catholics have honored Saints and Mary the mother of Jesus with beautiful adorned altars in their homes or in churches. It is a tradition of faith.

Just recently I learned of the tradition to make altars to remember St. Joseph, the chaste spouse of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The origins of the celebration, was long time ago in Sicily, Italy. Farmers will make this altars to St. Joseph and pray for his intercession for a good harvest that year. The food used on the altars they will share with those who where needy.

This is my first year making one. I remember my grandmother will make one for the Child of Atocha. I included Mary and Jesus too. The Holy Family. I am asking for a family blessing. A stronger bond for my family. The conversion of my husband. A deeper relationship with God our Father. And end for the violence in Mexico.

I used some of the ideas from other Catholic Mom blogs. As well as some of my own.


For the sawdust, I used shredded dried shrimp. In Mexico we use the dried shredded shrimp and add it to beated eggs to make fried egg puffs, we serve them with cactus in chile sauce. That is why I also included a jar of cactus. It is said in Mexico that cactus is the meat of the poor. I have some cans of fruit and vegetables, italian pastries, small little fish crackers, red and white wine vinegar. Most of the items I found at 99 cents store. Amazing!!


The jar of cactus is from My Mom's kitchen. She cans, cactus, tomatoes, and jalapenos. She made some apricot jam once too. My talented Mom.


I cut out some fig bars into shapes of a cross, the monstrance, a heart and chalice. In Italy they used bread in different shapes stuffed with fig jam. You can find out more of this tradion at the St. Joseph Altar blog, click here.

If you will like to see the altars of other Catholic Mom's go here.

the cake

I did it! I baked the cake, smoothed on the frosting and placed the m&ms on top to form a colorful rosary. I could not find my rectangular cake pan, so I had to use a round one. The kids can wait to eat now. But I was waiting for the camera, and good thing I have a camera on my phone, the picture came out nice. The kids will be coloring pictures of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary from Waltzing Matilda. And we will be saying the rosary together. Have a nice day everyone.

Menu Planner

Every week, I plan my menus for the week, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I make my grocery list and head to the store. It is much easier when you have pre-planned your menus for each week. But sometimes, I forget to follow my weekly menus and somehow my meals seem repetitious. At least my husband thinks so. So I reviewed my menus and made changes here and there. Now I have a three week menu plan ready. Hopefully, I will follow this one and not make changes again. My husband and children are very picky eaters, so is hard for me to try new recipes because they might not like what is in them. I eat everything. But I can not make separate meals for all of them. So I make simple meals that they love eating. Well is a little harder for dinner meals. Anyways. I like planning my meals because it releases me from that dreaded question. "What should I cook for dinner today?"

I have to go now, heading to the store to buy my weekly groceries.