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We Interrupt This Week’s Scheduled Blog Post…

September 21, 2022 … With a much-requested recipe!You may remember the quote, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” from when reading Of Mice and Men in High School. How true that is; no matter how much you plan, things sometimes just don’t always go as you wish. Not going to lie – that’s where we were this week; to say it has been “chaotic” would be an understatement. With that, we need to shift gears from the blog post we wanted to do on High Yield Savings accounts, as it is an important topic that we feel just shouldn’t be quickly “thrown together”. If we have learned anything from this Project Money journey thus far, it has been to stay consistent and keep at it. So, while this blog post is unplanned, ever since we posted about the Fire Roasted Hatch Pepper Jelly Krystal made a few weeks ago, we have been getting messages asking for the recipe and we are happy to share! The recipe used for the jam itself was this one:

But, to keep the jam longer than a month, she water baths them and follows that process in this recipe:

The roasting of the peppers she did on our gas stove, but as it can be a bit messy, she wants to try it outside on a grill next year.
TIP:  If you do not like things so spicy, be sure to scrape out at least half the seeds from the peppers. We bought our canning items when “canning” was one of THE activities of 2020, so while we didn’t save money initially, the nice thing is, once you have the jars, you just need to buy new lids each year; they are fairly cheap. Also, if you have a bit of time to look, you can usually find the jars at garage sales and/or thrifts stores for a cheap price. 
While we enjoy eating the items, we can ourselves, we also love making unique treats, like this pepper jelly, to share with friends and family during special occasions. You might also be interested in Whew and wow! This has been quite a challenging and eye-opening process! It has been very hard to do this project as part of a couple when both of us appear... During the week of November 23, we wrote about how we were going to look into options for cost-saving measures. One of those measures was to analyze any... This past weekend, we took our annual trip down to Chicago, which was also paired with a trip to the theater. With being in Project Money, have been more... Something that stands out lately are the number of outlets competing for one’s time, attention, and especially our hard earned money. I don’t know about... If it wasn't so cold out right now, we might not believe that the end of the year is fast approaching, but alas – it is! With that, we have been starting... Initially, we weren’t sure exactly what to write about for this week’s blog post. However, the subject came to us this past weekend as we were reviewing... Many of us enjoy hosting parties with friends and family for seasonal activities and Holidays but don’t want to break the bank doing so! For me and Krystal... I don't know about you, but I, Krystal, grew up in a pretty cold house during winter. We lived in a rural-ish area where natural gas did not run, thus... One thing we’re still working through is being a bit more proactive about unexpected house costs. Sure, we have small savings account for house expenses...
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