Quick one pot stove top tuna casserole

I've been asked a few times how I make my tuna casserole ... so here it is

 

Tuna casserole

2 lbs of elbow noodles
12 oz can of light tuna in water
3 cans of condensed cream of mushroom soup ( 10.5 oz )
bag of frozen peas
about half a cup of onion, chopped
Morton's Nature's Seasons ( seasoning blend )
 sea salt
garlic powder


Cook noodles in large pot, with a touch of sea salt and garlic powder added to the water before boiling
drain noodles .. do not rinse .. set aside

in pot add peas, onion and soups  ( I put a few ozs of water in the bottom of one can and stir to get all the soup out.. moving same water to the next can and so on.. add to mixture in pot )
add tuna after draining
add seasoning blend to taste... mix heating just a bit, over low heat.. onions should stay crisp..
mix in noodles .. let set for a minute or two .. serve warm


this makes a large pot .. feeds us four plus left overs.. left overs good rewarmed or cold
 

Beads

a few of the items for next weeks famers market

Sunday Farmers Market At Tractor Supply

 

Free starfish coaster crochet pattern at Joann's

 

 

I was at Joann's craft store the other when one of their free patterns caught my eye.. a quick easy crochet coaster .. I had to give it a go :D

it was fun to work up.. I will be doing more..

 

starfish coaster pattern

Summer roses

Summer is in full swing ... gardens are looking good.. roses in full bloom.. I love this bush.. it has so many colors in each rose.. pink, orange, red and yellow :D

 

 

Jorden put together some for me..

 

 Loved them

 

 

 

 

 

He did more so we could add them to our tables at the market.. :D

 

  

We been getting a lot of rain this year.. rainbows every few days

 

to reflect

I got some reflective yarn by Red Heart thinking I would make a few simple items to make it easier to be seen while walking the dogs at night... in the colder months I take them during the day, but as things heat up it gets too hot for that... so with this in mind I wanted light weight items that didn't add warmth..
I went with a long very skinny scarf that could be worn as a belt or tied on to whatever lol


Using size 15 US cables I cast on 175 stitches long tail.. in pink, cut the yarn.. knit a row in black again cutting the yarn... bound off in pink.. I just tied the ends together adding one strand of fringe to the end with less tail ends then tied them together....
Very easy takes only a few minutes,  but could make the difference of being seen or not 

chickens... lots of chickens

Nostradamus loves watching the babies..

These are the little ones he is watching.. Cornish rocks, Leghorns, Cochins and two we are not sure about yet...

 

These little ones are bantam Cochins and Ameraucanas... and a few we are not sure of yet lol  ..

in this group we have Reds, Leghorns and buff Orpingtons

Theses are full sized Ameraucanas the only pullets we got other than in the first group.. they didn't have straight run.. we do try and stick with straight run as much as we can.. the roos will have a much longer happy life..

this is our new frizzle... so soft

 

this girl turned into quite a beauty.. in spite of the look she's giving my phone lol

a few of the hens we were gifted last fall.. they don't normally stick this close together glad I had my phone ready to snap a shot

 

this hen is one of the babies we hatched out last year.. she is a total sweetie...

 

just a few our new and not so new chickens..

 

Happy Easter

At the Market

It was a beautiful day for the Sunday Farmers Market at Tractor Supply

 

 

 We took eggs for the first time, sells were good... thanks to the other vendors pointing the customers to us :D

 

 

 

 I had just enough quiet time to put the finishing touches on a knit healing shawl to go with the crochet ones  

Classic fingerless gloves

 

Classic fingerless gloves
Size 9 US dpns or circular needles
gauge 7 sts. by 11 rows per 2 inches
75 yards of worsted weight yarn

Both gloves made the same

k = knit
knit = knit all stitches of that round
k2tog = knit 2 stitches together
kf/b = knit the front loop like normal, then knit the back loop of the same stitch making a one stitch increase
p = purl
psso = pass slid stitch over stitch just worked
sl st = slide stitch purl wise
( )x = repeat instructions inside of brackets as many times as the number after the x indicates
cast on 30 stitches, join in the round
1) k1, p1
2) p1, k1
3) k1, p1
4) p1, k1
5) k1, p1
6) p1, k1
7) sl st, p1, psso, ( k1, p1 )x6, k1, sl st, k1, psso, ( p1, k1 )x6, p1
8) sl st, p1, psso, ( k1, p1 )x6, sl st, k1, psso, ( p1, k1 )x6
9) k1, p1
10 - 13) knit
14) ( k2tog, k11 )x 2
15 - 24) knit
25) kf/b stitch marker, k22, stitch marker, kf/b
26) knit
27) k1, kf/b, k22, kf/b, k1
28) knit
29) k2, kf/b, k22, kf/b, k2
30) knit
31) k3, kf/b, k22, kf/b, k3
32 - 34) knit
35) k27, * k2tog, slip the stitch back onto the left needle purl wise * repeat until all of the thumb gussets stitches are worked ( all stitches between stitch markers )
36) k20, kf/b
37) kf/b into the next stitch joining in the round again, knit the rest of the round
38 - 44) knit
bind off as * k2tog, slip the stitch back onto the left needle purl wise * repeat to end, fasten down, weave in ends


 

Setting up to sell

I have been looking for a place to sell my crafts at for some time now. I had tried the large farmers market in town ( listed as one of the top in the US ) but it was not a good fit for me.. it's gotten so big and touristy it doesn't have that cozy home town feel to it any more... it was suggested I should raise my prices to fit in better... I felt I was asking a fair price for each item..... now on the other hand we have a rather large flea market not far from here but no one wants to pay enough to even cover the cost of  materials let alone time.. tried it once I couldn't tell you how many times in that day I was told "I could get that at such and such a store cheaper"  ... don't take me wrong both places are really cool for what they are.. it is a real experience to go to either of them.. both having dozens of vendors.

I do events here and there and have a great time doing them, but covering the cost of set up alone can really be pricey..

I don't like doing special orders often, I've tried this so many times I have to admit that I like to work on whatever strikes my fancy at the time..
With crafting every day, items start to add up.. I can't give them all away and still cover the costs of new crafting supplies ;)
A while ago I heard about this new farmers market set up at one of my favorite stores outside of craft stores Tractor Supply .. was said to be a very nice friendly market with the feel of .. with the events I had already agreed to do plus the fact that this could be just a "dangerous" during chick days to me as setting up at a craft store, I put off talking to them... well I'm just going to have to do my best to stay strong and keep chick buying to a limit.. we will be setting up our craft and reiki booth with them starting next Sunday :D stop by and see us at the Tractor Supply at 1440 W. Picacho Ave. Las Cruces, NM. weather permitting at 10 am - 2 pm

Sunday Farmers Market At Tractor Supply


 

Beaded Fingerless Gloves

Beaded Fingerless Gloves
size 9 US dpns or cable needles
gauge 4 stitches by 6 rows per 1 inch
68 yards of worsted weight yarn
20 pearl colored beads with large enough hole to fit double strand of yarn through ( snugly )
small crochet hook to place beads on yarn I used 5US/1.90mm
2 stitch markers

k = knit
knit = knit all stitches of that round
k2tog = knit 2 stitches together
kf/b = knit the front loop like normal, then knit the back loop of the same stitch making a one stitch increase
purl = purl all stitches of that round
yo = yarn over the needle creating new stitch
( )x = repeat instructions inside of brackets as many times as the number after the x indicates

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