Then I got 2 wholesale requests. I don't really do wholesale. It just doesn't make sense for me at this time. With 5 kids, my business time is limited and my retail sales are already keeping me quite busy. I did finally nail down my bulk discount rate though and I submitted details to my 2 requestees. If they are still interested, great. If not, that's OK, too. Maybe sometime down the road I can start considering wholesale a little more seriously...like when I have some help!
What else happened? Oh yeah...I was contacted by our local paper. :D They wondered if I was interested in doing a video piece of me making something crafty & eco-friendly. Yes! The video would run on the paper's website and the article would be in the weekend paper...with my name, business name and links. Coolio! Now I just need to lose 50 pounds in a week. Any good crash diets out there???
There were a couple other smaller things that happened that just made me feel good about my business today. All these things on ONE day. :D
OK, what else? Did I actually get out to my studio today?? Well, technically, yes, but I didn't actually get any work done.
Instead, I played with my kids, talked to my hubby, worked on my bulk pricing, replied to convos and emails, cleaned house a bit, did a load on laundry and made 6 gallons of Weight Watcher's Taco bean soup. Oh and I played a little Farkle on facebook. (Watch out Tamee, I got my eye on first place!) ;)
Now back to the soup. We love this soup. It's easy and very versatile. Serve it like soup just as it is. Serve it like chili with shredded cheese on top. Or a hearty tortilla chip dip. It's also great on baked potatoes. It fills you up and it's a good 'diet' food, too. Well, as long as you go easy on the shredded cheese and chips.
There are a ton of different variations of it but the main 2 ingredients that make this version good are taco seasoning and dry ranch mix.
My recipe is approx 6 times a normal person's recipe. hehe I like to make a LOT at a time. And 6 times is the right multiplication for the cans of tomatoes, sauce and corn that is sold at sam's.
So this time, I'm excited about now having a pressure canner because it will actually save me time. I used to have to wait a long time for the soup to cool before I could freeze it. Then you had to wait a long time for it to thaw before it was ready to serve. woohoo!
Although now that I'm on day 2 of using this pressure canner, I'm thinking one of the bigger models would have suited my cooking style better. I can only can 7 quarts at a time in my canner. Oh well...
So here were the ingredients in my 6 gallons of soup...
| ground beef 6 pounds | 6 | 2.34 | 14.04 |
| onions | 1 | $ 0.97 | $ 0.97 |
| 2 # dried black beans | 1 | 2.69 | 2.69 |
| 2# pinto beans | 1 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| 4# Light red kidney beans | 2 | 2.87 | 5.74 |
| tomato sauce 6# 10 oz | 1 | 2.18 | 2.18 |
| corn 6# 10 oz | 1 | 3.48 | 3.48 |
| crushed tomatoes 6# 10 oz | 1 | 2.68 | 2.68 |
| chopped green chili - tiny cans | 2 | 1.35 | 2.7 |
| taco seasoning | 1 | $ 0.66 | $0.66 |
| ranch dressing mix | 1 | 4.59 | $4.59 |
| $41.98 |
6 gallons = 24 quart
$1.75 per quart
I think 1 quart would actually be a meal for our whole family especially if served with a side and bread. Nice!
Although I really must admit that I don't really do this to save money. Not really. I'm just lazy and don't like cooking all that much. I love putting effort in at one time, having something to show for it and then get a chance to slack later. And there is that benefit of me choosing what goes into it. I like that part, too. It's nice that my hubby really appreciates my kind of cooking. Heck, I guess he just appreciates any kind of cooking that he doesn't have to do.
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Congrats to you-that is a great day!
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