Country Bob's Sauce!

A few weeks ago I was contacted by the wonderful people of Country Bob's Sauce and asked if they could send me some of their sauce to try out.

I'm so glad I said yes, you have no idea how good this sauce is.

Let me start by telling you a little about it.

In 1968 Country Bob perfected the sauce of his dreams. After years of giving the sauce to friends and family he began to sell it in 1977. The reaction was overwhelming just as it is today. Almost everyone who tries Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce becomes a lifelong user. And why not, it is the perfect complement to practically any meal set on your table.

The two bottles of sauce they sent me were for their All Purpose Sauce which as the description says:

It is more than a steak sauce, because of its unique flavor and the variety of uses. You can grill, cook, and marinate with it, or put it in your soups, stews, baked beans, and your other favorite dishes. Experience the Taste! Use our All Purpose Sauce on:
Steak, Chicken, Barbeque, Fries, Hamburger, Fish and so much more!

And guess what? It's Gluten Free! AMAZING!

We have tried this sauce on everything from burgers to steaks and fries, but one of my personal favorites and the kids too?????

Scrambled Eggs. Oh My Goodness, it is SO good on scrambled eggs.

If you're interested in trying out this wonderful sauce for yourself, just visit their website at Country Bob's. They even have recipes, really good recipes.

Thank you to the folks at Country Bob's, I'm so glad I got to try this product out, it's the only All Purpose Sauce I am allowed to have in the house....according to hubby and kids :)

Happy Homemaker Monday!

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
It feels so good outside, it's not hot and it's not cold, it's just perfect :)


One of my simple pleasures:
Sitting down with my kids and telling them stories about my childhood


On my bedside table:
Some Portuguese Magazines
A book I'm reading


On my TV:
Little House on the Prairie Season 6



On the menu for tonight:
Spaghetti, Salad


On my To Do List:
Mop and sweep
Change bed linens


New Recipe I tried last week:
Not exactly a new recipe, but one I hadn't made in forever. Cream Horns, check out the recipe on my food blog.


In the craft basket:
Nothing, I'm looking through books and online to try and come up with some great Fall projects.


Looking forward to:
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. I love this time of year and all the holidays we have to look forward to.


Homemaking Tip for this week:
Keep tons of hand sanitizer around, teach your kids how to use the bottle safely and remind them constantly to use it.


Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
Well I finally got around to blog reading and I can't stay there was a favorite because there were so many and so much I missed out on, but now being back to blogging full time, I'm sure next week I'll have a good one to share.


Favorite photo from last week:
Going back in time to my childhood, I have so many fond memories of the time we lived in Portugal.





Lesson learned the past few days:
That no amount of vitamins and hand sanitizing will keep you from getting the winter cold or flu.


On my Prayer List:
All my friends and family
Everyone during this cold and flu season. There are so many people sick right now and the threat of the H1N1 is unfortunately real.


Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
And God spoke all these words: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me."

Exodus 20:1-3 NIV

3 Down....

I should have known that it was just wishful thinking on my part LOL

But here we are, 3 of us down with this cold. Nicholas is starting to get better, the fevers are all gone with him, now it's just the sniffles and a bit of a cough remaining.

Jasmine and I however are still going through the first few days of it, so to say I feel awful is just an understatement.

I can't stand the fevers, the way that they make me exhausted and hurt my body and leave with me no energy for anything. These are the days I miss being close to family and being able to turn to someone for help, even if just for an hour or two during the day so I can crawl into my bed and shake the fever chills away.

At least we're all sick at the same time, well, except for hubby and we're going to try and keep it that way. Needless to say there's lots of hand washing, soup eating, juice drinking, vitamin C popping around here. It's like a little clinic LOL

Thank the Lord that the kids are on Fall break today and Monday. It worked out just perfectly, this will give us 4 days to rest and heal up.

Boy it's been a tough cold season already, it's pretty bad around these parts and from what I'm hearing, around the country too. This flu season has come in with a bang and I'm just praying that we can all get through it minorly scathed, needless to say we need to pray and pray hard.

So what have I been doing? Well, I've been wearing PJ's all day and sweaters. IN.ARIZONA! LOL

You may laugh but that is how you can tell that I'm really sick cause that hot weather outside is definitely not conducive to sweater wearing. *snicker*

The kids and I have been watching tv and relaxing as much as possible and I've been blog reading and book reading and catching up on my Supernatural, I'm almost done with Season 4 and this way I can finally catch up to the new Season on TV.

I had to put my Little House on the Prairie on hold for now because the last disc I received was broken. I kid you not, it was cracked down the middle, actually broken, I don't know if it happened at the Netflix facility or in the mail on the way here, but it happened and even though I have the last two discs for Season 6 here, I can't watch them until I get a replacement for Disc 4 that I never watched.

Are you confused yet? LOL

I've always been on Facebook looking at the pictures my sister in law Lilian, posted from their trip to Portugal with my parents last month.

They actually went to Povoa de Santa Iria which is where I grew up and oh my goodness, it was so wonderful seeing the old building we used to live in and the aquaduct that we used to walk on.....yes you read that right.....walk on. I can't believe we did that and now I'm staring at the pictures thinking....UH??? If only my parents knew at the time what we were doing, we would have gotten a spanking LOL

Now see there, we used to walk on that thing, I mean really.....what were we thinking?

That's my oldest brother Paul....the buildings behind him on the right....not the first door, but the one to the left, that was the entrance to our apartment building. I have SO many wonderful memories from this place.

This road LOL Oh my goodness. My brothers and I used to build go karts and then race down the road, see how it dips?

Well on the left side in one of those buildings lived this annoying lady that hated the kids playing on that road, so actually used to put sand on the road so the go karts couldn't ride over....but my brothers and some of the older kids in the neighborhood would go and sweep it away LOL

See that yellow car? To the right you have a black one? Well right behind it, in that little corner used to be a tiny little store we used to buy food at. It was so small but I remember my brothers and their friends messing the crates at night LOL

They would hook up a rope to them and then pull them up a few stories and then BAM, let them go LOL


Another view of the building we used to live in.

Those days were so wonderful, I have nothing but the best memories from my childhood :)

Nowadays I will talk to my children about the things we did and the fun we had and they're actually jealous that they will never be able to experience the same freedom that we had. Times have truly changed and not for the better.

Anyway, thank you to my sister in law Lilian for uploading these pics, they brought back so many wonderful memories and even brought tears to my eyes, it makes me miss those carefree days.

I'm off to scrounge up some dinner and count down the minutes until I can get into bed and sleep LOL

Have a wonderful friday.

Slow Cooking Thursday

Don't forget to add your name to Mr Linky and a link back to your SCT post so others can come by and see your recipe too.

Image credit: Crockpot Tuesdays

Mexican Goulash

1/2 lb lean ground beef
1/2 cup onion; chopped
1/4 cup green pepper; chopped
3 cup tomato juice; hunt's no salt
1 1/2 cup raw macaroni
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon chili powder

Add Macaroni to boiling water and cook for 7 minutes. Cook the first 3 ingredients in cast-iron skillet until meat is brown and vegetables are tender. Drain off fat. Add tomato juice, macaroni, and spices. Simmer until liquid is almost absorbed. Note: Served with a salad, this makes a delicious meal.

One down....

It's that dreaded time of the year, you know, the sniffles and coughs, the fevers and sore throats?

Without fail, my children are always one of the first to get hit with whatever is going around so right now, there's one down in the household.

Nicholas stayed home today, low grade fever, runny nose, this horrible cough and just downright cruddy feeling. I hoped we would luck out this year and totally skip this flu season but it seems it's not going to happen.

Everywhere I look there are sick mommies and daddies and school kids, I'm just praying that we can all get through this time of the year with minimal sickies.

I'm sitting here with a cup of hot tea and honey, my throat has that itchy thing going so I'm thinking I may just be next in line, prayers that I don't.

I've managed to finally catch up with all my bloggy friends and boy did I miss a lot, I'm just glad that I am finally up to date, it's much easier to open the Google reader when you don't have 1000 new posts. YIKES!

We're still here in Arizona and can't wait to leave, it's been two years where we've made do but never really grew used to it, it's just not for us.

To say that I don't feel safe in this area is also an understatement, you would think living on a military base you would not have to worry about certain things but the fact is that you do. We've had a couple of robberies right outside the gates and then they jump into the base. Unbelievable!

Just this past weekend, Sunday night to be exact, we were woken up around midnight with two loud explosions, it scared the bejeebers out of me, turns out there was some sort of Swat Team across the road bursting into an apartment.

I can't even make this stuff up, it's that ridiculous. So yes, to say we're ready to leave this area is an understatement.

It's all in the Lord's hands and I'm sure we'll be fine and when the time is right, we'll move on from this base.

Anyway, I just wanted to come and check in with everyone, I best be off to help kids with homework and baths and all that other fun night time routine. Once they're settled in for the night, I'll be having myself a cup of yummy hot Mexican chocolate and popping in another disc of Little House on the Prairie or Supernatural...not sure yet which I'm in the mood for.

I hope you're all enjoying this wonderful Tuesday, don't forget to bundle up, you don't want to be getting sick right now.