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Mama Cat’s Eggless Meatloaf

  • 1 lb hamburger
  • about 3/4 sleeve saltine crackers, crushed
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
  • Ketchup for topping the meatloaf

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line bottom of baking dish with parchment or aluminum foil for easier clean-up, if desired. Combine a ingredients except ketchup in a large bowl. Form into a loaf and place in prepared baking dish. Top with ketchup. Bake about 1 hour or till done–juices are clear and it is not pink in the center. Let sit a few minutes before cutting.

Healing Purrs

Meet my little buddy Mr. Stripey. Ever since I broke my ankle this week, he has stayed right by my side. According to the doctors, it’s not a bad break–but it sure hurts like hell and I can’t stand to put any weight on it at all, even wearing the air cast I was given at the orthopedist’s office. Work will be interesting on Monday morning–I work in a medical office, and while I can mostly do administrative work while my foot heals, it’s a long way to the bathroom, and much farther to the breakroom. Not that I was actually getting a lunch break most days anyway.

I have realized that now that Republicans have taken over, and this is a red state, employers probably feel like they can treat their employees any way they want, and face few, if any consequences. The fact that many employees don’t get breaks is kind of overlooked. You’re damned if you complain about it and dammed if you don’t. Watch for labor law enforcement in red states to go straight down the toilet over the next four years.

Cheap Recipe of the Day 3-8-2025

This is a good recipe for those weeks when you’re digging change out of the couch in order to have gas money to get to work, since it uses mostly inexpensive pantry staples. Seve this with some buttered toast and you have a cheap meal. This makes enough for two adults.

Poor Folks Hamburger Casserole

1 box dry macaroni and cheese
1 lb. hamburger, browned and drained
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can mixed vegetables, drained
1 can condensed tomato soup
1 cup shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a casserole dish or baking pan and set aside.

Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain well when finished cooking, then return to cooking pot. Stir into the hamburger the onion, mixed vegetables, tomato soup and cheese packet. Turn into casserole or baking dish. Cover and bake about 30 minutes. Remove cover and top with cheese. Bake 5 minutes more.

Well, here goes….

I have been trying to get a blog going for the last year or so but never seemed to find time to do it–as a person who works multiple jobs in order to support my family, time to do anything but work is a precious commodity. But last week, I fell and broke my ankle, so now it looks like I am going to be off work at my weekend job for several weeks–if the job is still even there once I am healed up enough to go back to it. And to be truthful, I would rather spend my weekends helping other people by sharing some of the things I have learned over the years that will hopefully help some people survive the hardships many people are going to face now that Trump and his unelected co-president are taking a wrecking ball to the country.

Their actions are almost certain to cause a recession, if not an outright depression. Life is about to get a lot more expensive due to tariffs, deportations of migrant workers, and many other actions, such as angering our allies and trading partners such as Canada. The billionaire class will hardly notice if the cost of food, clothing and shelter increases–people like us will be the ones left holding the bag. And if programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are severely cut or even eliminated, millions of vulnerable elderly and disabled people will lose the income and medical services they need in order to survive–not to mention the impact taking this money out of the economy will have on nearly every business in the United States, and the employees who work for them.

Anyway, I hope the information I share on topics such as gardening, food preservation, cooking on a budget, and other poverty survival skills will be helpful to my readers.

Buckle up, folks. We are in for a rough ride.