This Mixed Berry Pie Recipe a delicious way to celebrate Pi Day (March 14, or 3/14), or any day you want to make a tasty fruit-filled pie. We have a few math geeks living at our house. And when I say math geeks, I mean serious math geeks. So geeky that one member ofRead More
Frugal Reading Nook for a 5 Year Old
Normally, I wouldn’t share something so mundane. However, in this new world of technology where we are exposed to so many clever ideas, I think there is more pressure on us to take a simple concept and make it more involved than it needs to be. Don’t get me wrong, I like pretty things andRead More
Frugal Diced Tomatoes without the Can
Roma tomatoes go on sale here periodically. In fact the last couple of weeks, they have been on sale for 99 cents a pound. When they are on sale, I buy them in bulk. Once home, I wash them and dice them. There really is no reason to remove the skin or worry about theRead More
Menu Plan – Week of March 11
I had one of those weeks, last weeks. The ones where everything breaks. My computer, my phone, the heater, and the oven. Except for the heater, everything is pretty essential and hard to live without. 🙂 I had to revise my menu, which had included a lot of oven baked dishes because it is aRead More
Lemon Basil Catfish
After last week’s success with Pecan Crusted Ruffy, I was excited to try another fish recipe experiment on my family. I decided to try a “sweet” marinade, while sticking to some of the traditional fish flavors.They were completely not expecting a sweet note with fish, so I caught them all by surprise. However, they allRead More
Frugal Tip: Enjoy Artickoke Hearts for Less
When my sister and I were discussing our current food obsessions, she shared this money saving tip with me. She buys frozen artichoke hearts instead of bottled artichoke hearts. Next time I went shopping, I began searching for frozen artichokes. I found a 12 oz. pound bag of frozen artichoke hearts at my Trader Joe’sRead More
How to Tell if Produce is Organic at the Store
Some stores have a dedicated organic section. Others mix the organic produce in wth the regular produce and mark the organic produce with green or yellow signs, when they remember to use a colored sign. However, if you know a little number trick, you don’t have to rely on the colored signs to tell youRead More
Savory Mashed Potatoes with Cauliflower and Celeriac
The idea of combining mashed potatoes with cauliflower has been around for a while, but I recently discovered a recipe on City Share which combined celeriac with potatoes to create Celeriac and Potato Mash. Celeriac is actually the root of a celery plant and has a mild celery flavor. I thought it would make aRead More
Cooking Tip: Checking Doneness without Marring Meat
Somebody broke my meat thermometer. I’m not going to name names, but I think it is probably the same person who took one of my bean jars, emptied the beans and covered it with construction paper to make a “state glass jar”. That same little person had been eyeing my thermometer to use in aRead More
Repurpose Leftover Salad Dressing as a Marinade
I like to make homemade salad dressings. I usually prepare a specific dressing to go with a certain salad. Once we’ve finished the salad, the dressing tends to sit in the fridge, neglected and forgotten. To avoid food waste, I’ve started using my salad dressings as marinades. I do this a couple different ways: IfRead More
Mocha Fudge Bundt Cake with Mocha Fudge Glaze
Occasionally, when life is really busy, or just plain crazy, I cheat and doctor a cake mix rather than cook from scratch. I would rather have company over and serve them an easy dessert, rather than not entertain at all. When the cake mix brand that I like goes on sale, I will buy aRead More
Menu Plan – Week of 3/4
Sunday – Chicken with Mushroom and Artichoke Saute (I will replace the flour with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch), Basmati Rice, and Glazed Carrots Monday – Garlic, Kale and Potato Soup and Garden Salad Tuesday – Spaghetti with Homemade Spaghetti Sauce and Garden Salad Wednesday – Use leftover Chicken, Rice and Carrots to make Chicken andRead More
Recovering from an Epic Cookie Failure
My first attempt to make Chai Spiced Meringue Cookies didn’t work out. At all. I tried to modify my Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies and had disastrous results. I am just glad I used a jelly roll pan to bake the cookies on or I would have ended up with the batter overflowing on to theRead More
Pecan Crusted Roughy
I’m afraid that every week I am going to have a “this is what I really made” post. When I posted my menu plan, I intended to make Herb Crusted Cod, but I didn’t check my pantry very well before I made my menu plan. Then when I set out to make dinner I discoveredRead More
Dairy-Free “Butter Cream” Frosting
I have avoided making butter cream frosting since my oldest son’s reaction to dairy became more intense last year. For many years, he was fine as long as he took an enzyme pill before eating. Instead of getting better as he has gotten older, his reaction has gotten worse and he decided to adopt aRead More
Mixed Berry Crumble
My husband could not resist bringing home berries when he did some grocery shopping for me. He actually called me from the store and asked if I would make him a dessert if he brought home berries. He wanted to make sure that I wouldn’t see them while putting away groceries and start making plansRead More
Menu Plan – Week of 2/26
Sunday – Tacos, Black Beans, and Mexican Rice Monday – Use some of the leftover black beans in Minestrone Soup with Quinoa Pasta Tuesday – Use leftover taco meat and black beans to make Taco Salad. Wednesday – Spicy Lentil Soup and a garden salad. Thursday – YOYO Dinner Friday – Baked Salmon with GarlicRead More
Menu Plan – Week of 2/19
Sunday – Teriyaki Chicken, Basmati Rice, and Asparagus with Garlic Monday – Spaghetti with Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce, Gluten-Free Herbed Bread Sticks, and Garden Salad. Tuesday – Use some of the leftover teriyaki chicken and leftover rice to make Asian Chicken and Rice Soup Wednesday – Use leftover Spaghetti Sauce to make Slow Cooker Lasagna.Read More
How to Save Money on College Expenses
Yesterday, I read an article about a woman who had accumulated $555,000 in student debt. Originally she took out only $250,000, but fees and interest have more than doubled what she owes. You can read more about her cautionary tale here. Her story caused me to reflect on how blessed my children will be toRead More
Sauteed Potatoes with Italian Seasonings
I deviated from my menu plan on the first day. I didn’t change it too much, but I decided the flavors of Green Beans with Garlic and Garlic and Rosemary Red Potatoes were too similar, so I decided to change up the potatoes a bit. I wanted the flavor of the potatoes to compliment theRead More
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