The longer you have been doing something, the more likely you are to do it on autopilot. When I was a manager, I used to have the second newest person train the newest person because she/he was the person that was most likely to still think about each step and remember to pass on ALLRead More
I’m Guest Posting at Frugal Creativity Today
I am sharing an easy, cheater recipe for Cola Brownies at Frugal Creativity today. Melissa is one of my first blogging friends and her encouragement has uplifted me on many occasions, including when she shared a guest post here for The Best Pancakes Ever. The recipe was inspired by another friend: Rebecca of Turned Loose.Read More
Rapidly Roasted Herb Crusted Chicken and Vegetables
Daylight Savings Time is not welcomed as much by my family as it is by the rest of the country. You see, the more sunlight I have, the longer I spend outside in the garden, which means that dinner is served a little later each day until the summer solstice and then it slowly returnsRead More
Making Do and Doing Without: Getting the Most Out of Your Blender
Smoothies are my favorite breakfast food. It is not a big surprise that I have looked rather longingly at the Bullet and other smoothie makers. I had been making smoothies in my blender, but I liked the take and go ease of the smoothie makers. As you can see in the picture above, cupboard spaceRead More
Chicken Alfredo Pizza with Broccoli
This Chicken Alfredo Pizza recipe is my favorite way to use up leftover Alfredo Sauce, but I have no problem whipping up a batch of Alfredo sauce just to make this pizza. I used my Slightly Healthier Gluten Free Garlic and Herb Pizza Dough recipe to make the crust for this pizza. Use your favoriteRead More
Steak and Asparagus Frittata and Pasta Alfredo with Asparagus
Today, as part of breakfast week at $5 Dinners, I shared my Steak and Asparagus Frittata Recipe.You will want to check out all of the delicious breakfast recipes, like Erin’s recipe for Cinnamon Walnut Quinoa with Raisins. You can find more breakfast recipes in Erin’s latest book The $5 Dinner Mom Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook.Read More
2 Different Almond Cookie Recipes
Today, my youngest child said, “Let’s recipe”. So recipe we did. We made 2 batches of almond cookies so we could taste test them and decide which were our favorites. After much deliberation, we have agreed to disagree on which were the best. I liked the eggless almond cookies which are sweetened with coconut palmRead More
Making Do and Doing Without
Last week Sheila from To Love, Honor, and Vacuum tweeted the question “could you stop shopping for a year?” and included a link to I’ve Got Enough Stuff. The article takes a humorous approach to our over consumption while asking a serious question: Do you have too much stuff? I tweeted back to @SheilaGregoire thatRead More
Strawberry and Spinach Egg Puffs
Last week on $5 Dollar Dinners, I explained that my recipes are occasionally inspired by my children’s interests. I shared how my kids like Lord of the Rings and pretend that my Stuffed Cabbage with Turkey and Brown Rice is made by elves since it is a food item wrapped in a leaf. This generated some discussionRead More
How to Make Self Rising Flour, Baking Powder, and a Substitute for Whipping Cream
On Saturday, Vickie shared a recipe for biscuits that only required 2 ingredients: self-rising flour and whipping cream. I really wanted to try them, but I didn’t have self-rising flour and I definitely didn’t want to go out in the snow to get it, so I decided to make my own self-rising flour. How toRead More
Sloppy Joe Pie
Tami, from Butter My Kitchen, is sharing a delicious recipe with us today. Hi everyone, I’m Tami from Butter my Kitchen, and I am honored that Alea asked me to do a guest post for her. I ‘met’ Alea last year in the blogosphere leaving comments on each other’s blogs. She has always left kindRead More
Biscuits and Chocolate Gravy
Here is a recipe for biscuits that only require 2 ingredients and is topped with chocolate gravy from my friend Vickie! I got married to my husband at a very young age and without the knowledge of how to cook. Oh, I knew the basics –how to scramble some eggs, make a pancake, etc. butRead More
Sweet Jalapeño Corn Casserole
Elsa from Elsa’s Cooking Diary is sharing one of her incredibly flavorful recipes with us today. I must confess, I’ve never eaten corn casserole before. Nope, not even once. I know! Crazy! 🙂 For some unknown reason, I randomly decided that I needed to make a corn casserole to go with dinner. I searched forRead More
Stuffed Cabbage with Turkey and Brown Rice
My recipe for Stuffed Cabbage with Turkey and Brown Rice was featured on $5 Dinners yesterday.There are probably a few of you who are wondering how I get my children to eat their dinner wrapped in a leaf. You can read how I accomplish this feat at $5 Dinners and also learn how I use theRead More
Hamburger, Help Her
The following post was originally published on Hunger and Thirst: Hamburger is my dad’s all-time favorite food. Not a traditional burger, grilled to perfection on the outside, and still succulent and pink on the inside. No, he prefers his burger to be cooked so long that it resembles a dirt clod in texture and flavor.Read More
Homemade Snack Cake Recipes
April Harris from The 21rst Century Housewife is sharing two delicious, homemade recipes for snack cakes: Chocolate and Banana Snack Cake and Carrot, Walnut and Ginger Snack Cake. When I was a kid growing up in Canada, Betty Crocker marketed a cake mix called ‘Snackin Cake’. It was a moist cake that you served withoutRead More
Shredded Hashbrowns with Sausage and Peppers
Christy from Frugality and Crunchiness with Christy is sharing a delicious variation on hashbrowns with us today! My family loves potatoes – mashed especially, with hashbrowns coming in a close second. I have never tried to make them from scratch. I couldn’t get past shredding the tater’s (cause I like them shredded the best). AllRead More
The Best Pancakes Ever
My grandmother passed away last weekend. I thought I could rely on my years as a military wife to compartmentalize and soldier on. I was wrong. I sent out an email to some of my blogging friends requesting guest posts and have been overwhelmed by their support. Although I am grieving, I feel incredibly blessed toRead More
Pumpkin Spice Egg Puffs
Since my 3 year old announced that my Sweet Potato Egg Puffs were his favorite muffins, I have looked at egg puffs in a whole new light. He is right; they are light and fluffy like muffins, but they have very little flour and sugar, making them a healthier alternative. They also come together veryRead More
Repurposing Leftover Chicken
Today, I am sharing a speedier version of my Chicken and Broccoli Casserole recipe at $5 Dinners. I also shared a few ideas for saving time on dinner prep. My regular readers will not be surprised to learn that one of my tips is to plan ahead to use leftover meat in another dish. IRead More
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