My husband is on leave and we are enjoying a staycation. And although I have lots of extra help with my daily chores, I keep finding myself taking short cuts on even the simplest tasks. For example, when my family wanted a pumpkin pie and I didn’t feel like making a crust, I made aRead More
How to Make Rice in a Pressure Cooker – Real Food, Real Fast
The pressure cooker is the great equalizer! It allows you to make real food in the same amount of time, or less, than it takes to heat up convenience items. You can cook rice in a fraction of the time it would normally take when you use a pressure cooker. The first time I madeRead More
Homemade Chai Latte
My daughter formed an addiction to Chai Lattes while studying on campus. I decided I could probably make a pot of tea for the price she was paying for one cup at the overpriced coffee store. Especially since latte is just Italian for milk and I can buy a half gallon of organic milk forRead More
Repurposing Leftover Orange Chicken and Rice to Create a Stir Fry: Real Food, Real Fast!
This evening I shared a recipe for Orange Sesame Chicken at $5 Dinners. The recipe calls for 1 1/2 – 2 pounds of chicken which is more than my family of 5 eats at one meal. Instead of reheating the leftovers at a later date, I use them to create an “encore meal”. When IRead More
Menu Plan – Week of December 6th
Yesterday I broiled a large batch of chicken thighs. I will be using that meat to speed up dinner prep a couple nights this week. Monday – Minestrone Soup with Quinoa Pasta and Salad Tuesday – Chicken Tacos, Black Beans, and Spanish Rice Wednesday – Pasta and Vegetables with Alfredo Sauce and Salad Thursday –Read More
Turkey and Rice Casserole
Tonight I shared one of my recipes to use up leftover turkey at $5 Dinners: Curried Turkey Salad. It is just one of the ways that I will be using our leftover turkey after Thanksgiving. I will also use the leftover turkey in Tuscan Turkey Soup and use it make Turkey and Rice Soup, but myRead More
Menu Plan – Week of November 22
Last week I did not get a menu up because I was not feeling well. In fact, I spent most of the week sick. Even though I did not feel up to cooking, my family still ate home cooked meals because I had extra meals tucked away in the freezer. All they had to doRead More
Thanksgiving Menu and Practically Perfect Pumpkin Pie
My Thanksgiving menu doesn’t change much from year to year. It is made up of tried and true family favorites. I have included tips for how I organize my meal prep, so that I do not have to prepare all of the dishes on Thanksgiving day. While I am preparing dinner, I set out a veggie tray, nuts, andRead More
Wild Rice Stuffing and How to Make Croutons
Like many other people, I will be sharing Thanksgiving with people with varying dietary needs. Sitting at my Thanksgiving table will be 3 people who are gluten intolerant, 1 vegetarian, 1 person who is lactose intolerant, and 2 people with high cholesterol. Since I create a Thanksgiving buffet, I can easily make several dishes thatRead More
Freezing Berries
Even though my berry plants are only 2 years old, they have produced quite a bit of fruit! We have had several freezes and 2 light dustings of snow, but despite the bad weather my raspberries and strawberries are continuing to produce fruit! They have slowed down considerably, but the fruit still trickles in. MyRead More
Mashed Potato Tips
Today I shared my recipe for Pierogi Casserole at $5 Dinners, which is a delicious way to use leftover mashed potatoes. Since I have potatoes on my mind, I thought I would share a few more mashed potato tips. The easiest way I have discovered to make perfectly smooth, lump-free mashed potatoes is to use aRead More
Honey-Lime Pork Chops
I have been in a meat and potatoes mood lately. The weather change has made me crave stick-to-your-ribs comfort food…or perhaps it is the all of the extra manual labor that is causing my cravings. We spent the weekend winterizing the property for our first snow. We set up heated water buckets for the horses,Read More
Menu Plan – Week of November 8th
We barely made a dent in our freezer last week, so we are continuing with another pantry week. The first time my family saw me making Addictive Sweet Potato Burritos by Laura at I’m Losing It Here, they expressed doubt about the combination of ingredients (In their defense, even I thought cumin, soy sauce, andRead More
Mixed Berry Jam Sweetened with Honey
My strawberries and raspberries are continuing to produce fruit, despite two nights of 27 degree temperatures. I combined strawberries and raspberries with some homegrown blackberries that I froze this summer to make my boys some jam. When you make jam with honey you can use up to 1 cup of honey instead of sugar asRead More
Vegetable-Cheese Quesadillas: Real Food, Real Fast!
Even on busy nights, I like for our family to sit down together for dinner. We always have fun together sharing stories from our day, laughing, and relaxing. It is my favorite part of the day and I don’t like to skip it, if it can be helped. Sometimes, I make dinner on busy nightsRead More
Menu Plan – Pantry Party Edition
My pantry, freezer, and refrigerator are stocked and my garden is still producing, so this seems like an appropriate time to join Amanda at Coping with Frugality in her Pantry Challenge. I only plan to eat from the pantry for 2 –3 weeks, but it should allow me room in the budget for some delightfulRead More
Pumpkin Pie Spiced Sweet Potatoes Fries
I think sweet potato fries are one of those great compromise foods. My kids get to eat “fries” and I get to watch my children enjoy a vitamin rich vegetable! My kids love sweet potato fries. They will eat them just about any way that I cook them: plain, garlicky, spicy or coated with pumpkinRead More
Pumpkin Pie Fudge
Several years ago, we stopped in a fudge shop when visiting Monterey. Now why we stop in fudge shops I don’t know because my husband and kids pick their favorite flavor, and then complain while eating it that it doesn’t taste like my fudge or my peanut butter fudge. I never buy fudge; I alwaysRead More
Pasta with Vegetables and Alfredo Sauce
Homemade Alfredo Sauce is so much tastier and so much less expensive than sauce from a jar. It is easy to make and can be made in the time that it takes to cook the pasta. My husband and kids do not like parmesan cheese, so when I make Alfredo Sauce I only use mozzarellaRead More
Menu Plan – Week of October 25th
My garden is slowing down. Tonight we will have our first freeze which will kill off all of the tomatoes, peppers, and squash in the raised beds. I have already moved some of the plants to my container garden, so we can enjoy some home grown veggies all winter, but they will become aRead More
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