Last month I saw several delicious salads that used quinoa as a main ingredient. I did not have the exact ingredients for any of the recipes, so I decided to experiment and ended up creating a new family favorite. This recipe is very flexible! I have made several variations depending on what ingredients I haveRead More
Mashed Red Potatoes
I love being able to walk out to the garden and dig up some potatoes for dinner! Today I am making my mashed red potatoes recipe which is a favorite with my kids. Have you ever eaten a potato that is so fresh the skin is still paper thin and fragile? New potatoes need toRead More
Oatmeal and Cottage Cheese Pancakes
This morning I discovered day old cottage cheese and a little bit of milk that was 2 days past its sell-by date. I don’t know how either of them were overlooked. They both passed the sniff check. Then I was brave and did the taste test and again they both passed. So I decided toRead More
Batch Broiling and Pasta Salad Recipe
Now that our weather is cooling off, I can resume batch broiling boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I like broiling chicken because cooking at high heat seals in the juices creating a tender piece of meat. The seasoning tends to stay on the meat a little better than when grilling. But the thing I love mostRead More
How to Create Recipes When Your Are a Spontaneous Cook
Are you the type of person who adds a pinch of this or a smidge of that when creating recipes? Do you know when something is done by the smell? You are a natural cook! Your family loves your cooking, but you are making it hard to recreate them because the recipes are in yourRead More
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Cauliflower
This Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Cauliflower recipe has a savory blend of spices making it a delicious side dish any time of year! This recipe was created out of my desire to use up some vegetables before they turned. I like roasted sweet potatoes and I like roasted cauliflower, so I decided to combine the two. MyRead More
Grinding Coriander (Cilantro Seeds)
Last week, I shared how I dry my herbs in a bag. One of the advantage to drying herbs this way is that I can easily dry and collect cilantro seeds and use them to make coriander. When I grind coriander, I only do about 1 tablespoon of seeds at a time. Coriander is mostRead More
Menu Plan – Week of August 30th
This week my primary goal is to use up as many vegetables from my garden as possible. My second goal is to create enough food that my husband and oldest son will not starve when I go out of town this weekend with the other kids. Instead of planning my meals so that leftovers canRead More
Green Beans with Garlic
The green beans have only come in dribs and drabs for most of the summer. However, I am finally harvesting them fast enough to serve green beans as a side dish, rather than merely using them as an ingredient in soup. I prefer to eat my veggies with just enough seasoning to highlight their naturalRead More
Roasted Eggplant Hummus
When I was at Trader Joe’s last week I noticed that they sold eggplant hummus. I just happened to have excess eggplant from my garden and this seemed like a delicious way to use it up. I picked up some tahini sauce and decided to try my hand at making homemade roasted eggplant hummus. I placedRead More
Repurposing Leftover Spaghetti Sauce
This evening, I shared my recipe for Eggplant Pizza Bites at $5 Dinners. When I make any type of pizza, I often substitute leftover spaghetti sauce for the pizza sauce. I thought I would share a few other ways that I repurpose leftover spaghetti sauce. ~ I mix together all the leftover tomato based productsRead More
Menu Plan Monday – Week of August 23rd
My son is still recovering from having his wisdom teeth out, so we are going to begin the week with soft food. Hopefully, he will feel well enough by the end of the week to eat Grilled London Broil! Monday – Carrot-Ginger Bisque from Cooking for Isaiah and Garden Salad Tuesday – Crock Pot SplitRead More
Orange Ginger Stir-Fry over Spaghetti Squash Noodles
Instead of using a gluten-free alternative to soy sauce when I make stir-frys, I sometimes decide to skip it altogether. This is one of my favorite gluten-free stir-frys and it does not require any substitutions! All of the ingredients are naturally gluten-free. I love the combination of orange, ginger, and sweet peppers in this dish. IRead More
Repurposing Leftover Rice
Instead of making rice multiple times through out the week, I make one large batch. I am usually pretty good about matching the amount I make with the amount we will need, but occasionally I end up with excess rice. Below are a few ways we use up leftover rice: ~ Leftover rice is theRead More
Alternative to Oil Cooking Spray
Ounce for ounce oil from spray cans is more expensive than much higher quality oils. I prefer to splash a little oil in a pan and then use a basting brush to thoroughly coat the dish with oil: It only takes a second. I have found that silicone basting brushes are easier to clean upRead More
Spicy Sesame Stir-Fry
Stir-frys are perfect for using up the the bits and pieces from my refrigerator and garden. I have given the measurements that I used, but the amounts were driven by the fact that I had a handful of early green beans, a handful of peas from plants that will not give up, 1/2 of aRead More
Menu Plan – Week of August 16th
This is going to be a crazy week. My oldest child is turning 20! My husband will be doing his annual training with the reserves. Fortunately he will be doing it at our local base, but his hours will be erratic. And my oldest son is having his wisdom teeth removed, so I am planningRead More
Broiled Cherry Tomatoes
We are harvesting several cups of cherry tomatoes every day. A couple of Early Girls are ripening each day and it won’t be long before we pick our first Roma tomatoes. When we are over run with Early Girls and Romas, I make and can spaghetti sauce and salsa. I freeze a lot of ourRead More
Garden Party Cupcakes
When I was at the grocery store my 3 year old pointed out a turtle cake and told me we “needed to get it for my birthday”. As much as I would have liked to indulge my toddler, I couldn’t. Several of us are gluten intolerant, plus grocery store frosting doesn’t taste very good. HoweverRead More
Menu Plan – Week of August 9th
When I made last week’s menu plan I forgot that my husband was going to be on travel most of the week. I also quite conveniently forgot that I was celebrating a birthday. So meals were shifted around and some were pushed back into this week, like Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing. ThisRead More
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