This Sweet Potato Khmer Recipe is a sweet potato casserole featuring yams, crushed pineapple, diced apples, pecans, and a spicy sauce made with butter, cinnamon, ginger, and rum. I used to document our food waste each Friday. Doing so was educational, not just because I shared tips for how I minimized our food waste. ButRead More
Menu Plan – The "Preparing for the First Freeze" Edition
The high today was 95 degrees, but Wednesday night it is going to dip down to 25 degrees! I was too busy today making preparations for our first freeze to make Split Pea Soup, so I will make it on Thursday when it will be too cold to play outside. We will be continuingRead More
Easy Sugar Cookies and Butter Cream Frosting
Decorating Sugar Cookies is a traditional holiday activity. Below are tips to make decorating cookies a little easier. Tips for Decorating Sugar Cookies How to Make Colored Sugar: Put plain white sugar in bowls and then add a couple drops of food color to make colored sugar. I also make colored coconut in this manner.Read More
Cinnamon Apple Syrup
Are you looking for a frugal alternative to maple syrup? We enjoy using this delicious cinnamon apple syrup recipe on top of our pancakes and waffles. We love REAL maple syrup, but when I am out, I make The Cinnamon Apple Syrup to tide us over. It really dresses up plain old pancakes as wellRead More
Homemade Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
This homemade pumpkin muffins recipe has the delicious flavor of pumpkin pie in a light and fluffy muffin. Homemade Pumpkin Muffin Recipe Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 Tablespoon baking powder 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice mix 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup oil 1 cup pureed pumpkin 1/2 cup light brown sugar Directions: 1.Read More
Fluffy Pumpkin Pancake Recipe
This pumpkin pancake recipe creates a large batch of fluffy and delicious pancakes! It is time to start harvesting pumpkins, and we just happen to love all things pumpkin! After I make homemade pumpkin puree, I freeze it in 2 cup portions. When I thaw a bowl of puree, I make a batch of pumpkinRead More
Menu Plan – The Eat From the Pantry Edition
Last week was unusually expensive, so I have declared it a “eat from the pantry week” to save money on groceries. I have chicken in the freezer and lots of fresh fruit and veggies in the garden, so the only thing I will need to buy is milk. Monday – Teriyaki Chicken, Basmati Rice,Read More
Minimizing Food Waste When Things Go Wrong
Yesterday, I had the bright idea to multitask by making spaghetti sauce with some garden vegetables that needed to be used up while I was cooking something else for dinner. In between dinner tasks, I would chop vegetables and throw them in the pot. I let it simmer through dinner, and after the dishes wereRead More
How to Make Applesauce in a Pressure Cooker
Use these directions for making applesauce in a pressure cooker, to make a large batch of applesauce without added sugar. We have 2 apple trees so I have a lot of apples to process each fall and not a lot of time to do it. To speed up the process of making homemade applesauce, IRead More
Redefining Convenience Food
Every time I bit into a piece of fruit this summer, I was amazed at how sweet and delicious it was. At first I thought it was because I had become better at picking out fruit, but if you have read my food waste posts, you know this is not the case. What was differentRead More
Brown Bagging It
I Really Pack My Husband’s Lunch Although it is old-0fashioned, my husband takes a sack lunch and a thermos of tea or coffee with him to work with each morning. Why do I pack his lunch? Mostly because I love him and want him to subsist on something other than Diet Coke and Doritos, whichRead More
Scalloped Potatoes Recipe with Ham and Peas
My favorite scalloped potatoes recipe was inspired by holiday leftovers. My mom usually made ham, scalloped potatoes, and peas for Easter dinner. The day after Easter I would take a little of each of the leftover dishes and stir them together and make my improved scalloped potatoes. With its origins in my early childhood, thisRead More
Menu Plan – Late August
We are still dealing with surplus veggies at our house. This menu will include a couple of premeditated leftovers, but will primarily consist of dishes that will use a lot of vegetables. Monday – Broil chicken to use in Pasta Salad Tuesday – Homemade Spaghetti Sauce over gluten-free pasta, and Swiss Chard Garden Salad WednesdayRead More
Menu Plan – Week of August 24th
I usually try to make a meal and then roll the leftovers into another meal or two. This week my menu is a little different because I have a surplus of vegetables from my garden. I will be preparing meals that either call for fresh vegetables or can be adapted to include them. Monday- ARead More
Berries Supreme
Berries Supreme is a delicious, easy dessert topping using fresh berries. I needed to make a dessert this weekend, but I was working under time constraints and had limited energy. Just thinking of cooking made me tired! While trying to decide what to make, I discovered angel food cakes on sale at the local market.Read More
Garden Fresh Spaghetti Sauce
Here’s how you make spaghetti sauce with fresh tomatoes! Most of the ingredients for this spaghetti sauce come from my garden, but you can use fresh produce, whether it came from your backyard, the farmers’ market, or the grocery store. I have been very busy in the garden lately. This is one day’s worth ofRead More
Menu Plan – Week of August 10th
The lettuces in my garden are going to seed, so we will be eating a lot of salads this week. I am also continuing with my plan to create menus using what I have readily available, so I am somewhat constrained in what I am able to plan. Once I can see the backRead More
Black Bean and Cauliflower Chili
Here’s an easy slow-cooker recipe for preparing a turkey-based Black Bean and Cauliflower Chili that is good for using up leftovers. I know some of you are just driving by real slow to check out the accident. I realize this recipe sounds weird. Let me reassure you that it does taste better than it sounds.Read More
Kitchen Tip: Make-Do Food Processor
We lived in Southern California during the Northridge Earthquake. We were very fortunate and only had one item break! The glass blender attachment for my food processor was our only loss. (Disaster Tip: Instead of earthquake proofing your house, toddler proof it! My in-laws who were even closer to the epicenter than we were sustainedRead More
Dinner Menu Plan – Week of August 3rd
Monday – Grilled Chicken, Beef Rice with Peas, and Italian Squash Salad Tuesday – Use 1/2 pound of leftover chicken to make Pasta Salad and TBD Wednesday – Use 1/2 pound of leftover chicken and leftover rice to make Chicken and Rice Soup, and Roasted Broccoli Thursday– Jalapeno Popper Turkey Chili*, GFRead More
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