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, andRead More

Yesterday, I had the bright idea to multitask and make 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

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

Although it is quite unfashionable, my husband takes a sack lunch with him to work with each morning. He also brings a stainless steel thermos of tea and a coffee to go (the coffee is long gone by the time he gets to the office, so he really isn’t walking in juggling all of thatRead More

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 – Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce over GF Spaghetti and Garden Salad Wednesday –Read More

I have left a tip for extending the growing season of tomato plants in the comment section on a couple of blogs that I follow. I realized that unless you follow the same blogs (which I highly recommend) and read all of the comments (even those left by incoherent, sleep deprived mamas at 2:00 a.m.),Read More

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

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. So I decided to cheat and make a semi-homemade dessert withRead More

I have been very busy in the garden lately. This is one day’s worth of tomatoes! I will be using the small tomatoes in Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes for a party on Friday. The larger tomatoes were used this evening in Spaghetti Sauce. The spaghetti sauce calls for peeled tomatoes, so I thought I wouldRead More

This evening I made The Thrifty Country Woman’s Choucroute a l’ Alsacienne. I followed the recipe (if you are a regular reader you know that is not my strength) except, (if you are a regular reader, you knew that was coming) I did not add the sausage. I have been trying to eat from theRead More

I try to avoid controversial subjects on my blog, so I am not going to debate chewy versus dry cakelike brownies, nor am I going to engage in an argument about the merits of naked brownies. I am going to assume that the purists were scared off by my title and that I am talkingRead More

Monday – Grilled Chicken, Rice with Garden Vegetables, 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 Garden Salad Thursday– Black and White Turkey Chili*, GF Corn Bread,Read More

Is your garden overflowing with squash? Did your neighbor play ding-dong-ditch and leave a bag of squash on your step? (Sorry! Please don’t egg me!) Or did you buy too much when your local store was selling it for .49 cents a pound? I was inspired by Amy’s wonderful list of zucchini recipes to createRead More