During the Penny Pinching Pantry Raid, I was determined to use up the two bags of Wacky Mac (multi-colored rotini-like pasta) that were hanging out in my pantry. I’m not exactly sure what I thought I was going to do with them when I picked up two bags at the store. It was free, though,…
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Tomato and Squash Skillet
Last week, my husband was out of town, so I ended up cooking for myself for a few days. On Wednesday, when I picked up our CSA share, I decided to make myself a quick vegetarian dinner since I had an abundance of veggies from both the CSA and garden that I didn’t want to…
Penny Pinching Pantry Ponderings
It’s official… The Penny Pinching Pantry Raid is over! It’s hard to believe it has been four weeks already. When I started the challenge, I wasn’t sure if I would make it for four weeks, but now that it’s over, I’m wondering where the time went. Before I get into my ponderings and reflections on the…
Buffalo Chicken… Pretzels!
This month’s Pre-Made Our Way Challenge was to make soft pretzels. As with many of the other challenges this month (Daring Bakers, not to mention any names), I waited until the last minute to make these pretzels. It wasn’t that I wasn’t interested, I just never seemed to get around to it. The original challenge…
Apple Maple Chicken Sausage Frittata
Earlier in the week, my husband went out of town for a few days. I had to drop him off at the airport in the afternoon, so I decided to make a good hearty lunch for him so that he would have at least one good meal before the trip. I guess that’s my mother…
Slow Cooked Chicken Sloppy Joes
Let me just say that I don’t really have a green thumb. I can’t really say that it’s brown, either. In fact, I think I would have to call it a red thumb. Why? Because the one thing that I seem to have a lot of success with is growing hot peppers. In the last…
Three weeks down, one to go…
It’s hard to believe that three weeks of the Penny Pinching Pantry Raid are behind me already! While I have had to make a few exceptions along the way for some family events and our camping trip (as I had planned from the beginning), I have managed to stick to the program for the majority of…
Penny Pinching Pantry Raid Week 2 Update
The second week of the Penny Pinching Pantry Raid is just about over. After two weeks, I am starting to get settled in with the challenge, and I think it is getting a bit easier. I really think that I must attribute my success with the challenge to my CSA, though. Without it, I would…
Penny Pinching Pantry Raid Week 1 Update
After a week of penny pinching and raiding my pantry, I am happy to say that I am on track and haven’t blown my budget (yet). Because I started with a fairly well-stocked pantry, I have had a lot of options each night when it comes to making dinner. It’s definitely been a shift in…
Whole Wheat Rigatoni with Sauteed Kale
When life hands you kale? Make pasta, of course! Last week we got our first CSA share. In it, there was a big bunch of kale. I tend to keep away from greens at the grocery store – kale, swiss chard, bok choy, etc. I never really knew what to do with them… and it’s not…
