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 ...
Tag Archive: $100 Challenge
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 15
It's Friday again, which means it's time for the 15th episode of my Friday Favorites! Even after 15 weeks, I still enjoy picking my favorite blog posts each week. Hopefully all of you enjoy reading about my picks each week and aren't too sick of reading about ...
