I had a 6 pound can of peeled whole tomatoes in my pantry. Don’t ask questions… It’s a long story that involves a trip to a price club store and lots of exclamations like “Wow, that’s a huge can of tuna!” or “Check out the size of that bag of chips!” Long story short, the 6 [...]
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Easy Italian Chicken and Rapini
This dish started out with a coupon for a bag of “Chopped Rappi.” I like clipping coupons… It’s a great way to save money on groceries, helping to keep our grocery bill down. I get ideas from coupons once in a while, too. Coupons often remind me of products I haven’t used in a while, and [...]
Spicy Black Beans
My husband “doesn’t like black beans.” At least, that’s what he thought.
In addition to the goals I mentioned in my first Ten in 10 post, another ongoing goal that I have is to make more vegetarian meals. I typically make one or two vegetarian dinners each week, but I would like to be eating meatless meals [...]
Chicken and Snow Peas Stir Fry
Our CSA has ended for the year, and that makes me sad. It has actually been a bit of an adjustment for me because I got out of the habit of grocery shopping every week. I was enjoying getting a nice big box of fresh, organic veggies each week! Unfortunately, I’m not great about canning, [...]
Friday Favorites – Episode 34
Another week has come and gone, and it is now time for my Friday Favorites yet again, for the 34th week in a row!
Just last evening, my husband and I were talking about how fast time has been going lately. It’s hard to believe our puppy just turned 5 years old (but she’s still my [...]
Cheesy Baked Pasta with Collards and Bacon
This is another dish that I wasn’t too sure about as I formed the recipe in my head…
I’m really not much of a greens person in general. Lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale, chard, collards… You name it, I will probably turn my nose up at it. I do eat them all, but given the choice between [...]
Mexican Cabbage Rolls
While this dish was inspired by my beef enchilada recipe, I am not going to try to tell you that cabbage rolls and enchiladas are the same thing. That’s like those diet articles that say to substitute carrot sticks for french fries, a bowl of fruit for a chocolate muffin. If you really [...]
Roasted Eggplant and Squash Pasta
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, [...]
Balsamic Green Bean Salad
The one thing that the $100 Challenge and my CSA are teaching me is to make sure that I use the fresh produce I have before it goes bad in the refrigerator. That may seem like no big deal, but in the past, I have been guilty of purchasing fresh produce at the grocery store, [...]
CSA Pizza
When posed with the challenge of finding something to make with the remaining veggies from my CSA share last week, I decided to make some pizza. It seemed like a great way to use the remaining zucchini, kale, and cherry tomatoes. Especially since I had all of the ingredients for homemade pizza dough and pizza [...]
