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 want the…
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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,…
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…
Chipotle Chicken Salad
Last night I had a free evening that I wasn’t expecting. My plans for the evening changed, and I had 2 free hours to sit down and work on a blog post and catch up on my RSS reader. That was my plan, at least… My MacBook decided not to cooperate last evening. My harddrive has been…
Mediterranean Spaghetti Squash with Grilled Sausage and Zucchini
After a weekend of baking and eating out (because I was too exhausted from all of the baking to make dinner), I decided it would be in my best interest to make a healthy meal for dinner on Monday night. It seems that when I allow myself to splurge a little bit, it snowballs and I…
Spicy Sweet Shepherds Pie Stuffed Peppers
I often find myself paging through my cookbooks trying to come up with ideas of what to make for dinner during the week. I rarely end up actually following a recipe, but I often use the recipes as inspiration. This stuffed pepper recipe was inspired by a shepherds pie stuffed pepper recipe I saw in…
Another Perfect Pairing – Cilantro and Lime Marinated Fajitas
Cilantro and lime are not just for salads. They are also great ingredients to add to a marinade. Combined with the flavors of garlic and ground cumin, they make a wonderful marinade for steak fajitas. When I make fajitas, I marinade and grill one flank steak (about 2 pounds). I also grill sliced peppers and onions…
Thai Chicken Stir Fry
One of my favorite Asian dishes is a Thai peanut chicken stir fry with rice noodles. I used to make it with a packet of peanut sauce mix purchased at the grocery store. For this week’s Asian dish as a part of my challenging cuisine challenge, I have recreated the dish from scratch, using the peanut…
