I made a frittata for supper last night. A frittata is basically an egg dish, with whatever meat, vegetables and cheeses you want to add. Everyone likes when I make a frittata. The are very frugal, too, because you can use whatever meat and vegetables you have left over to put in it. I don’t…
I followed last weeks menu….shocking, I know…..since I haven’t done that for the last few weeks. I’ll be trying 3 new recipes for the $5. Dinner Mom Cookbook this week. I’m loving this cookbook, and so is my family. Saturday – Lemon Pepper Talapia, homemade hushpuppies, turnips, brocolli Sunday – Baked Chicken, Noodle Kugel, Salad…
I didn’t follow last weeks menu plan exactly, again. I think this is becoming a trend. Wednesday night came, and we didn’t have any leftovers! So I threw together a quick Turkey Chili from the freezer. I used about 3 cups of turkey, 2 cups of beans, 2 cups of diced tomatoes, all from the…
We love tomatoes of all kinds. We even like fried green tomatoes, the kids even like them. It’s very hard to get a tomato in the winter that actually tastes like a tomato. We use Roma tomatoes in the winter (year round actually). They are red and ripe all the time. And the actually taste…
We didn’t follow the menu exactly last week, either. I didn’t start the meatloaf on time, so we had hamburgers instead. No one complained. I think they’d rather have hamburgers anyway! At least I had the hamburger ready to go, instead of scrambling for something at the last minute. The Broccoli Cashew Stirfry that I…
I tried a new recipe for supper tonight. It was excellent. I will definitely add this to our recipe rotation. I found the recipe in a magazine, and adapted it. Because I even change recipes I’ve never made before! Here’s what I used: 1 teaspoon cornstarch1/2 cup turkey broth(it’s what I had on hand, you…
It is so easy to make your own broth. You can make it on the stove top, or in the crockpot. On the stove top, put your chicken, turkey, or beef bones into the pan and cover with water. If I’m making chicken or turkey broth, I add a teaspoon or so of poultry seasoning….