by Alea on November 13, 2012
My daughter loves curry, so much so that I decided to use it to get her to eat one of her least favorite foods: squash. When she saw the roasted acorn squash, she thought I was going to use the curried chicken and rice to create a curried version of Stuffed Acorn Squash. And I [...]
by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on November 9, 2012
I’m on a mission here y’all. Our family loves chili…for several reasons. It’s one of the few “soups” that I know that all the boys will eat (even if one still picks around any beans), it’s generally very inexpensive to make, and it makes us all feel warm and cozy inside. So that brings me [...]
by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on October 31, 2012
So I’ve had my eye on this recipe that I’d seen on Pinterest for while for CopyCat Penne Rustica from Macaroni Grill. Except I don’t like pimentos. Well, I don’t mind them, but I don’t love them either. When seeing the recipe, I’d thought that it would be delicious if I made it with red [...]
Chicken is a comfort food at our house. Simple meals and casseroles fill tummies and stretch pennies. Chicken soup helps heal stuffy noses. Today I share seven easy and frugal recipes: Buttermilk Fried Chicken Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Easy Chicken Legs 4 ingredients! Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken Equals Three Meals Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Angie’s [...]
The inspiration for this recipe is extreme fatigue. My family was craving a home-cooked meal and I really wanted to make them one. I went so far as to plan on making garlic chicken and sauteed squash. But as I started cutting up squash in preparation for dinner, I began to wonder if I could [...]
A quick and easy slow cooker recipe when you are in the mood for some Mexican flavors…
{Imagine a countertop with 10 gallon size baggies. If you’re curious, they look like this.} In order to prepare for all the craziness that will become my life in the next 4 weeks, I’ve decided to take the stress out of at least 1 area of my life…dinner. Between the contracts, earnest money checks, meetings, [...]
Hey y’all! I’m sharing a fantastic summer meal for you all over on SCJohnson.com’s Food for Thought Blog. While I love a great salad for lunch most days, I also like to mix things up…and this panini is the perfect way to do that! It calls for things that you probably already have on hand…marinara, [...]
This recipe is very easy to make, freezes well and the leftovers are even better the next day!
This is one of those recipes that came out of opening the fridge and seeing what needed to be used up. There were these lovely chicken thighs and the remnants of a container of sour cream, just screaming to be combined. Here is the result! These chicken thighs are so moist and delicious! Once cooked [...]