I loved the Grilled Salsa Chicken so much. I had to try something similar with marinara and fresh Italian herbs.
It’s a toss up.
They are both just so yum-ilicious!
Ingredients
1 package chicken thighs ($2.26) Manager’s Special
Fresh basil, oregano, thyme (from the garden)
1 jar favorite marinara or spaghetti sauce ($.99) Coupon and sale
Salt and pepper
1 box [...]
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Pictured above: the mixins.
This is a quick and easy pasta salad. And quite refreshing too.
(Too bad, it’s cool and wet outside today!)
Ingredients
2 cups elbows or penne pasta noodles ($.50) Almost out of my $.50 boxes of pasta!
6 strips of bacon or turkey bacon ($.50) Bought this past week for $1.5o/package.
2 heads broccoli, cut into florets [...]
Half of the family has finished their dinner.
The other half was sidetracked by the gorgeous weather, and the desire to use every moment of sunlight to work on “opening up the garden.”
(Nevermind that it might snow next week. I’ve GOT to get my seeds for the spinach and lettuces, or is it LETTUCI?!, into the dirt.)
So [...]
SPLURGE ALERT!!! CONVENIENCE FOOD ALERT!!!
(BTW I have loved hearing your do’s and don’t’s when it comes to convenience foods!)
It was one of those days. It started too early. It was filled with distractions. And a few schedule changes. And it left me in no mood to cook. Y’all have those days too, right?
There is [...]
I first had the idea to make this dinner after seeing it on Brandy’s site awhile back. But we can’t do canned soups, so I made it from scratch.
Here you go.
Ingredients
About 1 lb. steak ($2.67) On sale for $2.69/lb.
1 Tbsp oil ($.05)
Salt and pepper
3 Tbsp butter or margarine ($.30) I used dairy free margarine
3 [...]
It’s great to be home. And it’s great to be back in the kitchen.
The first half of the day, I wandered around the kitchen…feeling lost. Lost in my own kitchen!
But once dinner time rolled around, I was fully re-acquainted and ready to cook!
Ingredients
3 chicken breasts, cubed ($2.87)
3 Tbsp canola oil ($.15)
1/4 cup soy sauce ($.40)
1 [...]
So I’m still sorta doing the pantry challenge…using up what I find…and everything in this meal came from the pantry/freezer minus the broccoli!
One of my dear friends moved to Alaska not long ago…and she left me with a few of her goodies from her pantry…including the Marsala cooking wine you see below!!! Not something I [...]
The Pantry Challenge continues…Tonight’s “throw together” is the Jalapeno Chicken Bake!
Le Ingredients.
Nothing fancy…just a can of Zesty Jalapeno Diced Tomatoes, some spices and chicken…but it was a HIT at our table!
Ingredients
1.2 lb. package chicken tenderloins ($2.27)
1 tsp garlic powder ($.05)
Salt and Pepper, couple dashes
1 can Zesty Jalapeno diced tomatoes ($.29)
2 large broccoli heads ($.50) Bought [...]
Part Freezer-Part Pantry Meal
I froze the chicken breasts in the marinade. I froze the broccoli when on sale. And I used up some potatoes from the pantry to make the fries.
And who says seafood seasoning had to be used on seafood!!!
Ingredients
3 large chicken breasts ($2.47) Bought when on sale for $1.77/lb!
1/4 cup olive oil ($.40)
1/4 [...]
Several times in 2009, I found fresh Atlantic salmon on sale for $2.99/lb…regularly $7.99/lb! This great deal never appeared on the front page of the store circular…but was hidden on the inside pages!
I asked for a pound. Brought it home. Cut it into 4 4 oz. portions. Added the marinade. And froze.
Saturday night, it went [...]
