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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
Several times in 2009, I found fresh Atlantic salmon on sale for $2.99/lb…regularly $7.99/lb! This great deal never appeared on the front page of the store circular…but was hidden on the inside pages! I asked for a pound. Brought it home. Cut it into 4 4 oz. portions. Added the marinade. And froze. Saturday night, [...]
Tonight’s dinner is straight out of the freezer! From the freezer: 2 cups of shredded chicken, 1 container of chopped up summer veggies, about 2 cups of homemade chicken stock, blanched broccoli Toss into pot. Stir occasionally. Eat! Ingredients 2 tsp olive oil ($.06) 1 large zucchini, chopped ($1) 1 yellow zucchini, chopped ($1) 1 [...]
While I was stocking up the freezer, I cooked a few whole chickens in the slow cooker. One of those times, I combined some of the shredded chicken with a can of Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies, some frozen corn, black beans and ground cumin. Mix. And Freeze. Thaw. And Warm. So simple…I love [...]
Pour some of the juices from the pan over the chicken after you serve it on each plate. And YUM! Ingredients 1/4 cup olive oil ($.50) 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar ($.35) Salt and pepper 3 medium or 4 small boneless skinless chicken breasts, about 1.3 pounds ($2.58) 1 yellow onion, sliced ($.30) 1 cup white [...]
A simple soup with LOTS of flav-AH! And UBER CHEAP because I used up tomatoes from the garden that I had frozen and fresh basil that I had dehydrated!!!
A big thanks to Justine for sharing this recipe with me! I tossed in some diced ham I had in the freezer. Easy. Quick. Delicious! And by quick. I mean less than 15 minutes quick! Just get the pasta boiling and work on the rest while the pasta is cooking. 15 minutes. That’s it!!!! This [...]
