Making breakfast for dinner once a week is a SUREFIRE way to bring your weekly meal costs and your overall grocery bill down a bit! This dish would also be great for a brunch/potluck or weekend breakfast. Just double the recipe and make in a 9x13-inch baking dish. If you've got milk, eggs, bread, the spices and some apples in the fridge, you should totally make this. … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2009
Chicken Nachos
Nope. Not feeling it tonight. I think I spent too much time in the kitchen baking yesterday...And I just didn't feeling like cooking tonight! I thought about just making some spaghetti...my typical "go to" meal... But thankfully, I managed a quick throw together dinner instead. Stashed in the freezer, I found the chicken taco bake I froze a few weeks ago. Paired with … [Read more...]
Beef Roast with Garden Carrots
I've waited as long as I can. I just had to go and pull the carrots!!! Here's what I pulled from 3 squares in the garden. There were some itty-bittys (that I ended up munching on), and some larger ones that I threw into the slow cooker with tonight's dinner. Sweet, crisp and simply delicious! Tonight's dinner is a simple beef roast with … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Coconut Bread
Today I spent some time in the kitchen. Most of the afternoon, really. I've been creating some space in the freezer this week...only to fill it back up with today's baked goodies! Overall I made and mostly froze (because some had to be consumed for quality control purposes!!!)... Because what a shame to not send these through quality control!!! They passed the mom, … [Read more...]
Baked Italian Chicken
This Baked Italian Chicken is KID APPROVED! BEFORE AFTER I'm often asked...well, how much do your kids eat? How much do you give them? How about a "visual" answer to that question. Above is my 2 year old's plate. Before and After. He nearly polished off the chicken, almost all of the peas and squash, and ate at least half of his rice...before … [Read more...]
Beefy Mac Soup
Starting next week, I'll start to highlight the $5 Dinners that you all have been making in your kitchens! You all have come up with some stellar meals, and I can't wait to share them!!! For now, I'll share this simple and hearty soup - made with medium shell pasta, beef, veggies! Beefy Mac Soup A hearty, scrumptious soup! 1 lb ground … [Read more...]
Chicken Posole
I ran across this recipe in Real Simple. I don't make many of the recipes in the magazine because they often have more expensive ingredients and they would cost more than $5 for the meal...but when I ran across this one...I knew it could be done for under $5... And YUMMM-EEEEE!!! ...and I think there is just enough leftover that the Hubs and I don't have to fight over it … [Read more...]
A1 Beef Stew
This was the perfect meal to come home to after an afternoon adventure/walk to the park! It was just cold enough outside to be chilly, but not so cold that we didn't enjoy ourselves! Arriving home to this soup was lovely! Warmed our tummies right up! Here is the "doubled" version of the recipe! The total cost is not under $5...but since it is two meals worth...we divide … [Read more...]