I love simple meals. I love experimenting with simple meals. Giving them a little extra something special. With the chicken on special and the acorn squash on sale, I thought I'd have some fun with tonight. Added a touch of honey to them both. Then roasted them into a state of perfect deliciousness! ...mmm, MMM. Honey Roasted Acorn Squash and Chicken Quick … [Read more...]
How to Roast Pumpkin and Squash Seeds
How to Roast Pumpkin & Squash Seeds 1. Scoop seeds from squash or pumpkin. Remove as much of the flesh attached to the seeds as you can. If there's a little left, that's OK! 2. Spread seeds out on cookie sheet or in shallow metal baking pan in a single layer. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with chili powder and garlic salt. Eyeball it! (Amounts will vary … [Read more...]
Peanut Butter Rollups and Pumpkin Applesauce
I'm often asked what we have for lunch and snacks. So I thought I'd share two of our favorites from this fall! Plus a new recipe we'll be trying too! Peanut Butter Rollups A simple alternative to the traditional PBJ. Put whatever on it. Pictured below is natural PB, sliced bananas and cinnamon. With drizzles of honey! Fold up like a quesadilla or roll up like a … [Read more...]
Tac-aroni
I doubled this meal and then froze it in 2 parts: Few dinner portions without cheese. Another few portions with cheese. After seeing the pasta box on the counter, my oldest asked, "Are we having macaroni for dinner?" I replied, "Yeah, but this is Taco Macaroni." To which he responded, "Yum. Tac-aroni!" Clever, huh? Not sure how to pronounce this...Listen … [Read more...]
New Recipes for the Slow Cooker and from Kraft Foods
Need some more recipe ideas? Kraft Foods is offering a free 15 Pizza recipes packet! (Thanks Free Stuff 4 Free!) Also, check out the free eCookbook: 33 Hearty Slow Cooker Recipes, featuring 50 pages of quick and easy recipes to add to your menus this fall and winter! Photo from KraftFoods.com … [Read more...]
Black Eyed Pea Casserole
Jeannine emailed this great gluten free Black Eyed Pea Casserole recipe to me a few weeks ago and I knew we had to try it! It's not dairy free, but the cheese could certainly be omitted, or just added to individual servings! And although we are not eating entirely gluten free at the moment, I do try to keep the gluten to a minimum! It's so easy to get in a rut or feel like … [Read more...]
How to Spot a Great Price on Meat
UPDATED JUNE 2018! Don't you wish we could still get prices like those? Reader Question: Can you let us know what a good deal on meat is? I personally don't know when to stock up or when to hold off. How much a pound is good on all the meats? Spotting a great price on any product can be difficult. It takes time and practice. But what I like about meat prices is … [Read more...]
Bachelor Stew
Kristie sent me this super easy and "throw together" recipe for Bachelor Stew. Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef (Kroger had it for 1.97/lb where I live) 1 can of Vegetable Soup 1 can of Ranch Style Beans ($.79) 1 box of Corn Bread ($.44) Cook the meat in a large pot then drain. Dump in the soup and beans, mix together, and simmer for 30 minutes. … [Read more...]
Chicken and Spaghetti Squash Medley
Ever had one of those moments when you open the fridge and look around...and decide to try a little experiment? That's what happened tonight. I had an easy Friday night meal of Waffles on the menu plan, BUT with the freezer crisis and having "breakfast for dinner" on Wednesday night, I opted for a little experiment instead of going with the plan. A little of this. A … [Read more...]
Sweet and Sour Chicken
I had every intention of serving this over brown rice. But I got a little distracted by the Balloon Boy story this afternoon (so glad he was found...but boy I wasted a bunch of "what if that was my kid" emotional energy because of the whole ordeal). By the time I realized that the dinner hour was fast approaching, it was too late to get the brown rice going! So white rice it … [Read more...]