Chicken and Spinach Quesadillas seem to be the perfect dinner. I love chicken. I love spinach. I love tortillas. And cheese, oh how I love thee. (I miss cheese. It won't be long until I get to rekindle my relationship with cheese. Story is, I suspect Tyler has a dairy intolerance, so I don't eat much of it these days.) Put it all together...and … [Read more...]
Blueberry Lemon Pancakes
Breakfast for dinner...a smart way to reduce your grocery budget...simply incorporate 1 of these meals into your weekly meal plan and be on your way to spending less! Making pancakes from scratch has been something I have done for many years! I had lots of fun coming up with (and tasting) a bunch of different pancakes for my Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook. This … [Read more...]
Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe
To-may-toes, To-mah-toes...however you want to say it...doesn't matter...as long as you make these fresh, stuffed tomatoes recipe! Got an over abundance of tomatoes?!? Looking for a cool, light and refreshing side...or even a main dish dinner?!? Well, stuffed tomatoes are THE way to go! Below, you'll find the recipe for the avocado stuffed ones pictured … [Read more...]
Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa
(Please pardon the iPhone photo. Dead camera battery.) I went out yesterday morning to survey the garden...and to make sure it survived our weekend away. I was pleasantly surprised to find lots of red grape-roma tomatoes, and a meal's worth of green beans! I picked some basil, parsley and oregano and then got to work. So we're calling this "Mediterranean" because it has … [Read more...]
Mini Burgers
Dinner is over at Karen's house tonight! She's making mini burgers for us all...sliders, if you will! Ingredients 1/4 cup yellow mustard 1/4 cup ketchup 1 lb. ground beef Hamburger buns or small rolls Directions Mix first three ingredients up until well blended. Dollop desired amount of ground meat mixture onto hamburger bun. Set the oven on broil. Add … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes
For the past, um, year or so, I have not done a whole lot with potatoes. And for good reason. Ryan tested positive for a potato allergy, among other things. So I quickly removed them from our diet. A few weeks ago, we got the go ahead from both the allergist and the GI doctor to start reintroducing the more "tame" foods...or the ones he reacted to least...and see if he can … [Read more...]
Pork Tenderloin Meal
Mommy Gio shares a super simple supper with us tonight! Pork Tenderloin Meal A simple and delicious dinner! 2 lb. Pork Tenderloin Spices or Rub - Italian seasoning or all-purpose seasoning or jerk seasoning or whatever you like!2 lb. Potatoes2 cans Green Beans Season your Tenderloin to your likings and put in oven at 400 degrees for 35 min, or until … [Read more...]
Scampi Tilapia
I dug some tilapia fillets out of the freezer. I bounced out to the garden to pick some fresh parsley from the garden, thinking I was going to do the same old Lemon-Dill Tilapia thing (that's my fall back for when I'm feeling uninspired)...but of course, I opened the fridge to grab the lemon juice...and the garlic bulb practically jumped off the shelf! Parsley, lemon juice, … [Read more...]
How to Freeze Fresh Herbs
Learn How to Freeze Fresh Herbs and add a few New Recipes for Fresh Herbs to your Meal Plan! This week...FRESH HERBS! More specifically, how to freeze fresh herbs! Fresh herbs. I love cooking with fresh herbs. And I love the fact that I can cook with fresh frozen herbs that I grew in my own garden in the dead of winter. Once or twice throughout the … [Read more...]
Ways to Use Homemade Pesto Sauce
Rather than let the garden herbs grow out of control, make pesto instead. I have found that it doesn't really matter how much of which kind of herb you use...as long as you have enough basil in there to give it that basil flare. I did not measure my pesto as I made it...but I'll tell you what I put in it...and then just added a little salt and olive oil to … [Read more...]