Recipe Monday: Fresh Tomato Pasta

This is a fast, light, fresh dinner that is perfect for these miserably hot summer nights we still have left. Simple ingredients, fast prep! Love it! Ingredients: 1 lb pasta 1 medium tomato chopped Olive Oil 2 Tablespoons Basil Garlic Salt to taste Feta or shredded Mozzarella cheese Directions: 1. Cook pasta to al dente … Continue reading →

Sometimes You Feel Like a Chef; Sometimes You Don’t.

There are few things I enjoy more than cooking a delicious recipe for my family. They almost always enjoy the things I find or come up with. I’ve recently realized something important about myself, though. Sometimes, I just don’t want to cook. It’s too hot in our house to justify using the oven in the … Continue reading →

Lazy Fried Chicken

Last week I had some chicken thawed with the intent of Hubby grilling it to delicious perfection for us. The flu kept him inside, however, and forced me to come up with a back up plan. We were in between grocery trips, so there wasn’t much available to me. In a pinch, I came up … Continue reading →

Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

One of the biggest money savers we’ve come across is homemade treats. Pre-packaged sweets that are safe are usually stupidly expensive, and J and I like to cook anyway, so why not right? Today, I’m sharing one of our absolute favorites. Yes, that is the name of the recipe. No, I’m not being conceited. These … Continue reading →

Pork “Roast”

I love roast with carrots and potatoes, but roasts can be pricey. They also tend to go to waste in our house since J and I don’t eat a ton and Husband claims he doesn’t like pork. Still, I was really craving the taste of some roasted pork the other day. Instead of settling for … Continue reading →

Top Secret Recipe Reveal: My Lasagna

Ok, here’s the deal–there are some recipes I hide. I don’t share well with others. I guess it’s because, I don’t often come up with recipes. It takes YEARS of failures and a healthy dose of stubborn refusal to accept anything less than exactly what I want a recipe to be for a recipe to develop into something great. … Continue reading →

Buffalo Chicken Wraps: Something Else to do with Leftover Whole Chicken

I promised you an update on the attempt at Buffalo Chicken Wraps in this post all about how to use a whole chicken, and here it is! Take any leftover chicken and get it off the bone. Place in a medium sauce pot with your choice of sauce. (Mind you, this is day 3-still using meat … Continue reading →

And Now, Introducing: The Amazing WHOLE CHICKEN!

Yep. That’s a chicken. I think they’re funny looking, and this one even appears to be covering its bits. It’s a modest chicken. IF YOU THINK YOU CANNOT COOK/DON’T WANT TO COOK A WHOLE CHICKEN, PLEASE DO NOT STOP READING. THIS POST IS FOR YOU. This bird has revolutionized my grocery budget. Did you know a whole … Continue reading →

Feeding a family of 4, for 2 weeks, on less than $160. 2 Weeks of COMPLETE Meal Plans, Grocery Lists and Tips.

As much fun as it is to be able to stroll into a first-rate grocery store and buy whatever strikes my fancy, it isn’t a luxury I’ve had often in my adult life. Since becoming a full-time stay-at-home wife and mother, it isn’t something I’ve done at all. We always have plenty of what we … Continue reading →

Easiest Pulled Pork Ever

Pulled pork is a huge hit around here. It’s really the only kind of pork my husband enjoys, but I never used to make it because, frankly, shredding any kind of meat by hand sucks. But S. Winston Lane‘s blog offers the perfect solution! This entire recipe is from S. Winston Lane, with only minor … Continue reading →