Our oven is fixed. That deserves a post in itself, but for now I’ll just mention that we are determined to use the oven for every meal today! Hurray for ovens!
In honor of our newly functioning oven, I spent far too much time looking for the following recipe on our blog before I realized that [...]
Filed under: food | 10 Comments »
Yum. I’m guessing that this recipe didn’t originate in Mexico. In fact, I doubt that any Mexican would claim it. But that’s not slowing me down. I made it last night for the first time in a while and Oh Boy Was It Good. We ate the leftovers for lunch and I made another pot [...]
Filed under: food | 4 Comments »
I’ve posted about our pizza tradition before, and I’ve mentioned that we found a new-and-improved way to make pizza in spite of the fact that the lower element in my oven isn’t working. We love our new griddle cooked, browned under the broiler pizzas! Even though there is a new oven element on my counter [...]
Filed under: food | 11 Comments »
UPDATE from a friend: THE OFFER IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE - Pc3
As a new-and-improved housewife-who-doesn’t-blog-obsessively, I just have this to share today:
Turkey is not cheap. $2/lb was my target price for boneless skinless chicken breast - the price at which I say, “Hey, that’s a great deal!” and stock up.
But that just changed. [...]
Filed under: food, frugal | 8 Comments »
I’m not always an organized person, but when organization works the beauty of it makes my heart sing!
Here’s my most successful kitchen tip: label your shelves. This makes life easier on several levels:
The kids know exactly where the food belongs when you tell them to get off their tails and help put away groceries. They [...]
Filed under: Huh? Category?, food, methods | 14 Comments »
The month of September is almost gone. I spent $180 on Friday, divided rather evenly between Costco, WalMart, HEB (the other grocery store here in San Antonio) and the produce terminal. That sounds like a lot, but our pantry is just as full as it was a week into this experiment so I think I’m [...]
Filed under: food, frugal | 15 Comments »
King Ranch Chicken
I re-invented this by accident one day when I had no idea what to make. I just threw some compatible ingredients in the pot, and behold - out came something that tastes suspiciously like the popular dish.
A very flexible recipe that makes enough to feed a small army. Like ours.
3-4 cups cooked chicken, [...]
Filed under: food | 8 Comments »
At the produce terminal on Friday, I got:
8 lbs. of white seedless grapes
17 lbs. of oranges
20 lbs. of tangelos
18 lbs. of bananas
30 broccoli crowns
~25 orange bell peppers
12 lbs. of plums
All for the bargain price of $36! I also spent $47 at Costco on milk, cheese, eggs and tortilla chips. This brings our total for the [...]
Filed under: food, frugal, methods | 12 Comments »
So far our food expenses - which have been relentlessly creeping up toward $1,000/month - have totalled $300 for the month, including $100 at Walmart just yesterday. I’ll probably spend another $100 today between Costco (just cheddar cheese, eggs and milk) and produce at the terminal downtown. After that, we’ll be set for another week [...]
Filed under: food, frugal | 11 Comments »
So far, I think we’re doing pretty well on this experiment. In spite of the fact that we started this with absolutely no pre-planning, our pantry and fridge/freezer stores are holding out very well. I dug all the way to the back and to the bottom and found things that were long-forgotten. I was home [...]
Filed under: food, frugal | 12 Comments »
sigh. Goodbye, golden arches. Hello, Wendy’s.
I avoided posting about this, but it’s only getting worse. We like McDonald’s $1 value menu, and used to stop in when we found ourselves in town at mealtime without a plan. It’s not health food, but a $1 double cheeseburger has a certain appeal and it goes a long [...]
Filed under: Christian living, food | 70 Comments »
It’s been a while since I did a Frugal Friday post, so forgive me if this a bit of a stretch but I just wanted to share quickly one way that we make the most of our grocery money.
With prices of both gas and groceries on the rise, it’s important to us to buy as [...]
Filed under: food, frugal | 33 Comments »
Our goodies from the last trip are nearly gone, and so is the pain in my back, so it’s time again.
We’re off to the produce terminal again today, this time with a new innovation. Thanks to my hubby and some very helpful readers (and a couple of my own hours last night on the [...]
Filed under: food | No Comments »
Thursday afternoon Mom told us that we had a cake decorating DVD and an e-book to review. Lydia and I were very excited (Deanna and Megan were at work with Dad). We watched it right away and loved it.
It started by telling about the icing tips, and what they are for then it gave a [...]
Filed under: food, reviews | 8 Comments »
Call me crazy, but we’re doing the produce thing again this week. We’re really enjoying our new diet. Last night we had bean and cheese enchiladas with a big bowl of cantaloupe and a salad of romaine lettuce with lots of avocados and tomatoes. Breakfast was baked oatmeal with pears, and lunch [...]
Filed under: food | 16 Comments »
