This month we are on the eat cheaply plan. We recently went on vacation and have tons of fun things planned for the month but it leaves little cash for groceries. As a stay-at-home mom I am trying to make my budget stretch as far as possible. Recently they had $.99 hot dogs on sale…
Month: July 2013
Italian Sausage Skillet Dinner
This is another one of those recipes that I started with what I could find on-line and then ventured off into unknown territory as I was missing some of the ingredients in the original recipe from Pillsbury.com for Skillet Lasagna. This was again a dinner for my family to eat on-the-go. It traveled well although…
Italian Cheese and Shells – Betty Crocker
Yes this really is boxed Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper Italian Cheese and Shells. We returned home from vacation the other night and I had almost nothing in my cupboards for dinner. My children took out what they thought was ground beef from the freezer. Well, it was ground country pork sausage! Several people I know…
Baked Boneless Pork Chops
First off this is a horrible picture for such a delicious dish. For some reason my camera refused to focus well and the dish is mostly beige so it was really hard to get everything in focus especially against my white plates. But, other than being a beige dish this was actually a really delicious…
French Fry Dip – Garlic
I needed something new to add to our dinner tonight and was running out of time to get a “new” dish on the table. We were having hamburgers with french fries (not at all creative tonight). My kids love French Fries but they are not always my favorite. I decided to see if I could…