Now that the weather has turned to the bitter cold of January (-15 windchill yesterday) my slow cooker is going to be front and center for dinners. Yesterday I took a pork roast from the freezer and began to ponder what I could do with it. I haven’t done a pulled pork sandwich yet so…
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Traditional Chicken Pot Pie
January is a “No Buy” month in our house. Except for fresh produce and dairy, which I am trying to keep to a minimum, I want to complete the first of my clean out the freezer challenges for the year and try to save money towards vacation. So, the first thing I found in my…
Cheesy Pesto Chicken and Garlic Crispy Red Potatoes
I am a “Real Mom” home cook. I am not trained in any form of cooking or baking. I have two children and a spouse that like to be fed each day and I try to accommodate them the best I can. We have dance lessons, cello lessons, Science Olympics, Lego Robotics and library groups…
Season’s Greetings
Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. Goran Persson Whatever holiday you celebrate I wish you happiness and health in the coming year. I am making my grandmother’s recipes for German Pigs in a Blanket and…
Sesame Noodles with Pork
Being as frugal as I am, I wanted to use up the last bits of Glazed Pork Roast from the other night. But, dinner also needed to be on the table fairly quickly. If you have not used Chinese Chow Mein noodles before try them! They are better in Chinese noodle dishes than spaghetti and…
Glazed Pork Roast and Mashed Cauliflower
So, I have been trying to take better pictures lately but I don’t have a light box like most bloggers and I am trying to snap pictures as my children are grabbing plates to eat. Sometimes like this picture they are a bit fuzzy or the lighting in our kitchen is poor. But, you get…
Chicken and Cabbage Stir Fry
It’s almost Christmas and I am still trying to keep our food budget from breaking the bank this month. I am trying to save money to use towards nice Christmas Eve and Christmas Day brunch and dinners. I still need to buy wine and meat for those meals and don’t want to dip into the…
Spaghetti Squash Lasagna
I have been trying to get my family to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat, cookies, and candy. Now, that it is the holiday season getting them to eat less candy and cookies is almost impossible but I am giving them more fruits and vegetables. I bought 2 small spaghetti squashes thinking I…
Spaghetti Pizza Casserole
Busy, busy time of year. That means I have to be on top of my dinner plans or we will be eating take-out or going to restaurants. Not, the money I want to be spending this time of year. Also, I need to have quick easy dinners I can make ahead, put in a slow…
French Onion Beef Stroganoff
My daughter hates onions. She hates the smell and will pick them painstakingly out of each and every dish I make if she sees one. I have learned to finely mince the onions I am adding to most dishes so she can’t even see them. But, she LOVES French onion soup and onion rings. She…
Cheesy Chicken Manicotti
This week is shaping up to be the week of casseroles and skillet dinners. We have concerts, meetings, shopping and schoolwork to finish up before the 19th. Thankfully school will be out after that and we can really relax before Christmas. G had his first 6th Grade Orchestra concert. They don’t start instruments here until…
Chicken Fajita Stuffed Peppers
Mostly our weekends have been spent at Feises (Irish dance competitions) but now our son had his First Lego League competition this past weekend in Grand Rapids, MI. We knew nothing about First Lego League. We knew that he was a programmer but beyond that nothing. We learned quite a bit this weekend. I have…
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