Archive for the ‘Budget’ Category
Monday, March 3rd, 2014
It's way easy and so much cheaper to make your own instant oatmeal packets. These here have 1/2 cup of quick oats, 1 tbsp of sunflower seeds, 2 tbsp of craisins, and 2 loose tbsp of brown sugar. To make one, I dump the mix into a 12 ...
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Sunday, November 18th, 2012
These are a quick and easy breakfast on the go. I make a batch, freeze them, and take one with me to work each morning. You can change it up with just about any type of veggie and/or cheese. Just keep the ratios about the same.
Spinach and ...
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
This is a variant of my chili that uses ground turkey instead of ground beef. It's a little bit healthier without sacrificing any flavor or heartiness. It was a great meal for a chilly November evening.
Cassie’s Turkey Chili
Makes about 8 servings
1 tbsp canola oil
20 oz ground turkey
kosher salt ...
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
I love reuben sandwiches - the combination of salty, crunchy, melty goodness just makes me happy. :-) This is my version, an easy meal for an evening when I'm on my own for dinner. I served this with a couple dill pickle spears.
Reuben Sandwich
Serves 1
2 slices light ...
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Friday, August 12th, 2011
A really easy, fast, and cheap dinner tonight. I'm just wiped out, and wouldn't have even bothered with this if the pork chops didn't need to be used today. :-P As it is, this was not much more effort than warming something in the microwave, ...
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
This was a quick hearty breakfast constructed from yesterdays leftovers - a leftover hamburger patty and a couple biscuits. It can easily be scaled up to serve more, browning meat from scratch and adding seasoning as you like. If you prefer a country gravy, just replace the beef ...
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
An easy, fast, and tasty dinner for a night when we were both feeling wiped out! I used our favorite chicken smoked sausage.
Smoked Sausage and Brussels Sprouts
Serves 2 generously
1 large link, 14 oz, smoked sausage, cut into 1/4 inch thick rounds
1 lb brussels sprouts, trimmed and cut in half ...
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
This is a very easy and cheap dinner, easily scaled for however many you need to serve. I have the recipe for one below, as tonight Shaun and I were just foraging thanks to a headache I had earlier that precluded any major cooking that might involve such things ...
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
We needed to use up a couple leftover hot dog buns from dinner the other night, so I melted a tablespoon and a half of butter, added a couple cloves of pressed garlic and a few generous pinches of oregano and parsley, spread the mixture over the buns, and popped ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Every so often we get a rotisserie chicken from Costco or our local grocery store and make several meals out of it. Today, we had sandwiches on ciabatta bread (I put some avocado on mine), and I had a quesadilla made with some excellent chipotle cheddar cheese. There's ...
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