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Simple St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

For some families hanging out at a bar on St. Patrick’s Day knocking back green beer and Irish whiskey cocktails is not the ideal way to celebrate the holiday.  If you are looking for family-friendly ways to capture the spirit of the Emerald Isle, forget about heading to the local pub, and instead, leap like a leprechaun into the comfort of your kitchen.  That’s where you and your clan can have fun whipping up these easy and affordable St. Patrick’s Day-inspired dishes: Super Simple Corned Beef Ingredients: 1 boneless corned beef brisket (3 to 4 pounds) with seasoning packet 4 … Continue reading →

Favorite Recipes

Sometimes it is hard to keep track of all of the great recipes that are our there. Today, I thought I would make it a little easier by linking up some of the favorite Families.com recipes that we have posted over the years. It is a good selection of different kinds of food, from soup to desert, although I have to say that I am partial to the desert. Enjoy! *** The Serious Chocolate Lover’s Chocolate Cake Have you ever seen the gigantic chocolate cake that Costco sells? It is a 5 layer chocolate cake, with chocolatey whipped frosting and … Continue reading →

Easy and Affordable New Year’s Eve Party Grub

Partying like it’s 2012 may be fun, but it can also be costly if you don’t plan ahead. If you are looking for ways to preserve your budget without skimping on your last party of 2011, then consider hosting a potluck and asking friends and family to bring their favorite dish to pass as you usher in the New Year. For those of you faced with the task of making a dish that is easy, inexpensive and will travel well, as you head over to a New Year’s Eve bash, consider the following recipes: Mediterranean Chicken Pasta Bake Ingredients: 1 … Continue reading →

Recipes for Busy Moms

Aren’t all moms busy? I don’t know a mom out there who would turn down help in the kitchen at mealtime. Unfortunately, I don’t have extra bodies to dispatch to harried moms the world over, but I can suggest some simple and affordable recipes that will help busy cooks create delicious dishes without breaking a sweat. Take a look: CRUNCHY CHICKEN CASSEROLE Ingredients: 4 tablespoons butter 4 stalks celery, diced 1 cup finely diced onion 2 teaspoons garlic salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 2 cans (10 3/4-ounce) condensed cream of chicken soup 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 cup sour cream 2 … Continue reading →

Easy and Affordable Mexican Meals

When I think of easy and affordable meals, tacos immediately come to mind. Aside from crispy corn or soft flour tortillas, everything else needed to make the Mexican dish can be found around the house on a daily basis. Also helping to keep down the costs is the main ingredient. Ground beef or turkey and chicken are all relatively cheap meats. The only problem with tacos is that they can get boring if you serve them more than three or four times a month. That’s where the following dishes come in handy. The recipes for Taco Soup, Turkey Tacos and … Continue reading →

Cheap Chicken Dishes

Cheap doesn’t have to mean ugly and tasteless. On the contrary, some of my family’s favorite dinners cost less than 10 bucks to make. The following chicken dishes are a perfect example. I buy chicken in bulk whenever it is on sale. Once I stock up, I create a menu that includes a heavy chicken rotation. The recipes listed below are ones that I save for the days I don’t have time to rush out to the market to purchase a ton of fresh ingredients to add to the chicken dish. These following recipes call for ingredients most people have … Continue reading →

Quick and Easy Weeknight Dinners

The holidays are over, the kids are back in school, and your chaotic weeknight ritual has returned. Juggling a job, kids, a house and chauffeuring duties can really compromise menu planning, but it doesn’t have to be that way. The following simple yet delicious entrees prove that there is a way to get a healthy dinner on the table without spending hours in the kitchen: CHICKEN NOODLE CASSEROLE Ingredients: 6 tablespoons butter, divided 1 cup finely diced onion 1 1/2 cups finely diced celery 1/4 cup finely diced green pepper 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 2 cans … Continue reading →

Chickenlicious Comfort Food

In our home chicken is king. You can’t beat the bird’s price, flavor, and its versatility. What’s more, my kid loves it, which means I am spared a night’s worth of cajoling, bribing and threatening, when chicken is on the menu. Chicken is also an excellent addition to popular comfort foods, such as soups and casseroles. This winter has been especially harsh in the Upper Midwest, so we’ve relied on comfort foods to help warm up. The following Chickenlicious dishes are among our favorites: PARMESAN CHICKEN SOUP Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil 4 boneless chicken breasts, diced in to bite … Continue reading →

Middle Eastern Chicken Aussie Style

Here is a great chicken dish that goes beautifully with Middle Eastern Rice. My variation of Middle Eastern Chicken, is cooked in the barbecue instead of the oven, mainly because I don’t want to have to fuss and clean ovens. Anything done on the barbecue is Mick’s responsibility. But if you’re keen you could roast in an oven instead. I admit to being finicky about chicken. Because of risk of salmonella and other health issues, I always take precautions in preparing chicken. Some are things like hands and utensils scrupulously clean, but I also cut vegetable or fruit on a … Continue reading →

Ideas for Leftover Chicken

It’s not often that you find coupons for fresh meat in Sunday’s paper. Two weeks ago I found manufacturer coupons for fresh chicken and went hog wild stocking up on bird parts. Needless to say, chicken has been on the menu for nearly every meal around here. (Fortunately, with no complaints.) The following are some of my favorite chicken recipes. As an added bonus they can be made with leftover chicken, which makes it easier on the home cook, who would rather be spending his/her summer evenings enjoying the great outdoors, rather than being stuck in a hot kitchen. GRILLED … Continue reading →