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Budget Recipes – Easy Chicken Stir Fry

What are you having for dinner tonight? How about something that is quick to make, easy to do, tasty, and inexpensive? If you pay attention to what is on sale at the grocery store, you can create a dinner that won’t break your budget. Tonight, try out “Easy Chicken Stir Fry”. You may not be aware of this, but Albertsons and Jewel are owned by the same company. Your local grocery store is either called Jewel, or is called Albertsons, based on where the store is located in the United States. I grew up in the Midwest, where the grocery … 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 →

Quick and Easy Family Dinners

With summer fading, no home cook wants to be chained to the kitchen when she can be making the most of what’s left of the beautiful weather. If you are looking for ways you can put nutritious and delicious dinners on the table for your family without having to spend a ton of time cooking and cleaning, then consider the following quick and easy recipes: FAST AND SIMPLE SOUTHWEST CHICKEN SAUTE Ingredients: 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts 1 tablespoon garlic salt 1 tablespoon cumin 1 teaspoon chili powder 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cups salsa 1/4 cup chicken broth 1 … Continue reading →

Beef Up Dinner with These Simple Recipes

If you are looking for a way to beef up your dinner menu without breaking the bank, then consider the following easy to make recipes. Both can be prepared in less than an hour (minus the cook time), but taste like you’ve spent all day slaving away in a kitchen to create. MEXICAN BEEF WRAPS WITH TOMATO CORN RELISH Ingredients: 1 boneless beef chuck shoulder pot roast or bottom round rump roast (3 to 3 1/2 pounds) 1 medium onion, cut into quarters 3 cloves garlic, peeled 3/4 cup water 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 jars (16 ounces … Continue reading →

Mid Week Steak Dinner

Thanks to my generous grandparents (most notably my gourmet cook grandfather) I grew up eating steak every Saturday night. Consequently, I always considered the delicious cut of meat to be a weekend treat. But, these days steak is affordable enough (depending on the cut) and recipes are plentiful enough to create amazingly tasty meaty dishes in the middle of the week. The following steak recipes are simple enough to prepare even on a night when you get home from the office later than expected. The first one, which features beef tenderloin steaks swimming in a creamy mushroom sauce, can be … Continue reading →

Good Food Fast: These Essentials Make It Easy

If I thought I was busy before my mom moved in with us and then had her stroke, I had no clue what that really meant. I barely have time to shop for groceries these days, much less fix meals. But I want us to still eat healthy and eat well, so I’ve learned to keep certain essentials on hand to make that easy. Minced Garlic My mom and I are garlic fanatics. Wayne says he’s not as crazy about it as us, but he’s the first to gobble up garlic-loaded anything we put in front of him. Not that … Continue reading →

Another Easy Mother’s Day Meal—Perfectly Simple Pasta

Dads you can do this! Mother’s Day is May 11th and all this week I have been guest blogging in FOOD sharing simple recipes that even the most culinary-challenged dad can whip up for that special woman who bore his children. This next recipe is just as easy as the others and it comes with an added bonus: it’s very affordable. There’s no arguing that mom is worth all the money in the world, but if you are battling high gas prices, rising food costs and a shrinking household budget then you might consider cutting back on excessive Mother’s Day … Continue reading →

Easy Mother’s Day Meals-—Steak Stir Fry and Berry Parfaits

As I continue my guest blogging countdown to Mother’s Day I would be remiss not to include my sister-in-law’s favorite recipes. After all, she did serve as the inspiration for this series. Her husband (my brother) is not exactly the world’s greatest cook, but as a firefighter he is responsible for preparing at least one dinner a week for the guys at the station. (She jokes that he cooks more for his fellow firefighters than he does for her.) Consequently, his culinary skills are not that shabby. The following recipes are evidence of this fact. The first one is a … Continue reading →

Easy Stir-Fry Dinner

Tonight I whipped up a yummy and easy/quick dinner. I didn’t have a recipe but I knew just what I wanted: veggies, meat, and garlic bread. From the grocery store I bought a small package of stir-fry beef which I kept in the fridge for a few days until I used it tonight. For the vegetables, I only used two of them. I sliced up a fresh yellow onion and opened up a package of frozen sugar snap peas. Although the package told me to boil water to cook the peas, I didn’t follow the directions. Instead I heated up … Continue reading →

How to Save Time at Mealtime by Planning Ahead

If you are a home-based professional parent, chances are that you are always on the lookout for new ways to make things a little easier for yourself and your family. Household duties such as meal planning and preparation are often a part of the daily responsibilities of home-based professional parents. Fortunately there are a few ways that you can make things a little easier in this area – and no, I’m not talking about picking up takeout every night. Cooking nutritious meals for a family does take time and effort. With a little creative thinking and planning ahead, though, you … Continue reading →