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Frugal Meal: Breaded Chicken

I cringe when I think about how much money I’ve spent over the years for pre-breaded chicken, including chicken nuggets, when breaded chicken is so easy to make at home and costs so much less than the prepared kind. Your own breaded chicken can be prepared ahead of time and placed in the refrigerator for a day or two, just like the expensive kind you will find in the refrigerated section of the supermarket, or cooked ahead and then frozen for convenience. You can also take your savings to an even higher degree when you use your own bread crumbs … Continue reading →

Ideas for Leftover Bread

My parents don’t eat a lot of bread. However, my daughter loves the carb-rich staple, so my mom and dad stocked up on various breads while we were visiting them earlier this month. Still, my mom was adamant that we consume every bit of bread before we left, so it wouldn’t go to waste. No easy task considering I’m not a big fan of starch. Not wanting to upset my mom I did some research and found a couple of incredibly delicious ways to use up extra bread. The following recipes are simple and tasty enough to even get non-bread … Continue reading →

Saving Bread Ends

With bread prices going through the roof (I spotted a small loaf of oatmeal bread in the store here for a whopping price of $3.69!) you might not have the luxury of tossing those bread ends–you know the ones with all of the crust? Personally, they don’t bother me, especially when they are homemade (I’m making a loaf of oatmeal bread as I type. It will cost mere pennies). But, I do know many people who toss these ends because no one in their family will eat them. If that is the case in your family, you might want to … Continue reading →

Food Blog Tidbits and Shopping List for August 27 to September 2

As many of you have noticed, I have been somewhat of an absentee blogger this week as I had to go to jury duty. I had wonderful guest bloggers who covered the blog for me but I promise that this coming week I have tons of great fall recipes–everything from quick weeknight meals to more fancy fair for entertaining. But for now, if you missed anything, it’s all right here! Shopping List whole, scaled fish Super Simple Steamed Fish 4 swordfish or mahi-mahi filets Swordfish with Tomatoes and Basil Oil 6 fresh fish fillets (such as mahi-mahi) Shiitake Crusted Fresh … Continue reading →

A Dip, A Pasta Sauce and Chicken: Recipes that Use Fresh Garlic

If you’re not sure what to do with a bulb of fresh garlic, make sure that you check out my first blog on garlic written earlier today. One thing that bears repeating is that the round littly knobby thingy of fresh garlic that you are picking up at the grocery store IS NOT A CLOVE. It is called a bulb or a knob. The smaller parts that make up the bulb are cloves. Bleu Cheese Dip with Garlic and Bacon You will need: 7 slices bacon 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced 1 package cream cheese (soften cream cheese before … Continue reading →

Italian Bread for The Bread Machine

Here is a great little recipe that is full of flavor. If you don’t have a bread machine, you can always make this bread by hand. When you think of Italian bread, you probably picture a long white roll of white-type bread that has a nice crispy outside and a fluffy middle. While I love traditional italian bread, this recipe produces something a little different. This is a soft bread that takes its flavor from traditional Italian herbs. It is fragrant and wonderful; a very savory bread. I first made this bread to use up some fresh Italian oregano that … Continue reading →

Week Night Menu: Pasta Pomodoro, and Stuffed Garlic Bread

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It’s been awhile since my last menu, admittedly because I’ve been so busy, I haven’t had a chance to cook! So here is my most recent delish dish, to be completed with a Ceasar salad. If you’re new to the menu series in the food blog, the goal is to give one complete menu, that can be fixed during a week night. If you do the prep work the night before, putting the meal together shouldn’t take longer than 30 minutes! Pasta Pomodoro is a perfect summer dish because it is made with fresh ingredients and is intended to be … Continue reading →

Perfect Grilled Shrimp, Marinated Grilled Shrimp and Butter Garlic Sauce

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3 Tips for Perfect Grilled Shrimp 1. Buy shrimp the day you plan to cook it. 2. Buy jumbo sized shrimp or bigger. You can expect 12 to 15 jumbo sized shrimp per pound. 3. Peel and devein shrimp by making a cut along the back of the shrimp and leaving the tail intact. Grilled Marinated Shrimp I don’t generally write about recipes I haven’t tried. I always find there’s something in a recipe that I can do better, make easier or just tweak a little. There’s tips to be had, and well I can’t give them if I don’t … Continue reading →

Shopping List and Tidbits for the Food Blog: April 7 through April 13

The food blog has been busy, busy, busy this week thanks to the excellent ideas and recipes contributed by our very own frugal blogger, Mary Ann Romans. Keep reading for fabulous ideas in the kitchen, new food trends, and of course, you can always print out your shopping list full of ingredients! Tidbits March was National Pasta Month. However, as you may well know, March was also the month of the blogger hiatus. So National Pasta Month got celebrated with a quiz last week and this week I have posted the Answers to the Noodle Quiz. Are you familiar with … Continue reading →

Eliminate Food Waste: You Can Eat These Part 2

Are you throwing away valuable nutrients that could not only keep you healthy but could reduce your food bill? Most of us do. Eliminate food waste and reap the rewards of a lower grocery bill! Yesterday’s blog post covered typical items that we throw away, such as broccoli stems, and how you can take advantage of these common discards to eliminate some of your food waste. If you missed the post, click on the title, Eliminate Food Waste: You Can Eat These Part 2, to read it. Today, in Eliminate Food Waste: You Can Eat These Part 2, I’ll expand … Continue reading →