March 2009

Ginger

March 31, 2009

Today I want to talk about ginger, fresh ginger. I love using fresh ginger in my cooking. Yes, dried ginger has it’s place in things like molasses cookies and spice cakes, but for some things you just need fresh. For the longest time I did not believe this. I thought dried would be fine in [...]

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Custard

March 30, 2009

This recipe is a modern take on an old fashioned recipe. Old fashioned because it is a version of a simple oven baked egg, milk, and sugar custard. Modern because it contains sweetened condensed milk. Many of our grandmothers and great grandmothers made custards because they were simple and contained ingredients they had on hand. [...]

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Pop Up Pizza Pie

March 30, 2009

This recipe is one of my kid’s favorite. My son loves pizza and he would eat it every night if I would let him. He thinks this recipe is a good substitute for the real thing. I have not made this in a while, so I need to put it on the meal plan again [...]

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Meal Planning Monday

March 29, 2009

Last week’s menu plan did not go as planned for several reasons. But that is ok because we still ate pretty healthy and home cooked meals. Well, except the night we had Papa Murphy’s take and bake pizza. But some week are just busy and like that. This week I hope to get back on [...]

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Soy Sauce

March 27, 2009

In my effort to avoid a lot of processed foods, I have been reading a lot of labels. This has made me aware of things like vanilla that contain things like corn syrup. One of the labels I never thought to check though was soy sauce. I mean it is soy sauce right? No, it [...]

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Black Bean Pizza

March 27, 2009

Black bean pizza is one of the dishes I started making quite a few years ago when our budget was really tight. Yes, pizza at home is a frugal option compared to eating out. But the meat for pizza, like pepperoni, can still be expensive when you are on a very tight budget. So when [...]

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Crock Pot Roast and Vegetable Tip

March 26, 2009

We like roast in our family, but roast can be time consuming and expensive to cook. For this reason the crockpot works great. The crockpot does all the work and makes the meat very tender. This lets you use cheaper cuts of meat. When I do cook roast I like to serve it with vegetables [...]

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Apron Winner

March 25, 2009

Using random.org the winner of the apron is comment #29 Kimberly. Kimberly I can’t find your email anywhere. Please contact me.

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40 Minute Hamburger Buns/Rolls

March 25, 2009

This is one of the first recipes I posted. I love this recipe and back then not many people were reading my blog, so I decided to repost this one. I use it all the time and I thought many of you would enjoy it also. It is my quick and easy bun/roll recipe. I [...]