Cost: ~ $7.00 for approximately 4 main dish servings. Print Tabbouleh Prep time: 15 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 4 Ingredients 1 cup bulgar wheat 2 bunches parsley chopped 1-2 sprigs mint chopped 4 scallions chopped ¼ cup lemon juice ~12 yellow cherry tomatoes halved ~15 red grape tomatoes halved 1 cucumber, seeded and […]
French bread cheese pizza And his chosen sides… Frozen blueberries, “big pickle”, and a couple kalamata olives * leftover French bread, pizza sauce prepared Tuesday
I’m trying to get better about using dry beans rather than cans. I started with 1 cup each of the dried great northern and black beans. Soaking overnight yielded 2 cups. (Final cooking results in more than 3 cups of beans, which is way more than a can.) I chose to store them uncooked in […]
Cost: ~ $4.00. 2-3 main dish servings, 4-5 side dish servings. Print Wild Rice Kale Gratin Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 45 mins Serves: 2-3 Ingredients ½ cup wild rice prepared 1 bunch kale, deveined, washed, and torn into small bite sized pieces 1 bunch scallions, whites only, sliced handful […]
Cost: ~ $2.00, enough for approximately 6 pizzas Print Super Fast Pizza Sauce Prep time: 2 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 17 mins Ingredients 28 oz can tomato puree 1½ tsp salt 1 TB herbs de provence (or basil/oregano) 6 garlic cloves minced 1 tsp olive oil Instructions Heat oil in pan. […]
Today’s toddler choice was mango yogurt. We didn’t have any mangos, so we made some pink/purple blueberry yogurt. We used about 1 part frozen/thawed blueberries whizzed up added to 3 parts greek yogurt. (He also ate 1/2 a banana after being denied a 3rd portion of yogurt. :))
This is what happens when I make extra grocery trips. We didn’t quite have enough preferred pizza toppings while guests were here, so I made a run. Then I walked through the new expanded produce section and spotted these pretty radish sprouts. This was a simple toasted everything bread sandwich with cheese and sprouts, smeared […]
I grew up in the south where you always have something fresh baked for “company”. This leftover cookie dough (stored frozen) came in really handy, white chocolate peppermint and double chocolate orange. More cookies soon with recipes.
Everyone devoured yesterday’s french bread with beans last night and then lunch today. Gumbo tonight, so that means more french bread please! The Louisiana folks in the house and all this french bread is also making me think of po-boys. Hmmmmmm. Print French Bread Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 30 […]
This is the start of gumbo… the holy trinity and roux. Smells so delicious! Cost: ~ $12.00 for entire batch of 6-8 servings. Print Gumbo (chicken and andouille) Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 2 hours Total time: 2 hours 30 mins Serves: 6-8 Ingredients 3 TB butter 1 TB vegetable oil ¼ cup flour […]