Slow-Cooker Chicken Tacos. MmmMmm TACOS!
If I had to eat one kind of food for the rest of my life it would be tacos. Chicken tacos, beef tacos, fish tacos, shrimp, pork, veggie, scrambled egg tacos. The filling and the topping possibilities are endless. Jar of Happiness for my Birthday. Quick bread in a bottle.
Cool weather puts us in the mood to bake.
So why not give a friend a head start? Layer the dry ingredients from step 1 (below) for this easy quick bread into a milk bottle or 1-quart mason jar. To fit, tamp each layer well (with chips and nuts on top). Then all that's left is to add the wet ingredients and bake. We used craft paper adhered with double-stick tape to cover the original milk bottle graphics and the lid. Add a label on the back of the bottle for the recipe instructions. Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Quick Bread 1. 2. 3. 4. Looking for milk bottles? We used bottles from milk we bought in an independent food market, which is a good source for milk from small, local dairies. White Chocolate Strawberry Cake Recipe. Dessert Recipes: Fresh Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp with Apples.
The best way to save money and enjoy a healthy dessert is to make it yourself.
Buying ready made pies, crisps, crumbles, or cobblers may seem like an easy fix at the grocery store, but the ingredients in these desserts could include refined sugars, trans fats, and a host of other unhealthy, unpronounceable, and expensive stuff. Sugar Cookie Bowls. Skip to content FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $50!
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You know, the diversity of plant and animal life on Earth. This sounds like one of those deep hippie dippy areas, but really the benefits of maintaining a biologically varied ecosystem are no different than investing in a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds. Simply, a diverse portfolio reduces the risk of a single investment being wiped out by market fluctuations while a diverse ecosystem can survive in the face of unexpected disease epidemics and extreme weather fluctuations.
You don’t want your retirement funds to become extinct and you don’t want your food supply to be wiped out either. So what about heirloom tomatoes and seeds? A heirloom tomato (called a heritage tomato in the UK) is an open-pollinated (non-hybrid) cultivated variety of tomato that can be grown from seed. Vegetarian Crock Pot Recipes: Soup, Stew, and Chili. Crock pots (or slow cookers) are amazing tools for cutting grocery costs and feeding a family for less.
After getting a new slow cooker last year, I’ve been amazed with the delicious, easy, healthy, and cheap family meals I’ve prepared in zero time with few cooking skills. I wrote a little post singing the praises of my favorite kitchen tool in 6 reasons to use a slow cooker – in case you need convincing. Since cooking slow is a delicious way to prepare vegetarian meals, I’ve gone super veggie by including FOUR vegetarian recipes for your dining pleasure. If you’d prefer chicken or beef, then try these recipes for Pot Roast and Southwestern Chicken Soup.
Now, on to the veggie goodness! Recipe: No Bake Butternut Squash Cookies. I’m not really a cookie monster.
But I do love a healthy, no bake, and cheap cookie recipe. These butternut squash cookies are sweet, yummy, and won’t put the pounds on your hips, I promise. If you’re allergic to gluten, on a raw food diet, vegan, or just want a low fat cookie alternative, then these tasty treats will cut your cookie cravings. Besides, butternut squash is pretty frugal. This recipe requires a food dehydrator, or lots of warm sunlight, to make them less soft and more crisp. Ingredients: This recipe makes about 12 cookies. 4 cups peeled butternut squash, chopped into medium sized chunks1 cup raisins1 orange (juice of)3 tablespoons honey1 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (optional)
Tiny Tarts: How to make Pie in a Jar. I love giving thoughtful homemade gifts to friends and family.
I especially love it when the gift is fun to make and frugal to buy. So when I discovered the delicious and super cute world of goodies in a jar, I decided to put a lid on it and bake up a batch of pie in a jar. I’ve written about jarred gifts before in 8 Homemade Gifts in a Jar — so check it out if you’re less into pastry and more into mixes in a jar. Pie in a jar is just that — it’s a small single serving of fruit pie made and baked in a tiny mason jar. These pies are frugal to make, awesome to gift, tasty to serve, and fun to sell at bake sales where there’s more than enough standard cakes and tarts to go around. Sweet Things. Sweet Things is an e-book containing some of my very favourite recipes.
These are the recipes that I turn to time and again. They are reliable and the results are very well received! Each recipe comes with measurements in grams and millilitres as well as ounces and cups. Every page features original photography. Here are the recipes featured: The price of this e-book is $5. To check whether you can view the book, you can click here to download a taster (2.5MB in size).
Recipe: Easy Homemade Apple Pie. Here’s a tasty, frugal, and easy apple pie recipe to try for the holidays (or today).
Apple pies are most frugal when apples are in season and when not using the oven to bake them! So I’m trilled to share this no-bake or raw applicious recipe with you. The flavor of your raw apple pie filling depends on the apples you use. I like spartan, pink lady, and mackintosh apples. Not Without Salt - recipes, photographs and projects for joyful living. Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles. Despite the fact that I’ve been inexplicably bought and paid for by the Son of God Himself, I feel guilty all the time. Call it a complex. adorable napkins courtesy of sweet Erin Sometimes it’s Byrd’s fault. Yam Fries with Chipotle Dip. A handy guide to creating the perfect cheese plate. I may or may not be obsessed with cheese (are you, too?) , so the fact that we live down the street from Murray's Cheese, the most amazing cheese shop that ever existed, is fabulous and a little dangerous.
The shop is packed with incredible cheeses, meats, chocolates, breads and ice creams, and the cheesemongers are geniuses (and give samples!). The Best Spaghetti Sauce You'll Ever Have. Picture this: It's a chilly Tuesday night. You're craving something rich, but you don't feel like slaving over a stove. Maybe a few friends are coming by, and you want to whip up something warm and welcoming. Well! Luisa from The Wednesday Chef shares her deceptively simple spaghetti sauce that she says never fails to floor people...
The Best Pasta-with-Tomato-Sauce You'll Ever Have By Luisa from The Wednesday Chef (Photos by Laura Ratliff) This simple bowl of pasta is over-the-top amazing and so easy to boot. Prosciutto and Mushroom Ravioli with Basil Browned Butter Sauce. Black Bean and Guac Burritos. Portobello Sandwich. Cheesy Cauliflower Puree. MOJITO POPSICLES. Rum and I haven’t always been friends. After a collegiate night of bad choices featuring one too many glasses of Diet Coke & cheap rum, I swore off the stuff for years. But a few months ago at my favorite Houston bar, I took a tentative sip of a friend’s rum-based cocktail. RedSofa - designer jewelry & RedSofa - designer jewelry - StumbleUpon.