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. I grew up with ground beef tacos, which I absolutely adore. BUT! Martha. Slow-Cooker Chicken Tacos 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs (about 6) 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 1/2 cup prepared tomato salsa 1 or 2 chopped canned chipotle chiles in adobo 1 tablespoon chili powder Coarse salt and ground pepper Toppings! A note about the ingredients:I buy bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs because they're always cheaper than the other.
Transfer chicken to a serving bowl, and shred, using two forks; moisten with cooking juices. Here's my finished, shredded chicken. Serve in taco shells and load with your favorite toppings! I've been trying to NOT fry my tortillas lately. Ignore my soft corn tortilla picture and Go! Enjoy! Jar of Happiness for my Birthday. Tuesday is my thirty-something birthday and I wanted to make something fun for myself. A little happiness in a jar for my happy day please! These are great because I know that in no way during the week could I make a cake for myself. I can just put the lid on these beauties and store in the fridge until my day. (okay so we all ate one tonight but there is still 4 left...)
I have seen these fun little cupcakes baked right in the jar over at Babble and had to give it a try myself. I did make mine a little different and wanted to share with you all what worked for me. 1)Mix a white cake mix as directed. YUMMY!!! 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. Get local recipes that you won’t find online. 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. Since summer sweet strawberry dessert recipes are in season and can be made affordably, I’ve put together my favorite and healthy Strawberry Crisp with fresh organic rhubarb and apples. Even the topping is good for you since I used my Easy and Healthy Granola Bars Recipe instead of flours, fats, and sugars. Yay! To keep costs down I grow my own rhubarb and buy organic produce when it’s in-season.
I always buy extra and freeze the rest for the winter months. That’s me picking our rhubarb! This year Carl and I had some fun while being frugal and went to a local organic farm for U-Pick strawberries. At first I couldn’t decide what I wanted to make. Ingredients: 1. 3. Sugar Cookie Bowls. Skip to content FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $50! *Limited to domestic U.S. orders only. Sugar Cookie Bowls View Larger Image Rate 5 starsRate 4 starsRate 3 starsRate 2 starsRate 1 star 3.7 Average of 15 ratings Difficulty: Somewhat Easy Average of 9 reviews 3 Reviews - Post a Review 14 Questions - Post a Question Share: Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on google Share on tumblr More Sharing Services 5.9K Ingredients 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract Easy-Add vanilla extract Add to shopping list vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon No Color Almond Extract Easy-Add No Color Almond Extract Add to shopping list No Color Almond Extract Makes 12 bowls.
Tools Ice Cream Cookie Bowl Pan Easy-Add Ice Cream Cookie Bowl Pan Add to shopping list Ice Cream Cookie Bowl Pan Instructions: Step 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Step 2 In medium bowl, combine flour and salt. How to Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds. I’ve been thinking a lot about biodiversity lately. 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? Since I’m all about finding ways to save money while being an environmental steward, I’ve discovered that saving heirloom seeds meets both the money and environmental mark.
I figure, what’s the point of paying for and supporting parts of the food chain that are not self sustainable? 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 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: Slow Cooker Mediterranean Stew I love this healthy, cheap, and easy stew that’s ready to serve when I get home from work. Ingredients: Instructions: In a 6-quart slow cooker, combine eggplant, butternut squash, zucchini, green peas, canned tomatoes, onion, carrot, broth, raisins, and garlic. Kerry K. 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. Perhaps after trying these morsels, you’ll think of butternut squash in a new way. 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) Equipment: food processorfood dehydratorwax paper Instructions: Would you could you eat a butternut squash cookie? Kerry K.
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. Yes, every local bake sale has a tart or two. But I digress. Anytartytarts, I’ve even given a few jarred pies to friends in need of a little cheer after a bad day. Not only are pies in a jar fun to make, but they are a flexible food to serve too.
Step One: Get the right ‘wide mouth jars’ I will not lie to you. 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).
Payments are handled through Paypal and during the checkout process you will automatically receive a link to download your e-book. Why is the price in US dollars? 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. Since there’s no flour in this recipe, this pie is suitable for those on a gluten free diet. Personally, this is the best apple pie recipe I’ve ever eaten. But then again, I’m a frugalicious health nut. This recipe is adapted from a seriously delicious book:Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen: Easy, Delectable Living Foods Recipes(Amazon $13.57) Ingredients Almond Pie Crust: 1.5 cups almonds1 tsp sea salt1.5 cups pitted dates Syrup: 1/2 cup pitted dates1 orange, peeled and seededsplash of water (as needed) Apple Pie Filling: 5 cups apples, peeled, and thinly sliced (about 5 or 6 apples).
Preparation Crust: In a blender, place orange first. 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. She does this thing when I’m leaving for work every morning — do your dogs do this? — where she ramps up her cute factor by 200%. Suddenly she seems fluffier and snugglier. It’s as if she’s saying, “You’re not gonna LEAVE me, are you mom? But every morning, I break her heart by telling her goodbye and shutting her up in my bedroom.
Other times it’s my own fault that I feel guilty. Suddenly it’s 1 o’clock in the morning and my to-do list suddenly looks a lot like an accusation staring up at me from my notepad. Last night my guilt was even more justified. Suddenly, I heard a thump. He had fallen off the counter. quick, think of something happy. like pumpkin truffles. MY BABY FELL OFF THE COUNTER BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY TO WATCH HIM CLOSELY.
But beyond that, guilt is a disease. 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!). Toby and I venture over there at least twice a week, and we're both fatter and happier for it.
So, my darlings, I'm thrilled to present this handy guide to creating the perfect cheese plate! Overall pointers for putting together a cheese plate: * When you invite friends over, buy one ounce per person per cheese; and stick to five to six cheeses total. * Choose a fun variety of cheeses: different textures, countries, and all three milk types (goat, sheep, cow). * Serve all the cheeses on one big board.
Six cheeses for the perfect basic cheese plate: (pictured clockwise from top) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Yummy! P.S. (Photos by Jamie Beck for Cup of Jo) 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.
That's it! (Photos by Laura Ratliff) 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. And rum and I have been going steady ever since. Dark & stormys? Rum swizzles? Mojitos? Yes, please. Popsicle recipes seem to be the trend of this summer, and I’m okay with that. These little guys were a big hit when I served them to friends this weekend: tangy, refreshing, and dead-easy to make. I found these little plastic shot glasses in the dollar section of Target and used them to make 12 mini-pops, with kids’ craft sticks providing the assist.
If you’ve never bought superfine sugar, you should be able to find it on the baking aisle of well-stocked grocery stores or at specialty baking stores or cooking-supply stores like Williams Sonoma. ingredients: Purée all ingredients in a blender until smooth. RedSofa - designer jewelry & RedSofa - designer jewelry - StumbleUpon.