Before last week, I had never made meatballs. Can you believe that? I don’t know why that surprises me but somehow it does. Meatballs. Hmmm. The kids and I had a fun time making meatballs for the first time, together.
Aidan helping me make meatloaf from Christian Burns on Vimeo
Thanks so much Laura for the meatball […]
This is the recipe I use every week to make bread, it is very good! I usually bake one loaf and then freeze the other batch (or three if I do the double batch) of dough before the last rise. I just place the dough in a plastic wrap lined loaf pan and wrap it […]
I’ve used this recipe for years. It made the rounds on all the
frugal/meal lists many years back. I’m not sure if this is the one in
the list archives (not the dairy-free kind I mean), but apart from the
cornstarch (and the bouillon if you use it) this is healthy.
I double the recipe and store […]
Master Mix
9 c sifted white flour
1/3 cup baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cream of tarter
4 Tbsp sugar
1 c nonfat dry milk
2 cups butter (If you are going to store it for awhile you will want to use shortening, Spectrum shortening is a good choice and can be found in the health food dept of your […]
I’ve made this and it is really good. I really like breakfast cereals, and the fun thing about this is you can mix it up a bit. Get a bunch of different bulk food options and make a fun time out of it with the kids, put in the oats let them each pick one […]
Grated cheese
Originally uploaded by chrisandjenni.
Grated cheese can be pretty expensive and is usually not very fresh. We have been grating our own which seems to be a bit more time consuming but more cost efficient (especially if your brother-in-law delivers milk, in which case it is free :) It’s nice to have grated cheese on […]
Lasagna is a good dish too, and it freezes well. If you make up huge batch of sauce you can alway use it for multiple dishes (speghetti, raviolies, calazone, ect.) If you use the kind of noodles that you don’t need to pre-boil it really doesn’t take that much time to put together. Throw some […]
Shredded Chicken/Ground Beef
If you’ve seen my (non)blog recently, you might have noticed my mega chicken-cooking session. You can do this with ground beef, too. Then you’ve got frozen, cooked meat ready to thaw and use and you don’t have to waste time cooking it for each meal. Just take it out of the freezer early […]
You had mentioned my 2-week planning. This is the gist of what I do: Erik gets paid every other Thursday, so I do my shopping every other week (yes, on Thursday!). I plan my meals as I assemble my grocery list. I have a “master” list on my computer that I cut and paste each […]