Category: Reviews

  • CLOSED: Cookbook Giveaway: The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner

    What do these dishes all have in common? They all came from The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner: Easy Family Meals for Every Day of the Week, which I borrowed from our library.  I’ve shared a couple of recipes here the last few days, including Macaroni and Cheese and Fish Tacos. I liked the book so…

  • Fish Tacos and Rice with Lime and Cilantro from The Food Nanny

    Fish Tacos and Rice with Lime and Cilantro from The Food Nanny

    Tonight was another dinner taken from The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner: Easy Family Meals for Every Day of the Week. fish tacos with tilapia and homemade corn tortillas rice with cilantro, cumin and lime juice black beans (from a can, just heated) Homemade Corn Tortillas I used to make tortillas back when the kids were…

  • Fired Up Macaroni and Cheese from The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner

    Fired Up Macaroni and Cheese from The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner

    I’ve been checking out the new cookbooks from my library and The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner is the second one recently that I am tempted to purchase.    It’s just not recipes but some planning ideas since most of us who cook every night will readily agree that the hard part is NOT cooking: It’s figuring…

  • Book Review: Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with America’s Cheapest Family

    I was sent a review copy of Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with America’s Cheapest Family and am pleased to say it is chock-full of good information for those wanting some ideas on how to cut back on their grocery budget. It is not just recipes. In fact, there are hardly any (although there…

  • Master Recipe for Artisan Bread

    Master Recipe for Artisan Bread

    This is the recipe for basic plain white bread from  Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking. I’m about to finish up my second batch of this and am as pleased as I was with the first loaf.  I used a pizza stone and pizza peel, which makes it…