CheapCooking
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Skewered Vegetables
I came home from the grocery store loaded with vegetables and fruits. Something about this great summer weather. I cut up some strawberries, pineapple and apple so the girls could easily pack some fruit salad for lunches. The pineapple is just perfect! I kept nibbling on pieces as I worked. I also brought home a…
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Artichokes
Springtime means artichokes to me. I’ve planted some artichoke plants this year, but that means I won’t be picking them until at least next year. In the meantime, the prices were finally low enough that I succumbed and bought some at the market today. Our never-ending rain here in California means that artichokes and asparagus…
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Quick and Dirty Meat Sauce
Sometimes I make meatballs. Sometimes I buy those frozen meatballs. They periodically go on sale for a price that rivals the cost per pound for ground beef. But sometimes I also just make a meat sauce with loose browned ground beef. I vary the canned tomato products depending on what I have around. There’s almost…
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Tuna Casserole
One daughter loves it; one hates it. Ah well. The 70’s cookbooks call for cream of celery soup and crushed potato chips on top it seems. I went for the homemade white sauce last night. If I were to do it differently, I might add a bit of cheddar cheese to the sauce, or maybe…
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Easy Garlic Chicken Breasts From Saving Dinner
This is from Saving Dinner, which I borrowed from the library after reading so many rave reviews. The recipes in here are fairly simple, mostly use what I consider “real” ingredients, and so far the ones I’ve tried have been quite tasty. There is a lot of recipes for boneless skinless chicken breasts. Perhaps too…