Step by step tutorial on how to make your own yogurt for 1/3 of the price of store bought yogurt! Homemade yogort is cheaper and just as delicious as store bought. I love fancy organic yogurt but I can’t stomach the price tag. $6 for a quart of yogurt is just pure craziness to me!…
The lunar new year is this Saturday – more commonly known as Chinese New Year! I like to serve up something Asian-inspired to commemorate the holiday, so here are some of my favorite easy and delicious recipes to celebrate Chinese New Year. Fried Rice from Gimme Some Oven – My favorite fried rice recipe – so…
A delicious recipe for a crustless chicken pot pie. Using frozen biscuits on top of the traditional chicken pot pie filling make this a perfect, fast and easy comfort meal! Here are the words that frequent my recipe searches lately: “healthy”, “easy”, “one-pot”, “simple”, “fast”… noticing a theme here? 😉 I guess I’ve realized I…
Here’s an easy weeknight recipe that I’ve been making regularly for years. It is nice change of pace and I love that it’s packed with protein, fiber, and FLAVOR – a rare combination! The main ingredient, French green lentils (also known as lentilles du Puy), are an especially tasty and tender type of lentil. They also hold their shape…
Coleslaw is one of my 2 year-old daughter’s favorite foods… along with fried okra and hushpuppies. Can you tell she’s growing up in the South? 😉 I used to really dislike coleslaw, though I have come around and find that I really do enjoy it, provided that it is NOT too creamy or too sweet….
Here is another recipe from my post on making three healthy dinners from one rotisserie chicken. I’ve taken this casserole to several potlucks and everyone seems to really enjoy it. It has great flavor from the cilantro and lime and I love that it is loaded with all of these veggies! You could also serve…
A few weeks ago I shared the results of my experiment in using one rotisserie chicken to make three healthy meals for my family. The results were good enough (at least according to me!) to share the recipes individually, so I’m starting with this yummy dish. This chili is packed with veggies and white beans…
I used to consider rotisserie chickens an overpriced convenience food. However, I’ve learned that pound-for-pound they aren’t actually much more expensive than buying uncooked chicken. This is especially true if you have access to the famous $5.00 Costco rotisserie birds. Plus there is the amazing smell that fills your car on the drive home… just thinking…
My dear friend and reader Robyn is allowing me to share her fantastic DIY gift idea with y’all! I mailed her some of my homemade brownie mix as part of her birthday present (the recipe follows). The brownies were a big hit at her house so she decided to make some more mix and give it as a birthday…
An easy custard strawberry tart recipe perfect for a summer picnic or anytime! Here is an impressive yet simple recipe for an easy custard strawberry tart. I splurged on real mascarpone (light and fluffy Italian cream cheese) for this, but here is a recipe for a frugal alternative to mascarpone. How To Make Custard Strawberry…