Living green and eating well on a budget
I love stuffed peppers. I always make extra and freeze for a quick meal in the future. They are so versatile. You could just as easily make Italian stuffed peppers by substituting chick peas for the black beans and pasta sauce for the salsa, or Greek stuffed peppers again substituting chick peas and pasta sauce [Read On]
It is that time of year when we have so many vegetables from our garden that we just can’t eat them fast enough! I admit, in the past I have resorted to leaving zucchini on the neighbors porch, ringing the doorbell, and running! However, we have recently moved and I have decided that “zucchini ding-dong-ditch” [Read On]
For the Super Bowl every year we always make a bunch of munchies (veggies and dip, guacamole, shrimp coctail. chili cheesy dip with chips, etc.). However, I still always make a “meal” for dinner. I try to make something that I can have more or less done before the game begins so that I can [Read On]
I wanted to make a big pot of chili to eat while watching the Pro Bowl this past weekend. Nothing goes together better than football and chili, and it has been COLD here! I wanted to make sure to make it *healthy* so that I could eat as much as I wanted. This recipe turned [Read On]
This is a great meal to prepare ahead of time. I usually make at least one extra pan to freeze for later use. 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts1 c. salsa1 T. minced garlic1/2 can diced tomatoes with green chiles1/2 can corn, drained3/4 c. shredded cheese1/4 c. chopped green onion Place the chicken in a [Read On]
I have decided that I am going to challenge myself to cook from the pantry and freezer as much as I can this next month. I am always trying to cook in double, triple, and even quadruple batches so that I can freeze meals for later. Unfortunately, I don’t always use those meals, or even [Read On]
We decided to actually start to start feeding some of the homemade baby food to our little girl this week. We started her on rice cereal a few weeks ago and she was finally getting the concept. I have a bunch of frozen baby food already made, but I decided for her first meal it [Read On]
Fall is now in full swing here in Colorado and this weekend I picked a bunch of ripe tomatoes from my garden in case we had frost over night (we didn’t, but it was pretty darn cold)! I have made a bunch of salsas and marinara sauces, so this weekend I decided to oven roast [Read On]
A friend of mine recently had a baby. I wanted to take her and her husband something they could enjoy without any fuss, and something they could freeze if they didn’t get to it (hopefully because they got a lot of other great food from friends and family). I recently got 2 bushels of roasted [Read On]
One of the motivating factors behind my large garden this year was to make homemade baby food for baby girl. Eating organic has always been important to me, but it became even more important when what I ate effected more than just me (see my post here on eating organic while pregnant). So clearly, I [Read On]
