Living green and eating well on a budget
I love cooking up large Sunday dinners that can be used for lunches and dinners throughout the week. This Sunday we made a ham dinner. I always by a ham that is way too large for our family of three so that we can eat it in different ways throughout the week. There is nothing [Read On]
Have a lot of squash in the garden this summer and don’t know what to do with it? Try this great new recipe!! This recipe serves 4. I only made two (one for dinner and one for lunch the next day and froze the additional filling to use in the future). It is made healthier [Read On]
Last week I was on vacation and decided to make meals from around the world that I had never made before. Monkey Girl and I headed out the the library and checked out a dozen different cookbooks for inspiration. My father and my husband love to fish, but hate to eat fish (go figure!), so [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 love lasagna, but I hate ricotta cheese (not sure why, just do). Believe it or not, we still have a bunch of zucchini and eggplant coming out of the garden, so I created this recipe to use some of them. I like veggie lasagna, but I like meat lasagna too. I decided, why not [Read On]
1 lb. lean ground beef1 lb. mexican chorizo 1/2 large red onion, minced2 cloves garlic, minced6 roasted Hatch green chiles, peeled and chopped1/4 c. hickory smoke BBQ sauce1/8 c. dijon mustard3 large eggs1 3/4 c. bread crumbs Preheat oven to 375. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix until fully combined. Fill 4 mini-loaf [Read On]
I have lots of great vegetables in my garden and am trying to find new ways to use them. When hubs said he wanted spaghetti for dinner last night I knew that I could use up some of my garden veggies! If you are trying to hide veggies from children or a husband who doesn’t like to [Read On]
If you live in Colorado, New Mexico, or other southwestern states, you know that this “stew” can be one of the most comforting meals as well as a topping for burritos, eggs, or just about anything else. We have lived across the country (Colorado, New Jersey, California, and Washington) but Colorado is the only place [Read On]
When we lived in Southern California I became hooked on this soup. The company we worked for had a cafeteria and they provided lunch every day. Every Wednesday was Mexican day. I remember all of my coworkers getting so excited for this soup I had never heard of. Well once I had tried it (with [Read On]
Every year a few of the departments at work host a chili feed right around Halloween time. This year I was honored to be asked if I would make a pot for the feed. The only labels that are put on the pots are how hot the chili is (hot, medium, or mild). Everyone knows [Read On]
