Menu Sunday

Our suggestions for what to eat during the week- based on sales in the weekly circulars.  For more information on sales this week see our posts on ShopRite and A&P. Monday:  Pan Fried Flounder with Rice and a Vegetable Dip flounder in egg and cover with bread crumbs. Pan fry in butter. Flounder is on [...]

Menu Monday: Cabbage

Everyone knows that cabbage is one of the cheapest foods you can get and sauerkraut is one of the cheapest meals to serve. Why not consider this interesting take on sauerkraut for a bit of a different meal: Sauerkraut Strudel 1 package of frozen phyllo dough, thawed 1 lb prepared sauerkraut 1 egg 3 oz [...]

Slow Cooker Sunday: Pulled Pork

This recipe for Pulled Pork makes a lot of food. I like to freeze what I know we won’t eat for the day so I can defrost it for another night when I know I won’t have time to cook.

Effortless Entertaining: Homemade Hummus

A friend, who happens to be an excellent cook himself, gave me this wonderful recipee for his mother’s Hummus. Break out the white wine, some antipasta and you have an instant party! Thanks PT. Note- I like to use the leftovers (if we have any) to jazz up my favorite sandwich. Ingredients and Equipment: Food [...]

Menu Monday – Rethinking potato

Cooking on a budget means making the most of cheap ingredients. The potato is king in this regard. Consider some of these potato recipes: Potato Pizza Instead of topping your homemade pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella, make it a potato pizza. Thinly slice potato (food processor works great) and then blanch by dropping it [...]

Soup Sunday: New England Clam Chowder

Here is a recipe I made for the first time the other night. We all really enjoyed it and soup is a perfect meal when it is cold outside. It is an easy recipee to make. We hope you will like it.

Don’t Throw Out Your Food Thursday: Use Up Your Vegetables Making Risotto

Risotto is one of those dishes I always thought was hard to make- before I discovered how to make it. Sure- you have to stir a little bit, but it’s easier than a lot of people would expect. Also, it is a good way to use up vegetables that you might otherwise have to toss. [...]

Menu Monday – March 2

My mom grew up in Germany during WWII and so she cooked for us plenty of cheap meals when I was a child. Many of the meals I view as breakfast food, but she ate them for lunch or dinner, usually after a soup appetizer. I’ve posted a week’s worth of ideas that you can [...]

Effortless Entertaining: Lasagna

One thing you can do with the Slow Cooker Italian Tomato Sauce is make two trays of lasagna.  Lasagna is one of those dishes that my Italian mother in law says is a lot of work to make. But I have figured out how to make lasagna preparation super easy.  One large tray will serve 12 persons. Since the slow [...]

Don’t Throw Out Your Food Thursday: Mushy Bananas

One reason why your grocery bill might be too high is, because you don’t use up all the food that you buy. How much uneaten food do you toss into the garbage? You wouldn’t take a $10 bill and throw it into the trash can, but this is essentially what you are doing, or worse, [...]