My Quinoa Conundrum...

I am looking for Quinoa Recipes.
Last time I did this for Cabbage,
y'all came through.
I bought a huge bag of Organic Quinoa from Costco...
and the bag is sitting in my pantry.


To honor my Pantry Challenge month,
I want to see this big bag 1/2 gone
by the end of the month...
can you help?

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Menu Plan Monday- Week of January 11, 2010

This week I am going to be participating in the Pantry Challenge... over at Money Saving Mom...which I "sort" of participated in last week with the exception of Football Sunday and going out and getting some stuff for a party...oops.


But this week, we actually really NEED to do this since my husbands work has been slowing down..time to SAVE.
And what better way to SAVE then to use what you already have.


I will be purchasing Milk, Eggs and Bread(If the loaf I make isn't edible) and trying to keep any purchases below $30 this week.

Here's what we have left from the Produce Share:

Broccoli Crowns

Carrots- About 3

Cilantro- 1 bunch

Red Leaf Lettuce

Cremini Mushrooms- 1/2 bag

Sweet Potatoes- 3

Garlic

Red Onions

Ruby Red Grapefruit

Kent Mangoes

This week menu plan:

Breakfasts: Oatmeal( Slow Cooker), Eggs & Toast, Pancakes

Lunches: Leftovers, Mac N Cheese, Chicken Salad Sandwiches, PB&J, Easy Snack Wraps

Snacks: Apple Squares, Muesli Bars, Veggies & Fruit w/ Peanut Butter, Quinoa Taboulleh

Dinners:

Monday: Leftovers from this weekend- Split Pea Soup and Pulled Pork( wasn't on menu last week, I added it!)

Tuesday: Garlic Broiled Chicken Thighs w/ Salad and Broccoli and Rice

Wednesday: Spicy Mango Sweet Potato Chicken over rice with Salad

Thursday: Almost Stuffed Peppers- Really QUICK and EASY!

Friday: Black Beans A La Olla (Vegetarian)- Real Pantry User! I'll add one chicken breast for more protein- served over rice

Saturday: Baked Empanadas with Quinoa

Sunday: Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken and Cornbread Casserole with Salad

Well, that's it...
I hope to use up many items in my pantry
seeing as I don't have to go to the store
to buy anything for this weeks menu..
wish me luck...
and why not give it a try yourself!

Thanks!

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Food For Thought...

When you don't have a lot of money, but do have a lot of produce....what do you do?

Make a Produce Thanksgiving Centerpiece of course!

Produce is not just for eating folks....

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Birthdays Without Pressure

Living here in South Florida forces you to feel pressure to
"Keep Up" with your neighbors...

birthday parties are no exception.

Whatever happened to the small 5 child party with
pin the tail on the donkey, cake and everyone went home?
Those days seem over, but I'm on the pursuit to bring it back!

And it looks like others are too!

Here is a website that deals with this particular issue.

Birthdays Without Pressure


Sometimes it's good to know that you don't HAVE to throw the same types of parties as your friends or neighbors, and that there are alternatives to the typical over-the-top birthday parties that are becoming more and more popular.

You may be interested in a previous post
that I shared on this particular issue as well.


If you have any of your own great frugal birthday ideas,
let me know in a comment.

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Try It Tuesday! Make Your Razor go 3x as long!

I was in the shower the other day and thought I would share something....
scary thought I know, but trust me here.

A while back I heard that if you dry off your razor blade after you use it, it will last 3x as long, or longer!
Well..I had to try it. It works!
I went out and purchased a suction cup sticky hook for my shower wall, and put a washcloth there.
Everytime I use the razor, I make sure to dry it before placing it back in the holder.

Do you have any interesting tips?

Thanks!


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Ducky Ideas...

Living here in Florida requires a lot of well..... money
OR
You can be a duck, like me...see illustration. Explanation: A duck can allow water to just float off their back..
they probably don't even feel it....
this is my set goal to make it down here on one income and no credit cards and to not feel embarrassed or even judged (gasp).

One thing I was dreading...before I became a duck of course, was my children's birthday's.

I thought I would share a little about what I did for each of them. Claire turned 1 in June....this means SHE will have no recollection of her amazing party except for the pictures we took. Therefore, I can probably get away with the least for her.... Her party was entitled:

CUPCAKES WITH CLAIRE

This party involved little more than making cupcakes and homemade lemonade and sharing them with our closest neighbors....good times, great pictures and a lot of cheap fun!


Lily turned 3 in September. This was a little more difficult to come up with a creative idea that didn't cost a thing, or close to nothing. Her party was entitled:

LILY'S NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE PARADE...

Get the picture? I went to the dollar store, bought two rolls of crepe paper, pinwheels and tape. The kids loved this. The entire party lasted 1 hour, which was exactly how I wanted it, and everyone got to participate. Of course Lily got cupcakes and lemonade too :)

Just thought I would share my experience on making lasting memories for you and your children and not breaking the bank doing so....

Thanks

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Update on Organic Grocery Budget....

I kept all of my receipts from this past week, and here they are...it's going to be close!!!

Salsa- All Natural- $3.99 for Lily's B-day Party
Organic Milk- $3.50
Water Refills- $2.32= 8 Gal
Lemons- Not Organic- for party to make lemonade- 9 ea.- $3.87
Pasta-All Natural- $2.09
Pasta- All Natural- $ 2.09
Shredded Mozzarella Organic- $3.89
Organic Canned Pineapples- $2.79
Cucumbers- Not Organic- They didn't have them- $ 1.50
Limes- Not Organic- $ 1.00
Jalapeno Pepper- $ .04
Organic Bananas- $ 2.28
Lemon Pepper Chicken- another Cheat...bad :( $ 7.39
Bulk Organic Cous Cous- $ 1.82
Pasta- All Natural- $ 1.19
Rudy's Organic Wraps- $ 4.99
Organic Kefir- $ 4.29
Organic Pasta Sauce- $ 2.99
Organic Unbleached White Flour- $ 5.49
Bulk Organic Carrots- $ 1.43
Organic Bananas- $ 2.85
Organic Frozen Peas- $ 2.39
Organic Celery Bunch- $ 1.99
Organic Zucchini- $ 2.50
Grass Fed Flank Steak- $ 13.43
Grass Fed Skirt Steak- $ 13.79
Water Refill- 2.32- 8 Gallons

Less Bag Refund- -.30

Total= $97.92 + Tax= $104.28

That brings my grand total to.......
$421.28......I failed!! Ahhhhh.

I looked back at my purchases, and my largest purchases were when I was feeling lazy and bough pre-cooked chicken....that was about $15.00 worth of my money. And the last thing I did was buy the expensive grass fed beef, which totaled about $26.00. Those items right there put me over. I don't normally purchase those items, and it is now easy for me to see how when I don't stick to my plan, I can easily go over. We're not too far off, I am going to have to buy some more chicken from Costco before the end of the month.

Does it count that there were 5 weeks in the month? Didn't think so.... maybe I'll try this again next month.

Do you have a grocery budget? Do you stick to it? Do you include your paper goods and baby goods too?

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Organic Frugal Food Budget- Week2

OK, just did the shopping for this week went a little more than I wanted to, but I needed to refill a lot of staples. I went to Whole Foods and Costco:

At Whole Foods:
Organic Tea- 4.69
Organic Beans- 3 ea. @ 1.69
Organic Balsamic Vinegar- 5.39
Organic Mustard- 1.69
Jason Power Smile Toothpaste- 2 ea. @ 6.99- large ticket item, but we needed two tubes.
Compromised on Chamomile Tea & didn't buy Organic but it was 1for 1- $2.99
Organic Potatoes- $5.23
Oatmeal Soap- 2 ea. @ 1.99
10 Gallons of Water Refill- $2.90
Organic Peaches- $2.33

Total: $49.30

FYI- Everything I buy is as minimally packaged as I can get it, and there are no preservatives in anything. This significantly lowers your food cost.

COSTCO Bill:

Organic Ground Beef- 3 lbs- $12.99
Pork Tenderloin- Not organic- Having a Football Party- But good deal- $13.13
Organic 8 pck Diced Tomato Cans- $7.99
5 lb bag of yellow onions- not organic- $ 5.99
All Natural Naan Flatbread- $5.99
Bananas- Not Organic, but Whole Foods didn't have any- $ 1.32
Craisins- Ironically, they are just cranberries and sugar, nothing else!- $ 6.99 for a 3 lb bag.
EVOO- Not Organic- $ 10.39 for 68 oz
Guatemalan Free Trade Coffee- Not Organic- $ 13.99 for 3 lbs
12 Grain Bread- $ 4.89 for 2 loaves
Canned Chicken- All Natural- $10.99 for 6 large cans
Diapers- 222 count- $42.69 = .16 per diaper
BBQ Sauce- 2 bottles for the Football party- $4.99
Cashews- $ 11.69 for 2 lbs

Total : $156.81

Grand Total for Today:

$ 206.11

Add $ 7.00 for Organic Milk and Eggs that I forgot oops.....

Grand Total for Month:
$ 305.00

Can I keep it under $420 this month? Stay Tuned :)

Thanks!




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Organic Frugal Food Budget

Recently, I went to Maine for a family reunion. One of my cousins was asking me how I could buy almost all organic, and not break the bank. I told her that almost every month, I can buy all of our food for $400.



Here's the breakdown of my budget:
$100 meat- Organic Meat- 6 lbs for $24, Ground Turkey(Not organic)- 4.5 lbs- $21, Organic Chicken Thighs- 2 pckgs- $45 = $90
$118 organic fruits and veggies from buying club - Always $118 per month
$100 staples- flour, butter, milk etc. - This varies, but I usually am right up there.
$100 - anything else I need for the month

My total is approx- $418 per month give or take a few dollars and depending on whether or not I need to buy diapers or large quantities of paper towels or toilet paper.

I am going to try to keep track of all the specifics I buy this month on this blog. And give you a running tally through out the month so you can see how close I am to my budget.

We have a lot of meat left over from last month when I was away, so that purchase will probably not take place until closer to the end of the month..

Here is what I have bought so far:
Produce: $59- All Organic- Good for 2 weeks
Eggs: 4 dozen @ $3.50 - All Organic- $14
Milk 2 Gal- $3.65 ea. - $7.30- Organic Whole We try to buy Organic Valley brand and not Horizon b/c of their animal practices:
Extra: Cold Cuts- Special for hubby's birthday lunch- 1 lb- $8.09
Bread: Whole Foods- Whole Wheat Crunch- $3.50- ( Not Organic)

Please note: There are some things that I buy that are not Organic, but are all Natural with no preservatives. I will specify if that is the case.

Total: $91.89 for week so far!

Some ways that I accomplish this goal is to buy as much as I can in the bulk section or at bulk stores like Costco. I try to buy everything all natural w/out preservatives or processing. If I want cookies, I make'em myself. This takes more time, but definitely saves money..plus it's more healthy!!

Let's see where these posts take us!
I'd love to hear your budget if you buy all or mostly Organic, and what you do or want to do to lower it!

Thanks!

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Condensed Soup...is there another option?

I love a lot of recipes that require using Canned Condensed Soup. The problem is that its not very good for you. Many of the Cream of "Add Flavor Here" use extremely processed foods and additives, and some also contain MSG (click here to learn more about MSG and why it's....notsogood.)

Since I am trying to buy all whole foods, and nothing processed. I wanted to try to find some alternative recipes for this very popular ingredient. I will then add some recipes that I want to try that include this ingredient.

Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup- Substitute Recipe- Found this recipe here
Made a few changes of my own... Try not to use Bouillon Cubes either...many of them are VERY high in sodium and also contain MSG.















Ingredients

1 tbsp. butter
3 tbsp. flour
1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth

1/2 cup wholel milk

1 1/2 cups-mushrooms, chopped and sauteed

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Melt butter in a saucepan over Med-Low heat.
2.Stir in flour a little at a time until smooth, then remove from heat.
3.Add broth and milk a little at a time, stirring to keep mixture smooth. Then, stir in mushrooms.
4.Return to heat and bring sauce to a gentle boil; stir constantly until sauce thickens.
5.Add salt and pepper to taste.


Here is the base recipe for a Condensed Soup where you can add any flavoring you like. The most common ingredients are celery, mushrooms, broccoli, chicken- It's kind of like making a white sauce, then you just add the flavors you want. If you can use everything organic...all the better too!

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• salt and pepper

1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
2. Stir in flour; keep stirring until smooth and bubbly.
3. Remove from heat and add the chicken broth and milk, a little at a time, stirring to keep smooth.
4. Return to heat. Bring sauce to a gentle boil; cook, stirring constantly, until it thickens.
5. Taste and add salt and pepper, as needed.
6. Use in casseroles in place of condensed cream soups.
7. Can be varied by using vegetable broth, sauteéd chopped celery, celery seed, or sauteéd chopped mushrooms.

Hope this research helps you as much as its going to help me!!

Here are some recipes with condensed soup as an ingredient:

Mushroom Sauce Baked Pork Chops

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff

No Time to Cook Chicken

Chicken and Pasta Casserole w/ Veggies


Here's a quick thing I found: Make your own Onion Soup Mix- (Like the ones that come in the dried powder packages!) Not sure about the beef boullion granules, but you may be able to find them without MSG?

Thanks!

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Try It! Tuesday- Making your Meat go Further

Well, I realized in my last post that I was making a lot of meals with chicken breasts, and not a lot of vegetarian meals. I guess in part this is because our family eats a lot, and even when eating a whole vegetarian meal, we end up still hungry in the late evening...wanting something more, perhaps a protein.

My husband ends up making what he calls..." a mess", which I think is literal for what he does in the kitchen, but also what he concocts in a frying pan with eggs, hot peppers, onions, and whatever else he can find.

So I decided to do a little research and try to find ways to make meat, since we are still eating a lot of it, go further.
Here are some things you can add to a meal to make your meat go further for your family aside from the simple fact of having an all-out vegetarian night:

• Slice your steaks to feed your whole family. Use the strips for a stir fry, or fajitas
• Include some sort of protein throughout your day and don't just rely on protein for dinner.- ie- eggs, nuts, beans etc.
• Try cubing your steak to make kabobs, or add to a heart rice meal.
• Try Casseroles- these usually include rice, or some sort of pasta and beans. You will end up using less meat than serving it separately
• Have a pizza night, where you use a lot of other ingredients and only one breast of chicken, or one link of sausage.
  
• Search around for less expensive cuts of meat. Often times if they are cooked correctly, they actually taste better and are more flavorful than the expensive cuts
• When making spaghetti, add a lot of vegetables to your sauce. This will make the sauce last well into leftover territory, which is what we want when we are trying to save!
• Make a soup! Last night I took all the leftover veggies from the past two weeks(even bok choy) and added it to some chicken stock. I had one extra chicken breast from the night before. I chopped it up and added it too. I then added some egg noodles and I had a pretty darn good soup! Don't forget to add a dollop of peanut butter (just make sure kids aren't allergic) for a great rich flavor and no one will even know you did it!

• Fill your plate with more veggies and starches, cut down the portion size if serving a piece of meat separately. I find that if we have chicken breasts, if I cut them into small pieces, I can use two breasts to feed us and our oldest child. This then leaves a whole breast to make another meal with the next day!!

• Add a second or third side dish. If you are used to having one veggie, one carb and one meat serving on your dinner table, why not try two veggies at night?
  

Here are some links that may be helpful and give you more information to cut your budget buy still eat and live healthy!!

5 Dollar Dinners- Blog- With Great Recipes!!

Healthy Frugal Dinner Recipes- Blog

Stuffed Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Porcupines Recipe- Meatballs w/ rice

Budget Friendly Recipes for Ground Beef- AllRecipes.com

Budget Friendly Meals- Allrecipes.com

Cuts of Meat that are Cheaper + Recipes

Vegetarian Meals w/ Beans and Rice


Thanks!


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I have made a discovery!!

It's not very often that I discover something that just make me go crazy ( in a good way)! Well, this happened today... yup, as plain as day, I discovered something... well, 3 different things actually.


First, I want to give you the recipe that started my discovery:


Simple Kale Soup
8 cups Chicken Stock, or 4 c. Chicken Stock/4 c. Water- depending on how frugal you are!

1 bunch Kale, washed, trimmed stems and cut into small pieces

1 lb cooked Ham cut into cubes

3 medium potatoes, cut into chunks

4 cloves of garlic-minced

Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Boil stock.
2. Add Kale, Ham, Potatoes and Garlic.
3. Simmer on Medium-Low for about an hour to let flavors blend.

That's it! That was the recipe that started it all.

I'll tell you how it went down.

Last night, I was trying to think of how I could feed my 1 year old this soup because I thought it was really healthy for her.... hence first discovery.... the IMMERSION BLENDER!!! Granted, some of you may not have one, but a regular blender would work just as well, but with a little more cleanup. I have been buying jarred soups for babies, and I can now blend my soups, meat and all and she can eat them right along with us!!! YayWe ate the soup in the photo above, and she ate the goop in the photo below!!

Ok, now onto my discovery #2!! Bread sticks w/ Cheese!

I was making my daughter a grilled provolone cheese sandwich, and thought to myself....hmm, that sounds really good with the Kale Soup we had last night!! But instead of making a whole sandwich for myself, and stuffing my face, I just cut all the crusts off of her sandwich ( which she doesn't eat anyway) and used them as dipping sticks for my soup!! The cheese was already in them! Doesn't get any better than that!! And I was just using up what my daughter would have wasted!!

Ok, 3rd discovery, which is kind of an add on to number 2 is..... ADD PROVOLONE CHEESE TO THE SOUP RECIPE!!! If you are going to make this recipe, I would recommend making it as if it were a French Onion Soup. ( I haven't tried this yet, but don't fret, the next time I get Kale, this is the first thing I'm cookin!

After making the soup as described above, I would put individual servings into ramekins,add crusty made croutons w/ garlic flavor to the top of the soup, and then top the entire ramekin with a big slice of provolone cheese. I would place this in the oven under the broiler, or whatever you have the oven on, just enough to melt the cheese... pure heaven.

Well, there you have it! Who knew Kale soup would be so inspirational!!

Thanks!


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Frugal Fridays: Budget- The Bottom Line

Well, I am adding another "catchy phrase" day on my blog...Frugal Fridays... which I am sure is already taken by someone out there, but I am determined to get some things off my chest about this topic. I like to say that my husband and I have been stuck in the spin cycle in our finances since we got married. It all started when we bought the house (one we couldn't afford but qualified for) and bought the beloved washer and dryer...that was when we got sucked into the laundry pile of people who lose control of their financial situation.

I am NOT making any excuses... firstly because I can't think of any.... we were young and ignorant in money making decisions and we are where we are now because of early spur of the moment decisions, no budgeting and the little rectangles of plastic which I now know are not play money....


About 5 months ago, I read the book by Dave Ramsey called The Total Money Makeover. You can read that blog entry here. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to finally accept responsibility, swallow a little pride, and get in touch with reality over their financial situation.


The book emphasizes the importance of a total budget, meaning EVERY penny is accounted for by the end of the month. Well this was fine and dandy for people who receive steady paychecks, buy for my family situation, it just about drove me insane. The reason I was going crazy is because our income is ever changing and I can't account for money that I don't know is going to be there or not. So I decided to create a Bottom Line Budget.

You can click here

and use it as a guideline for your own, or just use the same one. The Bottom Line Budget lets me know all of the bills I have for the entire month. I decided to put it in the order that they are due, not the order of the biggest bill.

The second portion of the BLB is the money that we have left over after all the bills and expenses are paid. I can then separate it in to categories to decide where I would like it to go. This will help me to get a grasp for that extra money and where it is going. With the budget example that the book gave, I was just waiting until the end of the month to see what I had spent all our money on, and not deciding ahead of time where the money will go.

This way, I can allot cash to all of the non-bill expenses we have - ie- food, gas, etc. and then put all the extra money into the specific categories of my choice. Not sure if this will help anyone else but our family, but I thought it might be helpful for people with similar income situations. Enjoy!!

Note: We are committed to getting ourselves out of the huge debt hole we dug ourselves in. This budget is one of the ways we slowly coming out of debt.

Thanks!

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How Was It? Wednesday

This weekend, while my husband was working, I decided to take on making a dress for the girls. I used this pattern which you can purchase from the designer on Etsy.
I had leftover fabric that my sister used to wrap our Christmas presents from a few years ago...thanks Meghan!!
Here is how it turned out. It actually fits both girls, but I am going to make one a little larger for Lily.
In total, this dress probably took me about an hour to do.... mind you it was my first article of clothing I have ever attempted, so it is definitely doable! The pattern that I purchased is very clear and easy to understand. Over all, I'd say the experience went well!

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Try It! Tuesday... Soap Nuts for Laundry Cleaner!

Well, I am hoping to win this in a giveaway over at Passionate Homemaking (which by the way, is one of my favorite blogs!!) , and if I do I will definitely try it then. I think I can purchase these at our natural food store. Otherwise I will be getting a sample online if I don't win.
Thought I would tell you a little more about them:

They are the only true Natural Laundry Detergent...meaning, NOTHING has been done to them. You can pop them in your laundry right off the tree!! Amazing...skeptical? Maybe a little bit, but the more I hear about them, the more great comments they get that the silly things work! Who's in to try them?

I guess you can also make soap nut liquid detergent yourself as well. This is changing them from their total natural state, but still better than almost anything else out there.

Head on over the Passionate Homemaking and try to win a free sample yourself!! Let's try them together!


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Try It! Tuesday

I just came from my MOPS group today, and we had an amazing speaker on Nutrition. She spoke about things that are very near and dear to my heart, keeping families healthy through nutrition. I just wanted to tell you about something that I have just signed up for, and you can do it in your area as well.

I have joined a local co-op for produce. This was one of my goals I had set for myself for the year, and it looks like I am finally going to be able to accomplish it. The Co-op I am joining is called the Organic Produce Buying Club of South Florida and they offer bi-monthly pick-ups of produce for $49 a pick-up. I have spoken with a few women who are extremely happy with the quality and freshness of the produce, so I am going to give it a try. I have to pay $98+$20 on the first pick-up because you have to pay ahead for the next delivery, as well as the $20 for the produce bags that you swap back and forth to fill up each time.

So for $118, I can have my very own plethera of local, organic, healthy fruits and vegetables that I know come from a reputable source and I am supporting locally....TRY IT!

Below are some websites that you can use to navigate and find a local co-op or farm in your area to use:

Local Harvest

Co-op Directory Service

Farm Fresh

I would love to know if some of you are already doing this and what your local experience is, or if you are ready to take this opportunity and Try It!


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Try It! Tuesday

Since this week is a kitchen cabinet week, I thought I would share a little tip with you. This tip is great if you have an item in your refrigerator that you want to use up, or a spice you have never used, or just want something different.



Its at allrecipes.com, and its their ingredient search. The site itself is amazing in finding great recipes, but if you dig a little deeper in their site, you can find their search page by ingredients. This is great for picky eaters too because it also has an "ingredients I don't want" section too. My husband, Brian doesn't like cheese-(I know, ridiculous, but nevertheless, we deal with it) so I always type in cheese on the items I don't want list.




If I have a lot of chicken, I will type that in the ingredient search, without cheese of course, and find some pretty great recipes with chicken.




I have also used it for spices- for example- I had garam masala and wanted to try it. I typed it in the ingredient search, and many new recipes came up....that's how I found the great Vegetable Masala recipe that I use.




So there's my thing to Try on Tuesday!!


Hope you like it!
Here's a direct link to the ingredients page:


Ingredients Search on Allrecipes.com

Otherwise, you can just click on the word ingredients at the top of the homepage for allrecipes.com


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Happy Earth Day!

I subscribe to a bunch of great blogs for stay at home moms and receive many of the through my email. This morning, my children miraculously are still in bed.... and I got to sip my tea and read OPB's (Other People's Blogs)which I love to do! I thought I would attach some of their blogs on mine, as to not repeat such great information. I am attending my MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers)
group today and we are having a speaker on being "Green". If I learn anything new from her, I'll put a post up this afternoon. I love that the bottom line is:

"Being frugal does not have to mean giving up being green"- In fact, now that we are on a budget, eating healthier and being more aware of what we consume, we are more earth friendly than ever before!

Enjoy these links!

Life As Mom- Frugal Ways to Go Green

The Happy Housewife- Keep the Kids Busy without Television

Passionate Homemaking- Considering God's Creation

Have a great Earth Day!


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