It’s been a long time, mostly because I got pregnant and had a baby. So we’ve been pretty busy. My oldest son started grade 1 which means more time running around to get to appointments and sports activities, so I like fast meals that aren’t fast food.
Every so often Sobeys has a dollar days sale, when several items are put on for a dollar. I always buy cole-slaw salad mix whenever it’s $1 and use it for stir frys.
1-2 cooked chicken breasts, sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 c frozen corn
1 c frozen broccoli pieces
1 package cole-slaw salad mix
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 c soy sauce
1/4 Cattleboys BBQ sauce
Mix chicken pieces with ginger and sauces, set aside.
Heat the oil on med-high heat and add the cole-slaw mix, stir until it cooks down. Add the frozen broccoli and corn, cook until the frost is off. Add the chicken and sauce, turn up the heat to high, and stir constantly until completely mixed in and broccoli is tender-crisp. Serve over rice. This serves 4 with a little leftover for lunch the next day.
We always have fresh fruit or veges and a glass of skim milk or water with our meal.
Categories: Recipes: Main Dish · Stretching Dollars
Tagged: main dinner entree
Split 3 whole wheat rolls in the middle. Toast under the broiler. Spread with garlic butter:
-1 clove garlic
1/3 c margarine or softened butter
Place a slice of cheese on top, and broil again until cheese is melted. Serve hot!
Categories: Recipes: Breads
This time each month meals become a challenge. We’ve almost used up everything, but not quite.
Saute in 2 tbsp Olive Oil:
-1 small onion
-2 cloves of garlic
-3/4 tsp black pepper
-1 tsp salt
-1 1/2 tbsp italian seasoning
-3 celery stalks, cut up
-1/2 small bag of baby carrots, cut up
Cook for 5 minutes, until the onions start to turn clear.
Add 4c of chicken stock, 2c of water, 3/4 c small pasta shapes (I used shells) 2 cut-up and cooked chicken thighs, 1 c. mashed and cooked pumpkin.
Bring to a boil, cook until noodles are cooked through, about 15 minutes.
Serve with toasted garlic and cheese buns (recipe in a different post)
Categories: Recipes: Soup
zucchini
carrots
lettuce
celery
cucumber
tomato
butternut squash
acorn squash
sweet potato
bananas
apples
grapes
bread x2
hot dog buns
chicken pieces wp
pork chop wp
roast beef wp
steak (for stirfry)
ground turkey
hot dogs
cheese x 2
grated cheese x 2
yogurt x 3
milk x 4
sour cream
cottage cheese
eggs
taco shells
salsa
alphabet pasta
whole wheat rotini
lasagne noodles
parmesan cheese
chicken stock
beef stock
canned mushrooms
tomato paste
whole, peeled tomatoes
chick peas x 2
olive oil
vege oil
brown sugar
rolled oats
chocolate squares
chocolate chips
coconut
corn bran cereal
frozen broccoli
frozen cauliflower
frozen peas
frozen corn
frozen oj x 12
battered fish pieces
Categories: Grocery List
I just discovered how easy it is to deal with mangoes. Normally I find them a bit difficult to use- so much juice and so messy.
Today I peeled the skin off of one side with a knife (think peeling apples) and used a spoon to scoop out the fruit. When I finished with one side I moved on to another. All that is left is the pit- there is still fruit clinging to them, but most of the fruit and juice made it into my bowl.
Put the mango in a blender, and hit the button. It pureed up almost instantly.
Next, use 1/4 c. of mango puree, a couple of big spoonfuls (around 1/4 c.) of plain yogurt, and half a banana. Whir it around and you’ve got one glass of mango/banana smoothie.
Enjoy!
Categories: Recipes: Beverages
Potatoes
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Celery
Sweet Potato
Sweet Peppers
Salad
Avocado
Apples
Bananas
Bread x 2
Burger buns (1 doz)
Breakfast Sausages
Bacon
WP Lean Ground Beef
WP Chicken Pieces
Roast Beef
Pork Chops
Reduced Fat Cheese x 2
Grated Cheese x 1
Non-Hydrogenated Margarine tub
Sour Cream
Milk x 3
Plain non-fat yogurt
flavored low-fat yogurt
Chili Seasoning
Black Pepper
Italian Seasoning
Salsa x 2
Ranch Salad Dressing
Mayonnaise
Olive Oil
Vegetable Oil
Chocolate Chips
Baking Squares
Raisins
Parchment Paper
Chick Peas
Canned Mushrooms
Tomato Paste
Tomato Soup
Mushroom Soup
frozen juice x 10
frozen corn, peas, mixed veges
Raisin Bran
All Bran (muffins)
Categories: Grocery List
Hey, I just don’t have time to post this for all of you right now, so you’ll have to be creative on your own!
Merry Christmas!
Stacy
Categories: Uncategorized
I took our jack-o-lantern and cut around the pumpkin so that it resembled cantelope. Cut the skin off the pumpkin, and slice the leftover vegetable. Put into a pot, add a little water, and cook, stirring occasionally, until you have tender pieces of pumpkin. Drain well in a colander, put into bowl, and mash with a potato masher. Our pumpkin gave me 15 cups of mashed pumpkin puree, which I separated into 1-cup portions to freeze and use as needed. This recipe is so good! You can also use canned pumpkin, but since the pumpkin was free, so is my puree. Just added some sweat equity- it’s a lot of work to cut up a big pumpkin!
This recipe makes 12 muffins or 1 loaf. Preheat oven to 375*, lightly grease muffin tins or loaf pan.
1 c. white flour, 3/4 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 c. vege oil
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. unpacked brown sugar, 1/3 c. white sugar
1 c. unsweetened pumpkin puree
1/3 c. chocolate chips
Stir together flour, salt, spice, and set aside.
In large bowl beat eggs, oil, and vanilla together. Stir in sugar and pumpkin, add flour mixture. Mix until just blended. Add chocolate chips, mix gently.
I have modified this recipe from the original, which appeared in Glow magazine, Oct/Nov 2006
Categories: Recipes: Breads · Stretching Dollars
