How to Cook Tomato, Ham & Cheese Quesadillas
The other day, I was looking for a quick meal that I could create with the limited ingredients I had before going grocery shopping. I had ham, but no bread, and then noticed my handy tortillas and it clicked… A Tex-Mex/All-American fusion lunch quesadilla. What is more “All-American” than ham & cheese, right? Well, add a tomato, just to kick it up, make it more moist and give you more of a health benefit. Now,...
How to Bake Homemade Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns
You’ll love baking these fresh & fluffy Homemade Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns for BBQs, tailgate parties or anytime you’re enjoying amazing sandwiches! As I was grocery shopping yesterday afternoon, I was about to purchase some hamburger and hot dog buns for the BBQ I intended on doing that evening. Each bag was easily over $3.00 for 6 hamburger buns, and 8 hot dog buns. It then hit me…Why haven’t I ever...
How to Make Alcoholic Ginger Beer: Upscale SuperBowl Treats
This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl today… We are making Ginger Beer – of course it’s alcoholic for SuperBowl! Easy recipe, delicious stuff…You must try this, especially if you’re drinking a “sub-par”, cheapish beer while you tailgate! Perfect, even if you’re just looking for a bit of a change. Yum! Type: Alcoholic Drink Recipe Serve With: Candied...
How to Cook Rhubarb Moos
This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl today… So, we are still “cupboard cooking”. When I saw the beautiful lamb loin chops in the freezer, I also noticed our rhubarb we harvested in the summer, chopped & froze. Immediately, I thought of a great, hot dessert fit for this Canadian snow today. One of my favorite rhubarb recipes is our traditional Kasper Family Rhubarb...
How to Cook Mushroom Risotto: Upscale SuperBowl Treats
This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl today… I am making a creamy mushroom risotto to go along with the Lavender Lamb Loin Chops with Blueberry Balsamic Reduction for Superbowl today. We are going all out with our upscale treats! Traditionally speaking, Parmesan cheese is added to risotto, but none of us are crazy about it – so we are omitting it in this recipe. Type: Rice Recipe Serve...
How to Cook a Balsamic Reduction Sauce: Upscale Superbowl Treats
This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl today… In my earlier post, I outlined my Lavender Lamb Loin Chops I’ll be grilling today. To accompany the chops, I have made a Blueberry Balsamic Reduction Sauce – simply because lamb isn’t my favorite meat and it will go beautifully with it and cover up the flavor I am not crazy about in lamb. To make a basic balsamic reduction sauce,...
How to Cook Lavender Lamb Loin Chops: Upscale Superbowl Treats
This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl today… I have eight beautiful New Zealand lamb loin chops looking at me in my freezer and for some reason, I just can’t get them out of my head for a fabulous, upscale SuperBowl tailgating dish! In my head secretly, I’ve been wanting to grill these bad boys with the amazingly scented lavender leaves I harvested from our plants this past summer....
How to Make Ginger Syrup: Upscale SuperBowl Treats
This is Day Seven of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl tomorrow… One of my favorite things my mother makes every now and again is her Ginger Syrup. What I love to do with it is add it to my beer for a fabulous flavor! That’s exactly what we are doing for SuperBowl… We created a batch of this syrup and will use it in our Honey Brown Sleeman beer, and possibly our Dos Equis beer. Type: Syrup...
How to Make Pre-Spring Salad
This is Day Five of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! Along with our dinner of Crusted Pork Loin, we made what I like to call a “pre-spring” salad. It’s a great accompaniment for almost any meal, whether it’s soup, a side dish with meat or along with pasta. Type: Salad Recipe Serve With: Balsmaic Vinaigrette, sprinkle with pepitas/pumpkin seeds, chili flakes Prep Time: 15 minutes Yield: 6 servings...
How to Cook Crusted Pork Loin Chops
This is Day Five of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! We had a family pack of pork loin chops in our freezer, so I decided to make crusted pork chops using cracker crumbs from our pantry, with a side salad – Pre-Spring Salad – served with oil and balsamic vinegar. Type: Main Dish Recipe Serve With: Pre-Spring Salad & crusty Italian bread Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 4...
How to Bake Crusty Italian Flax Seed Bread
Today is Day 4 of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike. There is nothing like eating fresh, crusty Italian bread with soups, stews or pasta dishes. I made a beautiful Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli tonight and wanted this fabulous crusty bread to accompany our meal. We served with an olive oil, balsamic & Italian herb mixture to dip the warm bread into…It was delicious! Type: Bread Recipe Serve With: Softened Butter and...
How to Cook Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli
Today is Day 4 of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike. For dinner tonight, I’m making Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli with Tomato Sauce from scratch…except for the won-ton wrappers I’m using from our freezer as the ravioli pasta dough. This squash recipe is a little involved, but well worth the work – it is absolutely amazing, healthy & even vegetarian…Probably my family’s favorite meal of...
How to Cook Coconut Crusted Baked Salmon: Cupboard Cooking
Today is Day 3 of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike. This is what I made as our main dish for tonight’s dinner using my “cupboard cooking” strategies. We had a fillet of salmon in our freezer and the fixings in the cupboards or freezer. I made oven baked salmon because it is much lower in fat than pan frying. You may also use another fish, even something like tilapia as a substitute in this recipe. My mother was craving lime and...
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