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Many thanks to Stretching your Budget for providing this tasty AND organic recipe!
My good friend Sarah sent me an email of a great Frugal idea! She made yogurt from scratch! How awesome is that! If you’re like me and many moms I know, we are always looking for frugal Organic food!
So, here’s the recipe:
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I noticed a ton of organic sales this week, so I thought I’d try to put together meals using organic ingredients for this weeks Farm Fresh meal idea.
Prices are based on the 03/09 Farm Fresh weekly ad.
Ingredients:
Culinary Circle Rotisserie Chicken $6.99
Wild Harvest organic Tortilla Chips $1.79
Wild Harvest organic Pinto Beans $1.50
Wild Harvest organic Salsa $2.59
Wild Harvest organic Soup $1.99
Richfood Cheese $2 (didn’t see organic)
Taco Seasoning mix (I make my own)
Chicken & Pinto Bean Nachos
1. Shred part of the Rotisserie chicken. Heat shredded chicken & mix with taco seasoning. Add pinto beans and salsa & cook over medium heat until cooked through.
2. Meanwhile, spread ~1/2 bag of tortilla chips on platter, add approx. 1/2 meat mixture on chips and sprinkle with cheese. Layer remaining chips, meat mixture and cheese.
3. Top with lettuce, tomatoes, olives, sour cream or other toppings as desired
For dinner the next night:
Soup and sandwich
Serve sliced Rotisserie chicken on sandwiches with organic soup.
*Could use Kraft sandwich shop may for $1.89 (not organic) with remaining lettuce from nachos
Cost: $16.86 for 2 meals plus cost of toppings
Don’t want chicken? Ground Beef is on sale for $2.49lb
*I personal use ground turkey for my nachos
Photo credit: Lindsayfincher.com
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Mom on Dealz has put together your weekly recipe based on the 03/08 Harris Teeter sale ad.
We serve this as a side dish each year but you can add corned beef to it to make it a meal for $2.99 more!
Ingredients:
3 lb potatoes $3.97 (on sale for 8 pounds)
1 lb shredded cabbage $0.79 (on sale $2.37/3 pounds)
3 tablespoons butter (assume you have on hand)
1 1/4 cup milk $2.89
pepper to taste (assume on hand)
1/2 cup thinly sliced onion $0.47
Total=$8.12 ( a little high but you will have a lot of potatoes and milk left over)
Directions:
1. Cut potatoes into small pieces and boil until tender. Set aside.
2. Heat butter and onion over medium heat in skillet. Add cabbage and cook until cabbage starts to brown.
3. Reduce heat to low, add milk and pepper. Cover and cook until cabbage becomes tender.
4. Combine potatoes and cabbage/onion and mash.
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My baby celebrated her 4th birthday last week! I cried a little 🙂
After much deliberation, she decided on a castle cake. I stepped WAY out of my comfort zone for this years cake. Although it was my first time working with fondant and making my own icing, I think the cake turned out well. No laughing at my amateur cake decorating skills!
I had absolutely no idea how to work with the fondant, so it’s not as smooth as it should be. We also couldn’t get the fondant to stick to the cones for the towers, so we just used icing. I later learned to brush on bit of water or Vodka to make it stick.
Luckily, Derrick is willing to help me with my crazy cake ideas!
A big thanks to Ann for all her help & these recipes below!
Butter Cream Icing
I used my KitchenAid mixer which made this a snap. And it’s tasty too!
Add 1 stick of salted real butter, 1 stick of unsalted real butter, 1 cup of shortening (not oil). Mix then add 1 teaspoon of vanilla, mix. Then add a 2 pound bag of powdered sugar. It will get really stiff so then you add just a little bit of water at a time to get the texture you want. I used about 5-6 Tbsp (adding 1 T at a time)
Homemade Fondant
Add a bag of of mini marshmallows and 1 tablespoon of shortening (not oil). Melt that in the microwave. While they are melting, take shortening (not oil) and grease your counter. Dump about a 1/2 of a 2 lb bag of powdered sugar on your counter.
If you are wanting all the same color of fondant then color the melted marshmallows. Pour the marshmallows over the powdered sugar and knead in until you get it like play dough.
Make sure you put the fondant in an air tight baggie. After it sits a while it will get a little harder. If it is too hard to work with then put it in the micro for 10 seconds and let it soften up.
Last year LuLu had a Dora Cake
Do you make birthday cakes?
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Budget Savvy Diva has put together another Frugal recipe for you. Each week, she’ll share a recipe a family of 4 can make for $5 or less.
Turkey Chili Makes 8 servings at 86 cents each
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 green pepper, diced
1/4 cup chili powder
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey or ground beef
1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes
1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 packet (.19 oz) instant beef-flavored broth granules
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (19 oz) red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
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I’m ready to get back into cooking, but we seem to have sooo much going on lately. I’m excited that it’s warming up outside, so we can take advantage of the grill. I love it when Derrick is asking to help me cook!
Monday
Pasta using ham from freezer
Tuesday
Kabobs on grill over rice
Wednesday
Pork tenderloin with potatoes & asparagus
Thursday
Dinner with in-laws
Friday
Sandwiches or Leftovers (Admirals Hockey game)
Saturday
Sloppy Joe’s with sweet potato fries
Sunday
Hubby’s choice on grill (probably depends on sales)
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Mom on Dealz has put together your weekly recipe based on the 03/02 Harris Teeter sale ad.
Sausage and Peppers Sandwich
Ingredients:
**Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage BOGO $2.08
**Birds Eye Stir Fry Peppers BOGO $1.32
**Kings Hawaiian Sub Rolls $2.49
-$1 RP 12/12 (if applies)=$1.49
**Prego Sauce EVIC $1.37
-$0.60/2 SS 1/2=$0.77 each
**Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggies $1.32
-$1/3 SS 1/23=$0.99 each
Final Cost of Meal=$6.65
Directions:
1. Slice sausage according to your preference (we slice into small chunks).
2. Put sausage in the pan with peppers and brown.
3. Add spaghetti sauce to pan and heat.
4. Prepare Steamfresh veggies according to directions.
5. Serve sausage, peppers, and sauce on rolls with veggies as the side.
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