Chicken quesadilla
There are many unrecognized and unused bits of a chicken that may normally be tossed, used in soup or chicken salad. One is the side flaps that I cut from…
A note on ‘normal’.
Usually I try to limit my shopping trips to two per month for budget and common sense reasons. First of all I have better things to do than wander around…
Granola
Oats are healthy whole grains packed with fiber, protein and many other nutrients. I use it in many applications and always have some on hand. At about $ .99 per…
Salad – seems basic but…
Making a salad seems like a very basic operation, chop some lettuce, and some veg, mix and salad! Right. But if you buy a whole head of lettuce, then do…
Pesto chicken & pasta
Pesto is a great way to use and store random greens, and tops. Another thing I usually have in my freezer to preserve that bright green flavor, and to add…
Breakfast Burrito
I was still working nearly full time at this point. Grabbed a breakfast burrito from the freezer. Unwrapped it from the plastic wrap. Draped it in a damp paper towel.…
Freezer breakfasts
Breakfast is important, so they say. Sometimes you just need something to grab-and-go, and sometimes you are thinking of preserving that 10 pack of tortillas you got for taco night,…
Bacon! Because …. BACON!
Bacon is it's own food group, who doesn't love sweet, smokey, salty, crispy bacon. Of course it is normally expensive AF for something you would normally trim the fat from…
Pesto
I had some basil and I bought some basil, I knew that in it's fresh state it would not last long, so when you have basil and other greens you…
Chicken stir-fry
One of the often missed chicken bits is what is called the 'oyster'. It is a very tender piece of meat from where the upper thigh connects to the back.…