by Sami | Apr 2, 2009 | Food, Meal Plans, Recipes
While the picture (actually of our leftovers!) doesn’t do it justice, I made Crispy Honey Chicken, Lo Mein and Fried Rice. We LOVE PF Chang’s and the kids love the honey chicken, so I thought I’d save money by doing it at home. While it was a great...
by Sami | Mar 21, 2009 | Food, Meal Plans, Recipes
Earlier in the week I made a Roasted parsnip and cauliflower soup that I thought was delicious, but was not as well received by the kids. I wanted to repurpose that into a healthy pasta, so I bought some wonton wrappers this week in the produce section. I took a cup...
by Sami | Feb 25, 2009 | Food, Meal Plans
I don’t like lettuce. Well, that may be a strong statement. It’s not that I don’t like lettuce persay, but it really irks me when I go somewhere for a salad and it ends up being a bowl full of lettuce with a cucumber and tomato flippantly tossed in...
by Sami | Feb 20, 2009 | Food, Meal Plans, Recipes
I’m still trying to only visit the grocery store once a week, thereby forcing me to meal plan and save money. Most of you can testify I’m not the best at coming up with recipes on the fly, but tonight when I searched my kitchen, I came up with the idea of...
by Sami | Feb 16, 2009 | Food, Meal Plans, Recipes
I’d like to say I could share my entire meal plan for the week, but I haven’t gotten that organized yet. However, I did want to share my on the fly easy dinner from tonight. For lunch we actually ate at Moe’s after church because we had free money to...
by Sami | Feb 12, 2009 | Food, Meal Plans, Recipes
Today was Ricky’s day off, so I wanted to have an original dinner for him and the family since he’s been working the past few nights and eating sandwiches and leftovers. Our morning was simply cereal on the way out the door and for lunch we packed a...