Frugal In Florida

It wasn't really on the menu plan but somehow, it happened at the last minute no less, on Friday. I had to re-package the chicken (time was running out!) to freeze and though, hmmm...these little pieces could be used for a cream chicken pasta like dish easily. Then, I said NO, a stirfry. I love my Kindle Fire (shameless, aren't I?) and fired up The Pioneer Woman right there in the kitchen! (Which makes me ask, what the heck did we do before laptops, WiFi and The Pioneer Woman anyways??) My recipe is really really modified and I will modified it even more next time but man, so easy, even a Caveman can do it! Here's how I did it: 3 b/s chicken breast, cut into smallish pieces (mine were chunky so ended up cutting more after cooked) 1/2 cup soy sauce 3 tbs sugar 1/2 cup chicken broth 2 tsp corn starch 1 onion roughly chopped 2 cloves garlic finely minced 8 cups of wonderful frozen stirfry veggies from the freezer (carrots, broccoli, shrooms, water chestnu...

It's been downright chilly here this past week! I mean, seriously, having to turn the heat on in the mornings is really cramping my style ... And of course, the kids (mini adults) are looking for hot chocolate packets, which we have N. O. N. E. because, well, they aren't as cheap as they used to be and no one really drinks that stuff anymore, and NOW, they are not on the list of necessities So ... I 'hear' that you can mix up some yummy chocolaty goodness with Nutella and warm milk. Ha. Who would have thought?? And so dang easy, it's not even funny ... a cupful of milk, microwaved to desired heat (ok, don't burn it, alright?) 1 teaspoon (you know, the flatware, not measuring) of nutella. Take the teaspoon with nutella and stir it up in the cup. Stir vigorously, taste and add more if desired. I actually stopped stirring and reheated my milk a little more (for about 2 minutes total time) to get the stuff to melt a little more. Ohhh and ahhh. S...

It's the MOST Wonderful Time of the Year .... and that means ... BOAT PARADE PARTY ... which also means ... yummy food that's only made at this time of the year .... woohoo!! My favorite, that is MY recipe that Hubby loves and tells everyone about the Spinach Dip. Um hmmm. I've been known to lay in bed the following morning with a small bowl heated up for breakfast (the things we do for hangovers). It's fairly easy, but not a dump and go recipe for once ... but so worth the extra dishes and work for the end result. 1 jar marinated artichokes, drained 1 pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained 1/2 tsp minced garlic 1/3 cup Romano cheese 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese 1 cup mozzarella 1/3 cup half and half (or milk, cream) 1/2 cup sour cream Blend artichokes, Romano and Parmesan cheese in food processor til minced (but not quite pasty). Squeeze spinach with hands to get the as much liquid as possible out.  Add spinach to large bowl and break up as it wi...

Well, I say modifying it but it could also be relayed as making it better? I have a few of those Yoplait smoothie things in the freezer from when I picked them up for $1 a bag ... they are good and all but really, not as healthy as I'd like to think. They were to be for the kids, but for whatever reason, they didn't dig into them as much as I thought (perhaps its the fact that it calls for 1 cup of milk??) So in my efforts to use what we have on hand this week (week 2 and not doing so very bad) I made a smoothie for my breakfast this morning (no bagels OR sausage patties left for my favorite breakfast sandwiches ) ... 1/2 cup of 2% milk 3 tbs non fat instant powder milk 1/2 cup water 1 bag of Yoplait smoothie 1/2 cup oatmeal 1 1/2 tbs ground flax seed   Put all in blender and let it rip til smooth. (used the Cuisinart because I gave the bullet to Sonny Boy for his apt). Pretty tasty. I think next time though I will do the oatmeal and flax see...