Recipe Roundup

Each week, I sit down and plan dinner for the week around what's on sale and what's in the pantry. This week, my local Publix ad looks very promising.

This is what I can come up with that I know my family will eat:

Memorial Day is this week, so we will definitely try to fire up the grill, if the rain holds off. DH wants to have ribs, pasta salad, mixed green salad and strawberry shortcake.

ribs-from the weekly sale
pasta salad-from what's on hand from the pantry
mixed green salad-combination of weekly sale and pantry items
strawberry shortcake-combination of weekly sale and pantry items

Buffalo drumsticks, baked, w/ bleu cheese mashed potatoes, green salad and chocolate chip cookies:

Buffalo drumsticks-seasoned w/ what's on hand from the pantry-cracked pepper, hot sauce mixed w/ melted butter, baked at 350 degrees until done
bleu cheese mashed potatoes-mashed potatoes (homemade or box), mixed w/ bleu cheese crumbles until creamy
chocolate cookies-from weekly sale

Grilled portabella mushroom sandwiches w/ grilled onions and provolone cheese, fruit salad:

portabella mushrooms-from weekly sale
buns-weekly sale
provolone cheese-weekly sale
grilled onions-from weekly sale or the pantry
fruit salad-combination of weekly sale and pantry items

Salmon fish sticks w/ couscous, mixed green salad, make-it-yourself ice cream sandwiches:

salmon fishsticks- salmon fillets from weekly sale:
cut the fillets in half, roll in an egg white, then seasoned breadcrumbs( made from scratch or from the pantry), baked in 350 degree oven until done
couscous-weekly sale or from the pantry
make-it-yourself ice cream sandwiches- from weekly sale, filled w/ ice cream from weekly sale, place in freezer until firm

BLTs w/ celery sticks, chips,pickle spears and popsicles:

bacon-from weekly sale
mayonnaise-from weekly sale, pantry or make your own
celery sticks from weekly sale
salad dressing (for dipping celery)-from weekly sale or pantry items to make your own
chips-from weekly sale
pickle spears-from weekly sale
popsicles-from weekly sale

Of course, there are hundreds of other combinations to answer the age old question of "what's for dinner". Be sure to visit CouponMom to get the coupon matchups w/ the sale items to maximize your dollar.



Happy cooking!

New Concept-at Least to Me

I know it's been awhile since I've posted. I think that I learned that trying to maintain two blogs is some WORK!!

While surfing one evening and reading one of my favorite blogs, I happened upon a concept. It's not new, it just never dawned on ME.

I have 50 million cookbooks, okay not that many, and have only referred to them every now and then. For one month, you take a particular cookbook and prepare recipes from it. Next month, a different cookbook, so on and so on.

I haven't really purchased any new cookbooks lately (insert gasp) but I have had my eye on few that I would like to add to the shelf. So for now, I'll work with what I've got. For June, my choice will be The Perfect Recipe by Pam Anderson.

Using this concept will take some planning on my part, so this will be a challenge. But, I've reached a point that I'm now cooking the same things over and over and I need to change it up a bit.

At the request of DH, and because he doesn't get it often, my first venture will be Rediscovering Fried Chicken. Yes, I know that I've fried chicken a time or five hundred, but this is the perfect recipe........

Happy cooking

Happy cooking!