Miss Petrie goes to school in an industrial/transitional area of Albuquerque. It contains lots of businesses and one of the places I frequent near her school is a produce store that gets overstock from major retailers like Target. Last week I scored veggie platters for $1.99 (usually $13!!), a bag of onions for $0.99 and [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! Our family is looking forward to lots of good eating over the holiday. I’ve already prepped the potatoes and yams by pre-cooking them in the oven and I have the turkey in the fridge defrosting. On Wednesday we plan on making mini pecan pies. I’ve been collecting food for the Thanksgiving feast for [...]
(Hi Friends. It’s been quite busy here. I miss my blog. I need to write more! I hope you are having a great October.) One of the ways to make plain food more enjoyable is by adding a sauce or condiment. The sauces I make are generally very inexpensive and easy to make. A few [...]
I have been enjoying lots of great blog ideas via Pinterest and found this recipe for simple berry cobbler. Spread the bottom of a baking pan with frozen berries (I had strawberries), put white cake mix on top of that and dribble one can of lemon-lime soda (like Sprite) on top of the dry cake [...]
Every time I collect food from the garden, I think, “What concoction can I make with these veggies?” Since I know the kids will eat pizza with almost anything on it, I thought we’d try summer squash/pesto/ham/onion pizza. It was good. Mr. Petrie grilled jalapenos from the garden and topped his pizza with them. Have [...]
These beautiful purple beans become green when cooked. I find this fascinating! Enjoy your day.
This chocolate-banana-garden squash-walnut bread looks like good ol’ chocolate cake, but has 3 bananas, half a squash and 1/2 cup of walnuts. Take that, kids! This chocolate-y bread is very moist and dense. I used a banana bread recipe and added the shredded summer squash, cocoa powder, chocolate chips and walnuts. It didn’t change the [...]
I read lots of cooking blogs and last week I found a recipe for Crockpot cheesecake. I had just stocked up on cream cheese ($1/brick), so it was a perfect recipe for what I had on hand. It’s a perfect recipe for making the night before an event, because it tastes better once it has [...]
This is the first year we have planted heirloom tomatoes. This variety is yellow and delicious! Heirloom tomatoes are from seeds that are passed down from generation to generation, rather than lab created hybrid seeds. Nature is truly amazing in all its diversity. I have been serving our garden tomatoes as a side dish at [...]
(I love deconstructed salads. Actually, I love using the word “deconstructed” to describe food. It seems so snotty, but it just means separating food instead of mixing it up.) Our tomatoes are finally ripening, so I picked up some mozzarella and grabbed some basil from the garden and we have our favorite summertime salad. Mr. [...]