My husband and I occasionally brew beer and when we do we have tons of grains leftover (we’re talking about 15 lbs worth!) There’s no way I could use it all, but I did find a great recipe to use some of those grains to make pizza dough. Ingredients: 1 pkg. dry bread yeast 1/2 cup warm [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dinner’
13 Aug
Grilled Veggie Fajitas
One of my all time favorite meals are vegetable fajitas. Fresh veggies coming together with soft homemade tortillas, salsa and guacamole is divine and the summer is one of the best times to indulge since the vegetables are fresh and plentiful. I like to use a cast iron skillet to cook the vegetables. It keeps [...]
12 Aug
Eggrolls and Egg Drop Soup
The other day I made some eggrolls and egg drop soup. The eggrolls are filled with an assortment of veggies including cabbage, carrot, and onions. For the soup I cheated a little and used a packet of mix and added the egg in.
29 Jun
Stuffed Pepper
Sorry for the low quality picture, I was so hungry I just took a quick pic on my phone. Ingredients: 1 package Smart Grounds Original Crumbles 1/2 c. pico de gallo (mine was homemade. You could also use cut up onion,peppers and tomato) 1 1/2 cup cooked rice (wild rice is best, I used forbidden [...]
16 Apr
Pimento Cheese Spread
On a magazine cover at work I saw a great picture of some homemade pimento cheese spread made into a grilled cheese and it looked so good I had to try it out for myself. I found the recipe online which was a little different from classic pimento cheese because it had horseradish in it. The recipe [...]
26 Oct
Mock Chicken Noodle Soup
A couple days ago my husband was feeling kind of sick and asked if I could get him some chicken noodle soup. The canned version is full of sodium and I never thought it was that good so I asked if he’d like a homemade version instead. Only a crazy person would turn down homemade [...]
25 Oct
Sloppy Joan
I made this super easy Sloppy “Joan” the other day. I call it Sloppy Joan because my husband said since it doesn’t have real meat it can’t be called the traditional Sloppy Jo. Ingredients: 1/2 bag Boca ground crumbles 1/2 onion, chopped 1 cup spaghetti sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced salt and pepper, to taste [...]
10 Aug
Quick and Easy Stir Fry
The other day I was super hungry and didn’t have much in the fridge, so I threw together this stir fry and it turned out delish! Ingredients: cubed tofu 1/4 onion, chopped 3 green onions, sliced 3 small home grown bell peppers, chopped 1 package ramen noodles Sauce: 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 tbsp rice [...]
14 May
Speghetti with Mock Meat Sauce
The other day I was really hungry after going grocery shopping and whipped up this dinner which turned out delicious. Ingredients: 1 jar marinara sauce 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 tube of Gimme Lean mock sausage 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced 1/2 medium onion, diced fresh basil and thyme to taste salt, pepper, and red pepper [...]
