Grocery Budget Tips: Tip 2 – Make Do Without

Welcome back to the grocery budget series! Here is tip #2:

We learn do without. It sounds scary, but it’s really been a blessing to see things from a different perspective. Instead of thinking “I don’t have enough money for everything I want to buy” I break my list down into necessities and find ways […]

Grocery Budget Tips: Tip 1 – Shopping & Buying in Bulk

Welcome to the grocery budget tips series! I am excited to share with you how my large family of 9 can buy groceries without breaking the bank. I am often asked how we keep our grocery budget so low, and thought I would share the things I can think of off the top of my […]

Grocery Budget Tips: Introduction

Let’s talk about grocery budgets.

MANY factors play into what a family spends on groceries. Your location is a big factor, because some areas are very expensive to live in and buy food in. The amount of people you are feeding, and their ages, the types of foods you buy, your style of cooking, current […]

Crunchy Taco Hamburger Skillet

This skillet meal is just like a certain boxed variety, but with ingredients you can pronounce and control. It’s quick, easy, filling and satisfying in our home!

Ingredients:

1lb ground beef, browned 1/2 small onion, diced 1 taco seasoning packet or homemade equivalent 1/2 c salsa 1-3/4 c chicken broth 1c rice 1c shredded cheddar […]

Taco Seasoning

Homemade taco seasoning is so easy to make – make up a bulk batch and keep it in your pantry for whenever you need it. The nice thing is that you can not only pronounce every ingredient, but you can also control how much salt goes into it.

Ingredients:

2 tsp. dry, minced onion 1 […]

How to peel tomatoes

Perhaps you are making tomato sauce and don’t want to run the tomatoes through a food mill. Or you want to can whole tomatoes, but they need to be peeled. Or, you are making salsa and need tomatoes peeled and diced. Whatever your reason, if you need to peel tomatoes, rest assured that it is […]

Pretzel Bites

Everyone loves a yummy soft pretzel bite, right? These are perfect for snacking.

When I made my pretzel bites, I used my “go to” white bread recipe. It makes two loaves of bread, but I never did count how many bites it made. It made enough to feed six kids […]

My favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Everyone has their favorite go-to recipes for sweets, right? After searching for years, and trying many different recipes, I have combined several into one that I just love for chocolate chip cookies. Cookies bake up nice and puffy, they are deliciously soft and stay fresh overnight. I like to make a batch […]

Rotisserie Style Chicken (Roast or Rotisserie)

This recipe works both with a rotisserie oven or roasted in a conventional oven. This recipe makes a juicy chicken with a crispy but sticky skin that gives so much flavor to the meat below. For the best results, prep your birds the night before and let ithem sit with the dry rub on all […]

Maple-Bourbon Glazed Chicken Breast

When I made this, I made sides of caramelized onion, hassleback sweet potatoes and steamed broccoli. It all came together very nicely.

Ingredients:

2 thick chicken breasts, cut into 3 fillets (or, 6 smaller/thinner chicken breasts) Salt and pepper olive oil 2 tbBourbon 3tb Maple syrup 2 c chicken broth a few sprigs fresh […]