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Tortilla Crusted Pork Chops

Tortilla Crusted Pork Chops

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Do not let this picture deceive you. Trust me because these pork chops are fantastic. I was in a dinner rut last week, and had limited groceries on hand. After digging around my fridge I came up with this recipe. It was a big hit at our house. You could e…

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Meal and Menu Planning For the Family Part 1

posted August 13, 2010 in Ask Ms Recipe

Tim from Everyday Living asked me a question which inspired me to write a series of posts on M eal and M enu planning for the  family. Here is the first of several post on meal and menu planning for your family. Meal planning doesn’t need to (read full article)

Final Score: Farmers Market-2 |The Skinny Fight-0

posted August 09, 2010 in The Skinny Fight

Remember when I asked for suggestions on how to save money on groceries? One of the suggestions was to shop at farmers markets. Either I chose the wrong markets to visit or my expectations are too high. I always pictured farmers markets looking lik (read full article)

Orzo, Sun-dried Tomato, and Walnut Salad with Feta

posted August 05, 2010 in lisa is cooking

I finally picked Poor Girl Gourmet out of my to-read stack. I received a review copy a while ago and had been hearing good things about it. The book is by Amy McCoy, and her blog is also called Poor Girl Gourmet. What we have here is a food lover who (read full article)

10 Great Resources for Saving Money on Real Food

I get asked all the time if I find myself spending more money on groceries now that I’m trying to eat locally and in season. My answer is always no, because DH and I went out to eat A LOT before I started this project. However, I’m always (read full article)

Japanese Cream Stew

posted July 30, 2010 in Yummy-as-can-be

Just like the Japanese curry, cream stew is another best seller in my house.  There seems to be a shortage of ready-made roux in groceries lately so I looked for a recipe online without using the boxed cream stew cake. Sorry for the image.  The ca (read full article)

I Hit the Motherload!

posted July 25, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

I hit the motherload at the grocery store today! Thanks to a bunch of coupons and TONS of BOGO offers, I got a record setting bounty for under budget. The Produce: 2lb strawberries 3 Peaches Zucchini Cucumber Spinach Bagged lettuce Broccoli Green (read full article)

Grocer-To-Go

posted July 25, 2010 in Cupcake Avenger

In my last post I mentioned that I have spent probably an embarrassing amount of time surfing the web in search of baking ingredients to order online.  While my mother has been diligent in sending me ingredients like cocoa powder and vanilla ext (read full article)

Stuffed Pork Capsicum

posted July 24, 2010 in I SO HUNGRY

Stuffed Pork Capsicum is what I had for dinner several weeks ago but didn't have the time to update yet again!   Usually at the end of the week I have left overs of unused frozen beef mince, capsicums, carrots and mushrooms and anything tha (read full article)

In-Law Perfect Chocolate Banana Bread

posted July 19, 2010 in My Man's Belly

Dark Chocolate Banana Bread We had a busy weekend around our house this past weekend.  The in-laws invaded moved in for a couple of days.  I don’t know why I get myself in such a tizzy when we have people stay with us.  (No, (read full article)

Last Minute Veggie Kabobs

posted July 16, 2010 in Lucy's Soup Can

Ease: 4/5     Kid-friendliness: 4/5     Taste: 5/5     Time: 4/5Prep: 15 minutesCook time: 10 minutesI recently returned from two weeks of camping in British Columbia. Got to enjoy some beautiful scenery.Returned with a (read full article)

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