Category Archives for Fruits and Vegetables

Simple Chicken & Dumplings

      Tracy Roberts over at Moms In A Blog is putting together a sweet little Kindle ebook called Cooking from the Pantry:  The Busy Mom’s Guide to Creating Fabulous No-Fuss Meals in 30 Minutes or Less and I get to show you a sneak peek. Here’s a quote from the ebook: Organization Isn’t […]

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Baked Irish Apple Cabbage

I remember my mother adding an apple when she was cooking red cabbage. The sweetness added some nice balance to the meal. When I first came across this traditional Irish recipe, I was reminded of my mom’s German cooking. This baked cabbage was an instant hit at our house. It makes for a great side […]

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Kale and Avocado Salad With Cucumber

Kale Salad with Lemon

One of my favorite new vegetables is Kale. It’s awesome in soups and stews, sauteed like any other green and I’ve even added it to my smoothies in the morning. You can also make some great healthy Kale chips. Kale is often found either sold by the bunch or in a large bag (washed and […]

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Potatoes And Hot Dogs Skillet Dinner

Got this recipe from my mom. My husband really loves it for a quick supper. It can easily be adjusted to serve more. For 2 servings: Dice up a little onion and put in frying pan. Wash and thinly slice 2 medium potatoes and add to onion. Thinly slice 2 hot dogs and add to […]

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Strawberry Pineapple Freezer Jam

When strawberries are in season, I am always on the look-out for new recipes to use this family favorite. We have plenty of regulars, even another strawberry freezer jam, but this recipe offers a little surprise – pineapple.  The flavors complement each other so well, and the texture is incredible. If you’re looking for a new […]

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Tomato Dumpling Stew

One of our readers was looking for a recipe for stewed tomatoes with dumplings.  The following is the recipe a commenter suggested, but I tweaked it a little (major difference is reducing the sugar quite a bit.)  You can also use fresh tomatoes, diced up with liquid from the tomatoes reserved.  If you do, you […]

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Vegetable Chow Mein Recipe

Chow Mein is a very versatile recipe and you can tweak this basic vegetable version to include various meats, seafood and of course you can use all sorts of different vegetables in this. Got some leftover broccoli? Throw it in there. Green beans or snow peas on sale at the grocery store this week, include […]

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Vegetable Chop Suey Recipe

Chop Suey is a great Asian dish you can make out of almost anything. I’ll share my version of vegetable chop suey with you, but feel free to add some leftover chicken, pork or beef to it for a meaty Asian inspired meal. To make this extra frugal use whatever vegetables are in season or […]

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Mafia Corn

MAFIA CORN Original Recipe by Sonny Baker 1995 1 lge . package of Whole Kernel Corn 1-2 Cans of creamed style Corn 1/2 – 1 Lb. Bacon 1 green Bell Pepper 1 Stick of Butter 1 Med. Size Onion 1/4 Cup Heavy Cream Salt and Pepper to Taste 1 Tbsp. Sugar Recipe works better if […]

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