Fried egg sandwiches are another one of my FAVORITE things to make. I used to make them all .the time as a college student and I've never gotten sick of them All you do is fry up an egg or two and slap them in between two pieces of toast. Super easy. But THEN you get to add all of the yummies to customize your sandwich. We usually spread some mayo on one of the slices of toast (but don't put it on for the kids...they don't like it). We add a few slices of cheddar and sometimes even throw in some avocado or bell pepper slices if they're on sale (like they are at kroger this week).
YUM!!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
German potato cassserole
This meal seriously took me three hours to prepare. I'm not sure if it's just because I had my baby strapped to my chest the whole time or because I'm slow. Whatever it was, it was kind of crazy. In fact, it took so long that I ended up giving my kids cold cereal for dinner and saving this one for tomorrow. The meal (prepared as directed) yields enough casserole to fill an 8x8 dish AND a 9x13 dish. My husband didn't get home until 6:30 (yes, he's a school teacher, no he's NEVER home by 2:30), and I knew he'd be starving, so I went ahead and cooked the 8x8 pan and the two of us ate that after the kids went to bed. And it was delicious. And, lucky me, I don't have to prepare dinner tonight. Hooray for cold cereal.
This is something that I've never prepared before. I'm always trying to introduce my kids to new foods and textures, so a while back, Velveeta was on sale and although I despise the stuff (I don't believe it has any nutritional value) and have never bought it in the 14 years I've been cooking for myself, I decided to give a recipe a try that included velveeta. I figured that if my kids like shells and cheese, they'll like anything with velveeta, right? I didn't realize that velveeta came in different sizes. So when I went to the store to buy it, I hadn't written down how much I needed. Come to find out that the 2 lb. block was only about 50 cents more than the 1 lb. block. I validated the purchase by assuming that my kids would be in love with it and I could use it on all sorts of things. They HATED the meal I prepared. I don't even remember what it was. But the sad thing was that I'd only used 4 ounces of a 32 ounce block of cheese. Grumble grumble.
Then I had my baby. And then I stopped cooking and forgot about my velveeta. I saw it in there just the other day and hurried and looked at the packaging. It said that it was good up until 8 weeks after opened (just goes to show you how much CRAP is in it!). Considering that my baby is 7 weeks old and that I opened it a week before she got here, I decided that I'd better hurry and use it. So I went to allrecipies.com and typed in velveeta under the ingredient tab/link. Being the miser that I am, I selected the two recipes that used mostly ingredients I had on hand: homemade mac and cheese, and german potato casserole. The only think I had to buy was bacon (and I found some chicken bacon as a manager's special, so that was a major plus. I only had to spend $2 for 3 days worth of dinners). I pulled the mac and cheese out of the oven and was greeted with protests to the tune of "EWWWW! That looks YUUUUCKYYYYY!" Which, as usual, was responded to with, "I know, but it's what's for dinner so you need to eat it." After the first bite, though, they quickly changed their minds and said, "actually, it's pretty good!" They told me I should add it to the favorite list. So I did. I'll post the recipe here later.
Here's the recipe for German potato casserole. It looks gross, but we really liked it. But anything with mayo, bacon and velveeta has to taste good, right?
This is something that I've never prepared before. I'm always trying to introduce my kids to new foods and textures, so a while back, Velveeta was on sale and although I despise the stuff (I don't believe it has any nutritional value) and have never bought it in the 14 years I've been cooking for myself, I decided to give a recipe a try that included velveeta. I figured that if my kids like shells and cheese, they'll like anything with velveeta, right? I didn't realize that velveeta came in different sizes. So when I went to the store to buy it, I hadn't written down how much I needed. Come to find out that the 2 lb. block was only about 50 cents more than the 1 lb. block. I validated the purchase by assuming that my kids would be in love with it and I could use it on all sorts of things. They HATED the meal I prepared. I don't even remember what it was. But the sad thing was that I'd only used 4 ounces of a 32 ounce block of cheese. Grumble grumble.
Then I had my baby. And then I stopped cooking and forgot about my velveeta. I saw it in there just the other day and hurried and looked at the packaging. It said that it was good up until 8 weeks after opened (just goes to show you how much CRAP is in it!). Considering that my baby is 7 weeks old and that I opened it a week before she got here, I decided that I'd better hurry and use it. So I went to allrecipies.com and typed in velveeta under the ingredient tab/link. Being the miser that I am, I selected the two recipes that used mostly ingredients I had on hand: homemade mac and cheese, and german potato casserole. The only think I had to buy was bacon (and I found some chicken bacon as a manager's special, so that was a major plus. I only had to spend $2 for 3 days worth of dinners). I pulled the mac and cheese out of the oven and was greeted with protests to the tune of "EWWWW! That looks YUUUUCKYYYYY!" Which, as usual, was responded to with, "I know, but it's what's for dinner so you need to eat it." After the first bite, though, they quickly changed their minds and said, "actually, it's pretty good!" They told me I should add it to the favorite list. So I did. I'll post the recipe here later.
Here's the recipe for German potato casserole. It looks gross, but we really liked it. But anything with mayo, bacon and velveeta has to taste good, right?
It's by Dara Luburgh and this is here picture, too
Ingredients
- 5 pounds red potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch chunks (We had regular,starchy white potatoes, so that's what we used)
- 1 pound sliced bacon, diced
- 8 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped (I sprinkled onion salt on top instead of using a fresh onion. I maybe used 1/2 a teaspoon?)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise*
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pound process cheese (eg. Velveeta), cubed
Directions
- Place potatoes in a Dutch oven (I don't have a dutch over, so I just used a pot) and cover with water. Bring to a boil. reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain. In a skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings.
- In a large bowl, gently toss the potatoes, bacon, eggs, onion, salt and pepper. Combine the mayonnaise, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and reserved bacon drippings; add to potato mixture and toss to coat.
- Divide half of the mixture between one greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish and one 9-in. square baking dish. Top with half of the cheese cubes. Repeat layers. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
I have been loving Pinterest lately for recipes! We had a few really poor months there, and lived mostly (and repeatedly) on the recipes already on this blog. Needless to say, we're pretty darn tired of them! It always makes me nervous to try new foods, because I'm not sure how much they'll end up costing. It is not like me to just make a menu and then buy the foods accordingly. But with a newborn, I haven't had a lot of time for planning. I did, however, find a few recipes that use similar ingredients and ended up spending about $80 for two weeks on my grocery bill (that includes ALL food, not just dinner). That's about $30 more than I usually try to spend, but still a pretty good deal! Last week was spring break for my kids. They always eat like crazy all day and I usually try to make one fun snack with them a day, too, so we did end up spending more for that reason, too. I did not use coupons like a crazy person. I mostly just bought what was on sale and used a couple of coupons that I already had on hand. Don't underestimate the power of Kroger (Smith's in Utah)! They send me TONS of coupons on great things. Yesterday I got coupons in the mail for free diapers and wipes. Today I got coupons for $1.50 off store brand chicken and $1 off produce. These are the kinds of coupons that you're not going to get anywhere else. I started receiving my coupons after shopping there for about 6 months.
We used this taquitos recipe and doubled it. We froze half to save for a meal another day. We changed the recipe slightly, though, and added more lime juice and halved the spices.
This recipe for avocado chicken salad also calls for cilantro and lime juice, so I added that to the list.
Knowing that I'd have some extra avocado, I added this black bean avocado and rice wrap. It looks so yummy. Asparagus was on sale, so we made some of these (with regular breadcrumbs instead of panko. I didn't know what those were a week ago, but now that I do, I think it would have made a difference.) My daughter ate them up and had really rancid urine later that night. But hey, if the asparagus is cleaning her system, I'm totally okay with that. We paired that with some leftovers to make it a more complete meal. Last night we had skinny chicken and broccoli alfredo to use up the rest of the broccoli from the potato soup we had last week.
We used this taquitos recipe and doubled it. We froze half to save for a meal another day. We changed the recipe slightly, though, and added more lime juice and halved the spices.
This recipe for avocado chicken salad also calls for cilantro and lime juice, so I added that to the list.
Knowing that I'd have some extra avocado, I added this black bean avocado and rice wrap. It looks so yummy. Asparagus was on sale, so we made some of these (with regular breadcrumbs instead of panko. I didn't know what those were a week ago, but now that I do, I think it would have made a difference.) My daughter ate them up and had really rancid urine later that night. But hey, if the asparagus is cleaning her system, I'm totally okay with that. We paired that with some leftovers to make it a more complete meal. Last night we had skinny chicken and broccoli alfredo to use up the rest of the broccoli from the potato soup we had last week.
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