I can’t believe I’m saying this but I seriously think I’ve fallen off the cooking bandwagon. Is that even possible? Do you ever feel like you never try anything new? Well I’ve decided that this is the week I’m going to get my stuff together and try a few new recipes.
So if you have any old time favorites you think I should try, please, please, please leave me the recipe {or the link} in the comments. I need some new ideas.
3 Breakfast Ideas
Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oatmeal with Apples and Brown Sugar – Sometimes, when I’m feeling crazy, I’ll plan ahead and make this for the HH’s weekly breakfast in bed. The apples add a new flavor and make my house smell fantastic. {Pin it for Later}
Mini Quiche with Bacon – These are basically pop-able bites of goodness. Make them. {Pin it for Later}
Dutch Breakfast Puff – This always seem like a treat to my family, and yet, what they don’t know is that it is easier to whip up than pancakes. {Pin it for Later}
4 Lunch Ideas and Dinner Ideas
Cast Iron Skillet Pot Pie – Cast iron makes everything taste better. It makes it all crispy and flaky. Delicious. {Pin it for Later}
Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes with Bacon and Chives – How do you improve on the nearly perfect mashed potato? You add bacon, that’s how. {Pin it for Later}
Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup – If you are fighting off spring sniffles, this soup is sure to put you back on track. {Pin it for Later}
Loaded Baked Potato and Ham Casserole – Yet another way to use up that leftover Easter ham. {Pin it for Later}
3 Sweet Treats
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Pie – I am going to have to comb the streets to replace my rhubarb supply just to make this pie. I literally wait all year for this sucker. {Pin it for Later}
Vegan Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream – If you or someone in your family is lactose intolerant or Vegan, this ice cream is where it is at. It’s creamy, chocolate indulgence. {Pin it for Later}
Homemade Granola Bars – This is one of those sweets that you can half-way feel good about. {Pin it for Later}
Featured Freezer Meal Recipe
Freezer Meal Meatloaf with American Cheese – Monkey Boy loves American cheese, so when I decided to add it to meatloaf {after friends raved about it}, I knew I would totally be the domestic hero. I was right. {Pin it for Later}
Featured Canning Recipe
Meyer Lemon-Ginger Marmalade – Ginger and lemon are literally divine together. {Pin it for Later}
What are YOU planning on making this week?
~Mavis
Find more recipes on One Hundred Dollars a Month as well as on my Pinterest Recipe Boards.
mandy says
I know how it is to get in a rut. Especially this time of year with no veges growing. I started making pizzas and am hooked. I can’t wait to do them this summer with roasted veges. I started with my canned tomatoes (2 jars) and made sauce with hot italian sausage. You don’t need alot of sausage a just a couple of them will flavor the whole batch. I found pizza dough at Winco . Quite inexpensive and got 4 pie tin size pizzas from one bag. You just press the dough in the tin,( I greased the tin a bit first ) Spread your sauce on and top with grated mozzerella and any other grated cheeses you may have in the fridge. I like to add thinly sliced mushrooms, green onions from the garden, olives, garlic, I like slicing up salami or pepperoni also and top with parmesean. Red pepper flakes and dip in homade ranch. There’s so may ways to top these, a great way to use up what you’ve got laying around in the fridge. I’m going to try a few different approaches this week just by adding some ricotta and a tomato jam that I made for canning. I like to try a little something new each time I make one. I just divide the dough into fourths and make one at a time. Each one is it’s own creation. I find them quite fun. They don’t take long to put together or bake. And you end up with a bomb pizza. They only take 25-30 min to bake, so quick, easy and tasty!
And you can experiment and add what ever you’d like. I’d love to hear how others put their pizzas together.
Madam Chow says
Last year I committed to trying at least 52 new recipes, and this year I am doing the same. Found some good ones – will post later today.
Mavis Butterfield says
Great idea!!! I might steal it Madam Chow. LOL
Rebecca says
Hi Mavis,
Try this website- – – you enter what ingredients you have on hand and then it displays lots of recipes that use those ingredients.
http://supercook.com/#/recipes/All%2520recipes
Mavis Butterfield says
Cool. I’ll check it out.
Cecily says
I was thinking pizza too.
Chicken, Garlic and Roasted Pepper Pizza
1 9-inch pre baked pizza crust (I bake mine while I make the topping)
6 ounces cooked chicken breast, diced or shredded
1/3 cup thinly sliced onion
1/4 cup thinly sliced roasted red pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
Cook onion in olive oil over medium high heat until tender and beginning to brown, 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add roasted red pepper and tomato paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add cream and pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally until thickened and slightly reduced. Remove from heat and fold in chicken and season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread mixture evenly over pizza crust. Allow to rest 5 minutes to set up before slicing.
Madam Chow says
1. mushroom barley soup – added shitake and some white wine – http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Mushroom-Barley-Soup-993
2. Noodle kugel – I added some grated lemon or orange zest, plus a small diced apple, and cinnamon – http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/10/my-familys-noodle-kugel/
3. This on is AMAZING – Broccoli bacon craisin salad – http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/salads/broccoli-craisin-salad/
4. This was very good – I added a bunch of sauteed mushrooms – http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/could-a-fooled-me-fettuccine-alfredo/
5. Family loved this, even the HH who is not crazy about sweet potatoes. I added about one teaspoon of curry powder: http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/soups/roasted-sweet-potato-and-quinoa-soup/
Katie C says
This is our family’s favorite recipe. Filling and delicious! I usually use black beans, green bell pepper, and broccoli as substitutions when I don’t have the others on hand. You really should try it! It’s a delicious dish 🙂
Lemon Pepper Pasta
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/lemon-pepper-pasta-and-asparagus/980284db-0bd3-4090-b094-04c163c94159
Emilie says
My family calls this one the broccoli noodle stuff.
Sausage – 1 pound
Egg Noodles – 1 Bag
Broccoli – Fresh or Frozen
Corn- Fresh or Frozen
Parmasan Cheese
1. Start water for noodles in a big pot.
2. In a medium to large skillet brown the sausage.
3. When sausage is brown added in the frozen corn and turn off the heat.
4. When the noodles are almost done throw in the fresh or frozen broccoli till warmed through.
5. Drain noodles and broccoli, saving a bit of the cooking liquid. Place in with the sausage and corn.
6. Mix together and add a little of the cooking liquid to the pan to make “sauce”.
7. Grate Parmasan cheese on top if you like.
* The amount of broccoli and corn depends on how much of each ingredient you like. We tend to do a whole bag of corn and half a bag of broccoli.
* You can add whichever vegetables your family likes. Those are just the ones that our family likes.
*. Do not drain the fat from the sausage unless there is a ton of it. It helps create the “sauce”.
*. Sometimes we grate some Parmasan cheese over the top after everything is done. It tastes good without the cheese too.
Hope you like this as much as we do.