With school starting back for the kiddos, and football & cheer practices being in full swing we've been relying on the crock pot more. It's just easy to pop the food in the crockpot before I leave for work and dropping the kids off at school, and we come home to a finished meal!
Today's meal was
Hawaiian Chicken w/ Pineapples, Green Beans and Rice Pilaf!
I used the recipes for tonight's meal from these sites, just tweaked a bit!
Jeremy started his '13 football season this Monday. He's having a blast at it. Last night, the team had tackling practice and it was hilarious to watch. Here's a snippet of Jeremy tackling the "dummy". The coach played a joke on him as he went to tackle. It made for a good laugh! LOL!
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Americans spend a TON of dough (no pun intended!) on food! It's true!
Why not do yourself a favor by saving some money and make your own foods. It's easier on the wallet AND your body. If you're cutting out a lot of processed, additive filled foods, you're doing your body some good. You may think it's time consuming but au contraire!!
Below you'll find some easy, and delicious recipes to make your own goodies!!
Homemade Peanut Butter
Ingredients
2 cups dry roasted peanuts
1-1/2 tsp organic oil (like peanut, olive, or veggie oil)...this is optional
salt (also optional)
Pour peanuts into your food processor or blender. Chop continusouly for 2-3 minutes. If you like your peanut butter really smooth, add a little oil to the mix to get it to the desired consistency. Add salt for taste. Store in the refrigerator.
Homemade Bread
Ingredients
3 cups of flour (plus more for dusting)
¼ tspyeast (yes, only ¼ tsp)
1 ¼ tspsalt
1 5/8 cupswater
Time Estimates
Prep time: 15 min, plus 18 hours to set, and 2 hours to rise
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
How is it done?
Mix all ingredients together and put in bowl covered in plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature for about 18 hours or until the dough is dotted with bubbles.
Place dough on a floured surface. Turn it over a couple of times on itself, cover with plastic again and let sit for 15 minutes.
Form the dough into a ball and place on well-floured cotton towel. Cover with another cotton towel. Let it raise for two hours.
Place in a pot with a lid that has been heated in a 450 degree oven and let bake.
Homemade Pasta Sauce Ingredients
1 1/2 medbell pepper; diced
1 1/2 medonion; diced
3 clovesgarlic; minced
3 tablespoonsolive oil
6 cupsplum tomatoes; diced (I used a combo of plum and slicing)
3 tablespoonsparsley; fresh, chopped
1 1/2 tablespoonsoregano; fresh, chopped
4 tablespoonsbasil; fresh, chopped
3 teaspoonssalt
1/2 teaspoonssugar
1/2 teaspoonsblack pepper
Time Estimates
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Directions
Saute onion, bell pepper and garlic in oil until soft.
Add remaining ingredients and simmer 20 to 30 minutes.
Serve over hot pasta.
Yield
Makes about 6 cups of sauce
Notes
All ingredients may be adjusted to taste.
Appropriate amounts of dried herbs may be substituted for fresh.
Regular tomatoes may be substituted for plum, but sauce will be soupier.
Homemade Baby Food Check out my friend's, Anne, post over at Simply Savvy Supermom on how she makes organic baby food for her little one. She gives you a price break down of how much money you're saving each month by making your own baby food for your sweet baby!!
Homemade BBQ Sauce Head over HERE to find 3 easy recipes for 3 different, yet basic, BBQ recipes! They all sound super yummy!
