Budget recipes :

Good Budget Meal: Ham, Egg and Cheese Pot Pies

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HAM, EGG, POTATO AND CHEESE POT PIES Makes 4 servings Ingredients 1 package puff pastry (contains two sheets) 4 4 ½? x 1 ¼? mini pie tins 1 15-oz. can diced white potatoes, rinsed and drained 1 15-oz. can diced carrots and peas, rinsed[...]

Swedish Pancakes with Lingonberries from Kristina, The Budget Diva

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If you missed my announcement about my Pancake Week celebrations , it’s time for you to get up to speed!!  I’ve added a Pancake Week page here on LFM where all of the various pancake week posts and activities will be[...]

Eating healthy on a budget: Summer Vegetable Ragout from Dollars to Donuts

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My children attend a YMCA summer camp at a local elementary school. They?re served lunch by the school district as part of a summer nutrition meal program where all kids under the age of 19, no matter what their need, eat for free. Many moms are[...]

Easter April 2011 $20 Budget Meal - Easy Hot & Spicy Meal

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To whip up a nice hot and spicy meal is no longer a difficult chore nowadays with so many ready paste available in the market. I remembered my grandma used to spend a lot of times preparing rempah (chilli paste). Even my aunt who's cook very[...]

Favorite Recipes of 2010

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My next recipe post is scheduled for Jan. 1st! Can you believe it?? Anyway, I wanted to post my last recipe post of 2010 with a few of my favs from the past year. Happy New Year! Perfectly Pumpkin Cake w/Cream Cheese Frosting[...]

Do you know Chuck? 3 Recipes Worth a Taste

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We don't believe that exceptionally delicious tastes only result from very expensive ingredients.  Admittedly, there are foods and drinks we enjoy that are both extraordinarily tasteful AND pricey (we'll leave this to your[...]

Quick Omelette

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Many years ago, I changed drastically the way I make omelettes.  As a kid, I added everything to the bowl and put it in a hot pan.  I stirred until it set up and I folded it over.  I had to turn over this[...]

Stuffed Shells

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I haven't made these in a long time, in fact, I forgot I have made them in the past.  I like this recipe because it is prepared in 3 basic steps and can be done at once or in stages.  Mine are ready for the oven and took all of 40[...]

Fall Favorites

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Hello Friends, It's been a busy few weeks. I have to announce the coming of my beautiful son, on October 6th, at 11:14pm. It was a long 30 hour labor and a busy few weeks adjusting and healing, but I thought I needed to put up a post to explain my[...]

Zucchini Bread

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It's summer and what to do with that oversized Zucchini from your garden...or your neighbors?  Make bread, that's what.  Last summer my father in law brought over some beautiful vegetables and the zucchini was huge.  I[...]