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| Saving Money in my Frugal Kitchen |
Someone gave me a bag full of apples this week that reminded me of gleaned produce. I was happy to get them and made baked apples with some of them on Saturday and Sunday night to go with dinner.
The iCloud storage on my phone was almost full, so I went through my photos and typed out the ones that were recipes, so I could delete them from my phone. That way I don't have to pay for additional storage each month.
I made cornbread on Sunday afternoon getting ready to make Dressing for us this week. I like doing one task like this each day leading up to a holiday instead of wearing myself out doing everything on the same day.
Recipe of the Week
Ingredients:
1/2 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
2 cucumbers, halved lengthwise, seeded and sliced
1/2 cup red onion, chopped
Directions:
Whisk together rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and sesame seeds, until well combined.
Add cucumbers and red onion.
Mix well.
Refrigerate 2 hours before serving.
Beverages This Week
Water
Sweet or Unsweet Tea
Lemonade
Pineapple Lemonade
Vanilla Soy Milk
Chocolate Soy Milk
Egg Nog
Chocolate Milk
What’s for Dinner
Good idea to put the egg roll in a bowl into eggroll wrappers and cook in the airfryer. Great menu!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lisa.
DeleteGreat use of using what you have and stretching things.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cheryl.
DeleteBelinda your meals always sound so good. I still have a few home grown apples in the fridge. I think I'll make small apple loaf cakes and freeze them. I mainly want the cores and peels to make into apple cider vinegar.
ReplyDeleteMy week ended in a frugal fail. I had a #10 can of peaches bust a seam. Luckily I found it shortly after it happened but it was still a mess. I have a small laundry room no pantry so we'd screwed media shelves to one wall. Of course the juice went under the bottom. I had to unload it so it could be taken out to clean under it. I wish I'd taken a picture before I unloaded it. It would have taken the guesswork out of putting it all back in place. The peaches still smelled and looked ok so I my 15 year old goat Daisy got a treat.
Belinda I hope you have a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Thank you so much, Sky. Oh, what a mess with the peach can! Sometimes these things happen. I had a bag of frozen blueberries in my car and they were forgotten about, so now I am going to have to feed them to something else. Ugh, I feel your pain. We also hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
DeleteOops that was me, Sky
ReplyDeleteThumbs up, Sky.
DeleteGreat menu plans there and very smart to put the eggroll in a bowl in the wrappers. No waste there.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thanks Jackie!
DeleteSuper smart use of the leftover egg roll bowl!
ReplyDeleteI love a cucumber salad. Your recipe sounds delicious.
Thank you, Anne. I like the cucumber salad at the Asian restaurants here and this one is very similar.
DeleteYummy recipes! And I love how you turned the leftover eggroll in a bowl into eggrolls with that peanut sauce. Sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteI made your hawaiian chicken recipe again last week, and it is so good.
Wishing you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you, Kathy. Yum, we really like the Hawaiian chicken recipe here too. It's been a while since I made that one, so I need to make it soon,
DeleteWe hope that you and yours also have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I have been cooking one or two things a week for three weeks. I need to make green bean casserole, bake pumpkin pie. If I don't get the dressing made, I will use Stove Top Stuffing. It helps to get it done ahead of time. When I was young and able, I did it all on Wednesday or Thanksgiving Day. No more. Practical Parsimony
ReplyDeleteIt sure does help to get those things done ahead of time, Linda. It would wear me out to do it all on the same day now too. When I was younger it was so much easier. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
DeleteI'm just like you, yesterday I made the cornbread and this morning I boiled the eggs I put in the dressing. In between I'm doing a Fall cleaning as I go. This afternoon I'll make the desserts. I'm hungry already!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Me too, Vickie. Is it to early to start eating? LOL I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. :)
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