Thrifty Mommy

July 22nd, 2008

Pasta Salad Recipe

This month’s Lifestyles’ Carnival theme is picnics. I thought I would share with you my pasta salad recipe. Personally, I don’t like the taste of the boxed pasta salad mixes and this one is always well received.
You’ll need:
1 box of garden rotini noodles
1 bottle zesty Italian salad dressing
1 small can of sliced olives, drained
handful of […]

By Karen -- 8 comments

June 5th, 2008

Easy Cheese Spread Recipe

I’ve made this cheese spread a few times.  It goes well with crackers and is so simple to make. 
You’ll need:
8 oz cream cheese (at room temperature or softened)
2-4 tablespoons Catalina dressing
Simply mix the cream cheese and the Catalina dressing until the dressing is completely mixed into the cream cheese.  The amount of dressing you use […]

By Karen -- 4 comments

May 29th, 2008

Grandma Esther’s Spritz Cookies

I was looking through an old Good Housekeeping magazine today and found an article about Kelly Ripa.  Each year at Christmas, she makes hundreds of spritz cookies using her grandmother’s recipe.  They are simple and easy.  I thought you might enjoy having this recipe on file.  You don’t have to wait until Christmas to make […]

By Karen -- 3 comments

May 20th, 2008

Easy and Yummy Cake

Last night, I meant to open a can of evaporated milk, but accidentally opened a can of sweet condensed milk.  I didn’t want the sweet condensed milk to go to waste, so I asked my mom what I should make with it.  She suggested this simple and yummy cake.
You’ll need:

Box of cake mix - You’ll […]

By Karen -- 11 comments

May 13th, 2008

Thrifty Chicken Tex Mex Taco Recipe

With the rising price of groceries, we all could use some inexpensive recipes for our families. This is a slow-cooker recipe and it is great because it is easy, tasty, healthy, and inexpensive! Score!
Ingredients:

chicken (I used 4 boneless breasts)
1 can diced tomatoes (I used the ones with green chilies)
green salsa (such as the […]

By Karen -- 9 comments

March 25th, 2008

Easy & Healthy Chicken Taco Salads

This is a very easy to prepare.  You can have dinner in about 30 minutes.  Since the shells are baked, this is a pretty healthy meal. 
You will need:

boneless chicken
refried beans
salsa
taco seasoning
Azteca taco shells (usually found in the refrigerated stuff, near the eggs)
lettuce
tomatoes
sour cream
shredded cheese

Set out your Azteca taco shells so that they can begin to soften.  Wash […]

By Karen -- 0 comments

March 18th, 2008

No Pasta Lasagna

My husband is not fond of pasta.  I know, it’s weird. lol  Sometimes it is hard to cook for him because there are so many dishes that have pasta in them. 
Last week I decided to concoct a pasta free lasagna.  Here’s a picture of it before I cooked it.  Sorry, I don’t have an after […]

By Karen -- 5 comments

March 12th, 2008

Cheesy Chicken Croissants

I was looking through the recipe archives this week and couldn’t believe that I haven’t given you this recipe yet.  I am making this tonight and it is so yummy!  My kids even eat it.
2 rolls of croissants (from the dairy case)
2-3 cups cooked chicken, cut or torn into small size pieces
2 cups […]

By Karen -- 17 comments

February 25th, 2008

Stuffed Jalapeno Recipe

Remember my cousin’s Sweet 16 party?  I thought I would share another recipe for one of the dishes we made - stuffed jalapenos. 
This recipe makes a big batch of jalapenos.  Adjust as needed.  You’ll need:

35-40 fresh jalapenos
three 8 oz packages of cream cheese (at room temperature)
approximately 3/4 of a roll of sausage
2 packages of bacon (pieces cut into […]

By Karen -- 3 comments

February 15th, 2008

Perdue Chicken Giveaway: Winner #1

Ok, so I have tossed around a few ways of how I am going to do the Perdue Chicken Giveaway. Should I just have one winner? Several winners? Announce them all at once? What to do?
I have finally decided to have several winners and to announce them one at a time with their special recipe. […]

By Karen -- 2 comments