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Budget-Friendly Ideas

DIY Ranch Dressing Mix

Sometime last fall I placed an order with a website for some cookbooks.  I had a nice coupon to use, found several books I’d like to have and placed my order.  And...

Spinach and Tortellini Skillet Dinner

This past weekend was our first dance competition of the season for our veteran dancers.  Both kids did spectacular with their dances, and we all had a wonderful weekend.  Monday was a...

Cauliflower Will Never Be Potatoes

Every year, after the holiday season the cauliflower recipes start showing up all over facebook.  Everyone is making their dietary changes for the new year, and for some unexplained reason, the no-carb...

Snickerdoodle Blondies

It’s Birth Week here at the Tummy Treasure home, and that means several different variations of birthday treats for the birthday boy.  Zander turns eleven on Tuesday, if you can believe it!...

About Those Cornbread Waffles

In 2014, one of the food blogs I follow, Serious Eats, put everything in a waffle iron.   I am not exaggerating.   They’ve waffled countless sandwiches, stuffing mixtures, desserts, pizza, even...

Golden Chicken with Garlic and Cilantro

Wow!  Here is a spectacular stir-fry!  The last time I decided I wanted to make a stir-fry, I went to the pantry to dig out some ingredients and was dismayed to find...

Pork Chops With Cranberry Mustard Sauce

At the beginning of September, Andy got an unexpected phone call.  It was from our “Pig Guy”.  Several years ago we’d bought a half of a pig from this person, and we...

Delicious Pizza Bites!

I have a love/hate relationship with pizza.  Mostly, I love it.  Our whole family loves pizza- we could eat it most days of the week and never tire of it.  We love...

Quick, Easy, Delicious Chicken Marinade

I’ve been meaning to share this really simple recipe for some time now, but first I had to figure out the recipe.  I’ve made this chicken a few times for company, and...

Finally- Homemade Macaroni and Cheese!

It has taken me YEARS to find this recipe.  I have tried many homemade mac and cheese recipes over the years in my quest to find THE recipe.   I have tried simply...

Smothered Pork Steaks

There should be more of these in the world! The other day I had decided that a nice fall-inspired dinner was in order, and smothered pork chops were going to be the...