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Combining Meat and Cheese

When I’m looking for a quick meal to serve on a busy weeknight, I often turn to my initials—-MC. When my family members see MC on the dinner calendar that hangs on our refrigerator door they instantly know that we’ll be dining on two favorites: Meat and cheese. I have a seemingly endless variety of recipes, which feature a combination of meat and cheese, that are fast, tasty and nutritious. Some of my family’s favorites are: CHEEZ-IT MEATLOAF Ingredients: 2 pounds ground beef 1 cup crushed Cheez-It crackers (you can also use a generic version of cheese crackers) 1/4 cup … Continue reading →

Meaty Menu Options

I didn’t grow up in a meat and potatoes household, though I have friends who can’t survive a day without dining on the classic combo. They require having meat and potatoes at least once a day, be it sausage and hashbrowns at breakfast, a hamburger and fries at lunch or steak and potatoes at dinner. If you are a die-hard meat and potatoes fan, then consider the following hearty recipes. They don’t feature potatoes as the starch option, but I guarantee you won’t miss them. NOT YOUR MAMA’S BEEF STROGANOFF Ingredients: 2 pounds beef tenderloin or sirloin, cut 1-inch pieces … Continue reading →

One Food Group that Isn’t Rising…Yet

When I write about food lately, I keep feeling as though I am always bearing bad news or being a person of “doom and gloom.” But unfortunately, rising food prices are a reality. Food prices are rising at an alarming rate, and analysts say that they are very unlikely to go down. Just to give you a hint of food prices here, just yesterday, I visited Acme Markets online to do some price comparison. Butter is selling at its regular price for $4.99 a pound! Can you believe it? I am used to paying $2 a pound. Jonesx6 tells me … Continue reading →

Easter Sunday Dinner Ideas: Lamb

Our family’s Easter dinners typically consist of ham or prime rib, but this year I am feeling a bit bold and am considering making lamb. Ordinarily, big holiday gatherings are not when you want to experiment with dishes (especially main entrees) that are not embraced by all of your guests. However, lamb is a traditional Easter entrée and if you prepare it on a regular basis (and your family members enjoy eating it) then you might be interested in this next recipe. I found it in my mom’s recipe box when I was home visiting a couple of weeks ago. … Continue reading →

End of Loaf Meat and Cheese Deals

You can pay an enormous amount for cold cuts these days. Because of this, I’ve been opting to cook whole turkeys and chickens and use that meat for sandwiches. It is a lot cheaper and much tastier, I think. But because I don’t have a food slicer, I tend to steer away from using a whole or half ham for sandwiches. And there is no way to cook a cheese, let alone slice it without a good slicer. But, here is a way to save on deli selections that while cost you half or less than the regular price of … Continue reading →

Preparing Your Holiday Roast

If you were lucky enough to get a holiday roast then you are one step ahead of some of the shoppers I met at the market yesterday. Our grocer ran out of premium roasts so I am making do with a cheaper cut. Regardless of whether you are preparing a choice cut or a more economical cut such as round tip, top sirloin or eye round there are a few tips you should keep in mind. When seasoning your roast add the salt after cooking. Every cook knows it’s easier to add more than to eliminate excess. It’s also a … Continue reading →

Holiday Roasts 101

Are you preparing a roast for the holidays? If you live in the state of Wisconsin then there is a good (make that great) chance that you will be eating a roast of some sort in the next few days given the run on beef at the markets around here. Which brings me to my first roast-related tip: Order in advance. During the holiday season it’s a good idea to order the type and size roast you’ll need to feed the family in advance. Otherwise, you end up facing the predicament I found myself in yesterday—picking through the scraps. Premium … Continue reading →

Save 50 Percent on Meat, Fish and Poultry

Here is a special secret for saving as much as 50 percent on meat, fish and poultry at the grocery store. Meat seems to be one of those foods that just seems to go up in price by the month. Incorporating meat-less meals into your diet is one way to save on the cost of it all. But unless the members of your family are ready to become vegetarians, you still want to be able to provide them with meals that contain meat, and fish and poultry. One strategy is to wait for the buy one get one free sales. … Continue reading →

Frugal Uses for Leftovers

Leftovers are a fact of life in most families. When you finish a meal, often there are things that can be claimed as leftovers. And I wouldn’t be surprised if there are even some food items that can be saved that you hadn’t even thought of before. This is the start of a new series on leftovers and ways to use them. I will cover everything from chicken and ham to noodles, steak and potatoes. Using leftovers to cook and create new meals, is a truly easy way to save money. That I can guarantee. I have almost become obsessed … Continue reading →

*Half* a Cow…and Save Money

Stop having a cow about your grocery bills each month…and *half* a cow instead! (Sorry..I couldn’t resist.) One of my husband’s coworkers approached him with an idea last year. “Why don’t we contact a local rancher and buy a cow.” “Our families can split it and we will both save money”. It was a great idea and the timing couldn’t have been better. We’d just received our tax return and figured that filling our freezer would be a great way to spend the money. All together, our half cost us a little over $300 and we had nearly a years’ … Continue reading →