by Millie Copper | Jan 9, 2012 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Last week was a very tasty food week. I had to do a little bit of rearranging of things but not too bad. For Friday night’s potato bar I had planned on using the leftover chili and possibly the Southwestern topping as on of our potato bar topping options....
by Millie Copper | Feb 23, 2012 | frugal options, Recipes, Stretchy Beans
The other day I posted about a wonderful and inexpensive legume that we’ve added to our food storage and menu. Whole peas come in at only 41 cents a pound (Azure Standard quantity 25 pounds). We made three tasty dishes with our peas. One was an Egg Foo Yung....
by Millie Copper | Aug 24, 2012 | frugal options, planned overs, Stretchy Beans
While we were on our family vacation this summer we ate out at Chipotle’s. We each had a huge stuffed burrito and while dining Joe said we should eat more burritos. I was surprised by that since we often have some sort of burrito, taco or tostado as part of our...
by Millie Copper | Sep 17, 2012 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Christopher and I arrived home from Oregon late Saturday night. Overall our trip went very well. It was a ‘work’ trip as opposed to a pleasure trip but there was some good times. We were able to visit with Christopher’s Great Grandma and also see...
by Millie Copper | Jan 28, 2013 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Last week, instead of making a menu plan, I prepared a few things early in the week to reheat for later. You can read about that here. Overall this worked pretty good but wasn’t a huge time savings compared to my usual meal plans. And I still ended up at the...
by Millie Copper | Mar 4, 2013 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
I intended to post this menu plan this morning but I had computer troubles and an all around mess of a morning. My mess of a morning included not putting the meal I planned in the crock pot. When I returned home 7 hours later I realized my error. I quick thawed a...