Zoe's starting early

Zoe at 10 years old now also has her own cooking blog, check it out; http://www.zoesrecipebox.blogspot.com/ altho we are jsut strting out with her...

give credit where credit is due...

the sites that I got the recipes from for the previous posts are:

1. http://www.recipegirl.com/
2. http://www.stephaniecooks.blogspot.com/ (this is one of my fave and go to sites)
3. http://www.ourbestbites.com/ (again one of my faves.)
4. http://www.mandysrecipebox.blogspot.com/
5. http://www.pillsbury.com/
6. http://www.kraft.com/
7. http://www.tastykitchen.blogspot.com/
8. http://www.tasteofhome.com/
9. http://www.southernplate.com/
10. http://www.foodnetwork.com/ (rachael ray)
11. http://www.pioneerwoman.blogspot.com/
12.www.smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com
13.www.life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com
14. www.justapinch.com (love this site...) (go to this one every day as you can find anything)

have to say that I love all of these sites and get so many good ideas from them, there are so many more, tired tonight and will list tomorrow..

June recipes and menus...

now that I am feeling a tad better, am going to try really hard to make dinner every night and stick to the schedule and menu...saves so much more money that way...
it helps me when I make my menus up ahead of time and then the grocery list for the commissary and I make the list according to the aisles of the commissary...then I usually spend about 3-4 hours of one day to print coupons and cut them and organize them...my friend Fabia Sanz said on her facebook that she found a new way for coupons and actually saved 62.00 on things she usually buys anyway...the most I have ever saved was close to 30.00...am going to try to do a little better than that this month...that extreme coupon show on tv, kinda gets to me, cause that takes toooooo much time, or so it seems and I do not have that kind of room to stock pile...
so here are my menus for June...

1. cranberry meat loaf, cheddar pots, veggies
2. cheesy baked penne, salad, garlic bread
3. cheese enchilada casserole, mex. rice & beans
4. pumpkin & sausage risotto, salad, bread
5. cheesy rice & chicken, veggies
6. family sausage casserole, biscuits
7. meatballs & creamy rice, veggies
8. shepards pie, salad (new beef recipe)
9. tuna noodle casserole, veggies
10. spanish rice, corn cass.
11. mom's goulash, it. veggies, bread
12. beef stroganoff, noodles, veggies
13. cashew chicken, rice, oriental veggies
14, chicken pie
15, mac/cheese, bbq mini hot dogs, biscuits, carrots
16. cornbread taco bake, corn
17. walnut chicken, mashed pots, veggies
18. chicken & cheese stuffed shells, salad, garlic bread
19. lemon chicken, fried rice, veggies, egg rolls
20. taco cass, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.
21. chicken pie
22. taco soup, artisan bread
23. new look scalloped pots & ham, veggies
24. beef, bacon, barley soup, bread
25. cowboy spaghetti, veggies
26. sweet/sour meatballs, rice, oriental veggies
27. cornish pasties, waldorf salad
28. baked chicken & bacon alfredo, salad, garlic bread
29. bacon sliders, cole slaw, baked beans
30. bbq, tri tip, mac. salad, corn on cob, grilled bread
31. braised short ribs, hobo pots, grilled veggies

prepare in advance for lunches
chicken salad
egg salad

soup

meatball soup that is and I already posted about this great soup on January 10th...it is really an Elk night, but I decided to stay home and make donner for Tim and me...
this has been a long haul...I miss cooking every night but being sick and in the hospital hit me kinda hard...it's been really hard coming back after this one...I am constantly tired and have no energy...
so, thought I deserved a night home and so made the soup and biscuits...
I am tired and soup was good tonight...

baked sausage & risotto

I made this for dinner tonight: (well it won't let me copy and paste tonight) so, baked sausage and risotto (you get my version...) I browned italian sausage and added one minced onion and garlic till done...added 1 1/2 cups of arborio rice to sausage mixture and only browned the rice for 1 minute...I then added 4 2/3 cups of chicken broth and brought to a boil...added 2 grated onions and put into a greased casserole pan, covered and baked at 350 for 30 minutes...stir and bake for additional 30 minutes...melt 2 tbs of butter and add to 1 cup of panko bread crumbs along with some parmesan cheese...sprinkle on top and bake additional 10 minutes or until browned... Yummy...next time would add frozen peas also...recipe is from BHG and called for fennel and artichoke hearts...

taco salad

this is my all time favorite warm weather dinner... taco salad is what I made for dinner tonight as it was in the high 80's here today, rather warm...but, silly me let me describe how I eat my taco salad... I take the browned hamburger, sprinkle some cheddar cheese on top, add some diced tomatoes, some green onions, black olives, some crushed corn chips and mix it all up with some ranch dressing... YUMMY... I always over eat with this dinner...

back to reality

it's been awhile posting cause I have been so busy...bowling & banquets & initiations & installations & parties and more parties and then all capped off with the big inaugural ball last night (which was truly magical) I knew I would have to come back to reality sometime and sometime was tonight... dinner for tonight was; homemade roasted chicken and wild rice soup and quick Brazilian cheese rolls (that I got from www.ourbestbites.com)... must say that dinner was pretty yummy... the tapioca flour was hard to find, but I did finally find it at Whole Foods (we do not have one around us but my mother in law does) and let me add that Tim and I fell in love with the store and we would be in big trouble if there was one around here...very cool store...