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Carnitas Hash -- A Leftovers Mashup Scratchup

Welcome to the September 13, 2015 edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery store sales and affordable ingredients. This week is apparently giant pork roast week! Which is a great time to make carnitas, pulled pork, salsa pork, and more -- any of which goes really well in a comforting bowl …

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Ravioli with Rotisserie Chicken and Toasted Walnuts

This week's Frugal Homemade feature is Ravioli with Rotisserie Chicken and Toasted Walnuts, which is adapted from this recipe at the blog Kevin & Amanda. This easy-yet-fancy-looking dinner is so good that even my somewhat picky teenager devoured it -- and using pre-cooked rotisserie chicken saves a ton of time, making this a pretty impressive weeknight …

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Chipotle Corn Burgers -- A smoky spicy summer recipe

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #VivaLaMorena #CollectiveBias When thinking summer BBQ, chances are that many of us jump straight to thoughts of traditional backyard burgers and hot dogs. Well, those are nice... but sometimes you just want to kick things up a notch! …

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Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas -- Choose gluten free enchiladas or low carb enchiladas!

Welcome to the August 23, 2015 edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients. In last week's Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe I promised to bring you the actual enchiladas recipe this week -- and I always at least try to keep my word! 😉 Here I used my homemade …

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Cream Cheese Butter Cookies with Lime Buttercream Frosting

This week's Frugal Homemade features Cream Cheese Butter Cookies with Lime Buttercream Frosting. My daughter had these a few months ago and has been raving about them -- and she requested them last week, so I finally got around to making a batch. Cream Cheese Butter Cookies are based on this Secret Cream Cheese cookies recipe she found online, …

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