Welcome to the May 15, 2016 edition of Sunday Scratchups: Your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable foods. Boneless skinless chicken breast and tomatoes have both been on sale for the past couple of weeks, making this the perfect time to scratch up an easy & beautiful dinner of... Skillet Caprese Chicken! I …

Welcome to the May 8, 2016 edition of Sunday Scratchups: Your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery store sales or frugal ingredients. Some of you may also have picked up this gorgeous wild Argentine Red Shrimp recently, while limes and hot sauce have been on sale at multiple stores this week due to Cinco de Mayo. The …

This post and giveaway have been sponsored by ALDI. All opinions here, however, are my own. I really appreciate the moves ALDI has been making towards healthier offerings in their stores, from the new SimplyNature line of products, to more organic produce, to removing hydrogenated oils, artificial colors, and added MSG from their exclusive brands. …

Welcome to the May 1, 2016 edition of Sunday Scratchups: Your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery store matchups, coupons, and sales. This week I picked up two bags of buy one get one free baby carrots: One pack is going in with a pot roast tomorrow, while the other became these gorgeously Charred Roasted …

...and comes home with more chickens. Not to mention any names. *coughMashupDadcough*

I'm really pleased with the results of this past week's Cook Once, Eat All Week experiment (pictured above, the jazzed up homemade chicken soup I had for lunch yesterday by adding fresh spinach, roasted potatoes & mushrooms, and shaved Parmesan). So, I thought it might be useful to scratch up a shop on Saturday, cook on Sunday meal …