Welcome to the March 20, 2016 edition of Sunday Scratchups: Your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales or generally affordable ingredients. I've been promising to share this week’s Low Carb Mozzarella Meatballs recipe for a while now, so here it finally is in all its low carb, meaty, cheesy glory. These are also gluten free, for …
This giveaway is sponsored by ALDI. All opinions in this post, however, are my own. In case you missed the big news: ALDI is now accepting credit cards! You can use your Visa, Discover, MasterCard, or American Express card at all U.S. ALDI stores nationwide as of March 1, 2016. March 1, 2016 – We heard …
Welcome to the March 13, 2016 edition of Sunday Scratchups: Your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales & affordable ingredients. This week’s Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken recipe uses some of this week's cheap boneless skinless chicken breast, plus the clearance Frank's RedHot sauce I found at ALDI a couple weeks ago, cheap ALDI avocados …
Last week I posted a note on using leftovers in this Grilled Cheese with Roasted Garlic, Onions, & Avocado, and christine suggested a post on ideas for using up leftovers. Brilliant idea! Here are a few of my favorite uses for common leftovers, and I'd love to hear your ideas in comments. Make the mental shift …
Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 3/10/16! It’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our Chicago grocery deals mostly flip on Wednesdays and since midweek is when many of us start to run out of steam, we buck the trend here. In Midweek Meal Planning, we plan dinners …
Welcome to the March 6, 2016 edition of Sunday Scratchups: Your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery store sales and affordable ingredients This week's Spicy Asparagus Roll-Ups recipe uses the other half of the pack of wonton wrappers I picked up on on sale, plus some of the plentiful fresh asparagus we have going on this week. The first half …