Lunch: scalloped bacon alfredo pasta

Simply delightful

Recipe: Tzatziki Sauce

Tzatziki Sauce

Prep Time: 20 Min | Cook Time: --- | Servings: 8 servings | Difficulty: ---

Ingredients:

• 2 (8 ounce) containers plain yogurt
• 2 cucumbers - peeled, seeded and diced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled

Directions:

In a food processor or blender, combine yogurt, cucumber, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, dill and garlic. Process until well-combined. Transfer to a separate dish, cover and refrigerate for at least one hour for best flavor.

Nutritional Info:

Amount Per Serving Calories: 75 | Total Fat: 4.4g | Cholesterol: 3mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

Source: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/tzatziki-sauce/detail.aspx

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Greek / gyro burgers

I spent the day with my cousin baking. We had no set recipe for the burgers. We just added what we wanted. I really wanted to make a gyro tasting burger. Mission accomplished. What I had really wanted to do was half lamb half beef. Sadly the lamb was 12$ a pound.

For those who know me know I never follow any set recipe nor do I measure all that often. I add and smell. This is about what we did:

1 pound ground turkey
1 pound ground beef
1/2c bread crumbs
1 egg
1 cucumber diced and peeled
1 - 1 1/2c feta
5-6 mint leaves diced
Basil
Rosemary

Mixed together cooked and enjoyed on 100 cal thin sandwich bread, with home made taziki sauce and cucumber slices. 

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Extreme Couponist Day out number one!

Day 1 of becoming an EXTREME COUPONIST!!!

So I sit down on Sunday and clip them coupons!! I sure so! Its quite the process if I do say so! But since I have been on the budget and can not really afford a whole lot right now I am going to go forward on this and see how well I can do.

So Day 1 I go to Walmart since they price match and take competor coupons. So it means one several trips avoided. But they only take bogo if there is a price listed. And they do not take double coupon coupons either.

That being said i made 2 trips one to Walmart where i spent 28 Dollars and ended up saving 11 dollars, with a total percent savings of 28.37%

Trip 2 was off to Albertsons had to ring it up in two transactions in order to get the double coupon coupon! first transaction i save 43% and the second 46%

Total days worth i ended up with saving approximately 37% in my whole endeavor! The best deal I got was at Walmart. And A1. it was on sale for 2.16 and with the $1.00 coupon that made it 1.16 with the sale price and coupon I ended up saving about 92% on that one item!

So overall hi five to me!

My summer goals

I make news years resolutions just like everyone else! But I also make small goals to help me achieve the things I want, this summer I only have two goals, one become an extreme couponist, and a runner.

Becoming the couponist is easy, clip coupons stock up and save! Planning is the hard thing and keeping organized. But today I will make my first trip in with this in goal. So we shall she the outcome!

As for becoming a runner, I'm lazy and I'm not sure if that's actually going to happen, but I want it to. So I shall see what I can do!

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Belby delight!

Leftover spanish rice.
Can of cheese soup.
Can of corn,
Half of smoked sausage.
Diced cliantro
Shredded cheese
Topped with cheddar cheese.

Bake until warm and.cheese is chrispy

left Over Avocado Salad

Simply tossed left over mushroom, onion, radish, green pepper, celery,
cilantro, cheese, and pita bread all together and tossed it with half
of a lime. Flavor was amazing!! I think it would be well paired with
a glass of merlot.....now i wish i had my glass with it!

My baking day!!

I baked my butt off!! I made pita pockets but i used it as personal
pizza. Once the pockets came out of the oven and puffed down. we
topped it with the home made sauce. made it with an awesome array of
toppings!!

Just baked in oven on broil until the cheese crisped and melted!!!

Pita Pockets!!!

made a super delish pockets and was made for personal pizzas!! I highly recommend you try this one!!

Pita Bread (pockets)

Prep Time: 30 Min
Cook Time: 15 Min
Servings: 8 pitas
Difficulty: ---

Ingredients:

1 1/8 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions:

Place all ingredients in bread pan of your bread machine, select Dough
setting and start. When dough has risen long enough, machine will
beep.

Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently roll and stretch
dough into a 12 inch rope. With a sharp knife, divide dough into 8
pieces. Roll each into a smooth ball. With a rolling pin, roll each
ball into a 6 to 7 inch circle. Set aside on a lightly floured
countertop. cover with a towel. Let pitas rise about 30 minutes until
slightly puffy.

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Place 2 or 3 pitas on a
wire cake rack. Place cake rack directly on oven rack. Bake pitas 4 to
5 minutes until puffed and tops begin to brown. Remove from oven and
immediately place pitas in a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with
a damp kitchen towel until soft. Once pitas a softened, either cut in
half or split top edge for half or whole pitas. They can be stored in
a plastic bag in the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer
for 1 or 2 months.

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Ultimate Pizza Sauce Recipe

Ultimate Pizza Sauce

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 1/2 hrs
Servings:  4
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup celery, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 small bay leaf
1 teaspoon fennel seed

Directions:

1. In a large skillet, melt butter with the oil. Add the onion, celery
and garlic and saute until soft and transparent.

2. Add tomato sauce and tomato paste and stir until smooth.

3. Add remaining ingredients and bring to slow simmer.

4. Simmer for 30-60 minutes (or not at all depending on your taste and
time frame).

5. Remove the bay leaf and spread the sauce on your prepared pizza dough.

FOOOOOOD!!!

Today I cooked several meals to freeze for lunches. Lean Burger Patties, Soup, Chicken, And Chicken Spinach Bake. I got to play with Phylo dough which is way way fun!

Todays main focus is on this Cheesey Spinach Bake. Which was a HARD recipe to follow the ingredients were whack. So I didn't get to all of the stuff to make it properly. So I started to do what I want. AND I LOVE how it turned out!

Ingredients: (give or take)
2 small containers of Feta
1 Large container or ricotta
Some Ground nutmeg
1 Egg
1 Bag or Spinach (chopped)
1 Bunch of Spring Onions (chopped)
Handful of Parmesan Cheese
Small handful of Mozzarella Cheese
Several Sheets of Phylo dough

1. Mix Feta, Ricotta, nutmeg, egg, both cheeses, spinach and onions until smooth!
2. Layer 4-6 sheets with a light coat of oil between each sheet.
3. add the Cheese mix to it
4. The top layer is another 4-6 layers of the dough
5. Bake at 350 until the dough is a pretty Brown.

With the left over cheese mix  add them  to the extra sheets of dough for pocket type treat.

Add Chicken or ham or whatever meat you feel like!

Bacon Cheese Soup

Dinner is served.

I am trying to be frugal and make more of my lunches and dinners. So I picked up a couple of soups added the recommended milk and chopped bacon and added it grease included.

It Made several lunches and was quick and easy!

Tilapia over red cabbage

Tilapia:
Buy a clean filet. In a med-high heat.
Drizzle oil I prefer olive oil since it's all healthy and what not
Spinkle approximately 1 tablespoon old bay fish seasoning or what ever
you feel like

Cook about 2 min each side until white goes through.

Serve on top of red cabbage

Spinich:
drizzle pan with oil
Handful of spinach cook until you like it.

Heat in skillet 1/4 c ricotta cheese with 2 T of cranberries, keep
mixing until cheese is soft..