I just finished putting away the meals from the bulk cooking challenge… let’s see, I think I have:
(meals = what would serve the three of us for supper plus lunch for the Munchkin and me the next day…)
4 meals of chicken tetrazzini
4 meals of chicken curry
7 bags of meatballs (I think I put 8 in [...]

BIG-BATCH BEEF SAUCE
4 Lbs. Ground beef
4 medium onions, chopped
5 celery ribs, thinly sliced
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 cans (28 oz. Each) diced tomatoes, undrained
2 cans (6 oz. each) tomato paste
2 jars (4.5 oz each) mushrooms, drained, optional
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
1Tbsp. Salt
2 tsp. Dried oregano
2 tsp. Dried basil
1 tsp. Pepper
Cook beef, onions, celery and garlic over [...]

I participated in HK’s Bulk Cooking Challenge last week and I’m finishing up today. I made:
Chicken Curry
I made two batches, and each batch makes 10 servings, so I ended up with 20 servings, or about 4 meals plus dinner the night I made it.
8 c. cooked brown rice
1/2 c. olive oil
2 c. chopped onions
1/2 c. [...]

Crockpots and pregnant me don’t get along. (Yes that is an announcement for those who didn’t already know!)
Back story regarding versions 1.0 and 2.0 of this saga: I got two crockpots for our wedding and I used to leave my crockpots on the stove for storage. The first one bit the dust while I was [...]

With my wonderful husband’s permission, I went to Dream Dinners last night. I made twelve different meals, but since I did two three-serving portions of each, I ended up with twenty four. My bigger freezer is stuffed to the gills and that’s after taking out two roasts (to take to mom’s next week), two backs [...]

I got some M&Ms (read LOTS of M&Ms) at the grocery store a few weeks ago and I needed to put them to good use. A few minutes on trusty old Google and I found this recipe:
INGREDIENTS

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 [...]

We get a “market basket” from the local farmer’s market each Wednesday. We usually recognize the fruits and veggies on sight, but occasionally they stump us. It’s hard to know what to google for if you don’t even know the name.
Today I got smart. I walked through the produce section at the grocery store.
Last week’s [...]

Frying Wonton Skin strips for Chinese chicken salad is very dangerous. Dangerous to my hips that is. I ate a few while I was frying and now I’m eating all of the ones that are “too dark to be asthetically pleasing to the salad.” Nevermind that I burned the bacon this morning and the man [...]