Sep. 4, 2008 - Day 3 of Frugal September

Well last night we had steak (marinated in greek seasoning and garlic--yum!) and Macaroni with herbed butter.

Macaroni with Herbed Butter

1 lb. rotini or penne rigate (if you want it to be colorful  use tri color macaroni) cooked.

6 tbs. and 4 tsp. butter (I have used margarine in a pinch)

1-2 tbs. basil, oregano or sage

Garlic salt - to taste

Pepper - to taste

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.  Toss until butter is melted.

It has been one of our favorites for years!  It's soo easy and goes with everything imaginable, from beef to seafood.  Also, if you want you can just add some cooked chicken or shrimp to the pasta itself and have a meal.

Lunch will be leftover quiche (I made 2 the other night so that I'd have leftover) and macaroni with butter (I was hoping to have the herbed butter macaroni leftover but that didn't happen---it's THAT good!!!)

Tonight, one of my favorites from my mom - pasta fagioli - yummy!  I'm feeling a bit under the weather today and this is such comfort food to me. 

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Sep. 3, 2008 - Day 2 of Frugal September

Ok, well last night's dinner went well.  I tried a new quiche recipe which I'm going to post now that I know it was good!  I have lots of yummy quiche recipes but this was a new one with stuff that I always have in the house.  The soup was (gulp) canned Progresso Weight Watchers soup but everyone gobbled it up!  (which is a good thing since I have A CASE of it from when it was on sale and I was on Weight Watchers, lol)

Lunch today was mac and cheese.  Dinner will be (boring) steak and macaroni with garlic butter and broccoli.  The only one complaining (*already*) is Richie.  His comment was (and I quote) "Does  you not shopping mean you won't buy anymore ice cream when we run out?" ,  I said,  "Yesssss, we have tons of other desserts that need to be eaten too" to which he replied, quite obnoxiously, "You know, we have all that ice cream left over from Danny's party and his dumb friends picked disgusting flavors and now I'm stuck with that!"  I know, he sounds so sweet doesn't he?  He's lucky if he makes it to 15 at this rate, but I digress!!!

Spinache and Cheese Quiche

1 refrigerated pie crust (15 oz. package)                                   4 oz. swiss cheese, shredded

5 large eggs

3/4 cups milk

1/2 tsp salt and pepper (to taste)

1/2 of 16 oz pkg of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry.

Heat oven to 375.  Fit pie crust into 9 inch pan, crimping edge.  In medium bowl whisk eggs, milk, salt and pepper.

Spread spinach into bottom of prepared pie crust.  Pour egg mixture evenly over spinach then sprinkle with cheese.  Transfer quiche to 375 oven and bake 15 minutes.  Reduce heat to 325 and continue to bake for 20 minutes until puffed and brown.  Let cool 5 minutes and enjoy!

I have a feeling that I'll be making another quiche by the end of September but I'm sure it will be full of leftover stuff, lol.

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Sep. 1, 2008 - My Month of Frugality....or something like that!

Ok, I have recently become involved with Coupon Sense--it is a great program, but very addicting!  My problem is that I have been saving money, yet spending more than I should because "It's such a great deal!".

So, I have decided that for the month of September I am going to cook with whatever is in my freezer and pantry and shop only for bread, milk, and other perishables-bare minimum!  My friend  Shani has prompted me to blog about this "adventure".  She knows how addicted I am to food shopping and between you and I, I don't think she thinks I'm gonna be able to do it..hee hee...

Soo, here goes...tonight I made a late lunch early dinner because my hubby and son were going out to do fantasy football drafting.  I made chicken breast, rice and broccoli.  I had tons of chicken left over, so I'm making chicken salad for tomorrow's lunch.

I'll be totally going through grocery shopping withdrawal by the time our cruise rolls around on the 27th, but hey, hopefully my pantry will clean itself out, our checkbook will fill itself back up and I will break my addiction---welcome to the ride!

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