Sitting here trying to deny there may be a few snowflakes swirling around-
I thought I would share some grocery/kinda cooking tips today-
We have been having lots of frozen vegetables lately-love to sample all the different blends-here are a few I can recommend
Birds eye lightly seasoned sweet potatoes with brown sugar
Green giant Italian blend
Birds eye lightly sauced brussel sprouts
I like canned too-I tend to like the canned better for greens and green beans
Seems like lately we get a rotisserie chicken about every other week-super easy to have the refrigerated already cooked mashed potatoes-although as they seem to raise my blood sugar pretty high -I often choose Mac and cheese with a coupe of sides of veggies-hmmm hate that word veggies-
As for a really good frozen Mac and cheese-I have to tell you about Marie Callender's comfort bakes-Vermont white cheddar Mac and cheese
I picked it up on sale a while back-not really liking white cheddar- it is awesome--so much better than stouffer's-now mind you I know how to make homemade and Robyn makes a delicious crock pot Mac and cheese-but this is excellent on an easy dinner night-
A totally mindless dinner-chunky beef vegetable soup over minute rice-and btw the store brand minute style rice is usually fine but typically not that much cheaper
Frank and Dillon like to have special bread with most meals-instead of the plain old refrigerated biscuits-pepperidge farm has a nice savory cheddar refrig biscuit
Oh yeah-and this is probably the best tip I can share-
Last night we had grilled cheese sandwiches with bearcreek brand dried soup mix -they have many options-we had the chili-all you added was water and tomato paste--it was a huge hit
Well that's all for now-wishing you sunny days and happy sorta cooking :)
You had me at white cheddar mac&cheese...
ReplyDeleteHmmm I thought I said something yesterday but not here now/I was saying if only the Mac and cheese came in a slightly larger package :)
DeleteI agree Lynn, 'veggies' isn't a very nice word but has become quite universal. An anagram of vegetables is Steve Bagel, that's it for me from now on. An example on a restaurant menu then could be "all main courses include your choice of Steve Bagel"
ReplyDeleteI'm having a Feeb West tonight and my Steve Bagel will includes Sweed, Corrats, Couliflawer and Boccorli. It's a tatsy dhis.
Sunny happy days to you.
Huh that's an interesting name for veggies haha-the blend you are having tonight is what we call California blend :)
ReplyDeleteWe loved the Bear Creek potato soup mix, and that is saying a lot coming from me because I hated potato soup growing up!
ReplyDeleteHope all is well.
Yeah that sounds good Brenda -I want to try their gumbo -;)
ReplyDeleteWill keep that tip in mind.
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