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Alternatives to Cooking with Butter

If you are like me and your best friends are fat, most notably butter and oil, you may need to make a few changes in your diet. So, can we say goodbye to our fat unhealthy friends without saying goodbye to flavor? Yes, there are healthier options that are low in fat, do not contribute to cholesterol and do not require us to live without flavor. Best of all, most of these alternatives are easy, inexpensive and products you may already have on hand. 1. “Honey, pass the honey.” Many of us start our mornings with a slice of toast … Continue reading →

Reducing the Butter Recipes

We do a lot of baking in this house, from muffins to quick breads, to supplement our regular meals. I especially like to make muffins, because they can be used for a quick breakfast or a snack, and they freeze well. Recently, though, I have been trying to get by with less butter. It is getting very expensive here, and I haven’t found many good sales lately. If we continue to purchase butter as we normally would, our grocery bill would expand out of our budget. As a result, I’ve had to change my baking schedule a little bit, to … Continue reading →

Frugal Breakfast Recipe Choices

I’m sitting here, enjoying the daylight savings time and contemplating what to make my family for breakfast today. Making breakfast from scratch is a good way to save money. Cold cereal, while we do love it, can get pretty expensive. And we also have a tendency to overeat it, since it isn’t very filling. Pancakes are great, but sometimes we want something different. Of our frugal breakfast choices, here are items on the menu. These are breakfast foods that I have made so many time that I can probably make them in my sleep. Scrambled eggs and cheese Eggs are … Continue reading →

A Unique and Memorable Wedding Gift

Some people come up with great ideas for weddings. This is one of them, which was planned and put together at least six months before the wedding by the mother of the bride. As soon as she knew the wedding date, the mother of the bride contacted all members of the family and asked them for their favorite recipe. The plan was each person would have an A4 page on which they were encouraged to print their favorite recipe, whether it was for main meal, dessert, cakes etc. After each person had printed out the recipe they were asked to … Continue reading →

Citrus Scallops and Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

Yes, that is cheddar cheese biscuits a la Red Lobster. If you’ve never had their cheddar cheese biscuits you’ve been living under a rock. You seriously need to try them. As for these citrus scallops all I can say is that they are fantastic. Scallops are my favorite sea food to cook because it’s hard to mess up. You can pan sear them, bake them, broil them–and they still come out good. The trick to phenomenal scallops is what you pair them with. While pairing scallops and bacon is a popular choice, I tend to think that the bacon is … Continue reading →

Low-Fat Christmas Cookies

Christmas cookies are the perfect way to end a festive meal, but after Saturday’s cookie-a-thon I really don’t have the desire to consume anymore of the sweet morsels until next year. I also don’t have the desire to get on a scale (and don’t plan to) until well after the holidays are over. If you are reluctant to undertake holiday baking because you are concerned that you will inhale the fruits of your labor before they make it to their final destinations I offer you the following recipes. They prove there’s no reason to eliminate Christmas cookies from the holiday … Continue reading →

Diary of an Overweight Mom: Day 5—WHAT Was I Thinking???

Morning Weight: 180.6 Total Weight Loss: 4.6 pounds WHAT was I thinking? Why on earth would I think I could bake shortbread while on the first week of my new “diet?” But I did. My husband loves shortbread and it’s super easy to make. So against my better judgment today, when I should’ve been walking on the treadmill or drinking some vitamin-filled shake, I was working butter into flour with my hands. I’d like to tell you I made the shortbread then walked away. But if you’ve ever smelled shortbread baking in the oven, you can understand why that’s nearly … Continue reading →