After a fine meal of frozen fish sticks, french fries and mandarin oranges, I realized how much I miss
having a ‘real’ sit down dinner when the hubby is home. Don’t get me wrong, I also love how the boys are perfectly content with “kid food” that doesn’t take up a lot of time.
One of the first meals I will be making when the hubby returns will be Stuffed Pork Loin Roast.
Time for Tasty Tuesday and another recipe! I’m also throwing in a history lesson. I love the potato! I could eat potatoes every single day. Did you know the potato has its roots in the windswept Andes Mountains of South America? The potato was first cultivated some 7,000 years ago. In about 1570 the first potato made its way across the Atlantic to make a start on the continent of Europe.
The potato is part of the nightshade family and as such does have some disagreeable traits. One should
never eat anything green from a potato. The leaves and stem are poisonous. Potatoes should be stored in dark, but dry places. Light will cause the formation of solanine on the skin of the potato. Though not likely to cause serious harm, green skinned potatoes can taste bitter and may result in temporary digestive discomfort.
When confronted by green skin on a potato, simply peel it away. Keep as much of the rest of the skin as possible. For this is where most of the vitamins reside. Potatoes are one of the most nutritious staple crops discovered by man. With milk in the diet, it can be a sustaining and healthful source of energy, vitamins and minerals both in times of want and in times of plenty.
You can learn more about the potato at Food History.
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Baked Potato Salad (more…)
Guess what? It is Tasty Tuesday time again!
With the Hubby coming home at the end of the month, I will definitely have a few challenges when it comes to meals! While in the big sandbox, he is served chicken every single day! As the Hubby tells it, they have chicken prepared five ways. They are:
1.) Oven Baked Chicken
2.) Savory Baked Chicken
3.) Five Spice Chicken
4.) Fried Baked Chicken
5.) Jerk Chicken
If you hadn’t guessed it yet, the chicken that isn’t eaten is recycled the next day. By the time you get to jerk chicken that has got to be some seriously dry chicken!
My recipe for this week is a favorite of ours. It is inexpensive to make if I am lucky enough to catch a few good sales. (more…)
I am constantly struggling to come up with new, yet inexpensive, dinners for my family. I know that I am not alone in this battle, so I have decided to share a “tried & true” recipe every Tuesday. If you have any recipes, please let me know in the comments!
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