Hey y'all!
Today I have lunch on my mind. I am really bad at lunches. I get really burnt out making breakfast, lunch and dinner.
So what happens then? We usually pick up lunch or go out or we cook and I'm burnt at the end of the day!
I want to make a list of easy lunches to fix at home. One of our favorites is my cajun baked chicken tenders. They are really easy to fix.
What are some of your favorite lunches?
Make that dollar stretch...
Hi y’all! Need an idea to make your dollar stretch this week?
Today in the kitchen I am taking this pork loin and making it into 3 meals. Yes, 3!
I paid 6.38 for the entire pork loin. When I make it into 3 meals that will make it $2.13 per meal.
If you’re feeding 4, as I am, that is about .53cents each person.
You can’t beat that for home cooked meals! All you have to do is plan so you can skip that drive-thru.
First meal, Pork Parmesan. I cut 8 chops off of this pork loin.
Second meal, Pulled Pork Sandwiches. I used a larger chunk of meat to make the pulled pork. This will give me enough for 4 of us to make 2 sandwiches if we want.
Third, Fried Rice. I will supplement the chicken in this recipe and use the pork. Just as delicious!
The total weight of this Pork Loin is 4.31lbs.
I used about 2 lbs for the pulled pork, 1 lb for the fried rice and 1 lb for the pork chops.
Sliced Pork Chops for Pork Parmesan
Roast for Pulled Pork
Cubed up Pork for Fried Rice
Hey y'all!
Wow! I have some exciting news!
My Shrimp and Crab Stuffed Mushrooms are going to be in Southern Celebrations Magazine, coffee table edition Food and Drink issue. I am so thrilled!
You can pre-order your book now. :)
https://www.southerncelebrationsmag.com/store/p62/Pre-Order_Special_Edition.html
Craft Fair
Today was a great day. My dad went to his first craft fair. He did a really great job and I am super proud of him! I want to share with you his site and some pictures of items he is making. He's unable to go back to work, so he is working harder with his woodworking hobby. I'm a little bias but I think he is amazing!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/McCroryWoodworking
Thanksgiving Dinner
Hi y'all! I have posted most of the recipes I cooked for Thanksgiving. I will post the rest soon. Maybe this will inspire you to cook them for Christmas. It's right around the corner!
Hope you're having a beautiful day.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hey y'all! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving today.
I feel extra thankful this year. It has been a very eventful couple of years, and today everyone was happy, healthy and able to be here. It was beautiful. This has really become one of my favorite holidays!
Here was my menu for today:
Appetizers-
Shrimp Mold
Stuffed mushrooms (crab and shrimp)
Spinach dip
Deviled eggs
Main- Deep Fried Turkey
Sides-
Macaroni (instant pot)
Bacon wrapped green beans
Green bean and artichoke casserole
Creamed spinach
Broccoli gratin
Potato salad
Fall harvest salad
Mirliton stuffing
Shrimp and sausage gravy with biscuits. Moms chicken and cornbread dressing My sister-in-laws yummiest sweet potato casserole and cookie salad!
Sweets-
Chocolate chip cookies (for my babies and nephews!)
Pecan pie
Pralines
Mother-in-laws cheesecake
Chess Pie
Here are a few pictures from some of our dinner.
I will post recipes soon for the dishes not already posted on the site.
