Frugal Christmas Tip: My favorite frugal Christmas tip is to bake your friends and family treats instead of buying them a Christmas present. It can save you money and it is more personal - isn't that a great frugal Christmas tip? Plus, most people don't "need" more stuff in their house. Baked treats, like Christmas cookies, can be enjoyed by the whole family. Once they are eaten, they are gone, not cluttering the house. This year I made chocolate chip cookies dipped in vanilla almond … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Traditions
source I have always loved Thanksgiving. Growing up my parents hosted our family dinners, and still do now. We invite family from both nearby reservations and have always had a large gathering of family, friends, food, fun and games. It has been a tradition to eat at 2pm. Then we visit and play games for the rest of the afternoon. It is not unusual for family members to stay until 9 or 10 pm. It is a long fun filled day. For the last 10 years a popular dish for the vegetarians in our … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Vegetable Curry
We love vegetable curry at our house. It is fast, easy and tasty. I use any vegetables I have in my refrigerator. Here is the recipe, we like leftovers better of this dish, so I use about 6 cups of vegetables. 6 C vegetables (I used broccoli, cauliflower, onions, and peas) 1 T minced Garlic 1 can of garbanzo beans, drained 1 can lite Coconut Milk 6T (or so, really it is to taste) Curry Powder salt to taste (we use soy sauce as well so there is a good amount of sodium in that) I … [Read more...]
How to Make Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
We love picking out the perfect pumpkin each fall season. My Princess takes her time and picks one out so carefully. This year we deciding that we'd roast our pumpkin seeds instead of tossing them. Pumpkin seeds are so good for you and it is such a fun family activity. How to Make Roasted Pumpkin Seeds We made great tasting pumpkin seeds this year from our Jack O Lantern in four easy steps. 1. Pull out the seeds from the pumpkin. We used our hands and spoons to get the pumpkin clean. 2. … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Chicken Vegetable Noodle Soup Recipe
When we are traveling on the road for my husband's work you need to plan your meals as best as possible. We can't take a lot of food with us when we leave and we hate wasting food and money. So when you get down to the last week of the seminar, and you are preparing to move to a new location, you start getting more creative with your food. We did not go grocery shopping on Sunday like we normally would do. We need to eat the items we have left and if we run out of meals, we will eat out. … [Read more...]
Avocado Sushi
Avocado Sushi rolls are my Princess’ new favorite food. Seriously. She asks for avocado sushi every day. I limited her to eating it three times this week. She's lucky that I love it too. Plus, it is so easy to make: Instructions: Add sushi rice (mix rice before with a small amount of rice vinegar) in a thin, even layer on the seaweed paper. Slice avocado and put a couple slices on the end of the rice. Gently and snugly roll. Careful not to tear the seaweed paper. Cut with a … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Tacos
We love vegetarian tacos. Really, it is one of our favorite meals. Since we don’t eat hamburger we use a vegetable source – TVP. Or textured vegetable protein. This product is made from reduced fat soy beans and is gluten free. The ingredient list only has one ingredient: defatted soy flour. It has 12 grams of protein per 1/4 cup and only 80 calories! We soak equal amounts of TVP and boiling water and let it sit for about 15 minutes. I then add Simply Organic Taco seasonings to the “meat”. … [Read more...]
