Out of the frying pan...

...well, if the frying pan is the flu then I was crispy fried for a couple weeks there.
Note to self: when feeling off colour; listen to your body or you just may end up in hospital,forced bed rest and be chronically fatigued for a few weeks.


On the budget front, doing well...eating fresh healthy foods, sticking to my food plans and to date, have spent 252 dollars on food this month so far. It's only mid month, so I'm starting to be skeptical if we can keep it at the strict budget initially set out. We'll see....it's not over yet!

While I was resting up, I spent some time on Pinterest. Now, there is the place to find the seasoned cheapskates (which I say with respect and love, as I dream to be one myself...). I saw homemade cleaners of all sorts, budgets tips, couponing and a million things to do with old t-shirts.

Of most interesting was a site on making 'freezer' meals...i.e spending a weekend preparing a months worth of food, popping in ziplock bags in the freezer and voila, cheap meals and no cooking suppers for the month. Sounds absolutely dreamy!!

I'm going to head to the library for some slow-cooker recipe ideas and  make February my 'made ahead meal month'....though, I may have to do it week to week as I do not have a deep freeze. But even having a week of meals pre-done will be nice.

Tonight for dinner I made Faijitas! Those kits in the store are not needed and have too much salt and chemicals for my liking.
This is how it went down:

TBSP EVOO, heat in pan
add 3 boneless chicken thighs, and brown on either side
add 1tsp cumin and 2tsp paprika, mix around in pan with the chicken
cover and simmer for 10 minutes
uncover, break apart chicken with fork(like pulled pork, only chicken)
add 3 red peppers sliced into sticks and 1/2 onion sliced into rings.
Fire the pan back up to high and stir fry for about 10 minutes.
The veggies will blacken a bit on the edges (just like at the restaurants)
If you have a hot stove top, burner element, gas... adjust temperature in above step.
Last step, squeeze juice of one lime over mixture..it's ready to serve

serve with mashed avocado, cheese and wraps..yummo!!