Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

11 Comments January 17, 2020 FrugalHausfrau

We’re sitting here in the Twin Cities just waiting to get slammed by a blizzard, and we’re not alone. There’s a whole swath across the upper Midwest. I keep checking the weather but it’s so bright and sunny it’s easy to be in denial. Maybe they’re exaggerating. Maybe we’ll get missed! One thing I do know? We’re having these Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes & they’re like a breath of sunshine no matter what the weather and what the time of year.

Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes on Crostini with Cream Cheese or Ricotta.

Homemade Whole Milk Ricotta

27 Comments August 12, 2019 FrugalHausfrau

Two things I love. I love tinkering in the kitchen and I love to use that tinkering to get me a little sumpin’ sumpin’ now and then that might not normally fit into my budget. And when that homemade version blows away the commercial product, especially when it’s a minimum of work and mess, I’m all over it. That’s the case with this Homemade Whole Milk Ricotta.

Straoming Homemade Whole Milk Ricotta

Creamy Cajun Stuffed Shells

13 Comments August 10, 2019 FrugalHausfrau

Ok – we’ve had a couple of cooler days here in Minnesota, and I recently made a lot of my Grilled Blackened Cajun Chicken Breasts so I could use them to spin off several easy peasy meals that would be perfect for hot summer days. And I made a few but then I deviated! I couldn’t resist making these gorgeous Creamy Cajun Stuffed Shells with that final bit of chicken. I’m so excited about them I couldn’t hold off for a more appropriate season – these are probably going down as one of my most fave recipes ever on my site!

Creamy Cajun Stuffed Shells

Mushroom Ricotta Flatbread Pizza

21 Comments August 9, 2019 FrugalHausfrau

Yanno what’s shocking sometimes? The amount of money that restaurants command on their appetizer or lunch (and sometimes dinner) flatbreads! I’ve seen them from $9.99 on up to $14.99, and I think it’s cray cray! I started making pizzas a long time ago (one of my faves is on my site) and love to make pizza as a way to use up a few leftovers. Usually, I’ll make extra of something just so I can make pizza. And the same goes for flatbreads. And that’s how this Mushroom Ricotta Flatbread Pizza came about.

Mushroom Ricotta Flatbread Pizza

Watermelon Pineapple Salsa

7 Comments May 18, 2019 FrugalHausfrau

I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that watermelon is available pretty much all the time these days. See, I kind of miss the anticipation and the risk, waiting until mid to late summer & hoping for watermelon by the Fourth of July! On the other hand, those smaller watermelons I’ve seen at the store are always good, a manageable size and I can have watermelon anytime! They were perfect thing to use for this Watermelon, Pineapple Salsa although there was still a good amount left for eating out of hand!