Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies for Thanksgiving

November 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment

nutter butter turkey cookies thanksgiving

How cute are these Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies?  They’d be perfect on the table at Thanksgiving.  To make them, you’ll need:

Step #1:  Choose your candy for the turkey’s nose, wattle, and feet.  Use a serrated knife to “saw” the M&Ms in half.  I used the red ones as the turkey wattle and the brown ones as the turkey feet.  Really, you could use similar candy for any of these parts.  It’s a fun way to use up any leftover Halloween candy (if there is any). Yes, some will break.  You may have to eat your mistakes.  I have really been having fun making seasonal treats from the Wilton Candy Eyes.  I also used them to make Spider Cupcakes and Elmo Cupcakes.  You can buy them at craft stores that carry cake decorating supplies, or on Amazon.com.

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Step #2: Break the Oreos in half and use the part with the most white frosting on it as the base to hold the turkey upright.   Add additional white frosting on top to provide extra support.

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Step #3:   Secure the candy corn to the back of one half of an Oreo as turkey feathers.

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Step #4:   Add frosting to the back of the Nutter Butter cookie where the turkey feathers will go.  Press together.

Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies for Thanksgiving - Frugal Bites

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Save 87% on The Pioneer Woman Cooks for Kindle

November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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Do we have any other Pioneer Woman fans here? Right now, you can get The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier (Enhanced) for just $3.99 on Kindle ($29.99 list price). I have this cookbook, and it’s filled with gorgeous photography and delicious recipes. Perfect if you use your iPad in the kitchen for reading recipes like I do! Be sure to verify the price before you check out, as Amazon Deals don’t last long.

 

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Bob’s Swiss Steak Recipe

November 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment

bob's swiss steak

One of the reasons why I started this food blog was to have favorite family recipes in one spot.  This is Swiss Steak Recipe is one such recipe.  Bob (a.k.a. “Dad” to me and “Pa” to my kids) has been making this recipe for quite some time.  It’s one of my husband’s favorites.  He brought out his recipe card yesterday and made it for a family gathering.  We serve it on top of homemade German Spaetzle Noodles.  Very easy, very yummy!

bob's swiss steak recipe

My husband’s handwriting is a little hard to read!

Frugal Tip:  Find recipes you love that use cheaper cuts of meat.  When you simmer and cook them slowly, they become tender and flavorful.  You could also speed up the process and make this in a pressure cooker.  A pressure cooker is great for tenderizing tough cuts of meat in a relatively short period of time.

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Bob’s Swiss Steak
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. tenderized steak
  • 2 cans whole stewed tomatoes
  • 2 celery stalks, cut ½”
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • seasoned flour (season with pepper, garlic powder)
Instructions
  1. Dredge steaks in seasoned flour and brown in a large skillet. Add tomatoes, celery, and onion. Simmer in the covered skillet approximately two hours until meat is tender. Sever over egg noodles.
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Turkey Artichoke Panini

October 30, 2012 by 3 Comments

turkey artichoke panini panera bread

I admit it, I’m not much of a sandwich person.  The idea of white, fluffy bread and poor-quality fillings doesn’t satisfy my hunger or my palate.   Gourmet sandwiches are another story.   If a sandwich has a beyond-the-basic spread, quality ingredients, and artisan bread… I’m in!

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George Foreman Grill = Panini Press

I first mentioned my Turkey Artichoke Panini on the Mommysavers Frugal Forums, and someone said it sounded just like a Panera Copycat.  I’ve never had their version, but this one is really good!  I created this recipe almost entirely by chance.  I had made a big batch of my spinach artichoke dip for a party, and had some left over.  The next day, I used the dip along with some smoked turkey on a sandwich; and it was fabulous!  Since then, I’ve discovered that caramelized onions and red peppers make it even better.

This time around, I used Sam’s Club Castle Wood lunch meat.  It’s Sam’s private label brand, and it comes in wide variety of flavors and combo pack options.  I also picked up some focaccia bread to give it a true gourmet flair.  Feel free to use artistic license when you make this.  I’ve got the basic recipe for you to print out below, but add your own personal touch!  Different types of meats and cheese are fun alternatives to make it even better-tasting to you, personally.  My husband didn’t want the red peppers on his, so I created sandwich with them, and one without.  Both fabulous!

To see more photos of the sandwich creation process, view my Google+ Photo Album:  Turkey Artichoke Panini

Frugal Tips:  Don’t have a panini press?  You can use your George Foreman grill!

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Castle Wood Turkey Artichoke Panini
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Ingredients
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 can artichokes, chopped
  • ¼ C. onion slices
  • 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 oz. fresh spinach leaves
  • ⅓ C. cream cheese
  • ⅓ C. mayo
  • ½ C. Parmesan cheese
  • 1 round focaccia bread
  • Castle Wood turkey lunchmeat (at Sam’s Club)
  • Swiss cheese slices
  • Optional: roasted red peppers
Instructions
  1. In a skillet, heat onions in olive oil. Add garlic and spinach, toss until spinach is wilted. Add artichokes, cream cheese, mayo, and Parmesan cheese. Turn heat down to low and stir until ingredients are blended.
  2. Spread artichoke mixture on focaccia bread. Layer turkey lunchmeat and swiss cheese slices, and more spinach leaves and roasted red peppers if desired. Use a panini press or George Foreman grill to toast the bread.

 

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Pumpkin Deviled Eggs for Halloween

October 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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Halloween food doesn’t have to all be about candy!  Last night, I made these cute little pumpkin deviled eggs.  Basically all you do is add a little red and yellow food coloring to the egg yolk mixture for the orange color.  I used a knife to get the striated look of the pumpkins, and sprinkled with paprika.  Then, I cut a strip of lettuce for the pumpkin’s stem.  You could also use chives or green onions for that.  My boys (the big one AND the little one) love these things.  All twelve were gone within about half an hour.

Frugal Tips:  Eggs just may be the most versatile frugal food.  Plus, they’re a really inexpensive source of protein.  It’s easy to compare the price of eggs to the price of other protein foods. A dozen large eggs weigh 1 1/2 pounds, so the price per pound of large eggs is two-thirds of the price per dozen. For example, if large eggs cost 90¢ per dozen, they cost 60¢ per pound. At $1.20 per dozen, large eggs are only 80¢ per pound.*

Source:  Incredible Edible Egg

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