Are these not the cutest little cupcakes you have ever seen?
We had a Children’s Birthday PartyPainter Class the other night and the mom made these for the girls in place of a birthday cake. I thought they turned out so darn cute.  ( I had to take a picture and post it! )
Easy and the kids can decorate them for a quick project – The eyes are marshmallows …

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Yummy, I have made Banana Bread Muffins for freezer cooking so I’m really looking forward to all the new healthy recipes! You can Click here for the 25 Healthy Muffin Recipes. They have over 35 pages of tasty and healthy muffin recipes.

Slow month for cooking. With grilling season here my normal cooking has slowed WAY down. For this month I opted for a small baking/cooking day.  Bananas were on heavy overload on the markdown section at Shaws this past week so it was time to stock up!
The day was a cool one, so I managed to bake up 4 loafs without over heating the house!
Then I cooked up 40 full …

We had a visit to a wonderful bed and breakfast recently and they served grapefruit with caramelized brown sugar! It was delicious -  but I needed a quick and easy way without turning on the oven.  So with my marked down grapefruit from last week…I cut it up and just sprinkled brown sugar and blueberries on top. Quick and delicious!

You can certainly tell from my lack of cooking effort this month that summer is coming…I just don’t want to turn the oven on!  Most of my OAMC went into the freezer…for my grill plan later this month.  That said…here is what I managed to whip up:
4 ziplock bags of Steak marinated in the Free grill mate seasoning (1/2 for Kabobs)
4 ziplock bags of Chicken marinated in FREE grill mate …

A few weeks ago I posted my Bread Machine Pizza Dough recipe and said I would let you know how freezing it works.
The answer to frozen Pizza dough…it works like a charm!

Originally I was going to freeze 2 but I kept the second one in the refrigerator for a week and that worked just fine.The trick…put the dough in a Ziplock baggie with a few teaspoons of olive …

Amazingly since once a month freezer cooking started for us back in January…I’m finding that I have been over cooking! We are still eating some of the  meals from last month.   I have a plan for April ….but it is a light one.
APRIL OAMC
Since my 15 pound bird from Easter had leftovers…well lots of leftovers….you could technically say  I started my started my freezer cooking last week. We have been …

Here is my home-made salsa from scratch….made with my great tomato deal from Shaws this week!
Home-Made Salsa Recipe:

10 tomatoes (you can add a can of diced tomatoes for more juice)
2 cloves garlic
1 small onion, quartered
1 jalapeno chile pepper or 1 can of green chile peppers
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh …

All finished with my OAMC cooking! Yay!
I did it…I made  Bread machine Cinnamon Rolls and here they are!
These little buggers taste sinful and my family absolutely LOVES them!

The Bread Machine works great on the dough. Rolled it out into a large rectangle -” ish” shape.
If you make it  longer you will get more rolls out of it.

Doubled the filling as recommended by MoneySavingMom and it worked like a charm!
The filling …

Here is the beginning of my OMAC journey today
- Started the dough for Bread Machine rolls-
Here is my recipe: Must place in this order.
1 egg
3 cups of flour
3 tbs sugar
2 1/4 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup water (warm)
1 1/2 tsp salt
Added garlic, onion powder, and chives to the first batch for a little more  flavor – great to dip in olive oil and pepper!

While the bread machine was doing …

Transaction #2
Here is my second transaction for Shaw’s this week :
5 Meats= $16.60 – Good sale price of $1.99 a pound for beef and boneless chicken breast. 1 package of breakfast sausage for 2.99.
2 New England Coffee  B1G1 ( I had already used all my $1/1 coupons from last month) = $5.49 for both
4 Cream Cheese = FREE (marked down to $0.50 and used  2 online coupons from last month …

Okay, so you can’t really see my treats in this picture, but I just had to share the beautiful Valentine Tulips my mom surprised me with – They really brighten up my table!
I finally got around to making something with my free fisher almond bark (aka white chocolate really). Your kids may really enjoy making these easy treats with you.
Hanging on to the Pantry Challenge thought process, we came up …

Here are some great inexpensive tips for using White Vinegar:
Cleaning Solutions.
Tips from vinegartips.com
1.) To shine chrome sink fixtures that have a lime buildup, use a paste made of 2 tablespoons salt and 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar.
2.) Make your own scouring cleanser by combining 1/4 cup baking soda with 1 tablespoon liquid detergent. Add just enough white distilled vinegar to give it a thick but creamy texture.
3.) Clean and deodorize …

My Banana Muffins with shaved White Chocolate Chunks
Today was baking day and I am excited to say that I  accomplished most of it today! Here is what I made:
40 Banana Pancakes
4 dozen Banana Muffins – added White Chocolate Chunks, and  used one of my FREE  fisher almond bars for this….tastes great!
3 dozen Pumpkin Muffins with White Chocolate Chunks – who doesn’t like chocolate! I had frozen pumpkin puree that I …

Started my February Freezer Cooking  a day early! This is what I made today after hitting CVS, Rite- Aid, and Shaws.
2 Chicken Ziti  (Ziplock bag )
2  Beef Taco’s (Ziplock Bag)
2 Chicken Stuffing Casserole
Cooked my chicken up for Franks Buffalo Chicken Dip (whoops, not in the picture)
2 Shepard’s Pie
I completed all this in just under 4 hours and only used 2 pots for cooking plus my baking dishes used to freeze …