welcome.

let me first begin by letting you know what this blog will not have:

1.) award winning photography of the recipes i post….basically because the purpose of my making the dishes is to feed my hungry soul, and a lot of time home cooked meals are better tasted then seen.

2.) fancy expensive ingredients….unless i have had friends over and they are left in my fridge needing to be used before they expire

3.) meals that take forever to make…..when i am hungry, i get hangry, and nobody has time for that (even if it is only me)

4.) hopefully having to go out to the store to buy any ingredients….again another purpose for making these dishes, i don't want to buy more food, i want to use what i have already bought.  

*what does my cabinet usually have in stock, very basic essentials that are cheap and ready to use:

beans (especially black) corn, tomato stuff (diced, paste, sause, with green chiles) long grain rice (although I have recently discovered the minute microwave cups, phenom), onions (sweet & red), potatoes, garlic, bread of some sort, and lots of spices!

*in the fridge i usually have fresh veggies (zucchini, bell peppers, carrots, broccoli, kale [yes i did jump on that wagon and it is worth the buzz, if cooked right]) spinach, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, eggs, milk, butter, tortilla shells, sour cream, plain greek yogurt

*in the freezer chicken tenders, tilapia, shrimp, ground turkey…on occasion steak and pork

very much easy to find ingredients at any type of store.  fortunate to have a wegman's in town, but have found myself saving money finding the same types of food at walmart and aldi's for less.

so why (you may be wondering) start this blog??? well first today i am bored and very low stocked in the kitchen [side not, i found out aldi's get's their new stock in on tuesday's so i am making very meagerness stretch] and i made a pretty good lunch today with what i had, hence the idea was born.  i am sure there are other people out there who love good food, pretty healthy food, cooking food, enjoying grocery shopping [but not on a daily/weekly basis] i try to make my food stretch for about two weeks.  some of the fresh fruits and veggies do not last as long, but again the purpose of this blog is to create tasty meals when you are down to the bare bones.  

it's also a great way for me to keep track of meals i make/create for when i am in times of food needs again. enjoy.