The recipe calls for apple pie filling but if you use cherry pie filling for this, it makes a pretty, festive Christmas breakfast.

Cinnamon Roll Pizza 

1 tube refrigerator cinnamon rolls
1 can apple pie filling*
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. margarine, softened

Grease cookie sheet or pizza pan. Preheat oven to 400°. Roll each cinnamon roll into 4 inch circles and lay on pan, overlapping slightly. You can make a solid circle or form into a wreath. Spread pie filling on top. Mix sugar and margarine. Then sprinkle on top of pie filling. Bake for 6-8 minutes until golden brown. Drizzle with the frosting that came with the rolls.

*You can use cherry pie filling in place of the apple.

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Tips:

• If you don’t have a garbage disposal, place a colander in your sink at the end of your meal before you rinse the dishes. Then all the food scraps are caught in the colander and you don’t need to clean out the drain.
• Keep baggies of frozen cookies and brownies in the freezer for kids’ or anyone’s lunches. Place the cookies or brownies in the lunch sack and, between them and a frozen drink, you don’t need to worry about the lunch staying nice and cold.

Menu:

One Pot Ham Dinner*
Fruit Salad
Apple Streusel Muffins*
Brownie Marshmallow Bars*

Recipes:

One Pot Ham Dinner

1 fully cooked ham slice (1- 1 1/2 lb.)
4 medium potatoes,sliced
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 cups frozen cut green beans
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup water

In a large skillet, brown ham slice over medium heat. Arrange potatoes over ham. Add salt and pepper. Top with beans and onions. Combine soup and water, and pour over everything. Cook 2 minutes. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Makes 4 servings.

Apple Streusel Muffins

1 pkg. (6 1/2 oz.) apple cinnamon muffin mix
1 large apple, peeled and diced
1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
3 Tbsp. brown sugar
4 1/2 tsp. flour
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted

Mix muffin mix according to package directions. Fold in apples and pour into greased muffin cups. Mix nuts, brown sugar, flour and butter and sprinkle some on each muffin. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

Brownie Marshmallow Bars

1 pkg. fudge brownie mix
1 pkg. (10 1/2 oz.) mini marshmallows
2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup rice crispy cereal

Mix brownies according to package directions for fudge like brownies and pour into a 13×9 greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 28-30 minutes. Top with marshmallows and bake 3 minutes more. The marshmallows will not be completely melted. Cool.

Melt chocolate chips, peanut butter and margarine and stir until smooth. Remove from heat. Add rice crispy cereal. Spread on brownies. Chill for 1-2 hours before cutting.

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Tips:

• Quick Meatballs - add 2/3 cup of crushed seasoned stuffing mix to 1 lb. hamburger. Mix and roll into balls.
• Use up stir fry leftovers by adding a little soy sauce to the vegetables and rice. Then spread the mixture on a warm flour tortilla and roll burrito style.
• Keep a plastic knife in your canisters to level off things like flour or sugar.

Menu:

Confetti Chicken and Rice*
Garlic – Cheese Biscuits*
Frozen Fruit Fluff*

Recipes:

This recipe is especially quick if you use leftover chicken and rice in it. I call this type of recipe a dump and mix recipe. It calls for a lot of ingredients but is simple because you are just opening a lot of cans. It could be mixed up ahead of time to pop in the oven when you need it.

Confetti Chicken and Rice

1 can (10 3/4 oz.) cream of chicken soup
1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
1/2 cup small curd cottage cheese
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
3 cups chicken, cooked, cubed
3 cups rice, cooked
1 1/2 cup Monterey Jack or Mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 can (4 oz.) chopped green chilies
1 can (2 1/4 oz.) sliced ripe olives, drained
1/8 tsp. garlic salt
1 1/2 cup crushed corn chips
2 cups shredded lettuce
2 medium tomatoes, chopped

Blend first 4 ingredients well. Add in next 6 ingredients. Pour into a greased 2 quart baking dish and bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until heated through. Just before serving, top with corn chips, lettuce and tomatoes.

Garlic – Cheese Biscuits
(from the Dining on a Dime Cookbook)

2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 Tbsp. chives (optional)
3/4 cup Cheddar cheese, grated finely
4 Tbsp. shortening
1 cup milk or sour milk

Mix flour, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, chives and Cheddar cheese in a bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or fork until it resembles cornmeal. Add milk, stirring just enough to combine ingredients. Do not over stir. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookies sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 10 biscuits.

Note: You could add bits of bacon or pepperoni to this recipe, too.

Frozen Fruit Fluff

3 medium firm bananas, sliced
1 can (29 oz.) peach halves, drained and diced
1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1 carton (8 oz.) whipped topping

Combine everything but whipped topping and mix well. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into a 13×9 pan. Cover and freeze for 8 hours or overnight. Will keep in freezer 1 month.

For more quick and easy menus like these to help you make dinner quickly without stressing over making your own menus, check out our Menus On A Dime e-books!

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Menu: Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Pasta Salad

Tips:

• Creamy mac and cheese. The next time you make macaroni and cheese, use sour cream instead of milk. It makes the macaroni and cheese so much creamier. This works great for other things, too. I often use sour cream in recipes when I find I am out of milk.

• Leftover rice. If you have leftover rice, use it to make pancakes. Mix with 1-2 beaten eggs then drop by spoonfuls on a greased skillet. Cook both sides until lightly brown and serve with maple syrup.

• Bacon is getting expensive but we do so love it. Today’s recipe gives you one good way to stretch your bacon. You can use less bacon by crumbling it in this salad than if you were making real bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.

  Here is another example of how to stretch your bacon: This recipe is great for after school snacks, to include with soups, stews, chili or salads or to round off any meal.

  Bacon/Cheese Toast

  Mix some grated cheese with mayonnaise and a little crumbled bacon. Spread on a slice of French bread and bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.

Menu:

BLT Pasta Salad*
Peas
Herbed French Bread*
Bing Cherry Dessert*

Recipes:

BLT Pasta Salad

This recipe has no real measurements. You can add as little or much of each ingredient as you like.

Spiral pasta (or your favorite pasta), cooked
Bacon, cooked and crumbled
Tomatoes, chopped
Miracle Whip dressing
Lettuce

Mix everything together and toss with dressing. Serve on a bed of lettuce.

Herbed French Bread

1 loaf French bread
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
1/4 cup minced chives

Cut bread into 1 inch slices. Combine butter and herbs and spread over one side of bread. Broil until golden brown.

Bing Cherry Dessert

1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
7 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 can (16 1/2 oz.) pitted dark sweet cherries, drained
1 (8 oz.) container whipped topping
1 cup nuts
1/2 cup vanilla wafer or cookie crumbs

Combine milk and lemon juice. Fold in remaining ingredients, except crumbs. Spread on ungreased 11x7x2 dish. Sprinkle with crumbs. Cover and freeze overnight. Remove from freezer 15 minutes before cutting.

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Delicious Mother’s Day Breakfast!

You discreetly open one eye and scan the room. Maybe if you don’t move they will think you are still sleeping. Crash! The door flies open, the scrambled eggs go airborne and you know they have found you out! There they stand in the doorway – your family, grinning from ear to ear. It’s another Mother’s Day and once again they are treating you like a goddess- bringing you a tray full of burnt offerings (known in our culture as breakfast in bed).

There’s blackened toast, large brown lumps you think may be scrambled eggs, coffee "paste", and oh, are these strips of bacon, beef jerky or dog treats? Then of course you look at their smiling faces full of love and you are reminded how blessed you are. Gratefully, you pick up your fork and start eating. Has anything ever tasted more like manna from heaven?

If you’d rather be able to identify your Mother’s Day breakfast this year, then discreetly slip these recipes to your husband or children so that he can make sure that this heartwarming moment is also a tasty memory for you!

Recipes:

Pancakes

2 eggs
2 cups flour, all-purpose or wheat
1 1/2 cups milk
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
5 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

In a bowl, mix ingredients just enough to moisten dry ingredients. Mixture will be thick and lumpy. Heat a griddle or frying pan over medium heat and lightly grease. Cook on a hot greased griddle. Flip when bubbles break on the surface and the edges begin to dry. Makes 15-18 medium pancakes.

Scrambled Eggs

8 eggs
4 Tbsp. milk or water (optional)
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
4 tsp. margarine (or bacon grease)

Stir all the ingredients except margarine in a bowl until well blended. Heat a skillet on medium heat. Add margarine to the skillet. Pour egg mixture into skillet. Stir constantly about 4 minutes until eggs are fluffy and set. Serves 4.

Country Fried Potatoes

6 Tbsp. bacon grease or margarine
6 potatoes, peeled and sliced
salt and pepper

Melt bacon grease or margarine in a frying pan. Add the potatoes in the pan and cook over medium heat. Flip potatoes and cook until golden brown. Remove from pan. Salt and pepper to taste. Serves 4-6.

Creamy Orange Shake
(like Orange Julius)

1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water (optional)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
5-6 ice cubes
2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Combine ingredients in a blender until smooth. Serves 4.

For more money saving recipes check out our Dining On A Dime Cookbook.

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Be Kind To Yourself!

We have been hitting cleaning and getting organized hard the past couple of weeks so I want to stop and take a moment to tell you to take a breath and try not to become overwhelmed. I recently read this quote that I love. I can’t remember who wrote it or where it came from but it says, "Remember: You aren’t seeking perfection, just organization."

Your home doesn’t need to be magazine perfect. It just needs to be as comfortable, functional and as healthy as you are physically able to make it. Don’t drive yourself and your family insane trying to keep every toy off of the floor but do try to at least keep things comfortably under control, which means not having toys knee deep on the floor. When the toys have been there so long they have two inches of dust and are growing things on them, there’s a problem.

And once again, if you are sick, have sick children, are moving or have a newborn (no, a five year old is not considered a newborn) the normal rules don’t apply. Adapt them to your circumstances and do the best you can.

      -Jill

For a good excuse to give yourself a break, make a cup of tea or coffee, put up your feet and enjoy one of these yummy muffins. As an added bonus, your family will love the smell when they walk in the door!

Applesauce Muffins

2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 egg
1 1/2 cups applesauce
1/4 cup margarine, melted

Stir by hand until mixed. Don’t over mix. Bake at 425° for 20 minutes.

Topping

While baking the muffins, combine:
3 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 nutmeg

Melt 1/4 cup margarine, While hot, dip the muffins in margarine and then in the sugar mix.

*You can add some blueberries or cranberries to these muffins to kick them up a notch.

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My Recipe For Homemade Rye Crisps

I had a loaf of rye bread that I got for Mike on clearance for .50. He never got around to eating and it was going to go bad. I decided to cut it up into very thin slices and make my own rye crisps.

I sliced them as thin as I could. Then I brushed them with olive oil. I sprinkled them with garlic, onion powder and salt. Then I dried them in the oven for about 30-45 minutes at 200 degrees.

They turned out great!

You could do this with any type of bread. I got about $8 worth of boxed crisps for .50!
Yum!

-Tawra

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Tips:

Instead of tips today I added a couple of extra recipes at the bottom for you to use with all the cabbage which has been on sale this week.

Menu:

Mushroom Barley Soup*
Ninety Minute Rolls*
Brownie/Banana Delight*

Recipes:

Mushroom Barley Soup

1-1 1/2 lbs. beef chuck, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
1 cup onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup celery, sliced
1 cup carrots, diced
1 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 can (14-1/2 oz. or 2 cups) beef broth
1 can (14-1/2 oz. or 2 cups) chicken broth
2 cups of water
1/2 cup pearl barley
Salt and Pepper to taste 

Combine all but salt in a large pan and simmer a couple of hours or until meat and barley are tender. Salt to taste.

Ninety Minute Rolls

2 – 2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 pkg. or 1 Tbsp. yeast
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup water
2 Tbsp. margarine

Mix 3/4 cup flour, sugar, yeast, and salt. Heat milk, water and margarine until very warm (120° – 130°). Add to dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Add 1/4 cup flour. Beat 2 minutes on high. Stir in enough flour to make a stiff dough. Knead 2-3 minutes. Place in a greased bowl. Let rise 15 minutes. Divide dough into 12 pieces and shape into balls. Place in an 8 inch round cake pan. Let rise 15 minutes. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes. Makes 12 rolls.

Brownie/Banana Delight

1 pkg. brownie mix
1 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanuts, chopped
3 medium bananas
1 2/3 cups milk
2 pkgs. (5 oz.) vanilla instant pudding
1 (8 oz.) carton frozen whipped topping

Mix brownie mix according to package directions, adding 1/2 cup of chocolate chips to it. Pour in a 9×13 pan greased pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool. Slice bananas and lay on top of brownies in a single layer. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of chips and 1/4 cup peanuts. Mix milk and pudding mix on low speed for 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping and spread over bananas. Sprinkle with remaining chips and peanuts.

Sauerkraut Soup

From: Chris H.

1 pound smoked Polish sausage cut into 1/2-inch pieces
5 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 medium onions chopped
2 carrots cut into 1/4 inch slices
3 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
1 can (32 ounces) sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste

In a large saucepan, combine sausage, potatoes, onions, carrots and chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add sauerkraut and tomato paste. Mix well. Return to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer another 30 minutes. If a thinner soup is desired, add water or more chicken broth.

Hawaiian Cole Slaw

4 cup cabbage, shredded
1 (8 oz.) can pineapple, crushed, drained
1/4 each raisins, coconut, nuts
3/4 cup your favorite coleslaw dressing

Mix and serve.

Greek Slaw

1/2 cup pecans*
4 cups coleslaw, chopped
1/2 cup carrots, grated or shredded
1 1/2 cups red grapes
1/4 cup feta cheese

Dressing:

1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup Ranch dressing
1 Tbsp. sugar

In large bowl, mix dressing ingredients. Toss in slaw ingredients on top of it and mix well. Serve immediately or cover and chill.

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A Different and Delicious Twist on Cinnamon Rolls

From: Sue

Regarding your cinnamon roll recipe made with the "Ninety Minute Rolls" dough – here’s a tip when you use the dough for cinnamon rolls:

Use peanut butter (smooth or chunky) instead of margarine to spread over the dough. Be generous! It makes a wonderful nutty flavor. If you make an icing from powdered sugar to drizzle over the top, use a drop of vanilla flavoring and a drop of almond flavoring in the icing. You will think these came from the gourmet bakery. Yum yum!

Ok, I’m not so sure about this one but it just sounded too interesting for me not to post it. What can I say I’m pregnant! hehehe

(Note: We aren’t announcing anything.. This was originally posted in 2009.)

      -Tawra

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St.Patrick’s Day is a couple of weeks away but I thought I would start early with the special St Patrick’s Day menus. Corned beef will be going on sale soon and there is no reason you need to wait until the "wearing of the green" day to have corned beef. For that matter, stock up on it for some other day.

Corned Beef Tips:

• Cut corned beef across the grain for more tender slices.
• Save juices and reduce. Dice leftover corned beef and make corned beef soup with leftovers.

Menu:

Irish Corned Beef Brisket and Cabbage
Irish Soda Bread
Blarney Stone Cookies

Recipes:

Irish Corned Beef Brisket and Cabbage

1 (3 lb.) corned beef brisket, plus seasoning packet
1 large onion, peeled
10 small (red) potatoes
15 baby carrots
1 head of cabbage, cored and cut into wedges
Salt and pepper (to taste)

Place brisket, seasoning packet and onion in a large Dutch oven or pot. Cover with water 6 inches above meat. Bring to a boil and boil for 30 minutes. Reduce to medium low or to a  gentle boil. Cover and cook for 3 1/2 hours. Remove onions, cut into wedges and put back in the pot. Add carrots, cabbage and then potatoes. Cover and cook 30 more minutes or until potatoes are tender. Remove vegetables, but keep the meat in the juices until you’re ready to slice it so it won’t dry out.

Side Sauce

Mix the night or day before and then serve on the side with your corned beef.

1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
2 Tbsp. horseradish
1/2-1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Irish Soda Bread

This Irish Soda Bread is great served with Irish stew. Eat leftover soda bread toasted or use for French toast.

1/2 cup sugar
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
3/4 tsp. salt
2 cups raisins
1 Tbsp. caraway seeds, optional*
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1 cup sour cream

Preheat oven to 350° (175° C). Mix first seven ingredients. In a second bowl mix eggs, buttermilk and sour cream. Add liquid ingredients to dry, adding enough until flour is moistened. Knead 10-12 strokes. The dough will be very sticky. Place in a 9 inch cake pan. Cut a 4" X in the top. Brush top with milk. Bake for 65-75 minutes.

*Caraway seeds make it more authentic, but if you don’t like them or don’t have them, you can leave them out. You could also use 1 cup of raisins and one cup dried cranberries.

Blarney Stone Cookies

Add a couple drops of green food coloring to the dough of your favorite sugar cookie recipe. Sprinkle with green sugar* or frost with green frosting.

*Make green sugar by placing sugar in a container with a couple of drops of green food coloring and shake.

photo by: stuart_spivack

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