My favorite smoothie! Its so easy.

Posted by Tracy Zdelar on March 4, 2010

I just love this smoothie. Its my own and its easy to make. Not only does it taste good, but its healthy and makes me feel better knowing I just had maybe 3-5 servings of fruit in one drink! I’m not sure what a serving is regarding each of these items and I don’t use [...]

 My frugal February and more.

Posted by Tracy Zdelar on February 19, 2010

My husband and I started writing down all our expenses this year starting January 1st- we have a notebook just for this. I tape a business size envelope inside the back of the notebook cover to quickly stash our receipts.
So, January was a great month of great deals at Giant Eagle (double coupons!). I [...]

 A Twist on the Taco

Posted by Tracy Zdelar on February 12, 2010

What do you get when you get some turkey, Jack Daniels, Paul Newman and Old El Paso together?

A bbq-turkey soft taco with ranch dressing! And it was delish!
Don’t you get tired of eating the same old things? Sometimes I feel like there isn’t anything else I know how to cook but spaghetti, hamburgers, hot dogs, [...]

 Tracy’s Mousse-Cookie Cups.

Posted by Tracy Zdelar on December 30, 2009

I made something new and delicious! It was sort of an experiment I guess. I call it “Tracy’s Mousse-Cookie Cups”.
Crushed Pecan-Sandie cookies, mixed with enough melted butter to form a cookie base inside cupcake cups (bake in oven for about 20 min at 350 degrees or till you think its hard enough).

Mix up instant vanilla-choc.chip [...]

 Fry me some plantains!

Posted by Tracy Zdelar on November 16, 2009

Have you ever had plantains? The first time I remember being introduced to this banana-like fruit was after visiting the home of some friends from Ghanna.  After that I started buying plantains. Unfortunately my family isn’t as interested in ethnic foods as I am.  This is how I eat them.

Plantains look almost exactly like bananas [...]