Featured Recipe...
Banana Boats
4 large Bananas
1 chocolate bar or chocolate chips (1 cup)
Foil
Slice the banana in half only going through one peel down the middle.
Fill with chocolate.
Place in oven with meal while cooking until chocolate is thoroughly melted. Can also be placed over campfire for 15 minutes outside.
Submitted by Jillian
www.FrugalFamilyRecipes.blogspot.com
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Iced Mocha
Featured Recipe...
Hi Michelle, I love your site, especially the free budgeting worksheets. Very helpful. One of the best ways I've found to remove a lot of wasteful spending from my budget is by making a serious effort to make my own coffee drinks. At $4+ each at a coffee shop, when I looked at where my money was going, I realized that an obscene amount was being put towards something I could do much cheaper for myself. I've come up with a stand-by recipe for an iced mocha that I think is pretty good. It's not a dinner meal recipe, but I thought I'd share it. It's inexpensive and does not require any fancy expensive espresso machinery, though I do recommend buying a coffee grinder and French press. I've had my French press and coffee grinder set for years, and that $30 total investment has saved me hundreds versus going out for coffee every day (for me, I'm saving $50+ a month). Enjoy!
Iced 'Mocha'
Makes 2
Heat 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Place 1 T. chocolate syrup (or more if you prefer) in the bottom of each of 2 tall glasses. Prepare strong coffee with the water and 5T coarse, fresh ground coffee, using a French press*. Let sit 4 mins., then press. Poor a small amount of the coffee into each glass, and use a long spoon to mix the syrup with the coffee until well blended. Add 1/4 c. of milk and plenty of ice to each glass. Pour remaining coffee over top and stir to combine. You may need to add more ice at the end. Serve immediately.
Try substituting other flavored syrups, such as vanilla or hazelnut, for the chocolate. They're inexpensive and available at many beverage stores, such as BevMo.
*A French press is $10-$20, available most general home stores, such as Walmart. And in my opinion, well worth the investment if you are a coffee fan. Use it with 100% arabica coffee, and its better than anything you can get at a coffee shop - at a fraction of the cost.
Submitted by Julia
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Yummy, Julia, I love mochas too, hot or cold! :o) We try to make our own coffee at home as often as possible...great for saving money. - Michelle
Hi Michelle, I love your site, especially the free budgeting worksheets. Very helpful. One of the best ways I've found to remove a lot of wasteful spending from my budget is by making a serious effort to make my own coffee drinks. At $4+ each at a coffee shop, when I looked at where my money was going, I realized that an obscene amount was being put towards something I could do much cheaper for myself. I've come up with a stand-by recipe for an iced mocha that I think is pretty good. It's not a dinner meal recipe, but I thought I'd share it. It's inexpensive and does not require any fancy expensive espresso machinery, though I do recommend buying a coffee grinder and French press. I've had my French press and coffee grinder set for years, and that $30 total investment has saved me hundreds versus going out for coffee every day (for me, I'm saving $50+ a month). Enjoy!
Iced 'Mocha'
Makes 2
Heat 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Place 1 T. chocolate syrup (or more if you prefer) in the bottom of each of 2 tall glasses. Prepare strong coffee with the water and 5T coarse, fresh ground coffee, using a French press*. Let sit 4 mins., then press. Poor a small amount of the coffee into each glass, and use a long spoon to mix the syrup with the coffee until well blended. Add 1/4 c. of milk and plenty of ice to each glass. Pour remaining coffee over top and stir to combine. You may need to add more ice at the end. Serve immediately.
Try substituting other flavored syrups, such as vanilla or hazelnut, for the chocolate. They're inexpensive and available at many beverage stores, such as BevMo.
*A French press is $10-$20, available most general home stores, such as Walmart. And in my opinion, well worth the investment if you are a coffee fan. Use it with 100% arabica coffee, and its better than anything you can get at a coffee shop - at a fraction of the cost.
Submitted by Julia
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Yummy, Julia, I love mochas too, hot or cold! :o) We try to make our own coffee at home as often as possible...great for saving money. - Michelle
Girl Scout Thin Mints
As I shared on Twitter this morning, we supported the Girl Scouts very well this weekend, and do every year! :o) But our Thin Mint cookies are all gone and we are sad like many of you! The Girl Scouts will still be selling their cookies here in ATL through March 29th so there is still time to buy more. I was a Girl Scout for several years (yeah, I know, you're all probably not surprised! HA), and have very fond memories of selling cookies with my mom who volunteered as our scout leader for one or two years. This is how they earn money for camp and other activities so please DO support your local troops if you can! You can visit the main Girl Scout web site at www.girlscouts.org for information on scouting, or find out where cookies are being sold over the next few weeks in YOUR town at www.girlscoutcookies.org.
Thin Mint Cookies
By Michelle Jones, Founder of BetterBudgeting.com
http://www.frugalfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com
Ingredients:
Ritz crackers
Peppermint extract
Chocolate almond bark
Directions:
This is how I make these delicious cookies... Melt about 6 ounces of almond bark at a time in the microwave and add 12 drops of peppermint. Quickly dip crackers into chocolate, thoroughly covering both sides, then place on waxed paper to cool. You may want to use a toothpick to help you move the crackers in and out of the chocolate. We usually use several and make a good mess but it is all worth it!
You may not think these chocolate covered crackers could possibly taste like Thin Mint cookies, but they do! :o)
Of course, the original Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie is the BEST, but this recipe can get you by during the rest of the year if you miss them like we do. This recipe was originally shared with us a few years ago by a member of our Cookie Club, we'd love to have you join us!
P.S. Thank you to the Girl Scouts for letting me borrow the cookie photo, I would take a picture of our Thin Mint cookies for you but they are all gone!
Chocolate Gravy
Chocolate Gravy
3 Tablespoons cocoa
2 Tablespoons flour
Pinch of salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 Teaspoon vanilla
Mix all the ingredients in a pan until cocoa and flour are smooth over medium heat. Add milk and stir until smooth and mixture thickens. You may have to add more flour, til it's gravy thickness.
Pour over hot, buttered biscuits. Sounds strange, but it's very tasty for breakfast. Kids LOVE it!
Submitted by Kim Pierce
3 Tablespoons cocoa
2 Tablespoons flour
Pinch of salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 Teaspoon vanilla
Mix all the ingredients in a pan until cocoa and flour are smooth over medium heat. Add milk and stir until smooth and mixture thickens. You may have to add more flour, til it's gravy thickness.
Pour over hot, buttered biscuits. Sounds strange, but it's very tasty for breakfast. Kids LOVE it!
Submitted by Kim Pierce
Coffee Brownies
Featured Comment by Susan...
Michelle, Happy Thanksgiving. Over here in Chamblee I am making brownies for my holiday gifts using a little instant coffee added to the bought packaged mixes, toffie bits, and extra dry cocoa and black walnuts, pecans, chopped candy bars and etc. So, my "coffee" brownies should be good. I got the brownie mixes on extreme sale. If one looks around, walnuts and pecans are in the streets all around the neighborhood.
(Happy Thanksgiving to you Susan! And to all our U.S. readers! I may not be able to post here for the next few days due to the holidays but I promise I will be back to work soon... enjoy a few of those coffee brownies for us, YUM!)
Michelle, Happy Thanksgiving. Over here in Chamblee I am making brownies for my holiday gifts using a little instant coffee added to the bought packaged mixes, toffie bits, and extra dry cocoa and black walnuts, pecans, chopped candy bars and etc. So, my "coffee" brownies should be good. I got the brownie mixes on extreme sale. If one looks around, walnuts and pecans are in the streets all around the neighborhood.
(Happy Thanksgiving to you Susan! And to all our U.S. readers! I may not be able to post here for the next few days due to the holidays but I promise I will be back to work soon... enjoy a few of those coffee brownies for us, YUM!)
