2 Quick, Easy Recipes from the Blogging World
At the end of the day, I’m a pretty simple girl. I like food to taste good, and I like it to be easy–whether that means I’m making it quickly or someone else is making it for me. (Remember, pizza is still the meal I love best.)
And lately, I’ve really taken to finding one particular type of recipe: the kind that doesn’t require a trip to the grocery store (in other words: the kind with simple ingredients or, at the very least, the forgiving kind with ingredients that can be substituted). So here, I present to you two quick and easy recipes, brought to you by fellow bloggers:
1) A New Kind of Grilled Cheese, Nutella-Style (pictured above, as shown at kalofagas): The other day, I Stumbled Upon a blog carnival with Nutella-based recipes. Definitely bookmarked a few of those for later because, though I like cooking to be fast and easy, I think baking is a fair exception. This particular find, actually originally made with Merenda, which is the Greek version of Nutella, was something I made right away. Its instructions couldn’t be simpler: butter two slices of bread, coat the insides with Nutella, slap together and grill. Go take a look, and make your own version. It was delicious.
2) Homemade Granola Bars: L @ Spilling Buckets really inspired me with this one, a quick and easy recipe for granola bars. What really interested me was her substitutions: she changed the original recipe by using things already in the house. I followed suit, substituting almost all the honey for molasses (only a tsp of honey was left in the house), using chocolate chips instead of raisins (yum!) and taking out the nuts altogether. While the molasses was noticeable and not my fav and while my bars turned out to be more like squares than rectangles, all in all, I was very pleased. Cheap (no extra shopping!), easy (20 minutes prep time, tops) and tasty.
I’m on the hunt for more easy, fast, frugal recipes like these. Anybody have a suggestion? Do tell!
(This post is part of a Thursday series on frugal food. Go here to see more from the series!)
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That Nutella recipe reminds me of something I used to have as a child. I didn’t like cheese, so when everyone else was having grilled cheese, my mom would make me grilled peanut butter sandwiches instead.
For a simple pasta sauce, we use a can of diced tomatoes and a can of crushed tomatoes instead of buying sauce from the store. Then just put in garlic, feta and whatever else you would like to taste. I put in chopped spinach when we have it in the house.
Glad the granola bars/squares turned out pretty well! Yea, I think I would use more honey in the future too, the only reason I switched was because we ran out. I wanted to try making them with chocolate chips and with other dried fruits, maybe cut up dried apricots?
The grilled cheese sounds interested and delicious, although very chocolatey. Next time we have Nutella around I’ll have to try it.
These sound like great ideas for something quick and easy, without blowing the budget. I cannot wait until my vegetable garden takes hold and I can have free meals such as tomato, capsicum, basil and cucumber salads with new potatoes and strawberries to follow! Not the most balanced meal but it would be fantastic to have a meal that totally came out of the garden!