Last Night’s Dinner: Hot Dogs

There are many things that hot dogs are not. They are not glamorous, expensive, or time consuming to prepare. What they are is a good thing to keep in the refrigerator for those nights when unexpected things come up and you need a quick and cheap dinner.

The secret to good hot dogs is in how you prepare them. Some people put them on the grill, and that is great if you only have them on for a couple of minutes and you are doing something else on there too. Some people put them in the microwave. We don’t have a working microwave (Hubby doesn’t like them) so that’s out for me. We usually boil them – or I should really say that Hubby usually boils them. By adding a little bit of minced garlic to the water you can add a little bit of flavor to the hot dogs before you ever add any condiments.

For Hubby – more minced garlic and lots of ketchup. For me – American cheese, hamburger dill pickle slices, and yellow mustard.

In one word – yum.

Love,Meg

Last Ngiht's Dinner: Pizza!

Last night Hubby worked late, so I took the oppertunity to go and spend some time with my mom after stocking up on a few grocery essentials. After helping her hang about 15 new things on her walls (she's so far ahead of me on this it's not even funny), we ordered pizza!

So price wise, pizza for me was free (!) because my mom paid. But here is the scoop on it anyway.

Right now, Pizza Hut sells any large pizza for $10 if it is carry out. The price goes up for the pizza if it is delivery and then you still have the delivery charge plus tip to pay. I'm sorry, but for that amount of money I'll go pick it up myself thankyouverymuch!

So while it's another night of no recipes (I promise, I usually cook!) it is another tip for eating out on the cheap.

Love,

Meg

Last Night's Dinner: Arby's French Dips

Sometimes it is just worth it to swing through and pick something up. Sorry to disappoint, but there is no recipe today, but just a tip.

I always look for coupons to places that we like to eat and try to take advantage of them when we can. Yesterday was the last day to use a 2 for $4 coupon for french dips at Arby's. The total for 8 sandwiches went from $32 to $17! Simple dinner and money saving! Oh, and I bought 8 of them so that there was dinner and a lunch for me, my mom, and Hubby.

So sorry that there is no recipe, but at least I had a coupon tip!

Love,
Meg