One Hundred Dollars a Month - Page 1837 of 2143 - I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Easy Squash Recipes – Roasted Acorn Squash with Parmesan Cheese

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 6, 2012 · 7 Comments

I picked our very first acorn squash from the garden last week, it weighed in at around 1 1/2 pounds. Because I’m fairly new to cooking squash, I decided to go all out and use a whopping 4 ingredients to prepare it.

Sometimes the best recipes, are the ones with the fewest ingredients, and this recipe for roasted acorn squash with Parmesan cheese, was no exception.

There’s no doubt about it. Simple Food rules.

Ingredients

1 acorn squash halved, seeded, and sliced 3/4 inch thick
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons Garlic Pepper Seasoning {I used Mc Cormicks}
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place sliced acorn squash in a large bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 teaspoons of garlic pepper seasoning. Place on a lined cookie sheet {I use silpats*} and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top of the acorn squash.

Roast at 400 degree for 30 minutes, or until the acorn squash is tender.

Serve as a side dish { I served this with Ritz Cracker Chicken}

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One Hundred Dollars a Month – Pictures Sent in From Readers

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 6, 2012 · 5 Comments

Today I wanted to share two photos from One Hundred Dollar A Month readers.

Lissa liked how I was getting free “chicken scraps” and decided to ask her local grocers for the extra produce scraps. Here’s what Lissa had to say about some reclaimed produce she was able to collect recently.

“I found one small local grocery where the produce guy sets aside a bag of stuff each week – usually lettuce, corn, strawberries, and a few tomatoes. And then another local small-chain co-op type store where I go in once a week and can pull produce from their to-go-to-compost bins. The selection here is very hit or miss, but always fun!

Since starting this journey, I have had so many fruits and veggies available to me at all times, and I have tried so many new vegetables and recipes. Who knew I would like leeks? Or ever make my own marinara sauce? I hardly buy produce at all anymore, usually just things like onions and carrots or if something is on a really really good sale. I am so happy that you brought this option into my world, it has had such an impact on my lifestyle!”

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Holy tomatoes Batman…

Check out what reader Desiree had to say about her recent tomato harvest.

“Hey there Mavis! Last night we had a freeze warning, so of course that meant picking everything and anything in the garden. 2 1/2 hours later these are the tomatoes I brought in. This is not all I’ve harvested this year, this is just what was left. Our favorite was the Purple Cherokee, it was so sweet and delicious!

I definitely will be growing heirloom tomatoes again next year. Time to make salsa, diced tomatoes, and some tomato juice, then after the others ripen, we’ll be making more.”

– Desiree, I am TOTALLY JEALOUS of all your tomatoes. WOW! Good job lady, good job!

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*If you have a garden, a chicken coop or anything else super exciting and would like to be featured here on onehundreddollarsamonth.com, then send in your photos to onehundreddollarsamonth {at} gmail.com, along with a brief description of your pictures and I will try and get them posted.

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Mavis Garden Blog – Growing Your Own Pumpkin Patch Update

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 6, 2012 · 10 Comments

The other day I went out to the garden and snapped a few photos of our pumpkin patch. I’ve grown pumpkins before, but never this many.

I’ve been really surprised lately at all the sugar pie pumpkins there are, and I’m going to have to figure out a way to use all the pumpkin puree once I get all the pumpkins processed and in to the freezer.

Get a look at Mr. Hubbard. Isn’t he handsome? I almost think he’s to pretty to pick. I wish there was a way to shellac this golden Hubbard squash and keep it forever. Is that even possible? Does anyone know?

We also have several butternut squashes growing in the grass and along our hillside. I can’t remember if I have grown butternut squash before, and I have no idea if they are going to make it and ripen before the first frost. How long does it take butternut squash to turn brown anyway? Yikes!

I’m also hoping the spaghetti squash will ripen in time too. These particular spaghetti squash happen to be growing on our back porch, so I think I’ll be able to insulate them with a little straw and see what happens.

My only Long Island Cheese pumpkin.

Mr. Winter Pink Banana Squash.

We also have a ton {okay, not a ton but a lot} of Big Max pumpkins. Next year I totally need to start my pumpkins and squash in early June, rather than early July, that much I’ve figured out so far. I bet if I would have started this variety of pumpkin a little sooner, they’d be more in the 50 pound range rather than the 20 – 25 pound range.

Gardening is all about trial and error, isn’t it? And for me, experimenting is the best part. I love it.

~ Mavis

I know it’s a little early to start thinking about garden seeds for 2013, but you know me, I have a slight addiction to seeds so I thought I’d let you know Botanical Interests has 32 new seed varieties for 2013.

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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