December 2010 ~ Colie's Kitchen

Dec 30, 2010

Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

I don’t like to refer to myself as cheap so I will say I am frugal. I hate spending big bucks on things we use every day. I love to have foaming hand soap in the bathroom, but I hate to pay refill prices. In the kitchen I have the Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap System which I refill myself also. I decided to find a way to refill my foaming hand soap dispenser...

This is an excellent recipe on a cold winters night! It's warm and filling, and even better... it's not very expensive! I love corn chowder!! I had no idea I loved it until I finally gave it a chance now it's a favorite soup of mine. I did not use fresh corn. I actually used one can of sweet corn. Ingredients: 3 ears fresh corn or 3 ears bicolor corn (I used 1 can or...

Teriyaki Chicken Legs

This is a fantastic recipe! The chicken legs are bursting with teriyaki flavor. I marinate the chicken legs no less than 12 hours which makes a huge difference. By marinating them for at least 12 hours the marinade has a chance to get deep into the meat. Fantastic! Ingredients 2 lbs chicken legs 1/2 cup margarine or butter 1 cup soy sauce (I use reduced salt) 1 cup...

Puppy Chow

Chex Party Mix is a staple for our Christmas Celebration. Since I married my husband I always make something that he grew up being “Puppy Chow” which is made with Chex cereal! We love finding new and creative ways to use Chex especially at the holidays! Ingredients: 9 cups Chex cereal 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 cup chocolate...

Wordless Wednesday: Coupons!

This is how coupons pay off!! Because I use coupons I got 74 items at Kroger totaling $139.21 for $7.90 after coupons!! When people tell me they don't like to use coupons, it's embarrassing, they don't have time, it's too much trouble... yada... yada...yada this is what I say in response: $7.90 for 74 items! Coupons give me the ability to share with my extended family, the...

Wordless Wednesday (Ummm Pretzels!)

When Kevin and I were at the Texas Renaissance Festival on Saturday where the pretzel guy became our best friend. We literally didn’t eat one single thing other than pretzels. We are seriously cheap! LOL We just couldn’t justify $8 for everything you could eat there especially after we spent that a few weeks ago when we were there, and it wasn’t worth the money. We had a...