Well tonight I made a new dish I created thanks to hubby. He complained we have been eating to much pasta and he was tired of it. This of course is after I made sure to have mash potatoes and meatloaf this week. Got to love my husband.  I came up with this tasty dish that even the kids loved.

2 lbs Kiebasa

14.5 oz can of diced tomatos with basil,garlic and oregeno

8 oz pepper stir fry (frozen food: green, red, and yellow peppers and onions)

3 cups instant rice

3 cups water and juice from tomatos

2 beef boulion cubes

Bring water, juice, tomatos and boulions to boil then add rice.Remove from heat and simmer for 5 minutes. In the mean time, Cut and cook Kiebasa after it starts to brown add pepper stir fry and cook to remove all liquid. Then combine rice and kiebasa together. Enjoy!

I made this for dinner last night. I have seen many diffrent varaitions on this dish and I decided to make it my own. For medical reasons, I can’t make it to spicy not to mention the kids wouldn’t like it, but add the spice to suit your family. This also makes enough for 8 good size servings. So my family of four is eating it for left overs. Next time, I think I will make it in 8 by 8 dish and freeze the other 1/2.

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On a spur of the moment, my family and I went to our friends house. Of course this is when we just pulled this cake out of the oven so we took it with us. My family and friends loved this cake. In fact for my friend to ask for the recipe it was a real compliment, since she is a suburb cook herself.  Since, my husband and son, only eat firm bananas I am always trying  new recipes to use up ripe bananas. I fell the cake is sweet enough just to add powder sugar, but it would also be great with a cream cheese icing.

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Just because we are saving money doesn’t mean we forget that we need to get out every once in a while. So in that vein Baltimore is a great city, and I hope that other cities have similar events, as we have at least one money saving event city wide a season.

This week Baltimore Restaurant Week is running where you can go to one of those outstanding and expensive restaurants for no more then $30 a person for a three course meal! You know the ones I mean that have at least $$$ next to their name in the restaurant guides and newspapers.

An example of a menu, for those who fear getting the cheapest fare, is the menu from Caesar’s Den:

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