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Regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, I thought I’d gather together our Simply Recipes team’s top tips for adding a little ease (and a few bucks) back into your next grocery shopping trip. 1 About That Budget …. First off, do you have a budget for groceries? Do you really know how much you spend each month? No judgement from me, as we constantly go over-budget in our house, but having a baseline goal will help you understand your spending habits and possibly pivot or make changes mid-month if it looks like things are going off the rails (as they do)....

An arroz con pollo you find in Cuba may be quite different than one you find in Peru. Please read the comments at the end of this recipe to see some wonderful classic versions of this dish. My Family’s Recipe for Arroz Con Pollo What follows is my mother’s basic arroz con pollo recipe, which she adjusts depending on her mood and what she has on hand. For instance, she might substitute chipotle chile powder or red chile powder for the paprika....

Chocolate Zucchini Bread That’s right! Rich chocolate flavor and grated zucchini are a match made in heaven! A little unsweetened cocoa powder and some semisweet chocolate chips turn zucchini bread into a decadent treat full of moisture and flavor that tastes more like dessert. If you have zucchini growing faster than you can eat it, this is the recipe for you. It will fly off the plate every time you slice it up....

Uh huh. You too? Yep, can’t escape it. The cowboy bean scene in Blazing Saddles. I only watched that movie once and even I remember that scene. (Of course at the time I would never admit to my scatologically obsessed brothers that I found it remotely funny, lest it encouraged them to be even more obnoxious.) Humorous cultural references aside, cowboy beans are actually good, and an excellent accompaniment to summer barbecues....

I wanted to make something that would work well with fresh or frozen beans, so we could enjoy it during any season. In this creamy green beans with mushrooms recipe, we first lightly boil green beans (I used frozen), then toss them with cremini and shiitake mushrooms and onions that have been sautéed in butter. At the very end sour cream is added to bring everything together. If the sour cream seems odd, think of this as a stroganoff....

Easy Cheese Sauce When it comes to food, even some of my favorite things only get even more delicious when you add cheese. Thanks to this Easy Cheese Sauce, you’ll want to dip all the things in cheese. At the top of my list of favorite thing to dip in cheese sauce is soft pretzels. YUM! We have a great recipe HERE for soft pretzels. You can also dip fries, potato wedges, or steamed vegetables....

There are several methods and twists for making garlic bread, the easiest being just rubbing a cut clove of garlic over toasted slices of Italian or French bread, and spreading the toast with olive oil or butter. Here are a couple of methods that make wonderful garlic bread, depending on how you like it, either toasty or soft. Toasty or Soft Garlic Bread? The methods for making toasty garlic bread or soft garlic bread are slightly different:...

Do you like chicken? Then you’ll love garlic chicken, a classic recipe of chicken parts that have been browned in olive oil, then cooked with white wine and garlic. It’s also known as “40 Clove Chicken” because that’s how many garlic cloves you’ll use to make the dish. So, crazy right? 40 cloves? Here’s the thing. There’s something about the browning and stewing of the garlic that completely mellows it out....

Homemade Italian dressing is a prime example. You shake it up in an ordinary jar using pantry staples. The whole operation will take you under 2 minutes and results in enough dressing to get you through a couple of family-sized salads. Plus, it’s made with heart-healthy olive oil and packs less sugar and none of the gums or additives in many ready-made dressings. The inspiration for the flavor here is the old school Good Seasons Italian Dressing I grew up on....

You will love this chocolate peppermint bark swirl! Using a high-quality chocolate will help add flavor and deliciousness to the bark. We love using Ghirardelli or Guittard chocolate to enhance flavors, and the chocolate is smooth and silky, it is not waxy or have that extra film on it. This blend of melted chocolates is the perfect holiday treat for the season! This peppermint bark recipe is always so easy to make and everyone loves it!...

Sandwiches are the ideal lazy summer dinner because they keep it cool. Literally, the kitchen stays a few degrees cooler because we’re not heating anything, but also theoretically, things stay cooler because Sandwiches For Dinner telegraphs: Mom is in a fun mood. Something about having sandwiches for dinner just feels different. It feels like breaking the rules, which kids love, and the secret truth of the matter is that moms love it too....

It may feel like a tricky or complicated piece of butchery but all you need to do is turn the bird breast side down and cut down eat side of the backbone, which allows you to open it up and press it out flat. A sturdy pair of kitchen scissors is the best tool for the job, or you can use a sharp chef’s knife. Harissa: Spicy and Delicious Harissa is a fragrant spicy chili paste from North Africa....

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It turns out that you can whip the heck out of a can of coconut cream and make yourself an extraordinary topping for pie, hot chocolate, or any dessert. To make coconut whipped cream, you just need a can of coconut and a little planning. The can of coconut milk needs to be chilled for at least 8 hours before making the whipped cream. This helps the dense coconut cream to separate from the thin coconut water and solidify....

This cornbread stuffing has a lot to offer: earthy cornbread, crunchy pecans, sweet cranberries and herby California green ripe olives. Green olives are what make this stuffing truly special and unique. California green ripe olives are particularly mild and buttery, which make them a perfect contrast to the rest of the flavors in this recipe. Olives are great flavor absorbers, too! Add them to the seasoned vegetables and let them cook for a few minutes and they will take on all that sage and thyme goodness....