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Peanut Butter Banana Brownies

Welcome to the August 2nd, 2015 edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch (or in this case, semi-scratch) around grocery sales and affordable ingredients. This week’s mystery sale ingredients: Peanut butter and brownie mix! So you know how a lot of my Sunday Scratchups recipes are healthier and/or allergy friendly? Well... This ain't …

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Onion Flowers -- An Easy + Beautiful Recipe

Onion Flowers are an easy & beautiful side dish option -- so pretty when you make them with red onions, and only five ingredients! Welcome to the July 26th edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales & affordable ingredients. This week's mystery sale ingredient is: Red onions! In today's Onion …

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Twice Baked Potato Mice

Welcome to the July 19th edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients. This week our mystery sale ingredient is: Potatoes. Ten pound bags are on sale at various produce stores this week for $1.50-$1.75... and, well: That's a lot of mice! This recipe is adapted from the …

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Rainbow Salad with Homemade Parmesan Vinaigrette

Welcome to the July 12th edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery store sales and affordable ingredients. This week: Rainbow Salad with Homemade Parmesan Vinaigrette, yum. We're now deep in the throes of cheap summer produce deals, so shop your own local produce stores or farmers markets for great deals, and …

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Chimichurri Pork Loin with Roasted Chile-Lime Potatoes

Welcome to the June 28th edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery store sales and always affordable ingredients. Our next mystery sale ingredient is pork loin, largely because I recently picked some up at $1.29/lb and needed to use mine or freeze it. You might have one in your freezer from …

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