food – Mama Toni's Family Recipes

Skillet supper.

Cost in 2025: $8.49 for beef at Target. Buy one get one half off so I got a second for the freezer; pasta was $1.15 for the box. Mushrooms were $2.49. Evaporated milk was $.79. Spices I already had in my pantry so cost nothing extra for them. All spice and nutmeg and onion powderContinue reading “Skillet supper.”

All purpose grilled chicken breasts.

1/4 cup olive oil Juice from one lemon 1 tbsp garlic, minced 1 tbsp dried parsley or 1/4 cup fresh minced 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp ground thyme 1/2 tsp table salt 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts or 3 smaller Mix all ingredients in bowl. Pour into shallowContinue reading “All purpose grilled chicken breasts.”

Grilled chicken marinade: no refined sugar

1/2 cup honey 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 tsp ground ginger 2 cloves crushed garlic 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts Mix first four ingredients together. marinade chicken 30 minutes to 2 hours. There isn’t acid in this so your meat texture won’t get weird. Grill on direct medium high heat for 8 minutes. Turn andContinue reading “Grilled chicken marinade: no refined sugar”

Empanada dough (no filling recipe)

4 cups bread flour 3/4 cup lard 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 cup cold water 1 egg well beaten Place the bread flour, lard, and butter in a medium mixing bowl. Rub the lard and butter into the flour until evenly blended. Easiest to do this by pinchingContinue reading “Empanada dough (no filling recipe)”

Who am I, and why should you be here?

My name is Toni. I’m a Gen X mom of four and completely untrained in cooking. I DID, however, grow up in a house where cooking as a family was a weekly event. At 9 years old, my mom went to work outside the home, and we each took turns making dinner. I started withContinue reading “Who am I, and why should you be here?”