co-op tips

  • use frozen onions
  • bags of salad, add extras like carrots & cukes
  • tubs of ready-made or frozen mashed potatoes - just add your own butter, milk, salt and pepper
  • Baggies to steam vegetables






recipes & tips

Here are just a few sample recipes to help you get started. Click on each to download a pdf complete with ingredients and directions. In my recipes or as side dishes, I try to use lots of fruits and vegetables for well-balanced, healthy meals for my family.

brunswick stew
The warm meal for a cold winter night ... I have spent 18 years perfecting it! Click here for the recipe.

tuna cakes
A simple, inexpensive meal for anytime. Click here for the recipe.

grilled veggie fajitas
The flavor of the grilled sweet potatoes, red bell pepper, portobellos, zucchini, and red onion make these fajitas extra special and healthy. Special thanks to You've Got Supper for this recipe. Click here for the recipe.

French Dip Sandwich
You put the beef for this flavorful sandwich in the crockpot to cook all day, then slice it and top toasted bread for dinner. Click here for the recipe.