This is a great Sunday morning food. It is super cheap and so so easy, I had forgotten about this little dish until I saw it on Food network the other day.
If you are familiar with popovers then this will look super similar.
The best thing about these are you can make them your own. Top them with whatever you want. Fruit and Powdered sugar are my favorite toppers.
We have a nice little strawberry patch out back and Strawberries make the perfect topper. Blueberries are another fave with a bit of lemon zest but sometimes blueberries can be expensive!
The rule to this little beauty is 1/4 cup of flour and 1/4 cup of milk for each egg.
So here is what I do.
First make sure your pan is cast Iron OR Oven safe!
3TBS butter (.25)
3 Eggs (room temp) (.30)
3/4 cup whole milk (room temp) (.25)
3/4 cup flour (.14)
Heaping (and I mean heaping, don't be shy now) TBS of sugar (negligible)
2 tsp of Vanilla I eye ball it (you will find I am famous for "eyeballing") (.25-.50 depending on your vanilla quality/cost)
a pinch of Kosher salt (I always use kosher or sea salt but a pinch of table salt is fine as well)(negligible)
Fruit of your choice (assuming it is out of season we will say 2.00 a pint for berries)
Lemon (.33)
Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
Preheat your oven to 400°
Place your butter in your skillet on medium- med/low heat (or stick it in your preheating oven) to melt the butter in the pan. This will grease your pan and melt the butter to be placed in your dutch baby batter. Now you can do this by hand if you want to but if you want to do it the easy way, pull that blender out (or food processor) Add everything but the butter and blend on medium speed until uniform. (if mixing by hand combine your milk and eggs first then add your other ingredients making sure to mix out all the lumps) Now grab that butter, swirl it around in the pan to coat it all and then pour into your batter, whisk to combine. Pour mixture into the pan and place in oven. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until puffy in the middle and golden brown around the edges.
While it is cooking prepare your fruit. You can use any fruit blueberries, strawberries, apples (baked), peaches.. Whatever is in season and that will cut your cost immensely. With berries, zest the lemon and add half the juice to the berries sprinkle with a tad of sugar. When it is done, pull it out of the oven and dust it with powdered sugar, cut into pizza like slices and top with the fruit of your choice. The possibilities are endless and the reward is, well so sweet.
You can change up the dutch baby by changing your extract, try lemon extract topped with blueberries, or maple extract topped with baked apples, or even with chopped nuts and drizzled with caramel. Don't like fresh fruit? Top it with some nutella or just some pancake syrup.
Want something more savory? use maple extract and serve with sausage patties!
You won't be disappointed and neither will your family!
I will be making this twice this week so be sure to check back and see the pictures of this baby!!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Introduction
I am not new to the blogging game. I love to blog about all things. I want, this year, to start a blog with money saving recipes that don't short you on taste. I decided this blog should have its own domain so that it will be easier to maintain for me and easier for you to find exactly what you are looking for.
Hopefully I will post daily. My goal is to create meals for you under $10 (realistically) and under $5 (hopefully).
I am starting from scratch. I haven't stockpiled, I haven't grocery shopped yet. Just have my pantry items. This way you can see from start to finish. I often find blogs about Cheap meals and find that though they are cheap for that person, they are not for me because I don't have the same stock-pile.
This week I have some family coming to stay so I am hoping to bring you awesome cheap meals that can feed up to 6 people.
Along with money saving recipes I hope to share with (and gain from you) some money saving tips.
To start:
Always, Always, ALWAYS make a meal plan. When you make a meal plan for the week, and your grocery list from that you can save a lot of money just by following that.
When making a meal plan, think about leftovers usually you can have Friday as a potluck day, warm all the left overs and your meal was free!!!
Also keep in mind whatever is on sale should be on your meal plan. Try hard to stay with the meats that are on special or "managers special" find out what days your local store marks down meat and take advantage of it by freezing those meats when you get home.
When you find a great deal make extra and freeze it, what mom doesn't love a meal that is just a thaw and cook dinner! Chili, soups, sauces, meatloaf, casseroles all freeze well (when freezing a soup with a pasta, don't add the pasta to the quarts you freeze and it will make it taste that much fresher)
Don't be afraid to try new ideas and fail. I've failed many times but it is a live and learn process.
Have a picky eater? Never fear, Heather is here. My husband (God bless his lil ole heart) is one of the pickiest eaters I've ever met, he doesn't like veggies in his food ie. Onions, peppers etc... But guess what, I found a way to put them in and he most of the time has no clue. I also have a son with texture issues, talk about a challenge. I seriously think he may turn into a chicken nugget. He won't eat anything that is "wet" or "soggy" or "mushy" but give him a cupcake doused in icing and he is all about mushy food.
When I set my budget, I set it $10 under what I want to spend (that way I am not so devastated if I go a little over). I always pay IN CASH, I leave my debit card and check book at home so those impulse buys are less tempting. I usually set my budget between $50-$100 for the week. (unless it is the week I have to buy cleaning supplies and diapers)
Use coupons, it is a pain in the patoot but it can be worth it. I find it hard to use coupons because we don't eat a lot of processed foods (though my husband loves fake mashed taters over the homemade ones, no clue what is wrong with him).
Start an herb garden and save a ton of money. Parsley, basil, garlic and chives are my favorite (though I killed all of mine this year by setting them under my AC vent :/) Grow veggies, even if you are in a small apartment you can still grow tomatoes, peppers etc... You'd be surprised how much money you save with just those two items (making and freezing sauces, dicing and freezing the peppers).
I hope you enjoy this blog as much as I am going to enjoy writing it!
Hopefully I will post daily. My goal is to create meals for you under $10 (realistically) and under $5 (hopefully).
I am starting from scratch. I haven't stockpiled, I haven't grocery shopped yet. Just have my pantry items. This way you can see from start to finish. I often find blogs about Cheap meals and find that though they are cheap for that person, they are not for me because I don't have the same stock-pile.
This week I have some family coming to stay so I am hoping to bring you awesome cheap meals that can feed up to 6 people.
Along with money saving recipes I hope to share with (and gain from you) some money saving tips.
To start:
Always, Always, ALWAYS make a meal plan. When you make a meal plan for the week, and your grocery list from that you can save a lot of money just by following that.
When making a meal plan, think about leftovers usually you can have Friday as a potluck day, warm all the left overs and your meal was free!!!
Also keep in mind whatever is on sale should be on your meal plan. Try hard to stay with the meats that are on special or "managers special" find out what days your local store marks down meat and take advantage of it by freezing those meats when you get home.
When you find a great deal make extra and freeze it, what mom doesn't love a meal that is just a thaw and cook dinner! Chili, soups, sauces, meatloaf, casseroles all freeze well (when freezing a soup with a pasta, don't add the pasta to the quarts you freeze and it will make it taste that much fresher)
Don't be afraid to try new ideas and fail. I've failed many times but it is a live and learn process.
Have a picky eater? Never fear, Heather is here. My husband (God bless his lil ole heart) is one of the pickiest eaters I've ever met, he doesn't like veggies in his food ie. Onions, peppers etc... But guess what, I found a way to put them in and he most of the time has no clue. I also have a son with texture issues, talk about a challenge. I seriously think he may turn into a chicken nugget. He won't eat anything that is "wet" or "soggy" or "mushy" but give him a cupcake doused in icing and he is all about mushy food.
When I set my budget, I set it $10 under what I want to spend (that way I am not so devastated if I go a little over). I always pay IN CASH, I leave my debit card and check book at home so those impulse buys are less tempting. I usually set my budget between $50-$100 for the week. (unless it is the week I have to buy cleaning supplies and diapers)
Use coupons, it is a pain in the patoot but it can be worth it. I find it hard to use coupons because we don't eat a lot of processed foods (though my husband loves fake mashed taters over the homemade ones, no clue what is wrong with him).
Start an herb garden and save a ton of money. Parsley, basil, garlic and chives are my favorite (though I killed all of mine this year by setting them under my AC vent :/) Grow veggies, even if you are in a small apartment you can still grow tomatoes, peppers etc... You'd be surprised how much money you save with just those two items (making and freezing sauces, dicing and freezing the peppers).
I hope you enjoy this blog as much as I am going to enjoy writing it!
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