Apple Slices Dipped In Peanut Butter Then Dipped Again in Seeds

A pile of apple slices, a pile of peanut butter, a pile of salty seeds (I used pumpkin but sunflower might be better).
Dip each bite of apple in the peanut butter, coat the peanut butter with seeds, then take the bite.

Becky's Orangecello

Ingredients:
8 ripe oranges (for Limoncello, use lemons)
750 ml vodka

Directions:
Zest fruit and soak in vodka for 8 days
Dissolve 3/4 c sugar in 750 ml water over low heat
Let it cool and mix with vodka mixtures.
Let it sit for about 5 days

PBJ Oatmeal

Jessie told me about this recipe. Add peanut butter, jelly, and a little salt to your oatmeal, as well as milk or something creamy. I raised my eyebrows at first but when I tasted it: pure satisfaction.

Potato Leek Soup

This is a great soup to make a ton of and have on hand all week. It requires only three ingredients (one of which is butter) so it's a good one to try if you're at the store and don't want to run all over getting ingredients. I like to make as much as I can, using roughly equal parts leeks and potatoes.

Russet Potatoes, peeled and chopped
Leeks, trimmed, washed well, and sliced

Put chopped leeks and potatoes into large pot and cover with water. Bring to boil and simmer till potatoes are done (about 45 minutes). Mash with a fork until smooth. Add some big hunks of butter and salt to taste.

Never Run Out of Tacos

Okay, so my sister is always complaining that I never have any food in the house when she comes over. Really she's saying that she never has any food in the house when I come over. This recipe costs almost nothing and it's easy to always have ingredients on hand.

Ingredients (even a few of the following fillings make a good meal):

Pinto Beans
Pepper Jack or other spicy cheese
Potatoes
Corn Tortillas (They are sold even at the stores where all their flour tortillas are gross. They are also inexpensive, come in bulk, and last a long time)
Tapatio, Crystal or other hot sauce
Chopped Onion
Fried plantains (optional)
Red Cabbage (also lasts practically forever!)
Salt

Directions:

Wash and cut up the potatoes, and make enough for leftovers. Put them in the microwave for 4 minutes and heat up canola or other light vegetable oil on a skillet. After the potatoes have been cooked in the microwave, fry them in oil until crispy. (Optional: add vinegar and sugar). Add salt.

Put a can or two of pinto beans in a pot and heat on medium. Add some olive oil and Tapatio and mash them up so they are still kind of whole but more liquid.

Fry up the tortillas until bubbling and a little crispy.

Put cheese on open tortilla, then put beans and potatoes inside, being careful not to overfill. Slide a fresh tortilla underneath and let it heat up so it's steamy and soft. Add cabbage and onions and fold into a taco. Drizzle hot sauce on each bite.

One makes a light meal, two makes a hearty meal.