Thanks to Budget Savvy Diva for this weeks Frugal Eats recipe, Mediterranean Fava Bean Salad!

Ingredients

• 1 19 oz. can fava beans, drained ($1.59)
• 1 15 oz. can black olives, drained ($.99)
• 1 15 oz can petite diced tomatoes, drained ($.29)
• 2 Tbsp olive oil ($.20)
• 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar ($.10)
• 1 tsp dried basil ($.05)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Empty the beans, black olives and petite diced tomatoes into a mixing bowl.
2. In a small container with a lid, prepare the vinaigrette by adding the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dried basil and a little salt and pepper.  Shake vigorously.
3. Pour the dressing over the bean mixture and toss until evenly coated.
4. Serve, or chill and then serve.

Cost $3.22

I made homemade pizza for dinner last night.  Yummy!  In hindsight, a picture would have been nice.

I used FishMama’s pizza dough recipe.  It yielded approx. 4 pizzas worth of dough.  We used 2 for dinner and I froze the remaining 2 for later use.  The recipe calls for mixing in a bread machine, but I used my new Kitchenaid mixer and it worked great!   I altered the directions based on the pizza dough instructions for my mixer.

1 1/2 cups warm water
1/4 cup olive oil
2 Tablespoons honey
4 1/2 cups flour
1 Tablespoon salt
1 Tablespoon yeast

Dissolve yeast in warm water.  Add remaining ingredients less about 1 cup of flour.  Mix on speed 2 with dough hook attachment for about 2 minutes.  Add remaining flour.  Continue mixing about another 2 minutes.  Place dough in greased bowl, cover and let rise for an hour (or until dough about doubles in bulk).  Punch dough down and make your pizzas!

Thank you Sara at the Budget Savvy Diva for sharing this Zucchini Bread recipe with us! Yum!

In large bowl beat first five ingredients.
1 C Sugar
1 C Brown Sugar
3 Eggs
1 C Vegetable Oil
1 T Vanilla

Stir in next five ingredients.
3 C Flour
1 T Cinnamon
1 t Salt
1 t Baking Soda
¼ t Baking Powder

Blend in last three ingredients.
2 C Zucchini raw and shredded
½ C nuts {optional}
½ C Chocolate Chips {optional} I have these stored in my freezer from the sales last winter!

Pour into 2 greased and floured bread pans.

Bake at 325° for 50-6o minutes.

Enjoy!

I thought it would be fun to post a recipe from readers each week.  We all have so much to learn from one another, and frankly, I’m in a cooking rut. 

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