Enjoy some outdoor grilling!

Chicken Oregano

6-8 bone-in chicken portions (whatever is cheapest & sounds best)
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 T dried oregano, rubbed
salt and pepper
2 garlic cloves, crushed

Arrange chicken portions in a large, shallow dish. In a small bowl, combine the oil, wine, oregano, salt and pepper, and the garlic. Mix well. Spread the marinade over the chicken portions, cover, and refrigerate for 2-3 hours, turning and rearranging occasionally. Place chicken portions on an oiled broiler rack and cook under a preheated broiler for about 30 minutes or until the chicken is crisp and golden on the outside and cooked through, turning and rearranging several times during cooking. Serve warm or cold.

Rice & Noodle Pilaf

1 tablespoon butter
1/2 tablespoon oil
2 cloves minced garlic
1/2 onion chopped (I omit because I don’t like onions)
1 cup of egg noodles
1 cup of rice
1/2 cup dry wine
2 cups chicken broth (use the Fit & Active brand to cut down on sodium)

Heat oil and add butter. Once the butter is melted, sauté onion and garlic on high. Add noodles and rice and toss until toasted. Reduce heat to low and add wine and chicken broth. Cover and cook for 20 minutes or until rice is done and liquid absorbed.

Note: In my slow cooker, I put this on before we leave for church and can come home and have dinner ready when we get back. If you have a newer slow cooker, you can aim for two or three hours tops! Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Ravioli

1 (25 ounce) bag beef or cheese ravioli
1 (26 ounce) jar pasta sauce
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Pour about half of the pasta sauce in the bottom of slow cooker. Add frozen ravioli. Pour additional pasta sauce, tomato sauce, and water over ravioli. Sprinkle cheese on top. Turn slow cooker on low and cook for four to five hours (until ravioli are tender).

My Domestic Church was kind enough to include me as her Works-For-Me Wednesday post as something that works for her. What an honor and delight it was to see our blog listed as a solution for a family.

Overall, I have received great feedback from doing this site, but I do receive some really ugly hate mail too. People feel I should be encouraging others to buy locally and support their farmers market, others feel that organic is the only types of food that I should encourage, and others just plain hate Aldi.

On My Domestic Church, this was one of the comments that appeared. I was pretty surprised. Any feelings on this comment?

Aldi’s is for poor people, God bless them. Eating crap like that will put you in an early grave and make you obese.

If you are buying Aldi, are you too poor to shop the regular supermarket?  Do you shop there because you like a good deal or do you just like their food?

We are a middle class family with two children. We are not rich, but we are not poor. I shop at Aldi because it is the best I can do for my money and I don’t like going to multiple stores for good deals. I usually only shop Aldi or I shop Aldi and pick one loss leader for the week.

Sound off and share your Aldi experience! I am curious why you shop there!