Cooking/Meals
From Freezer to Table: Simpler Meals
I am a great proponent of menu planning (see Simplifying Dinner: Four Steps to Simplify Planning), but I find that searching out recipes can be very time consuming. For the last few weeks, I have been doing an alternate method of food prep that is giving me a break. We have been cooking from the [...]
Growing Sprouts: Guest Article Now At AlmostFrugal
Almost Frugal was kind enough to publish an article I wrote about growing sprouts at home. Check it out: Growing Sprouts Frugally.
20 Ways to Save Time In the Kitchen
In our busy lives, we look for ways to save time. Unless you eat out all the time, preparing food can be a large chunk of your free time. Here are twenty ways to save time in the kitchen:
1. Have a Plan
The number one time saver in the kitchen is knowing what you are going [...]
How To Use Up Leftover Bread
I like to make and eat home-made bread. Having been raised on home-made bread, I find most commercial bread rather lacking. At the same time, making bread at home usually leaves me in a scramble to use it up before it gets moldy.
I put myself to think about how I could use leftover bread, and [...]
How to Frugal-ize Cooking
My mother rarely used recipes unless she was baking. For everyday dinners, she would simple go off the cuff, usually deciding what to make the day of the dinner. While it didn’t lead to a large amounts of variations, it did always come out well.
My mother is also queen of frugality. She buys things on [...]
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