Recently, I participated in a financial workshop which had a fun twist: frugal, healthy recipes. I talked about how to make unsausage burgers. We all know how pricy it can be to eat out at fast food places all the time. With these burgers, however, you can make your own “fast food” at home. If [...]
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts
One super-easy way to fix a love-it-or-hate-it veggie that we know as Brussels sprouts is to roast them. Here’s how you do it. Cut your fresh brussels sprouts in half (especially if they are kind of large. The small ones, well, not so much.) Toss in a bowl with some olive oil. You don’t want [...]
Corn Bread/ Muffin Mix
Now that you’re convinced of the merits of making your own convenience food mixes at home, let’s talk recipes. Corn bread is a family favorite. It’s the perfect accompaniment for soup or chili, and it’s also great in my Black Bean Tamale Pie. You’ll want to stock up on Ziplock bags – preferably the quart [...]
Top Ten Reasons to Make Your Own Convenience Food Mixes
1. They taste good. Duh. Isn’t that one reason why we pick up mixes at the store? Whether it’s a cake mix, a box of mac and cheese, or a box of elaborate cous cous with olive oil and garlic, you’d have to agree that if it didn’t taste good to someone in your house, [...]
Black Bean Tamale Pie
I found the original for this recipe in one of my neglected cookbooks last week and thought I should give it a try. (It was on my menu plan as Cowboy tamale pie.) But I made several changes to the recipe, so really, it’s not much like the original any more. I have always enjoyed [...]
How to make vegetable broth
I love Trader Joe’s hearty vegetable broth. But with the nearest Trader Joe’s thousands of miles away, I figured it was high time to make my own vegetable broth. (Not to mention that I never, ever succeeded in using the entire aseptic container of broth at once and I had to freeze the remainder anyway!) [...]
Frugal Friday: nonstick cooking spray alternative
I recently bought a really cheap brand of nonstick cooking spray. It was $2-something at Smart and Final. That would have been a great find, except it didn’t work. It left gunky residue on my pans and it didn’t keep food from sticking. Ick! I kept thinking there has to be a greener way… a [...]
Tofu Tuesday, a day late
I was thinking of making breakfast burritos on Monday night, but opted for this easier-sounding breakfast casserole. Plus I just really, really wanted to try the “Mom’s Morning Casserole” from the Vegan Brunch Cookbook. I did make a few adjustments on this recipe. I pre-boiled the potatoes so they were already tender, so I just [...]
Sugar-free blueberry pie
For the recipe, visit my post here. For the explanation of how to do the lattice top, visit this short video tutorial on YouTube.
Going green… by eating greens!
In January we had the chance to visit a wonderful vegan restaurant. It’s quite a drive from where we live so we don’t go there often, but it was definitely worth trying out. (Oh, and it’s also more expensive than most restaurants we usually go to. Another reason why we shouldn’t live closer to it… [...]
