In the past when I thought of eating raw food I figured the occasional salad would be enough. I have to admit to not particularly enjoying salads so when I say occasional I should say rarely. Joe would kind of get after me because I would serve salad for dinner and encourage the children to …
I was looking for a way to use fish broth and ingredients I had on hand. Internet searching found a fun site which talked about a rice porridge/soup dish called congee. I thought that sounded like a pretty good way to use the fish broth and combined some of the congee ideas to come up …
A few weeks ago I mentioned how I like to use a formula for making muffins. Having a formula as opposed to a recipe allows me a little freedom to develop the muffin with whatever ingredients I have on hand, want to use up, or get creative and mix up a new flavor plus it …
A short while ago, Wardeh at gnowfglins.com talked about her kitchen and and how well used it is. I can relate to this. My kitchen is what I think is called a galley kitchen and is a little on the small side. I do have lots of cabinet space which is nice and a little …
I love the concept of a Rubber Chicken. Cooking one chicken and turning it into 2, 3 or more meals is not a new idea. Here is a post that shows how to turn that chicken into five meals. I’ve been using the Rubber Chicken (or Planned Overs) concept for quite awhile but not …
Month two of my Once A Month Shopping. I went to two different stores this month. Baby Christopher was with me but so was my married daughter Angel. I’m so glad that she went along. At the first store (Smith’s), I ended up having to get a second cart and after checking out we had …
I have been tracking what we spend on food during the month of October. I was inspired partly to do this by Jenny at the Nourished Kitchen and her Food Stamp Challenge. For the month of October, Jenny has been feeding her family of 3 on $227 shopping only at places that accept food stamp …
“Egg Flower” Soup and Fried Rice The basis of the soup is my homemade chicken stock and the flavoring was inspired by this lentil soup recipe which we love. The basis of the fried rice is, well, rice – brown rice. I should tell you up front that neither of these are close to authentic …
I have been tracking what we spend on food during the month of October. As of last Sunday we had spent $439 on food for October. This week we added $173, for a new total of $612. This week was pretty high for one main reason. It was my birthday over the weekend and on …
We have quite a bit of antelope stew meat. I love the taste of the antelope it is a little like venison and a little like elk but quite definitely it’s own flavor. GNOWFGLINS is hosting a Gallery of Soups this Friday. My contribution is Antelope Stew, I’m sure that if you do not have …
I’m taking a hard look at what we spend on food during the month of October. As of last Sunday we had spent $356 on food. I added $83. $61 of that was at Alberts*n’s and $22 was for burgers while we were out and about on Saturday. That will bring our new total for …
I love a good muffin! And I love having an easy and adaptable recipe that I can rely on. A book that I have enjoyed for years is The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn. In The Complete Tightwad Gazette (Amazon affiliate link- this post may contain additional affiliate links) the author shares an adaptable recipe for muffins …
> We had a pretty good food week last week. I tried a few new things that we really enjoyed. Wednesday night we had breakfast for dinner. My girls love crepes. For the filling I combined homemade cream cheese (yogurt that the whey has dripped out of) and kefir cheese (2 parts cream cheese to …
Lulu came home from school today talking about her cooking class and that she had learned about pasteurized eggs. I thought that she meant pasteurized egg product (you know, the stuff that comes in those little cartons and talks about ‘beating eggs’) but she corrected me and said no, eggs in a shell that are …
Remember me mentioning that I got a ton of chicken livers? I’ve been steadily using them up. I have been trying to serve either chicken or beef liver once a week because I believe in the health benefits of it. Beef liver we like done with onions, bacon and mushrooms. Chicken liver so far I’ve …