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Pasta with spinach, lemon, basil, and salmon
This has been a summer dish of ours for some time. It is fresh tasting, healthy, and quick. One thing I really love about this meal is the texture. The chewiness of the pasta and the lightness of the...
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Chicken Makhani (Indian Butter Chicken)
This is ridiculously indulgent, makes the house smell delicious, and freezes well. It happens to be my favorite Indian dish, so a few years ago, I decided to figure out how to make it myself. Spices...
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Cooking cheap this week of 7/31/13
Every Tuesday when the grocery ads are dropped on my doorstep, I look through them all for fresh food to cook for the week and staples to stock up on. Most of these stores’ ads run Wednesday through...
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Broiled herb marinated chicken
Chicken pieces are usually a bargain, and they can be really flavorful. And who doesn’t like chicken? This is an easy recipe that doesn’t require any special ingredients, techniques, or equipment....
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Cooking cheap this week of 8/7/13
Every Tuesday when the grocery ads are dropped on my doorstep, I look through them all for fresh food to cook for the week and staples to stock up on. Most of these stores’ ads run Wednesday through...
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Spice rubbed salmon
Here is a simple way to prepare summer’s great salmon. The rub is versatile, so you can serve most any side without fear of flavors clashing. All you need is a good deal on salmon Mine was frozen from...
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Splurges for less: Seared tuna salad
This is a quick and easy healthy meal, so I used to make this salad regularly when I was working outside the home. Because that was also before I put my efforts into frugality, I shudder to think what...
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Everything dip (for veggies, chips, crackers, etc.)
This dip is a great alternative to premade refrigerated sour cream dips, which are often expensive and full of preservatives. This is also a perfect food for grazing, and therefore a great thing to...
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Cooking cheap this week of 8/14/13
Every Tuesday when the grocery ads are dropped on my doorstep, I look through them all for fresh food to cook for the week and staples to stock up on. Most of these stores’ ads run Wednesday through...
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Katrina’s roasted tomato basil risotto
My best friend created this dish after eating something similar in a restaurant. It is such a bright and flavorful way to enjoy risotto. It is made for summer and a perfect way to use the abundance of...
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Pork chops Milanese
This is my favorite way to cook boneless pork chops, which tend to dry out with other cooking methods. It is a really inexpensive way to have something one might order at a restaurant at home. As a...
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New kitchen gear!
Look what arrived on my doorstep yesterday! This is so exciting! Thanks to my awesome mom, for my birthday, I got most of the items on my kitchen wishlist. I can’t wait to try them out. I’ve been...
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Asian chicken salad
This is another one of those more general suggestion, rather than strict recipe, type things. I really like it this way, but there are plenty of ways to modify if you hate cilantro, are allergic to...
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Margarita
A real margarita is too good and too easy to make to be ignored in favor of a mix full of sugar, or worse, high fructose corn syrup. Make it yourself and impress your friends! It is really easy, I am...
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Pasta shells with rapini and sausage
This dish is derived from a recipe recommended by my dear friend Katrina (of the roasted tomato basil risotto). The original is made with orechiette. While I love it made that way, since we don’t all...
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Strategic shopping: $40 goes a long way if you choose the right store
I am finding that the part of my frugality that I am most proud of is the hardest one to put in to words. I used to get so stressed over wasting food, feeling like I wasn’t meal planning efficiently,...
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Unfortunately I was in need of a…DIY lumbar support pillow!
I wish I could say I haven’t posted in a while because I came into a windfall of some sort and am so busy spending all of my money that I can’t be bothered to think about being frugal. Unfortunately,...
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Crunchy fish tenders with homemade tartar sauce
This is a great kid-friendly dish that can be made ahead and frozen for those times when you need to feed a kid quickly and separately and don’t want to serve overly processed junk. It might seem less...
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Simple mashed sweet potatoes
As a child, I loathed sweet potatoes. All I knew of sweet potatoes was either the frozen glazed variety that my mom, out of obligation, threw in the oven each Thanksgiving for my dad or the...
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Chicken and spinach with balsamic tomato sauce
This recipe has had a long evolution in this house. I finally feel like it is just right! It started out as a healthy and quick weeknight option. My most recent addition was the polenta, which added a...
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