Common household remedies requests
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| Cheap Eats! | chocolate, rice crispy |
If you like chocolate and peanut butter - this recipe is for you! First, make peanut butter rice crispy treats, recipe can be found at: http://www.ricekrispies.com/recipes/peanut-butter-treats.aspx#/recipes/peanut-butter-treats To make it easy, I've brought the key parts of the recipe over: 3 Tbsp margarine or butter 4 cups mini marshmallows 1/2 cup peanut butter 6 cups rice crispies |
| Cheap Eats! | eggplant, nummy!, onion, peppers, pizza, recipe, veggies |
Double-Roasted Veggie Pizza I love this time of year, because at last locally-grown red peppers, onions and squash are as cheap as they get. I baked my first roasted-veggie pizza out of a box from a high-toned market, and as soon as I really thought about it, I knew I could make one better. As with many things, the secret's in the sauce. The roasted eggplant spread becomes a lovely pizza/spaghetti sauce, should you add a few canned tomatoes instead of tomato paste, or thin out the paste with a bit of water or wine. |
| Cheap Eats: Spicy Applesauce Oatmeal Bread | twig |
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| Cheap Eats! | chicken, pozole, recipe |
Goldberry posted this recipe in the comment thread and agreed to let me move it to it's own post: Have you ever had Green Pozole and Chicken?? This recipe is as quick as it gets for a delicious dinner. Green pozole and chicken 1 bottle green salsa Directions: Add salsa, broth and pozole to a large pot. Stir til hot. Add chicken. Stir til hot. Serve with garnishes. |
| Cheap Eats! | peppers, pork, recipe, tomatillo |
Chile peppers are the biggest export crop from New Mexico and NMSU even has a Chile Pepper Institute dedicated to chile peppers. Also, in New Mexico, they are called chile peppers, as opposed to chili. The stew at the pub had some potatoes in it and the special New Mexico chile. I've been trying several different recipes to approximate this stew and at last, I've arrived at one that seems to be like the one at the pub. When working with Hatch chile peppers, be sure to wear gloves! They aren't super hot but they definitely have some bite. |
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My great grandmother grew up on a farm in the late 1800's. When she was around 9 years old, it was her job to get up before dawn and make over 100 biscuits every day. She was so small that she stood on a big wooden box to roll out the dough and cut the biscuits that would be served to all the farm hands before they started work. She grew to about 4'10" as an adult and had something like 11 kids (might have been 13, I can't remember for sure). She was lovingly called a "ball of fire". We had biscuits with breakfast almost every weekend and sometimes during the week with dinner when I was growing up. My mom makes biscuits without measuring. She just scoops the shortening and flour with a spoon and they always come out perfect. I have to follow the measurements from the side of the "Clabber Girl" baking powder can because I don't make biscuits very often. |
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| Cheap Eats! | bread, recipe |
I recently made Gyros. Well not really, but more like chicken with tzatziki and feta and some veggies served in a pita. The main ingredients for making gyros can be found for pretty low prices. For a meal that covers all the food groups: meat, veggies, dairy, grain and has just all around good taste, gyros are nearly perfect. Nearly. So here's the problem, pita bread costs over $3 for a small package. Not exactly cheap.
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| Cheap Eats! | cabbage, recipe |
This recipe doubles easily and tastes better as it sits in the refrigerator. Perfect if there is a chance you will be without power in the next few days. Oriental Chicken Salad |
| Cheap Eats! | recipe, zucchini |
My garden zucchini is doing great! Even with all the zucchini I have given away... please! Take some!! I still have a bunch to eat. Since I also have feta cheese left from my gyros, I've tried a quick veggie side dish. |
| Cheap Eats! | cucumber, recipe, yogurt |
Gyros! Unless you are Greek and then these are some other thing that doesn't count as proper gyros for a number of good reasons... This recipe serves 2 but can be doubled or tripled to serve more. |
| Cheap Eats! | Recipes |
RL will require my presence for a few days, so I won't be able to post any recipes. Kathryn had a great idea to do a "camping recipe" post where we could share recipes for cookouts or camping. Hopefully there are campers/hikers who can help out because when I go camping I bring things like instant oatmeal, bagels with cream cheese and hot dogs cooked over the fire on sticks. I usually bring bags of cut up and easy to snack on fruit and vegetables too. I have seen dump cake made in a camping style dutch oven (they have legs that allow them to stand on coals) over a campfire and it was so good... |
| Cheap Eats! | recipe, sweet potato |
Need something easy for dinner? Baked sweet potatoes are cheap and can be ready in about 15 minutes. Poke the top of the potato with a fork several times and microwave for about 7 or 8 minutes, or until the potato is soft when pushed on the side. I like to remove the peel and then pour a little maple syrup over the top with a dash of salt. They are also good with just a little butter or nothing at all. The best part is that sweet potatoes are filling and super nutritious. http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64 |
| Cheap Eats! | bread, recipe |
Irish Soda Bread For background about this easy bread, read the Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread story: http://www.sodabread.info/ This bread really is easy to make and tastes good with soups, stews or salads. Actually, during the summer it goes nicely with a dinner salad because it tends to be a bit heavier, almost like a scone or a home-made biscuit, rather than being light with air pockets like a yeast bread. I have tried the white bread version on several different occasions and it turns out nicely every time. Toasted leftover soda bread is awesome. |
| Cheap Eats! | Recipes, zucchini |
My garden FINALLY gave me some zucchini! So far it is the only thing producing. I do have promising green tomatoes but the weather has been mostly cool and overcast this summer, it might be the end of the month before they turn red! Here is a quick zucchini stir-fry recipe, |
| Cheap Eats! | cucumber, garbanzo beans, recipe, tomato |
This is recipe originally came from the side of a box of CousCous. I've changed it through trial and error. Many of the ingredients are common for gardeners to grow, so maybe that will help with making it cheap. My garden is getting off to a late start but I've had good luck getting good prices on fruits and vegetables lately at the local produce store. The couscous is probably the most expensive ingredient. CousCous Salad |
| Cheap Eats! | red pepper |
Frozen Bell Peppers Not everyone has a good freezer available. I used to dream of the day I could keep ice cream at home! If your freezer isn't quite as "freezing" as it should be, you can still use it to take advantage of sales but don't keep things quite as long. |
| Cheap Eats! | cheese, recipe |
Comfort food edition. My grandmother has made pimento cheese spread forever and would send these sandwiches in a paper lunch bag when my sister and I were flying home after a visit. We would eat them before the plane even took off! Pimento Cheese Spread |
| Cheap Eats! | avocado, greens, recipe |
Summer Salad 1 large ripe avocado, diced |
| Cheap Eats! | Pasta, recipe, zucchini |
The grandfather of a friend was hospitalized this weekend. Since that time, my friend has been at the hospital, at her grandfather's house to clean up and find paperwork, dealing with her family dynamics that put her in the position of being the "adult" even though she is the grandchild, and taking care of her family at home. She is exhausted! There isn't much I can do to help her but I can bring her a "hot dish". |
| Cheap Eats! | beans, recipe |
My mom used to make beans with brown sugar and catsup as a side dish and she would toss in hamburger to make it a main dish. I call them "sweet beans", I don't remember if my mother ever had a name for them. These beans are cheap and easy to make and they taste better as leftovers. |
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