Entries from October 2009

October 27, 2009

show me the money: part i, finding low-cost recipes

A lot of people are finding this blog by looking for low-cost recipes in search engines, and people are even linking to my site from message boards (I am so honored!) as a good resource for such recipes. So I thought I’d put together a post about low-cost recipes: some sites and my frugal recipes [...]

October 20, 2009

Forty Cent Chicken Soup

In the summertime, I bought five pounds of chicken quarters at $.77/lb. A total steal.  AndI had bought ginger, garlic, celery, and carrots. I had grand plans to make curry chicken, which I had’t done in ages. But then a heat wave hit. Who has the will to brown five pounds of chicken quarters when [...]

October 10, 2009

Adventures in Container Gardening!

Ah, please forgive me for not blogging! California is too beautiful to endure staying in front of the computer longer than necessary. But the temperatures are dropping a little bit, so I may be a little bit more committed to the blog.
Fall season means sales on old seeds. So I couldn’t resist when I saw [...]