I’m kinda like a cat. I love fish. When I was a vegetarian for a few years, I resisted burgers, hot dogs, steaks and even pork chops without any trouble. But fish? I remember pining away for albacore sashimi, when everyone else in my family enjoyed platters of it, on gorgeous beds of freshly-picked chiso.
I’m [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘one dollar meals’
November 6, 2009
Extremely Easy Salmon Salad with Sweet Potatoes
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 [...]
May 19, 2008
Kotonk Chow Fan // Spam Fried Rice
Beware of Hawaiians. They will laugh at your “mainlander” accent. They thought I talked funny because I am a kotonk. I speak native Californian! Meanwhile, they spoke pidgin. Who’s right? Ah, when in Rome…do as the Romans do. And in Hawaii, that means, fall in love with Spam. From the Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
Hawaii residents consume nearly [...]
May 13, 2008
My Mom’s Kohi Kanten – Coffee Pudding (Vegan – and about $.10 per serving!)
Kanten…so many reasons I love it:
it’s a naturally ZERO calorie food. That’s right. I said, ZERO!
it’s filling and yet not wiggly-jiggly (unlike gelatin);
even the laziest prep yields yummilicious results; and
I grew up eating it!
Below is a picture of agar agar in stick form.
At any Asian market you can find premixed packets of almond kanten for [...]
May 3, 2008
Luxurious, Lazy and Thrifty – Poached Eggs
If you have a little vinegar, and a small pot, you can have the most glorious poached eggs. Do you need silky golden yolk slipping away from a firm white? Don’t get me started!
Poaching away. Happily.
Adorned with a stripe of salt and black pepper.
Digging in!!!
Lately, I have been thinking about lowering my fat intake by [...]
