So, the challenge was to be frugal this week — I had $66* remaining in my grocery budget for the week, when I typically spend between $150 and $200 a week. This really wasn’t an extraordinarily difficult challenge because I did and do have a pretty well-stocked pantry/freezer. I was out of a couple of staples, however, but still. I’m really not the person to look to for extreme frugality. If you want extreme frugality look to the folks of the The One Dollar Diet Project or Less is Enough. I have neither the time nor the inclination to do that kind of frugality, and I’m very thankful that I don’t have the need, either. Read more …
Entries from March 3rd, 2009
Frugality, Part 1
March 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Kitchen Management
So, um, I haven’t yet exceeded my grocery budget for the month but I have a little less than half of my normal grocery budget to work with this week to bring it in. (and I’m not even counting the order I just placed at the Spice House — whoops!) I have some stuff in the freezer to work with, a head of cabbage, probably some pasta, some tortillas, salads, some chicken tenders, prunes, olives, various pantry items. How can I get my grocery dollars to stretch? Read more …
Pie and Piecrust
March 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Recipes, Tutorial
plum forgot what I’ve made lately. That is what happens when I don’t update enough. Let’s go back in time to Valentine’s day, shall we? Dinner was delicious — sauteed shrimp in a harissa cream sauce (recipe to follow later), steak (do you really need a recipe?), mashed potatoes (again? But I’ll give you my secret which is to add just a leetle mayonnaise to the mix — Best Foods of course. It adds a nice tang and even if you hate mayo you don’t taste it. I myself love mayo), roasted asparagus, because it’s the time for those little teeny asparagus, and for dessert, maple cream pie, for which I MADE THE CRUST FROM SCRATCH AND ROLLED IT OUT ALL BY MY LONESOME. You have no idea how huge this is. I don’t have an issue with MAKING pie crust, but the rolling gives me heart palpitations. Read more …
