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Dried Beans

If there is any food more economical and nutritious than dried beans, I don’t know what it is.  Oh, sure, there are plenty of other economical, nutritious foods, but I don’t think any of them is MORE economical and nutritious than dried beans.

Canned beans are cheap and good.  Dried beans are AT LEAST  two-thirds cheaper, [...]

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Chopped Liver

Even though liver has enormous health benefits, and even though it’s extremely affordable, some people will just not like it.  OK.  People like different things.  Me?  I like food that’s delicious and nutritious and doesn’t cost much money.  Liver is one of those kinds of foods.

If you’re just not going to eat liver no matter [...]

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Making Rice Noodles and Chips

I love rice, but don’t want it the same way day after day. Here’s a fun way to prepare rice a different way. Make noodles out of it!

Rice and water  are all the ingredients in these rice noodles.  The same stuff is used for the chips, but then I [...]

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Quinoa Bean Burgers

Frozen veggie burgers cost way, way more than real meat in the grocery store. Some of them don’t taste very good, many of them have long and complicated lists of ingredients, and they may even contain harmful chemicals!

It’s easy to make your own high-health, great tasting veggie burgers (with complete protein!) for about one third [...]

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Paying for "Hormone-Free" Chicken?

No Added Hormones or Steroids: Whole Chicken at 89¢/lb

Hormones or steroids are not allowed in raising poultry in the United States.

Are you afraid that if you pay less for chicken you’ll get some kind of monster that will alter your personal genome? It’s not necessary to spend more for chicken in order to avoid [...]

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