"Since we spend approximately a thousand hours a year eating our meals, they should be pleasant hours."
Adelle Davis

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Stale Bread Yummitude

Good, cheap, homemade bread sometimes goes stale quicker than storebought bread because it’s made without preservatives.

I usually make bread about once a week – I keep half of it out for immediate use, and I freeze half of it to use halfway through the week after I eat the first half.  That way I have [...]

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$5 at the Grocery Store

Preemptive Pedagogical Preface: I know some people have a thing against Walmart.  I know some people don’t like sardines.  I know it takes about half a Wheel of Fortune episode to cook rice.  I know, already.   So shop wherever you like and don’t eat sardines if you can’t stand them (would it help if [...]

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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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Taters with the Jackets on 'Em

Jackets with the Taters in 'Em

Before posting this morning, I pondered whether this too simple to write about, but for sure it fits into the categories of “The Basics” and “That’s REALLY Cheap.” Then I laughed at myself for being embarrassed to talk about something really cheap, super-super easy, wholesome, nutritious, and tasty.  That [...]

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Hummus Good and Cheap

You can buy it in the store…

…or make it – quick and easy!

As a main dish, as a side dish, as a dip, or as a spread, hummus is delicious!  Hummus is healthy!  Hummus costs way too much if you buy it in the store, but it’s super cheap when you make it [...]

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