I have been reading Trent’s tips over at The Simple Dollar for a couple of years now, and I have to say that his idea of frugal and mine match up pretty nicely. In general, it’s all about choosing what you want to spend money on and deciding what you want to spend your time on. That being …
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CSA Share August 31st
2 pounds fingerling potatoes 2 pounds summer onions used in Chicken Pot Pie 1½ pounds carrots used in Chicken Pot Pie 1 pound purple peppers used on Creative Pizzas ½ pound squash used on Creative Pizzas ½ pound cucumber eaten with feta cheese and Pita Bread 1 head cabbage made into Limey Cabbage 2 heads lettuce eaten …
Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
So I was looking into what I could make for hubby that he’d really enjoy. I’m trying this “housewife” thing, and it’s more difficult than I knew. I always thought that I’d be able to have a hot dinner on the table if only I had more time. But that was before I knew that …
Another Visit to Flour Tortillas
Little update on the flatbread project: there’s likely to be a lot more about flatbreads here. I’m working on perfecting the process of making every flatbread from every culture. As long as I can use my Cuisinart or KitchenAid, of course. I’m feeling really good about pizza crust and pita breads, and I’m on the verge …
Pita Bread
I found the original for this recipe at greekfood.about.com, and I like how it turns out. It took some experimentation to find the pita recipe we were really interested in eating. We love pita bread as a flat bread, not as a pocket bread so much (although sometimes these will inflate and create pockets as well). …
Flour Tortillas – Take II
My good friend thought I would like Pioneer Woman (how well she knows me!) and I spent some time this afternoon checking out what look to be amazing recipes. I was just browsing through until I came to a recipe for homemade flour tortillas. Anyone who has read anything on this site knows how I …
Blue Cheese Dressing
This is strongly based on the America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook recipe, and we make it enough that I’ve stopped measuring. This is something I always like to have on hand during the early season of the CSA (when we have lettuce every week and there’s always something I enjoy raw, dipped in dressing). This …
Slow Rise Pizza Dough
It’s so easy to turn most things into a meal just by cooking them on top of a pizza crust. Plus, if we’ve eaten creative pizzas for a couple of days, I usually only have plates and cutting boards to wash (instead of piles of pots and pans and prep bowls). I think I’ve fully …
Flour Tortillas from Scratch
Adapted from the weekend gourmand, who adapted from Homesick Texan Makes 16 tortillas (if you’re going to the trouble of making these from scratch, don’t just make 8–you can save whatever you don’t eat right away for the next day or two) So the problem I see with the recipe as written is that I have to …
Limey Cabbage
We get cabbage quite often in the CSA, and I didn’t used to be a cabbage person. I never understood why folks wanted cabbage instead of lettuce on their fish tacos. I don’t like coleslaw. I don’t like cooked cabbage – blech! Limey Cabbage is pretty much the only way I really like to eat …