Category Archives: Budget

Invest a little time, make a lot of dough

By Matthew | Published: August 21, 2009
Making bread and pizza at home is all about planning. Once you’ve got the timing right, it requires very little active work.  I hadn’t made bread at home in over a month since we had been out of town, and well ya know,  summer… but when I saw artisanal multigrain loaves in the store selling [...]
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Slow Cooked Veggie Chili Doctored Up for Dinner

By Alexa | Published: March 10, 2009
Sunday night (while I slept!) I made a batch of slow cooker veggie chili (recipe at bottom of post), which we then had for lunch Monday. Tonight, I wanted to doctor up the standard chili into something special for dinner. The result?
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Leftovers Pancake

By Alexa | Published: March 5, 2009
We always keep leftovers, even small amounts, and this is the kind of dish that makes use of all the little bits of leftovers in the fridge.   This is a quick savory pancake for an easy lunch or dinner.  This time, I was working with leftover brown rice, scallions and kimchi (spicy Korean pickled cabbage), [...]
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Pantry Staples + Cheese + Scallions = Another Mexican Casserole from Matthew

By Matthew | Published: January 31, 2009
Thursday Night. Got home late from work and I knew Alexa wasn’t going to be around, so I stopped at my grocer to pick up tortilla chips with which to better enjoy a Mexican layered polenta casserole. My sister taught me this one a decade ago. What makes it such a winner is it can be [...]
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Mushroom Barley Soup

By Alexa | Published: January 27, 2009
In the deep cold of winter, there is nothing quite like a warming bowl of soup.   This recent NY cold spell inspired me to make a wonderful earthy soup featuring pantry staples barley and dried shitake mushrooms. Together with fresh mushrooms and vegetables, this is a hearty and nutritious soup and is not difficult [...]
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