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  • How to Peel Fresh Tomatoes

    In the past, I’ve mostly just passed on the whole idea of peeling tomatoes. I mean, I don’t mind the skins and I’m sure, as my mother always said, that the skins hold lots of the vitamins and other good-for-you things. But sometimes you want the finer aspect of skinned tomatoes. I would put on…

  • Chicken Quesadillas Recipe

    Chicken Quesadillas Recipe

    I often make chicken quesadillas for dinner when I have some leftover cooked chicken. The other night I had cut up a whole chicken into 10 pieces (2 wings, 2 legs, 2 thighs, and then cut each half breast in half as none of us eat a whole breast piece). Tonight, I pulled the meat…

  • Cheap Recipes

    The Food Stamp Nutrition Connection has a recipe database which tells you the AVERAGE cost per serving of a whole lot of recipes. You can search for ingredients or browse by category. The costs are based on a national average, adjusted for inflation (but perhaps a bit behind right now). It doesn’t show you what…

  • Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage from the Garden

    I mentioned before that I grew red cabbage in my winter garden this year. Tonight I cooked one up, using Simply Recipes’ version of sweet and sour red cabbage. Very very good! I probably had less than her 12 cups red cabbage. My red cabbages are smallish. But it came out delicious and made a…

  • Barbecued Chicken and Black Bean Burritos

    Barbecued Chicken and Black Bean Burritos

    We often make burritos as a way of repurposing leftover meat and/or beans. And they’re good. But I saw this recipe for Barbecued Chicken and Black Bean Burritos in Cheap. Fast. Good! and thought they’d be a nice change from our usual burritos. I had cooked black beans in the freezer so thawed them enough…