CheapCooking
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Book Review: Family Feasts for $75 a Week
I’ve been remiss in my book reviews lately. I’ve enjoyed the Owl Haven blog for quite some time and was thrilled when I heard Mary Ostyn had a cookbook coming out. I didn’t even try to get a review copy but went out and bought a copy as soon as I saw it at our…
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Sore Throat? Have Some Hot Lemonade with Honey
This is from my family, I think either my Grandma or her sister, my great aunt. I just know as soon as we had a sore throat, this was served up and it always felt good and tasted good. juice of one lemon 1-2 Tbs of honey hot water to fill the mug Stir it…
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Stracciatelle Soup with Meatballs, Pasta, Spinach and Carrots
This was originally a totally ad hoc soup but it has become a family favorite. I make a soup of broth, tiny pasta and carrots (we call it Frog Eye soup, after the pasta) but then one day I had started making that and decided to turn it into a meal and added some spinach…
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Tori Soboru – Gingery Spiced Chicken
I promised my daughter I’d only do one new Asian dish this week and since I have more time to explore new things on weekends, tonight was it! I made this gingery spiced chicken from Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen. Of course, she LOVED it! I made this then served it over rice…
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Spicy Coconut Rice Noodles and Chicken Soup
This is from Noodles Every Day: Delicious Asian Recipes from Ramen to Rice Sticks. It’s the first recipe I’ve tried from it and if the rest of the recipes are half as good as this one, it’s a real winner! I, of course, made a few changes. First, I didn’t follow the base recipe for…