CheapCooking
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Pasta with Tuna, Tomatoes, Capers and Olives
Dinner last night was in a rush and I haven’t felt up to snuff in quite a few days so wanted something easy as well as quick. I remembered this pasta recipe from Desperation Dinners and went into the garden for some fresh tomatoes and parsley after I put a large pot of water on…
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Cottage Pie (aka Shepherd’s Pie #3)
My understanding is that in Britain Shepherd’s Pie is made from lamb and Cottage Pie is made from beef. In the United States, I’ve never heard of Cottage Pie and what I fixed tonight would be called Shepherd’s Pie by anyone I know, and any restaurant I’ve been to (admittedly not many!). So I make…
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JoJo Potatoes
A while back I made some JoJo potatoes, following bits and pieces from a few Internet recipes. They came out good but I forgot to blog the recipe so it’s gone. ;( However, to my rescue comes The Spice Depot with these cute grinders of various spice mixes. They offered to send me a couple…
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Chili Verde: $1.50 per serving
I tried a new recipe for Chili Verde tonight, since pork roasts had been on sale. I bought two roasts (4 pounds total) and used one for the chili verde tonight, then Food Saver’d the other for later. There were a two major differences between this and my earlier recipe for chili verde. This one…
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Blog Action Day: Poverty and Food
A wise man I know once said “People can’t make good decisions on an empty stomach.” Alex runs Operation Dignity, a homeless shelter for veterans, run by veterans. Alex knows what it’s like to not have enough to eat, having been homeless himself in the past. He told me when he heard statistics on how…