CheapCooking
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101 Easy Peasy Cookie Recipes: Book Review
I received a review copy of 101 Easy Peasy Cookie Recipes at a time when I was a bit overwhelmed with other happenings, so it’s taken me a while to post this. I made their Chocolately Raspberry Streusel Bars, except I used blackberry jam since that’s what I had in the fridge. The girls declared…
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Braised Beef Short Ribs aka Streak o’ Lean, Streak o’ Fat
I stumbled upon Mark Bittman’s blog the other day. He’s one of my favorite cookbook authors so I instantly subscribed, of course! I have mentioned before that I rarely watch cooking shows so almost passed over his videos. I’m glad I read the comments on his post about short ribs though, as they enticed me…
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Product Review: SealSaver Vacuum Sealer
The folks over at SealSaver sent me a set of their SealSaver vacuum canister sets to review. I like this idea! Instead of having to pull out a machine to vacuum seal stuff, the lids of these canisters have a built-in bellows that you move up and down to vacuum seal your food! No electricity…
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Tilapia Chowder
My sister gets credit for this one, although the basis came from a cookbook I recommended to her a few years ago. I suppose you could use other white fish, including cod or haddock, but I’ve been buying the flash frozen packages of Tilapia at Costco and that’s what I used. This fed 3 of…
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Green Beans with Sesame Seeds
Tonight’s recipe is from The Vegetarian Family Cookbook. I served this with a non-recipe dish, vegetarian hot dogs sliced and heated up with vegetarian baked beans, topped with cheese. Sort of a bean and bean and dog meal I guess… 😉 I should probably come up with some cutesy name for it. Bean Squared Dogs?…