CheapCooking
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Some Ideas for Using Leftover Bagels and Bread
It’s easy to throw stuff away when it’s gone stale but it’s amazing how much food the average household in America throws away every year. Would you believe over 450 pounds? That’s about 14 percent of the food brought IN to the house. And doesn’t count the food that goes down the garbage disposal or…
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Bread Pudding
This would be best with slightly stale substantial bread I think, but it came out great with some not stale whole grain white bread too. If you like rice pudding, you’ll probably like this. It’s the same basic custard cooked with bread instead of rice. Some folks remove the crusts on the bread for stuff…
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Spinach Cream Soup
I think I could write a whole series on how to make use of Costco/Big Box stuff without getting tired of it. I bought a big bag of spinach at Costco the other day. First I made our favorite San Francisco’s Little Joe’s Special. Tonight I made this soup from Twelve Months of Monastery Soups.…
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Bean Sprout Salad
We all like bean sprouts. My girls are happy to just eat them raw. I like something done to them. Previously, I’ve done this bean sprout and garlic stir-fry, which I love, which is also from Simple Chinese Cooking. I thought perhaps the girls would enjoy this more raw salad. I liked it, but they’d…
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Vegetarian Sweet & Sour Tofu
On of my nephews is vegetarian, has been for years. I’m hoping he’ll come join us for dinner one evening (nudge nudge Taylor!), plus the girls are interested in eating more “consciously”, so I bought a new cookbook.This is basically from Better Than Peanut Butter & Jelly: Quick Vegetarian Meals Your Kids Will Love! Revised…