CheapCooking
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Favorite Dinner: Soup and Sandwiches
Our first high school swim meet last night, so we were home about 6:30 with one starving wet child and one starving dry child. And me. They wanted to order a pizza but not only would that have taken longer than cooking dinner, we’d already had pizza once this week. I was about to dice…
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Recipe Help Please: Pork Roast
My frugal mind influences a lot of what I buy to cook. Sometimes at the grocery store, I see something where the price is so good that I have to experiment a bit. So it was yesterday when I “swung by” for some tortillas and a few other minor things and saw a pork shoulder…
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Stir Fried Asparagus with Sesame Seeds
We all love asparagus. And while I normally don’t buy things I can grow, my asparagus patch is not large enough yet to support our desire. I actually planted it in what turned out to be a bad spot (because it shades another part of the vegetable garden at its peak) so I’m trying to…
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Baked Crispy Chicken Breasts
We do like our chicken cutlets around here, but I don’t fry very often. And they’re a lot of work, turning and getting them just right. Last week I tried a baked version that came out great. I even used just egg whites rather than the whole egg to make it even healthier! Worked great–and…
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Chicken Divan: Chicken and Broccoli Casserole
Most recipes I’ve seen for this chicken and broccoli casserole don’t inspire me much. It seems to be a popular dish. I even have a stained recipe card from my grandmother containing her version, with a potato chip topping. Tonight I saw one that used sauteed chicken breasts rather than cooked diced chicken, fresh broccoli…