CheapCooking
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Apple Butter
I’ve been making fried apples, apple pies, and apple crisp, not to mention slicing an endless number of apples up for snacks and lunches. Over the weekend I decided to make apple butter. I was originally going to just make “a batch” and enjoy it, refrigerated. But somehow I started cleaning out the garage over…
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Fried Fish: Orange Roughy
I had gone to the grocery store earlier today for cat food and out of habit cruised by the meat counter to see what had been marked down. I could not resist the pound and a half of “boneless cross rib roast” marked down from $7 to the “club price” of $2.46, then had a $2…
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Fried Apples
This is one of my cheater meals. Heating up kielbasa or some other precooked sausage, whether grilled or pan-fried, hardly seems to count as cooking to me. And I know they’re not healthy, but they do taste good! Some nights, a treat is in order and an easy dinner is on the menu. Tonight with…
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Monday: Soup from Leftovers
I decided upon a soup and sandwich night tonight. The sandwich part was easy: bacon and tomato. I’ve got loads of tomatoes in the garden but that little nip in the air reminds me they won’t be here forever so I should enjoy them now! I started the soup going (“recipe” below) then spread the…
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Sunday morning waffles
I had a bit of a spree at the local Target the other day. There are some small appliances I did not have, believe it or not. Like a waffle iron. And a handheld electric mixer. I use my big KitchenAid stand mixer nearly every day, but there are times I miss the old handheld.…