CheapCooking
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Roast Lemon Chicken in the Crockpot
Last year I learned that making balls of foil for a whole chicken to sit on in the crockpot helps the chicken be more “roast” like and less falling apart. I like the convenience of the crockpot, but I really like making whole chickens, but had been unhappy with the way they came out before…
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Favorite Food Blog
Food Blog nominations. There are a lot of great food blogs out there. Go nominate your favorite here.
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Roasted Winter Vegetables
When I went to link to the roast vegetables recipe I made at Thanksgiving (and again last night for a dinner party) I realized I never entered it! This is the easiest way to prepare winter vegetables, totally flexible in terms of what you put in, how you cook it, and so forth. My favorite…
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Chicken Barley Soup
I often freeze chicken or turkey broth in 1 cup portions for rice and other recipes and 4 cup portions for soups like this. If I have time, I cook the broth for several hours until it’s thickened and then I can “reconstitute” it when I thaw it and cook with it, sort of my…
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Potato Pancakes aka Latkes
This time of year, latkes are on the brain. However, I started making them when my kids were little and I was just looking for an easy, cheap dinner. Potato pancakes and applesauce, usually with a bowl of soup, made a great favorite dinner. Of course, now I’ve been to several Hanukkah dinners and had…