CheapCooking
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Leek and Potato Soup
I grew leeks this year and just picked my first batch. We all love leek and potato soup and I love being able to make it at the drop of a hat. If you’re new to leeks, cleaning can be difficult! The best way I’ve found is to cut off the root (assuming you picked…
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Cornmeal for Breakfast
My dad hates “mush” of any type, sweet or savory. Puddings, hot cereals–anything–but I always loved them! Both my girls love puddings (rice, tapioca, chocolate, etc.) and hot cereals but only my eldest loves cornmeal mush! It makes a good filling breakfast and is much more frugal than those prepackaged instant oatmeal packages. Sometimes I…
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Chicken Pot Pie
You can top a Chicken Pot Pie with pie crust or biscuits or store-bought puff pastry. This was a spur of the moment choice for dinner here. Our weather can’t quite make up its mind what it’s going to be doing from one day to the next. It makes menu planning a bit of a…
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Welsh Rarebit with Beer
In sticking with the theme of my CheapCooking I decided to go pedestrian and offer up one of the kids’ favorites, Welsh Rarebit (also called Welsh Rabbit), for my first Is My Blog Burning entry. Perfect for a weekend that has managed to change seasons mid-stride, from baking hot to cool and rainy! It’s really…
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Chocolate Pudding Cake
I was going to enter this for the Is My Blog Burning entry, but the brandy is such a small part of it, it hardly seemed right. However, I did make this last night and I thought I should share.