Gluten Free Stuffed Chicken Breast
When making food for a crowd, you want to keep your costs as low as possible, but when you have a special event that you’re cooking for, you can’t necessarily serve beans and rice, and you don’t want the foods you’re making to look skimpy and cheapo… That’s why, when I want to make large […]
Homemade Orange “Duck Sauce” Recipe
Sorry for the somewhat infrequent posting this past week- we just had a wedding in the family last night, and I was very busy with wedding preparations… On top of that, today the festivities are continuing and I agreed to help cater 3 meals for 30 people, so I’ve been cooking and cooking and cooking […]
Frugality and Home Birthing. Moms Are People Too!
Anneliese, an hour after being born at home I know, I know, this post is long, long, long overdue. Even before Anneliese was born at home, I said I’d include a frugality vis a vis homebirthing post in my homebirthing series, and its been three months since my baby was born and I still haven’t […]
Hearth and Soul Blog Hop
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Hearth and Soul Blog Hop, where each week, cooks from around the globe share their most delicious, nourishing, and heart warming recipes. The cooking carnival where you come to share your best kept cooking secrets, those recipes with the magic ingredient in it called “Soul Spice”- the made […]
Frugality is Like Dieting
Image credit The more I think about it, the more I realize how much frugality is like dieting. Biggest difference is- I hate dieting, but love being frugal. So what exactly do frugality and dieting have in common, and what inspired this post? When I meet new people, I generally get asked what I do, […]
Homemade Shichimi Togarashi- Japanese Seven Spice Powder Recipe
Until pretty recently, I only knew of three types Japanese foods- miso soup, sushi, and beef negimaki. But, on my quest to figure out something different with all my fennel/anise that I bought cheaply, in season, I discovered Japanese 7 Spice Powder-Shichimi Togarashi- such a unique and different mix of flavors that I never, in […]
Mu Sangchae- Korean Turnip or Radish Salad Recipe
Remember how I posted my recipe for hash browns made with turnips, perfect for times like now when turnips are one of the few cheap veggies I could get? I mentioned then that I’m not in love with the taste of turnips but wanted to use them anyhow because they’re cheap, so I was looking […]
Okonomiyaki- Japanese Cabbage Pancakes (Vegetarian, Gluten Free)
I think I was well into my teenaged years before I realized that there was actually a difference between Japanese and Chinese food. I partially blame restaurants, though, because often Szechuan beef is served side by side with sushi; they often make no differentiation between Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cuisine. In fact, much of what is sold […]
Too Many Tomatoes? Opportunity Knocks…
I got some really strange looks at the grocery store on Tuesday. And when I say strange looks, I mean strange, you know, the kind that makes people’s eyes bug out of their sockets, and their mouths drop open. I kind of understand the reason I got all those looks; after all, I was piling […]
How to Reupholster a Chair- Easy DIY Tutorial
In our house, we have exactly 5 chairs, purchased over 5 years ago in a moving sale, when my husband and I were first getting married. (Ok, we have 4 plastic chairs on our porch that we use when we have company, but those aren’t “in our house.) Those chairs have held up well […]
